LT Principal due per balance of payments account (BoP, current US$) by country
Memorandum item - repayments due on outstanding debts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
What the numbers show
LT Principal due per balance of payments account (BoP, current US$) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 2.77 billion BoP, current US$ in Tunisia; the lowest is -178.85 million BoP, current US$ in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 76.55 million BoP, current US$, and the mean is 465.72 million BoP, current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 913.8%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 70.9%).
LT Principal due per balance of payments account: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia | 2.77 billion BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 188.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Egypt | 2.71 billion BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 166.5% | rising |
| 3 | South Africa | 2.48 billion BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 21.8% | flat |
| 4 | Morocco | 2.00 billion BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 5 | Algeria | 1.14 billion BoP, current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 1.09 billion BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 913.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Angola | 795.51 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Kenya | 439.37 million BoP, current US$ | 2005 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 416.24 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 707.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Mozambique | 257.80 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Ghana | 150.77 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 137.23 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Cameroon | 131.39 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 70.9% | falling |
| 14 | Zambia | 130.29 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 51.4% | falling |
| 15 | Mauritius | 79.74 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Congo | 76.86 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 76.24 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Uganda | 60.53 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Chad | 52.83 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 328.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Sierra Leone | 37.50 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 180.1% | rising |
| 21 | Benin | 26.90 million BoP, current US$ | 2006 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 22 | Lesotho | 23.71 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | — | falling |
| 23 | Madagascar | 18.50 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 24 | Gambia | 17.75 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 25 | Malawi | 13.23 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 26 | Togo | 9.87 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Seychelles | 7.73 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.55 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 29 | Liberia | 2.75 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.10 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Rwanda | -70.75 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Guinea | -178.85 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 49.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa 13.11 billion BoP, current US$
- North Africa 7.47 billion BoP, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 5.64 billion BoP, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 5.64 billion BoP, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 3.16 billion BoP, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 3.16 billion BoP, current US$
About this data
Memorandum item - repayments due on outstanding debts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.