Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Records
53
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | Debt outstanding and disbursed, Total to GDP (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
0.00330631 1970
13.4023432 1971
13.67192313 1972
13.93598139 1973
13.38419101 1974
14.5275989 1975
15.35433429 1976
19.6082876 1977
23.01313327 1978
22.76419274 1979
22.37184773 1980
25.50130411 1981
30.21768546 1982
36.5110293 1983
40.13598292 1984
50.73388316 1985
51.86928248 1986
53.65531159 1987
51.83929301 1988
52.07013084 1989
58.70388873 1990
58.78888669 1991
58.91920332 1992
66.01860633 1993
76.66230166 1994
72.08498822 1995
68.13560272 1996
64.72606101 1997
70.05726777 1998
66.24950695 1999
63.55026818 2000
62.5042893 2001
63.94154382 2002
54.04097004 2003
46.02056367 2004
36.3048904 2005
25.82229665 2006
25.121147 2007
22.95631603 2008
26.815041 2009
23.99796349 2010
23.33912312 2011
2012

Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Records
53
Source