Total debt service (% of GDP) by country

Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.

Countries reporting
50
Highest
11.8%
Zimbabwe
Lowest
0.0%
Central African Republic
Median
0.9%
Years covered
42
1970–2011
Data points
2,088

What the numbers show

Total debt service (% of GDP) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 11.8% in Zimbabwe; the lowest is 0.0% in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 1.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 388.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 375.3%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 97.9%).

Total debt service: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zimbabwe 11.8% 2011 up 375.3% volatile
2 Tunisia 5.7% 2011 down 9.2% rising
3 Djibouti 3.4% 2009 up 91.0% rising
4 Guinea 3.4% 2011 down 10.6% falling
5 Seychelles 3.3% 2011 down 47.4% volatile
6 Morocco 3.2% 2011 down 54.4% rising
7 Angola 2.8% 2011 down 94.4% volatile
8 Gambia, The 2.7% 2011 up 29.3% volatile
9 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 2.6% 2011 down 54.1% volatile
10 Senegal 2.5% 2011 down 42.8% flat
11 Gabon 2.4% 2011 down 75.5% volatile
12 Côte d'Ivoire 2.3% 2011 down 61.5% volatile
13 Cabo Verde 2.1% 2011 down 14.1% rising
14 Lesotho, Kingdom of 1.6% 2011 down 83.1% volatile
15 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.6% 2011 up 275.8% volatile
16 South Africa 1.6% 2011 down 56.7% falling
17 Egypt, Arab Republic of 1.5% 2011 down 23.3% volatile
18 Mauritius 1.4% 2011 down 61.6% volatile
19 Kenya 1.3% 2011 down 65.9% volatile
20 Cameroon 1.3% 2011 down 64.2% rising
21 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 1.2% 2011 down 48.7% volatile
22 Somalia 1.2% 1990 down 45.3% volatile
23 Eswatini, Kingdom of 1.1% 2011 down 40.3% volatile
24 Zambia 1.0% 2011 down 80.8% volatile
25 Ghana 0.9% 2011 down 83.4% volatile
26 Eritrea, The State of 0.8% 2011 down 15.4% volatile
27 Sudan 0.8% 2011 down 53.7% volatile
28 Chad 0.7% 2011 down 38.4% volatile
29 Congo, Republic of 0.7% 2011 down 78.9% volatile
30 Sierra Leone 0.7% 2011 down 92.2% volatile
31 Burkina Faso 0.7% 2011 down 49.7% volatile
32 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0.7% 2011 down 85.2% volatile
33 Comoros, Union of the 0.6% 2011 down 50.1% volatile
34 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.6% 2011 down 54.1% volatile
35 Mali 0.6% 2011 down 79.4% volatile
36 Niger 0.6% 2011 down 60.5% volatile
37 Guinea-Bissau 0.5% 2011 down 78.2% volatile
38 Benin 0.5% 2011 down 72.0% volatile
39 Mozambique, Republic of 0.4% 2011 down 79.7% volatile
40 Madagascar, Republic of 0.4% 2011 down 70.6% volatile
41 Botswana 0.4% 2011 down 51.4% volatile
42 Togo 0.4% 2011 down 84.1% volatile
43 Uganda 0.4% 2011 down 53.1% volatile
44 Malawi 0.4% 2011 down 85.7% volatile
45 Burundi 0.4% 2011 down 87.3% volatile
46 Algeria 0.3% 2011 down 95.8% volatile
47 Rwanda 0.3% 2011 down 74.9% volatile
48 Liberia 0.2% 2011 down 20.7% volatile
49 Nigeria 0.2% 2011 down 96.8% volatile
50 Central African Republic 0.0% 2011 down 97.9% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Total debt service (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
World Bank, Global Development Finance
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
56 places, 2,088 data points, 1970–2011
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Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.