Short-term debt (% of total external debt) in Gabon
Gabon: Short-term debt (% of total external debt) was 2.2% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Short-term debt in Gabon, 1970–2024
Source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total external debt.
Analysis
In 2024, short-term debt in Gabon stood at 2.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 36.3% on the previous year and up 42.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, short-term debt in Gabon peaked at 27.3% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2021.
Gabon ranks 96th 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 (% of total external debt) in Gabon, year by year
| Year | % of total external debt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 12.5% | — |
| 1971 | 12.4% | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 12.6% | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 12.6% | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 12.5% | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 12.6% | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 12.6% | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 15.0% | +19.2% |
| 1978 | 14.1% | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 14.0% | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 15.1% | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 13.0% | -14.0% |
| 1982 | 17.3% | +33.5% |
| 1983 | 25.5% | +47.4% |
| 1984 | 27.3% | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 21.7% | -20.5% |
| 1986 | 24.7% | +13.5% |
| 1987 | 15.5% | -37.1% |
| 1988 | 14.5% | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 18.1% | +24.9% |
| 1990 | 17.4% | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 20.8% | +19.5% |
| 1992 | 18.7% | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 22.9% | +22.1% |
| 1994 | 9.3% | -59.4% |
| 1995 | 6.6% | -29.0% |
| 1996 | 5.1% | -22.9% |
| 1997 | 11.3% | +121.6% |
| 1998 | 10.8% | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 15.0% | +39.3% |
| 2000 | 9.0% | -39.9% |
| 2001 | 8.7% | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | -25.1% |
| 2003 | 8.5% | +30.0% |
| 2004 | 4.5% | -47.6% |
| 2005 | 6.2% | +38.3% |
| 2006 | 9.8% | +58.9% |
| 2007 | 8.7% | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 4.6% | -46.8% |
| 2009 | 3.8% | -17.4% |
| 2010 | 5.8% | +52.8% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 3.4% | -41.0% |
| 2013 | 5.7% | +65.1% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | -72.2% |
| 2015 | 4.1% | +161.1% |
| 2016 | 4.5% | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | -29.5% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 4.9% | +81.6% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | -80.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -78.0% |
| 2022 | 4.1% | +1788.5% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | -59.7% |
| 2024 | 2.2% | +36.3% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 2.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11.8%, 19% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 2.2% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5.2%, 43% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Short-term debt (% of total external debt) in Gabon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +1788.5% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13.1% | 12.4% | 15.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 19.2% | 13.0% | 27.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.8% | 5.1% | 22.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.0% | 3.8% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 1.6% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 0.2% | 4.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More external debt data for Gabon
- IFC, private nonguaranteed 181,799 NFL, US$ (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 0.0716 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 83.5 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 4.1% (2024)
- Net financial flows, IBRD -3.40 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 8.5% (2015)
- Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$), annual growth rate 69.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Use of IMF credit 1.11 billion DOD, current US$ (2024)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 5.55 billion DOD, current US$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is short-term debt in Gabon?
- Short-term debt in Gabon was 2.2% in 2024, according to International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest short-term debt recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 27.3% in 1984.
- What is the lowest short-term debt recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2021.
- How does Gabon rank for short-term debt?
- Gabon ranks 96th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is short-term debt rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Gabon 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.