External debt — all countries

External debt — Tanzania

External debt in Tanzania in 2024 — 36,343,119,612 US$. Ranked 82 in the world out of 118. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 18,314.7%.

2024 36.34B US$ +5.08% vs 2023
World rank 82of 118
Period maximum 36.34B US$2024
Period minimum 197M US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Tanzania, 1970–2024010B20B30B40B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 197,359,340 US$1971: 1,175,689,697 US$1972: 1,395,653,073 US$1973: 1,743,024,233 US$1974: 2,012,124,079 US$1975: 2,341,885,516 US$1976: 2,702,042,734 US$1977: 3,470,565,761 US$1978: 4,369,042,063 US$1979: 4,204,051,877 US$1980: 5,242,016,814 US$1981: 5,759,615,136 US$1982: 6,133,770,761 US$1983: 6,801,895,296 US$1984: 7,164,254,487 US$1985: 9,095,920,166 US$1986: 4,897,634,853 US$1987: 5,503,879,744 US$1988: 6,009,342,993 US$1989: 5,850,572,265 US$1990: 6,433,296,457 US$1991: 6,559,510,656 US$1992: 6,669,441,127 US$1993: 6,769,309,416 US$1994: 7,228,012,553 US$1995: 7,370,950,563 US$1996: 7,344,102,231 US$1997: 7,110,106,282 US$1998: 7,513,384,451 US$1999: 7,917,712,562 US$2000: 7,199,694,580 US$2001: 6,524,969,893 US$2002: 7,160,913,800 US$2003: 7,324,529,898 US$2004: 8,633,807,767 US$2005: 8,428,157,886 US$2006: 4,108,484,082 US$2007: 5,041,991,585 US$2008: 6,034,526,340 US$2009: 7,760,045,698 US$2010: 8,940,294,124 US$2011: 10,129,709,979 US$2012: 12,051,758,630 US$2013: 13,970,650,222 US$2014: 16,391,470,516 US$2015: 18,341,850,202 US$2016: 19,530,747,919 US$2017: 21,616,674,355 US$2018: 22,629,441,144 US$2019: 24,451,640,159 US$2020: 25,772,198,397 US$2021: 28,817,909,449 US$2022: 30,443,587,045 US$2023: 34,584,902,585 US$2024: 36,343,119,612 US$
Change over the period: +36.15B (+18,314.69%) Average annual rate: 10.14 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Tanzania 36.34B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 903B US$
Eastern Africa computed 300B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.61T US$
External debt — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 36.34B +1.76B +5.08%
2023 34.58B +4.14B +13.6%
2022 30.44B +1.63B +5.64%
2021 28.82B +3.05B +11.82%
2020 25.77B +1.32B +5.4%
2019 24.45B +1.82B +8.05%
2018 22.63B +1.01B +4.69%
2017 21.62B +2.09B +10.68%
2016 19.53B +1.19B +6.48%
2015 18.34B +1.95B +11.9%
2014 16.39B +2.42B +17.33%
2013 13.97B +1.92B +15.92%
2012 12.05B +1.92B +18.97%
2011 10.13B +1.19B +13.3%
2010 8.94B +1.18B +15.21%
2009 7.76B +1.73B +28.59%
2008 6.03B +993M +19.69%
2007 5.04B +934M +22.72%
2006 4.11B −4.32B −51.25%
2005 8.43B −206M −2.38%
2004 8.63B +1.31B +17.88%
2003 7.32B +164M +2.28%
2002 7.16B +636M +9.75%
2001 6.52B −675M −9.37%
2000 7.2B −718M −9.07%
1999 7.92B +404M +5.38%
1998 7.51B +403M +5.67%
1997 7.11B −234M −3.19%
1996 7.34B −26.85M −0.36%
1995 7.37B +143M +1.98%
1994 7.23B +459M +6.78%
1993 6.77B +99.87M +1.5%
1992 6.67B +110M +1.68%
1991 6.56B +126M +1.96%
1990 6.43B +583M +9.96%
1989 5.85B −159M −2.64%
1988 6.01B +505M +9.18%
1987 5.5B +606M +12.38%
1986 4.9B −4.2B −46.16%
1985 9.1B +1.93B +26.96%
1984 7.16B +362M +5.33%
1983 6.8B +668M +10.89%
1982 6.13B +374M +6.5%
1981 5.76B +518M +9.87%
1980 5.24B +1.04B +24.69%
1979 4.2B −165M −3.78%
1978 4.37B +898M +25.89%
1977 3.47B +769M +28.44%
1976 2.7B +360M +15.38%
1975 2.34B +330M +16.39%
1974 2.01B +269M +15.44%
1973 1.74B +347M +24.89%
1972 1.4B +220M +18.71%
1971 1.18B +978M +495.71%
1970 197M

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.