Interest payments, Long-term debt including IMF credit (current US$) by country
Interest payments on long-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents and repayable in currency, goods, or services....
What the numbers show
Interest payments, Long-term debt including IMF credit (current US$) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 3.42 billion current US$ in South Africa; the lowest is 78,000 current US$ in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.80 million current US$, and the mean is 150.88 million current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 43,891.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 4,345.9%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 94.3%).
Interest payments, Long-term debt including IMF credit: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 3.42 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 295.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Morocco | 758.17 million current US$ | 2011 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Egypt | 756.30 million current US$ | 2011 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Tunisia | 656.81 million current US$ | 2011 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Angola | 169.36 million current US$ | 2011 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Gabon | 132.12 million current US$ | 2011 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Senegal | 122.41 million current US$ | 2011 | up 109.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 121.02 million current US$ | 2011 | up 4,345.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Sudan | 100.66 million current US$ | 2011 | up 126.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Nigeria | 99.03 million current US$ | 2011 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Ghana | 98.36 million current US$ | 2011 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Kenya | 92.63 million current US$ | 2011 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 91.15 million current US$ | 2011 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Cameroon | 86.35 million current US$ | 2011 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Algeria | 81.20 million current US$ | 2011 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 81.09 million current US$ | 2011 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Tanzania | 52.96 million current US$ | 2011 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Zambia | 48.86 million current US$ | 2011 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 43.41 million current US$ | 2011 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Mauritania | 37.37 million current US$ | 2011 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Guinea | 30.91 million current US$ | 2011 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 22 | Uganda | 26.60 million current US$ | 2011 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Mozambique | 25.80 million current US$ | 2011 | up 118.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Mali | 25.63 million current US$ | 2011 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Congo | 23.80 million current US$ | 2011 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Mauritius | 22.98 million current US$ | 2011 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 20.75 million current US$ | 2011 | up 95.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Chad | 17.21 million current US$ | 2011 | up 175.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Botswana | 16.51 million current US$ | 2011 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Eswatini | 16.50 million current US$ | 2011 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Madagascar | 16.27 million current US$ | 2011 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Benin | 12.12 million current US$ | 2011 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Cape Verde | 10.55 million current US$ | 2011 | up 184.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Niger | 10.35 million current US$ | 2011 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Seychelles | 9.68 million current US$ | 2011 | up 65.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Lesotho | 8.97 million current US$ | 2011 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Eritrea | 7.96 million current US$ | 2011 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Malawi | 7.34 million current US$ | 2011 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Rwanda | 7.13 million current US$ | 2011 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Gambia | 6.38 million current US$ | 2011 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 6.26 million current US$ | 2011 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Togo | 4.70 million current US$ | 2011 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Burundi | 2.16 million current US$ | 2011 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Comoros | 1.73 million current US$ | 2011 | up 165.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Liberia | 656,000 current US$ | 2011 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Guinea-Bissau | 557,000 current US$ | 2011 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Sao Tome and Principe | 357,000 current US$ | 2011 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Central African Republic | 320,000 current US$ | 2011 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Somalia | 78,000 current US$ | 2011 | down 85.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa 7.40 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 5.14 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 5.14 billion current US$
- North Africa 2.26 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 1.72 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 1.62 billion current US$
About this data
Interest payments on long-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents and repayable in currency, goods, or services. IMF charges cover interest payments with respect to all uses of IMF resources, excluding those resulting from drawings in the reserve tranche.