Debt service / exports

Total debt service, % of exports and primary income

Order: Highest to lowest · Show lowest first
Countries: 48 of 54 have data · 6 without data
Period: Latest figures range from 2021 to 2024: 42 countries report 2024; 6 report earlier years (2021, 2022, 2023).
Source: World Bank · annual

Countries’ latest figures come from different years. Each row shows its own year, so figures from different years are not a like-for-like comparison.

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Debt service / exports: Highest to lowest
Rank	Country	Value (%)	Year	Change from previous figure	Compare
1	🇪🇬 Egypt + compare	49.23% ↑ 18.84 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 18.84 pts	+ compare
2	🇲🇿 Mozambique + compare	46.51% ↑ 0.35 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 0.35 pts	+ compare
3	🇸🇳 Senegal + compare	41.81% ↑ 11.57 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 11.57 pts	+ compare
4	🇿🇲 Zambia + compare	30.47% ↑ 22.24 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 22.24 pts	+ compare
5	🇦🇴 Angola + compare	28.91% ↓ 4.54 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 4.54 pts	+ compare
6	🇰🇪 Kenya + compare	27.22% ↑ 6.11 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 6.11 pts	+ compare
7	🇧🇯 Benin + compare	26.81% ↑ 8.71 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 8.71 pts	+ compare
8	🇹🇳 Tunisia + compare	26.17% ↑ 2.06 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 2.06 pts	+ compare
9	🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire + compare	24.73% ↑ 4.68 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 4.68 pts	+ compare
10	🇳🇬 Nigeria + compare	21.91% ↑ 6.52 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 6.52 pts	+ compare
11	🇨🇲 Cameroon + compare	20.15% ↓ 0.43 pts from previous figure	2023	↓ 0.43 pts	+ compare
12	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe + compare	19.52% ↑ 13.43 pts from previous figure	2023	↑ 13.43 pts	+ compare
13	🇳🇪 Niger + compare	18.97% ↑ 4.87 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 4.87 pts	+ compare
14	🇰🇲 Comoros + compare	17.34% ↑ 5.8 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 5.8 pts	+ compare
15	🇿🇦 South Africa + compare	16.3% ↓ 0.2 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 0.2 pts	+ compare
16	🇬🇦 Gabon + compare	15.4% ↓ 13.62 pts from previous figure	2021	↓ 13.62 pts	+ compare
17	🇺🇬 Uganda + compare	13.94% ↓ 16.03 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 16.03 pts	+ compare
18	🇹🇬 Togo + compare	13.82% ↑ 2.73 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 2.73 pts	+ compare
19	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso + compare	13.6% ↑ 1.93 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 1.93 pts	+ compare
20	🇨🇬 Congo + compare	13.56% ↑ 0.27 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 0.27 pts	+ compare
21	🇨🇫 Central African Republic + compare	13.4% ↑ 3.31 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 3.31 pts	+ compare
22	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau + compare	13.26% ↓ 1.82 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 1.82 pts	+ compare
23	🇲🇦 Morocco + compare	12.93% ↑ 3.72 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 3.72 pts	+ compare
24	🇨🇻 Cabo Verde + compare	12.62% ↓ 2.54 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 2.54 pts	+ compare
25	🇹🇿 Tanzania + compare	12.09% ↓ 3.47 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 3.47 pts	+ compare
26	🇪🇹 Ethiopia + compare	11.54% ↓ 2.8 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 2.8 pts	+ compare
27	🇧🇮 Burundi + compare	10.96% ↑ 1.76 pts from previous figure	2023	↑ 1.76 pts	+ compare
28	🇲🇼 Malawi + compare	10.56% ↑ 0.85 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 0.85 pts	+ compare
29	🇲🇷 Mauritania + compare	9.67% ↑ 0.25 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 0.25 pts	+ compare
30	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone + compare	9.49% ↓ 1.75 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 1.75 pts	+ compare
31	🇬🇭 Ghana + compare	9.44% ↓ 5.85 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 5.85 pts	+ compare
32	🇱🇷 Liberia + compare	9.15% ↓ 0.5 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 0.5 pts	+ compare
33	🇲🇺 Mauritius + compare	8.48% ↑ 0.03 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 0.03 pts	+ compare
34	🇹🇩 Chad + compare	8.46% ↑ 0.83 pts from previous figure	2023	↑ 0.83 pts	+ compare
35	🇬🇲 Gambia + compare	8.14% ↑ 0.65 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 0.65 pts	+ compare
36	🇷🇼 Rwanda + compare	7.97% ↓ 7.35 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 7.35 pts	+ compare
37	🇸🇿 Eswatini + compare	7.67% ↓ 0.19 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 0.19 pts	+ compare
38	🇲🇬 Madagascar + compare	7.17% ↑ 1.07 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 1.07 pts	+ compare
39	🇱🇸 Lesotho + compare	6.89% ↓ 2.04 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 2.04 pts	+ compare
40	🇲🇱 Mali + compare	6.16% ↑ 0.62 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 0.62 pts	+ compare
41	🇧🇼 Botswana + compare	4.72% ↑ 1.05 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 1.05 pts	+ compare
42	🇬🇳 Guinea + compare	3.73% ↑ 1.15 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 1.15 pts	+ compare
43	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe + compare	3.47% ↓ 1.61 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 1.61 pts	+ compare
44	🇸🇩 Sudan + compare	2.96% ↓ 42.26 pts from previous figure	2022	↓ 42.26 pts	+ compare
45	🇩🇯 Djibouti + compare	2.53% ↑ 0.89 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 0.89 pts	+ compare
46	🇨🇩 DR Congo + compare	1.32% ↓ 0.31 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 0.31 pts	+ compare
47	🇩🇿 Algeria + compare	0.8% ↑ 0.04 pts from previous figure	2024	↑ 0.04 pts	+ compare
48	🇸🇴 Somalia + compare	0.66% ↓ 0.57 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 0.57 pts	+ compare
	Median	12.36%	median of shown

“—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.

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