External debt — all countries

External debt — Sudan

External debt in Sudan in 2024 — 22,020,660,463 US$. Ranked 75 in the world out of 118. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 5,618.7%.

2024 22.02B US$ −2.48% vs 2023
World rank 75of 118
Period maximum 23.81B US$2020
Period minimum 385M US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Sudan, 1970–2024010B20B30B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 385,062,511 US$1971: 395,962,358 US$1972: 452,076,898 US$1973: 564,428,704 US$1974: 1,136,481,106 US$1975: 1,598,563,165 US$1976: 2,087,109,291 US$1977: 2,620,862,387 US$1978: 3,159,023,633 US$1979: 4,077,980,153 US$1980: 5,176,866,635 US$1981: 6,193,993,919 US$1982: 7,169,372,762 US$1983: 7,506,202,443 US$1984: 8,480,412,476 US$1985: 8,955,218,075 US$1986: 9,631,230,107 US$1987: 11,248,637,749 US$1988: 11,530,990,243 US$1989: 13,359,370,988 US$1990: 14,798,052,810 US$1991: 15,298,882,978 US$1992: 15,558,414,381 US$1993: 15,979,632,963 US$1994: 17,096,156,407 US$1995: 17,816,478,183 US$1996: 16,971,980,942 US$1997: 16,326,140,589 US$1998: 16,843,023,941 US$1999: 16,205,567,434 US$2000: 16,097,061,560 US$2001: 15,031,932,329 US$2002: 16,154,779,699 US$2003: 17,349,202,470 US$2004: 18,404,623,840 US$2005: 17,670,919,956 US$2006: 18,579,233,642 US$2007: 20,006,622,120 US$2008: 20,583,833,870 US$2009: 21,359,139,483 US$2010: 22,592,936,139 US$2011: 21,460,776,766 US$2012: 22,078,256,122 US$2013: 22,721,571,816 US$2014: 21,971,930,557 US$2015: 21,657,638,751 US$2016: 21,361,100,515 US$2017: 21,969,836,080 US$2018: 21,804,346,688 US$2019: 22,843,739,037 US$2020: 23,811,151,810 US$2021: 22,976,037,485 US$2022: 22,440,226,841 US$2023: 22,580,297,677 US$2024: 22,020,660,463 US$
Change over the period: +21.64B (+5,618.72%) Average annual rate: 7.78 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sudan

Sudan 22.02B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 903B US$
Northern Africa computed 293B US$
Low-income countries computed 243B US$
External debt — Sudan, by year Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 22.02B −560M −2.48%
2023 22.58B +140M +0.62%
2022 22.44B −536M −2.33%
2021 22.98B −835M −3.51%
2020 23.81B +967M +4.23%
2019 22.84B +1.04B +4.77%
2018 21.8B −165M −0.75%
2017 21.97B +609M +2.85%
2016 21.36B −297M −1.37%
2015 21.66B −314M −1.43%
2014 21.97B −750M −3.3%
2013 22.72B +643M +2.91%
2012 22.08B +617M +2.88%
2011 21.46B −1.13B −5.01%
2010 22.59B +1.23B +5.78%
2009 21.36B +775M +3.77%
2008 20.58B +577M +2.89%
2007 20.01B +1.43B +7.68%
2006 18.58B +908M +5.14%
2005 17.67B −734M −3.99%
2004 18.4B +1.06B +6.08%
2003 17.35B +1.19B +7.39%
2002 16.15B +1.12B +7.47%
2001 15.03B −1.07B −6.62%
2000 16.1B −109M −0.67%
1999 16.21B −637M −3.78%
1998 16.84B +517M +3.17%
1997 16.33B −646M −3.81%
1996 16.97B −844M −4.74%
1995 17.82B +720M +4.21%
1994 17.1B +1.12B +6.99%
1993 15.98B +421M +2.71%
1992 15.56B +260M +1.7%
1991 15.3B +501M +3.38%
1990 14.8B +1.44B +10.77%
1989 13.36B +1.83B +15.86%
1988 11.53B +282M +2.51%
1987 11.25B +1.62B +16.79%
1986 9.63B +676M +7.55%
1985 8.96B +475M +5.6%
1984 8.48B +974M +12.98%
1983 7.51B +337M +4.7%
1982 7.17B +975M +15.75%
1981 6.19B +1.02B +19.65%
1980 5.18B +1.1B +26.95%
1979 4.08B +919M +29.09%
1978 3.16B +538M +20.53%
1977 2.62B +534M +25.57%
1976 2.09B +489M +30.56%
1975 1.6B +462M +40.66%
1974 1.14B +572M +101.35%
1973 564M +112M +24.85%
1972 452M +56.11M +14.17%
1971 396M +10.9M +2.83%
1970 385M

Northern Africa, 2024

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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.