Short-term debt (% of total external debt) in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Short-term debt (% of total external debt) was 0.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Short-term debt in Equatorial Guinea, 2019–2025
Source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total external debt.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 0.0% for short-term debt in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
That places Equatorial Guinea 119th out of 123 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Short-term debt (% of total external debt) in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of total external debt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6.6% | — |
| 2020 | 1.6% | -75.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | — |
| 2023 | 0.0% | — |
| 2024 | 0.0% | — |
| 2025 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11.8%. (52 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5.2%. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.6% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More external debt data for Equatorial Guinea
- Net financial flows, IBRD 0 NFL, current US$ (2009)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita -1.72 NFL, current US$ per person (2015)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP -0.0002 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre -89.23 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2015)
- Use of IMF credit 300.59 million DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 802.43 million DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, long-term 802.43 million DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, short-term 0 DOD, current US$ (2025)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), annual growth rate -27.25 % change on previous year (2015)
- Liabilities, International Liquidity, Liabilities to Nonresidents 73.15 million (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is short-term debt in Equatorial Guinea?
- Short-term debt in Equatorial Guinea was 0.0% in 2025, according to International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest short-term debt recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest short-term debt recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2021.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for short-term debt?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 119th out of 123 countries with data for 2025.
- Is short-term debt rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.