External debt — all countries

External debt — Guinea-Bissau

External debt in Guinea-Bissau in 2024 — 1,433,190,117 US$. Ranked 17 in the world out of 118.

2024 1.43B US$ +0.75% vs 2023
World rank 17of 118
Period maximum 1.43B US$2024
Period minimum 0 US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Guinea-Bissau, 1970–20240500M1B1.5B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 0 US$1971: 0 US$1972: 0 US$1973: 0 US$1974: 0 US$1975: 7,903,501 US$1976: 16,172,702 US$1977: 25,849,862 US$1978: 51,399,778 US$1979: 69,510,697 US$1980: 137,332,753 US$1981: 149,446,903 US$1982: 170,159,605 US$1983: 198,812,301 US$1984: 254,002,181 US$1985: 319,396,839 US$1986: 372,249,868 US$1987: 485,400,955 US$1988: 569,144,690 US$1989: 598,499,893 US$1990: 697,504,207 US$1991: 750,546,467 US$1992: 764,629,993 US$1993: 789,803,311 US$1994: 852,536,431 US$1995: 896,864,790 US$1996: 938,975,770 US$1997: 924,268,532 US$1998: 973,582,600 US$1999: 943,568,218 US$2000: 952,017,343 US$2001: 906,290,736 US$2002: 978,472,636 US$2003: 1,063,464,780 US$2004: 1,109,546,144 US$2005: 1,020,656,917 US$2006: 1,043,971,913 US$2007: 1,087,751,482 US$2008: 1,094,336,084 US$2009: 1,114,619,856 US$2010: 1,074,494,840 US$2011: 260,874,427 US$2012: 276,717,156 US$2013: 311,568,795 US$2014: 391,176,128 US$2015: 577,133,531 US$2016: 595,584,357 US$2017: 748,623,418 US$2018: 823,323,610 US$2019: 901,974,865 US$2020: 1,117,538,509 US$2021: 1,257,861,528 US$2022: 1,250,735,518 US$2023: 1,422,541,609 US$2024: 1,433,190,117 US$
Change over the period: +1.43B

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 1.43B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 903B US$
Western Africa computed 295B US$
Low-income countries computed 243B US$
External debt — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 1.43B +10.65M +0.75%
2023 1.42B +172M +13.74%
2022 1.25B −7.13M −0.57%
2021 1.26B +140M +12.56%
2020 1.12B +216M +23.9%
2019 902M +78.65M +9.55%
2018 823M +74.7M +9.98%
2017 749M +153M +25.7%
2016 596M +18.45M +3.2%
2015 577M +186M +47.54%
2014 391M +79.61M +25.55%
2013 312M +34.85M +12.59%
2012 277M +15.84M +6.07%
2011 261M −814M −75.72%
2010 1.07B −40.13M −3.6%
2009 1.11B +20.28M +1.85%
2008 1.09B +6.58M +0.61%
2007 1.09B +43.78M +4.19%
2006 1.04B +23.31M +2.28%
2005 1.02B −88.89M −8.01%
2004 1.11B +46.08M +4.33%
2003 1.06B +84.99M +8.69%
2002 978M +72.18M +7.96%
2001 906M −45.73M −4.8%
2000 952M +8.45M +0.9%
1999 944M −30.01M −3.08%
1998 974M +49.31M +5.34%
1997 924M −14.71M −1.57%
1996 939M +42.11M +4.7%
1995 897M +44.33M +5.2%
1994 853M +62.73M +7.94%
1993 790M +25.17M +3.29%
1992 765M +14.08M +1.88%
1991 751M +53.04M +7.6%
1990 698M +99M +16.54%
1989 598M +29.36M +5.16%
1988 569M +83.74M +17.25%
1987 485M +113M +30.4%
1986 372M +52.85M +16.55%
1985 319M +65.39M +25.75%
1984 254M +55.19M +27.76%
1983 199M +28.65M +16.84%
1982 170M +20.71M +13.86%
1981 149M +12.11M +8.82%
1980 137M +67.82M +97.57%
1979 69.51M +18.11M +35.24%
1978 51.4M +25.55M +98.84%
1977 25.85M +9.68M +59.84%
1976 16.17M +8.27M +104.63%
1975 7.9M +7.9M
1974 0 +0
1973 0 +0
1972 0 +0
1971 0 +0
1970 0

About the indicator

Total external debt: the liabilities of a country's residents to non-residents in foreign and in national currency, covering public, publicly guaranteed and private debt. It differs from government debt fundamentally — it includes the borrowing of banks and corporations that the government does not guarantee but that turns out to be its problem in a crisis all the same.

Important: Only middle- and low-income countries report to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, so the table holds about 130 of them. Aggregates for country groups are not computed: the sum over those present is the debt of developing countries, not of the world.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.