Interest payments, PPG and PNG Private creditors (current US$) by country
Public and publicly guaranteed debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits...
What the numbers show
Interest payments, PPG and PNG Private creditors (current US$) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 3.38 billion current US$ in South Africa; the lowest is 0 current US$ in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 282,000 current US$, and the mean is 93.01 million current US$.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 364,220.0%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 100.0%).
Interest payments, PPG and PNG Private creditors: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 3.38 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 298.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Tunisia | 329.00 million current US$ | 2011 | up 98.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Egypt | 193.98 million current US$ | 2011 | up 176.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Morocco | 187.92 million current US$ | 2011 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Gabon | 98.12 million current US$ | 2011 | up 894.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Angola | 75.18 million current US$ | 2011 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Senegal | 65.27 million current US$ | 2011 | up 1,678.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Algeria | 48.48 million current US$ | 2011 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Nigeria | 40.08 million current US$ | 2011 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 38.46 million current US$ | 2011 | up 1,055.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Ghana | 36.89 million current US$ | 2011 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Zambia | 35.12 million current US$ | 2011 | up 640.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Cameroon | 29.28 million current US$ | 2011 | up 151.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 28.70 million current US$ | 2011 | up 61.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Congo | 18.22 million current US$ | 2011 | up 364,220.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Tanzania | 16.87 million current US$ | 2011 | up 1,562.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.48 million current US$ | 2011 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Seychelles | 6.05 million current US$ | 2011 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Mauritius | 3.16 million current US$ | 2011 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Eswatini | 2.80 million current US$ | 2011 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Lesotho | 1.05 million current US$ | 2011 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Cape Verde | 1.03 million current US$ | 2011 | up 133.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Kenya | 748,000 current US$ | 2011 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Djibouti | 691,000 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Mali | 295,000 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 269,000 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Malawi | 174,000 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Gambia | 127,000 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Mozambique | 102,000 current US$ | 2011 | up 2,450.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Madagascar | 91,000 current US$ | 2011 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Mauritania | 52,000 current US$ | 2011 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Botswana | 13,000 current US$ | 2011 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Chad | 6,000 current US$ | 2011 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Sudan | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Uganda | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Central African Republic | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Togo | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Benin | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Burundi | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Somalia | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Eritrea | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Rwanda | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Comoros | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Niger | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Liberia | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Guinea | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa 2.84 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.97 billion current US$
- North Africa 862.28 million current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 662.39 million current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 649.34 million current US$
About this data
Public and publicly guaranteed debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. Interest payments (LINT) are actual amounts of interest paid in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Private nonguaranteed external debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is not guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. Interest payments (LINT) 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.