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Debt service / exports

48 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.