External debt — all countries

External debt — Northern Africa

External debt in Northern Africa in 2024 — 293,345,449,334 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 6,122.3%.

2024 293B US$ −5.41% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 310B US$2023
Period minimum 4.71B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Northern Africa, 1970–20240100B200B300B400B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 4,714,394,120 US$1971: 5,510,260,936 US$1972: 5,893,466,031 US$1973: 7,717,008,650 US$1974: 9,234,448,350 US$1975: 14,842,121,658 US$1976: 19,210,397,898 US$1977: 32,811,929,038 US$1978: 41,628,316,320 US$1979: 49,107,807,013 US$1980: 56,926,414,716 US$1981: 60,832,898,502 US$1982: 68,310,945,987 US$1983: 71,187,446,894 US$1984: 74,563,852,055 US$1985: 84,283,379,207 US$1986: 96,043,442,805 US$1987: 107,696,474,416 US$1988: 111,698,241,036 US$1989: 115,489,639,107 US$1990: 108,684,079,254 US$1991: 107,147,480,921 US$1992: 105,309,531,689 US$1993: 103,714,376,228 US$1994: 112,436,735,826 US$1995: 118,945,065,001 US$1996: 117,748,392,668 US$1997: 111,906,745,040 US$1998: 114,387,123,804 US$1999: 110,518,492,747 US$2000: 102,956,583,423 US$2001: 97,952,893,310 US$2002: 102,515,681,331 US$2003: 108,101,482,089 US$2004: 109,042,120,937 US$2005: 99,725,740,552 US$2006: 92,390,652,450 US$2007: 102,246,803,326 US$2008: 103,388,647,904 US$2009: 111,879,251,029 US$2010: 116,657,282,549 US$2011: 115,607,234,019 US$2012: 126,998,641,246 US$2013: 140,196,669,399 US$2014: 140,200,878,194 US$2015: 149,025,461,908 US$2016: 173,371,278,098 US$2017: 197,336,095,701 US$2018: 212,903,241,624 US$2019: 238,750,192,325 US$2020: 269,514,963,322 US$2021: 285,062,539,628 US$2022: 298,693,946,704 US$2023: 310,117,422,641 US$2024: 293,345,449,334 US$
Change over the period: +289B (+6,122.34%) Average annual rate: 7.95 %
External debt — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 293B −16.77B −5.41%
2023 310B +11.42B +3.82%
2022 299B +13.63B +4.78%
2021 285B +15.55B +5.77%
2020 270B +30.76B +12.89%
2019 239B +25.85B +12.14%
2018 213B +15.57B +7.89%
2017 197B +23.96B +13.82%
2016 173B +24.35B +16.34%
2015 149B +8.82B +6.29%
2014 140B +4.21M +0%
2013 140B +13.2B +10.39%
2012 127B +11.39B +9.85%
2011 116B −1.05B −0.9%
2010 117B +4.78B +4.27%
2009 112B +8.49B +8.21%
2008 103B +1.14B +1.12%
2007 102B +9.86B +10.67%
2006 92.39B −7.34B −7.36%
2005 99.73B −9.32B −8.54%
2004 109B +941M +0.87%
2003 108B +5.59B +5.45%
2002 103B +4.56B +4.66%
2001 97.95B −5B −4.86%
2000 103B −7.56B −6.84%
1999 111B −3.87B −3.38%
1998 114B +2.48B +2.22%
1997 112B −5.84B −4.96%
1996 118B −1.2B −1.01%
1995 119B +6.51B +5.79%
1994 112B +8.72B +8.41%
1993 104B −1.6B −1.51%
1992 105B −1.84B −1.72%
1991 107B −1.54B −1.41%
1990 109B −6.81B −5.89%
1989 115B +3.79B +3.39%
1988 112B +4B +3.72%
1987 108B +11.65B +12.13%
1986 96.04B +11.76B +13.95%
1985 84.28B +9.72B +13.04%
1984 74.56B +3.38B +4.74%
1983 71.19B +2.88B +4.21%
1982 68.31B +7.48B +12.29%
1981 60.83B +3.91B +6.86%
1980 56.93B +7.82B +15.92%
1979 49.11B +7.48B +17.97%
1978 41.63B +8.82B +26.87%
1977 32.81B +13.6B +70.8%
1976 19.21B +4.37B +29.43%
1975 14.84B +5.61B +60.73%
1974 9.23B +1.52B +19.66%
1973 7.72B +1.82B +30.94%
1972 5.89B +383M +6.95%
1971 5.51B +796M +16.88%
1970 4.71B

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.