External debt — all countries

External debt — Eastern Africa

External debt in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 299,769,839,086 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 10,641.8%.

2024 300B US$ +2.74% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 300B US$2024
Period minimum 2.79B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Eastern Africa, 1970–20240100B200B300B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 2,790,679,445 US$1971: 3,919,446,074 US$1972: 4,378,898,783 US$1973: 5,172,655,834 US$1974: 6,292,926,950 US$1975: 7,412,263,569 US$1976: 7,791,603,208 US$1977: 10,307,206,260 US$1978: 12,364,307,228 US$1979: 14,414,649,714 US$1980: 17,642,993,349 US$1981: 20,739,713,511 US$1982: 24,191,803,106 US$1983: 26,644,169,071 US$1984: 28,994,857,712 US$1985: 36,206,664,940 US$1986: 36,614,558,235 US$1987: 43,533,328,749 US$1988: 44,650,148,117 US$1989: 45,024,769,628 US$1990: 49,957,725,257 US$1991: 52,141,967,549 US$1992: 53,011,465,754 US$1993: 53,914,421,519 US$1994: 58,711,481,518 US$1995: 61,306,850,180 US$1996: 60,729,490,690 US$1997: 59,649,202,060 US$1998: 62,158,240,718 US$1999: 55,849,143,000 US$2000: 52,955,647,783 US$2001: 49,490,277,955 US$2002: 55,708,572,601 US$2003: 61,322,892,636 US$2004: 63,559,461,980 US$2005: 59,134,705,628 US$2006: 38,878,286,151 US$2007: 46,984,555,198 US$2008: 51,586,468,382 US$2009: 60,647,131,440 US$2010: 69,267,679,481 US$2011: 79,429,308,942 US$2012: 95,780,371,006 US$2013: 118,002,496,192 US$2014: 137,595,435,011 US$2015: 152,995,052,904 US$2016: 170,660,102,899 US$2017: 197,761,023,712 US$2018: 216,861,635,132 US$2019: 236,222,793,376 US$2020: 254,391,075,185 US$2021: 270,197,175,218 US$2022: 278,415,389,888 US$2023: 291,775,417,547 US$2024: 299,769,839,086 US$
Change over the period: +297B (+10,641.82%) Average annual rate: 9.05 %
External debt — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 300B +7.99B +2.74%
2023 292B +13.36B +4.8%
2022 278B +8.22B +3.04%
2021 270B +15.81B +6.21%
2020 254B +18.17B +7.69%
2019 236B +19.36B +8.93%
2018 217B +19.1B +9.66%
2017 198B +27.1B +15.88%
2016 171B +17.67B +11.55%
2015 153B +15.4B +11.19%
2014 138B +19.59B +16.6%
2013 118B +22.22B +23.2%
2012 95.78B +16.35B +20.59%
2011 79.43B +10.16B +14.67%
2010 69.27B +8.62B +14.21%
2009 60.65B +9.06B +17.56%
2008 51.59B +4.6B +9.79%
2007 46.98B +8.11B +20.85%
2006 38.88B −20.26B −34.25%
2005 59.13B −4.42B −6.96%
2004 63.56B +2.24B +3.65%
2003 61.32B +5.61B +10.08%
2002 55.71B +6.22B +12.56%
2001 49.49B −3.47B −6.54%
2000 52.96B −2.89B −5.18%
1999 55.85B −6.31B −10.15%
1998 62.16B +2.51B +4.21%
1997 59.65B −1.08B −1.78%
1996 60.73B −577M −0.94%
1995 61.31B +2.6B +4.42%
1994 58.71B +4.8B +8.9%
1993 53.91B +903M +1.7%
1992 53.01B +869M +1.67%
1991 52.14B +2.18B +4.37%
1990 49.96B +4.93B +10.96%
1989 45.02B +375M +0.84%
1988 44.65B +1.12B +2.57%
1987 43.53B +6.92B +18.9%
1986 36.61B +408M +1.13%
1985 36.21B +7.21B +24.87%
1984 28.99B +2.35B +8.82%
1983 26.64B +2.45B +10.14%
1982 24.19B +3.45B +16.64%
1981 20.74B +3.1B +17.55%
1980 17.64B +3.23B +22.4%
1979 14.41B +2.05B +16.58%
1978 12.36B +2.06B +19.96%
1977 10.31B +2.52B +32.29%
1976 7.79B +379M +5.12%
1975 7.41B +1.12B +17.79%
1974 6.29B +1.12B +21.66%
1973 5.17B +794M +18.13%
1972 4.38B +459M +11.72%
1971 3.92B +1.13B +40.45%
1970 2.79B

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.