Africa | Debt outstanding and disbursed, Total to GDP (% of GDP)
Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data expressed as a percentage of GDP at market prices.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
Source
| year |
value
Min
Max
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| 1960 | |
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| 1965 | |
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| 1967 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1969 | |
| 1970 | 12.9852857 |
| 1971 | 15.48605825 |
| 1972 | 15.19930532 |
| 1973 | 15.78840964 |
| 1974 | 14.87549954 |
| 1975 | 17.72004874 |
| 1976 | 19.50153275 |
| 1977 | 27.29978235 |
| 1978 | 31.13872044 |
| 1979 | 30.38668482 |
| 1980 | 29.07027432 |
| 1981 | 32.12050907 |
| 1982 | 37.15490023 |
| 1983 | 41.74587003 |
| 1984 | 44.10075177 |
| 1985 | 51.78465117 |
| 1986 | 53.20975645 |
| 1987 | 54.44344476 |
| 1988 | 54.98434906 |
| 1989 | 56.58809605 |
| 1990 | 57.1307494 |
| 1991 | 58.76368274 |
| 1992 | 56.85821885 |
| 1993 | 59.44415507 |
| 1994 | 69.14770202 |
| 1995 | 66.62823588 |
| 1996 | 61.70308356 |
| 1997 | 56.42835527 |
| 1998 | 59.35093827 |
| 1999 | 55.01006083 |
| 2000 | 50.94443361 |
| 2001 | 49.90507318 |
| 2002 | 51.57463685 |
| 2003 | 45.52034766 |
| 2004 | 38.84742283 |
| 2005 | 30.26347006 |
| 2006 | 21.36716812 |
| 2007 | 20.37618958 |
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Africa | Debt outstanding and disbursed, Total to GDP (% of GDP)
Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data expressed as a percentage of GDP at market prices.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
Source