South Africa's external debt reached over 170 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, which corresponded to the highest stock of foreign debt in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria and Angola followed, each with debts of 76.2 billion and 67.3 billion U.S. dollars. Overall, external debt in Sub-Saharan Africa has been increasing. In 2020, the foreign debt burden in the region accumulated just under 790 billion U.S. dollars.
Total external debt stock in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2021, by country
(in million U.S. dollars)
Figures were rounded.
No data available for Equatorial Guinea, Namibia, Seychelles, and South Sudan.
According to the source, "total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in 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."
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World Bank. (August 18, 2023). Total external debt stock in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2021, by country (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 15, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224137/external-debt-stock-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-country/
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World Bank. (2023). Total external debt stock in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2021, by country (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224137/external-debt-stock-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-country/
World Bank. "Total External Debt Stock in Sub-saharan Africa as of 2021, by Country (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224137/external-debt-stock-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-country/
World Bank, Total external debt stock in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2021, by country (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224137/external-debt-stock-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-country/ (last visited November 15, 2024)
Total external debt stock in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2021, by country (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], World Bank, August 18, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224137/external-debt-stock-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-country/
