External debt in Southern Africa in 2024 — 181,225,285,441 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 289,794.6%.
1970–2024 · US$
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 181B | +10.2B | +5.96% |
| 2023 | 171B | −5.76B | −3.26% |
| 2022 | 177B | +2.33B | +1.34% |
| 2021 | 174B | −5.27B | −2.93% |
| 2020 | 180B | −15B | −7.71% |
| 2019 | 195B | +10.53B | +5.72% |
| 2018 | 184B | +5.06B | +2.83% |
| 2017 | 179B | +30.83B | +20.79% |
| 2016 | 148B | +16.93B | +12.88% |
| 2015 | 131B | −21.89B | −14.28% |
| 2014 | 153B | +7.56B | +5.19% |
| 2013 | 146B | −6.55B | −4.3% |
| 2012 | 152B | +23.86B | +18.58% |
| 2011 | 128B | +9.45B | +7.95% |
| 2010 | 119B | +31.62B | +36.21% |
| 2009 | 87.32B | +11.41B | +15.03% |
| 2008 | 75.91B | +1.49B | +2% |
| 2007 | 74.42B | +14.98B | +25.19% |
| 2006 | 59.44B | +12.7B | +27.17% |
| 2005 | 46.74B | +976M | +2.13% |
| 2004 | 45.77B | +3.98B | +9.52% |
| 2003 | 41.79B | +5.07B | +13.81% |
| 2002 | 36.71B | +9.6B | +35.41% |
| 2001 | 27.11B | −1.11B | −3.93% |
| 2000 | 28.22B | +967M | +3.55% |
| 1999 | 27.26B | −278M | −1.01% |
| 1998 | 27.54B | −4.75B | −14.72% |
| 1997 | 32.29B | +4.68B | +16.94% |
| 1996 | 27.61B | +603M | +2.23% |
| 1995 | 27.01B | +3.77B | +16.24% |
| 1994 | 23.23B | +21.8B | +1,519.68% |
| 1993 | 1.43B | +95.86M | +7.16% |
| 1992 | 1.34B | +18.28M | +1.38% |
| 1991 | 1.32B | +116M | +9.62% |
| 1990 | 1.2B | +55.42M | +4.82% |
| 1989 | 1.15B | +70.01M | +6.49% |
| 1988 | 1.08B | −25.7M | −2.33% |
| 1987 | 1.1B | +227M | +25.83% |
| 1986 | 878M | +121M | +15.91% |
| 1985 | 757M | +161M | +27.02% |
| 1984 | 596M | +2.49M | +0.42% |
| 1983 | 594M | +61.31M | +11.51% |
| 1982 | 533M | +103M | +23.91% |
| 1981 | 430M | +14.59M | +3.51% |
| 1980 | 415M | +48.93M | +13.36% |
| 1979 | 366M | +58.49M | +19% |
| 1978 | 308M | +36.54M | +13.47% |
| 1977 | 271M | +47.91M | +21.45% |
| 1976 | 223M | +27.53M | +14.06% |
| 1975 | 196M | +15.42M | +8.55% |
| 1974 | 180M | +20.28M | +12.67% |
| 1973 | 160M | +43.29M | +37.06% |
| 1972 | 117M | +40.36M | +52.78% |
| 1971 | 76.47M | +13.95M | +22.32% |
| 1970 | 62.51M | — | — |
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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Finance International reservesThe gold and foreign exchange reserves of a country in US dollars.
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