Short-term debt in Comoros
Comoros: Short-term debt was 0.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Short-term debt in Comoros, 1970–2024
Source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total external debt.
Analysis
Comoros recorded 0.0% for short-term debt in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, short-term debt in Comoros peaked at 12.4% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1970.
Comoros ranks 118th of 122 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Short-term debt in Comoros, year by year
| Year | % of total external debt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0% | — |
| 1971 | 0.0% | — |
| 1972 | 0.0% | — |
| 1973 | 0.0% | — |
| 1974 | 0.0% | — |
| 1975 | 0.0% | — |
| 1976 | 0.2% | — |
| 1977 | 4.6% | +2691.6% |
| 1978 | 4.6% | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 4.1% | -11.0% |
| 1980 | 2.3% | -44.7% |
| 1981 | 3.7% | +64.3% |
| 1982 | 1.6% | -57.0% |
| 1983 | 2.5% | +57.4% |
| 1984 | 3.1% | +22.4% |
| 1985 | 3.4% | +9.8% |
| 1986 | 4.6% | +36.0% |
| 1987 | 7.5% | +61.2% |
| 1988 | 5.5% | -26.2% |
| 1989 | 7.3% | +32.9% |
| 1990 | 6.7% | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 7.0% | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 6.3% | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 7.6% | +20.5% |
| 1994 | 5.0% | -34.0% |
| 1995 | 4.8% | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 4.2% | -11.3% |
| 1997 | 6.2% | +46.7% |
| 1998 | 5.6% | -10.5% |
| 1999 | 8.6% | +54.0% |
| 2000 | 12.1% | +41.3% |
| 2001 | 9.8% | -18.7% |
| 2002 | 10.9% | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 9.5% | -12.8% |
| 2004 | 11.2% | +17.9% |
| 2005 | 11.7% | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 12.4% | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | -67.4% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | -49.8% |
| 2009 | 1.7% | -18.4% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 1.7% | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -31.1% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -26.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -30.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -23.8% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +51.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -29.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | -15.7% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | -72.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 0.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9.0%. (43 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 0.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5.2%. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Short-term debt in Comoros changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +2691.6% | 0.2% | 4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.4% | 0.0% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.2% | 1.6% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.2% | 4.2% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.5% | 1.7% | 12.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.5% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More external debt data for Comoros
- IFC, private nonguaranteed -3.45 million NFL, US$ (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita -3.98 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP -0.0021 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre -1,914 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 1.0% (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA 13.51 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita 15.59 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0084 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 6.4% (2023)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre 6,253 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is short-term debt in Comoros?
- Short-term debt in Comoros was 0.0% in 2024, according to International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest short-term debt recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 12.4% in 2006.
- What is the lowest short-term debt recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1970.
- How does Comoros rank for short-term debt?
- Comoros ranks 118th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is short-term debt rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Comoros data come from?
- The figures come from International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as part of Short-term debt (% of total external debt). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt.