External debt in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 903,049,057,336 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 12,962.3%.
1970–2024 · US$
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 903B | +29.94B | +3.43% |
| 2023 | 873B | +21.01B | +2.47% |
| 2022 | 852B | +13.99B | +1.67% |
| 2021 | 838B | +42.71B | +5.37% |
| 2020 | 795B | +41.73B | +5.54% |
| 2019 | 754B | +50.93B | +7.25% |
| 2018 | 703B | +44.31B | +6.73% |
| 2017 | 658B | +95.21B | +16.91% |
| 2016 | 563B | +46.03B | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 517B | +4.46B | +0.87% |
| 2014 | 513B | +40.12B | +8.49% |
| 2013 | 473B | +42.46B | +9.87% |
| 2012 | 430B | +50.17B | +13.2% |
| 2011 | 380B | +38.31B | +11.21% |
| 2010 | 342B | +48.7B | +16.63% |
| 2009 | 293B | +36.24B | +14.12% |
| 2008 | 257B | +8.68B | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 248B | +33.89B | +15.83% |
| 2006 | 214B | −34.92B | −14.02% |
| 2005 | 249B | −19.51B | −7.27% |
| 2004 | 269B | +14.4B | +5.67% |
| 2003 | 254B | +23B | +9.95% |
| 2002 | 231B | +21.46B | +10.23% |
| 2001 | 210B | −6.9B | −3.19% |
| 2000 | 217B | −2.09B | −0.96% |
| 1999 | 219B | −11.87B | −5.15% |
| 1998 | 231B | +3.77B | +1.66% |
| 1997 | 227B | −5.4B | −2.32% |
| 1996 | 232B | −4.42B | −1.87% |
| 1995 | 237B | +14.61B | +6.58% |
| 1994 | 222B | +33.63B | +17.85% |
| 1993 | 188B | +6.33B | +3.48% |
| 1992 | 182B | −631M | −0.35% |
| 1991 | 183B | +6.28B | +3.56% |
| 1990 | 176B | +19.77B | +12.62% |
| 1989 | 157B | +12.82B | +8.91% |
| 1988 | 144B | +1.76B | +1.24% |
| 1987 | 142B | +25.09B | +21.45% |
| 1986 | 117B | +13.16B | +12.68% |
| 1985 | 104B | +14.55B | +16.3% |
| 1984 | 89.27B | +3.82B | +4.48% |
| 1983 | 85.44B | +9.51B | +12.52% |
| 1982 | 75.93B | +7.04B | +10.21% |
| 1981 | 68.9B | +8.56B | +14.19% |
| 1980 | 60.33B | +11.99B | +24.8% |
| 1979 | 48.35B | +7.5B | +18.35% |
| 1978 | 40.85B | +9.51B | +30.35% |
| 1977 | 31.34B | +8.86B | +39.43% |
| 1976 | 22.48B | +2.91B | +14.85% |
| 1975 | 19.57B | +3.21B | +19.59% |
| 1974 | 16.36B | +3.26B | +24.89% |
| 1973 | 13.1B | +3.07B | +30.55% |
| 1972 | 10.04B | +1.32B | +15.16% |
| 1971 | 8.72B | +1.8B | +26.07% |
| 1970 | 6.91B | — | — |
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.
Gross general government debt as a percent of GDP.
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