External debt — all countries

External debt — Middle Africa

External debt in Middle Africa in 2024 — 105,254,359,792 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 13,514.1%.

2024 105B US$ +1.48% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 113B US$2021
Period minimum 773M US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Middle Africa, 1970–2024050B100B150B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 773,126,096 US$1971: 951,069,451 US$1972: 1,359,323,953 US$1973: 2,001,846,575 US$1974: 2,795,194,033 US$1975: 3,942,044,591 US$1976: 5,395,454,720 US$1977: 7,170,819,152 US$1978: 8,750,184,648 US$1979: 9,961,582,364 US$1980: 10,886,942,318 US$1981: 10,893,336,959 US$1982: 11,353,319,744 US$1983: 11,692,248,225 US$1984: 11,679,380,276 US$1985: 14,202,931,845 US$1986: 17,579,977,341 US$1987: 21,303,359,319 US$1988: 21,436,065,446 US$1989: 30,704,305,505 US$1990: 35,666,776,842 US$1991: 37,187,538,955 US$1992: 38,790,670,777 US$1993: 40,313,016,784 US$1994: 44,445,098,196 US$1995: 48,090,940,972 US$1996: 46,089,412,138 US$1997: 44,419,941,191 US$1998: 47,032,397,747 US$1999: 44,984,503,311 US$2000: 43,008,126,664 US$2001: 40,644,706,929 US$2002: 40,663,727,025 US$2003: 44,229,196,844 US$2004: 46,236,695,309 US$2005: 43,905,173,553 US$2006: 38,856,352,166 US$2007: 40,938,577,705 US$2008: 41,380,042,592 US$2009: 46,950,632,045 US$2010: 44,369,262,275 US$2011: 52,452,426,904 US$2012: 55,323,691,992 US$2013: 67,608,204,827 US$2014: 72,341,960,261 US$2015: 77,241,995,738 US$2016: 86,438,538,283 US$2017: 92,170,233,109 US$2018: 97,611,088,335 US$2019: 102,481,975,727 US$2020: 109,266,837,763 US$2021: 112,889,822,698 US$2022: 106,174,373,907 US$2023: 103,723,068,951 US$2024: 105,254,359,792 US$
Change over the period: +104B (+13,514.13%) Average annual rate: 9.53 %
External debt — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 105B +1.53B +1.48%
2023 104B −2.45B −2.31%
2022 106B −6.72B −5.95%
2021 113B +3.62B +3.32%
2020 109B +6.78B +6.62%
2019 102B +4.87B +4.99%
2018 97.61B +5.44B +5.9%
2017 92.17B +5.73B +6.63%
2016 86.44B +9.2B +11.91%
2015 77.24B +4.9B +6.77%
2014 72.34B +4.73B +7%
2013 67.61B +12.28B +22.2%
2012 55.32B +2.87B +5.47%
2011 52.45B +8.08B +18.22%
2010 44.37B −2.58B −5.5%
2009 46.95B +5.57B +13.46%
2008 41.38B +441M +1.08%
2007 40.94B +2.08B +5.36%
2006 38.86B −5.05B −11.5%
2005 43.91B −2.33B −5.04%
2004 46.24B +2.01B +4.54%
2003 44.23B +3.57B +8.77%
2002 40.66B +19.02M +0.05%
2001 40.64B −2.36B −5.5%
2000 43.01B −1.98B −4.39%
1999 44.98B −2.05B −4.35%
1998 47.03B +2.61B +5.88%
1997 44.42B −1.67B −3.62%
1996 46.09B −2B −4.16%
1995 48.09B +3.65B +8.2%
1994 44.45B +4.13B +10.25%
1993 40.31B +1.52B +3.92%
1992 38.79B +1.6B +4.31%
1991 37.19B +1.52B +4.26%
1990 35.67B +4.96B +16.16%
1989 30.7B +9.27B +43.24%
1988 21.44B +133M +0.62%
1987 21.3B +3.72B +21.18%
1986 17.58B +3.38B +23.78%
1985 14.2B +2.52B +21.61%
1984 11.68B −12.87M −0.11%
1983 11.69B +339M +2.99%
1982 11.35B +460M +4.22%
1981 10.89B +6.39M +0.06%
1980 10.89B +925M +9.29%
1979 9.96B +1.21B +13.84%
1978 8.75B +1.58B +22.02%
1977 7.17B +1.78B +32.9%
1976 5.4B +1.45B +36.87%
1975 3.94B +1.15B +41.03%
1974 2.8B +793M +39.63%
1973 2B +643M +47.27%
1972 1.36B +408M +42.93%
1971 951M +178M +23.02%
1970 773M

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.