External debt — all countries

External debt — Rwanda

External debt in Rwanda in 2024 — 13,050,400,791 US$. Ranked 60 in the world out of 118. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 267,382.3%.

2024 13.05B US$ +14.64% vs 2023
World rank 60of 118
Period maximum 13.05B US$2024
Period minimum 2M US$1971

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Rwanda, 1970–202405B10B15B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 4,878,977 US$1971: 1,998,751 US$1972: 3,384,479 US$1973: 7,914,015 US$1974: 12,310,097 US$1975: 24,074,478 US$1976: 47,677,144 US$1977: 87,491,538 US$1978: 126,802,922 US$1979: 156,078,454 US$1980: 189,831,301 US$1981: 196,579,659 US$1982: 218,308,574 US$1983: 240,503,862 US$1984: 290,096,526 US$1985: 365,597,856 US$1986: 451,264,931 US$1987: 605,111,631 US$1988: 653,567,382 US$1989: 623,297,105 US$1990: 711,728,808 US$1991: 809,899,703 US$1992: 857,063,267 US$1993: 908,962,809 US$1994: 955,151,669 US$1995: 1,032,504,217 US$1996: 1,045,357,834 US$1997: 1,112,854,512 US$1998: 1,227,864,435 US$1999: 1,311,799,009 US$2000: 1,289,758,078 US$2001: 1,299,040,552 US$2002: 1,452,031,422 US$2003: 1,555,052,247 US$2004: 1,670,716,289 US$2005: 1,526,467,033 US$2006: 433,571,511 US$2007: 619,217,477 US$2008: 928,908,921 US$2009: 1,101,366,315 US$2010: 1,233,314,076 US$2011: 1,460,707,197 US$2012: 1,814,518,290 US$2013: 2,314,567,423 US$2014: 2,909,860,018 US$2015: 3,451,961,693 US$2016: 4,318,716,828 US$2017: 5,076,087,516 US$2018: 5,681,081,206 US$2019: 6,514,940,152 US$2020: 8,193,642,651 US$2021: 9,317,675,645 US$2022: 9,690,063,880 US$2023: 11,383,983,797 US$2024: 13,050,400,791 US$
Change over the period: +13.05B (+267,382.3%) Average annual rate: 15.74 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Rwanda

Rwanda 13.05B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 903B US$
Eastern Africa computed 300B US$
Low-income countries computed 243B US$
External debt — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 13.05B +1.67B +14.64%
2023 11.38B +1.69B +17.48%
2022 9.69B +372M +4%
2021 9.32B +1.12B +13.72%
2020 8.19B +1.68B +25.77%
2019 6.51B +834M +14.68%
2018 5.68B +605M +11.92%
2017 5.08B +757M +17.54%
2016 4.32B +867M +25.11%
2015 3.45B +542M +18.63%
2014 2.91B +595M +25.72%
2013 2.31B +500M +27.56%
2012 1.81B +354M +24.22%
2011 1.46B +227M +18.44%
2010 1.23B +132M +11.98%
2009 1.1B +172M +18.57%
2008 929M +310M +50.01%
2007 619M +186M +42.82%
2006 434M −1.09B −71.6%
2005 1.53B −144M −8.63%
2004 1.67B +116M +7.44%
2003 1.56B +103M +7.09%
2002 1.45B +153M +11.78%
2001 1.3B +9.28M +0.72%
2000 1.29B −22.04M −1.68%
1999 1.31B +83.93M +6.84%
1998 1.23B +115M +10.33%
1997 1.11B +67.5M +6.46%
1996 1.05B +12.85M +1.24%
1995 1.03B +77.35M +8.1%
1994 955M +46.19M +5.08%
1993 909M +51.9M +6.06%
1992 857M +47.16M +5.82%
1991 810M +98.17M +13.79%
1990 712M +88.43M +14.19%
1989 623M −30.27M −4.63%
1988 654M +48.46M +8.01%
1987 605M +154M +34.09%
1986 451M +85.67M +23.43%
1985 366M +75.5M +26.03%
1984 290M +49.59M +20.62%
1983 241M +22.2M +10.17%
1982 218M +21.73M +11.05%
1981 197M +6.75M +3.55%
1980 190M +33.75M +21.63%
1979 156M +29.28M +23.09%
1978 127M +39.31M +44.93%
1977 87.49M +39.81M +83.51%
1976 47.68M +23.6M +98.04%
1975 24.07M +11.76M +95.57%
1974 12.31M +4.4M +55.55%
1973 7.91M +4.53M +133.83%
1972 3.38M +1.39M +69.33%
1971 2M −2.88M −59.03%
1970 4.88M

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.