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External debt

49 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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Rank Country Value descending As of vs previous
1 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe $326.4M 2024 ↑ $7.9M + compare
2 🇰🇲 Comoros $385.6M 2024 ↑ $3.8M + compare
3 🇪🇷 Eritrea $693.3M 2024 ↓ $32.7M + compare
4 🇧🇮 Burundi $1B 2024 ↓ $9.8M + compare
5 🇨🇫 Central African Republic $1B 2024 ↓ $37.6M + compare
6 🇸🇿 Eswatini $1.2B 2024 ↑ $10.5M + compare
7 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau $1.4B 2024 ↑ $10.6M + compare
8 🇬🇲 Gambia $1.6B 2024 ↑ $317.8M + compare
9 🇱🇸 Lesotho $1.8B 2024 ↓ $2.5M + compare
10 🇸🇴 Somalia $1.8B 2024 ↓ $1.3B + compare
11 🇱🇷 Liberia $2.2B 2024 ↑ $129.1M + compare
12 🇧🇼 Botswana $2.3B 2024 ↑ $133.5M + compare
13 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone $2.3B 2024 ↓ $73.4M + compare
14 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde $2.4B 2024 ↓ $103.1M + compare
15 🇹🇩 Chad $3.3B 2024 ↑ $156.6M + compare
16 🇩🇯 Djibouti $3.5B 2024 ↑ $28.2M + compare
17 🇲🇼 Malawi $3.7B 2024 ↑ $139.5M + compare
18 🇹🇬 Togo $4.3B 2024 ↑ $854.3M + compare
19 🇲🇷 Mauritania $4.5B 2024 ↓ $128.1M + compare
20 🇳🇪 Niger $5.3B 2024 ↓ $304.9M + compare
21 🇬🇳 Guinea $5.4B 2024 ↑ $224.9M + compare
22 🇲🇱 Mali $6.4B 2024 ↓ $30.8M + compare
23 🇲🇬 Madagascar $6.7B 2024 ↑ $224.2M + compare
24 🇨🇬 Congo $6.7B 2024 ↓ $141.8M + compare
25 🇬🇦 Gabon $6.8B 2024 ↓ $759.4M + compare
26 🇩🇿 Algeria $6.9B 2024 ↓ $417M + compare
27 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso $10.8B 2024 ↑ $367.3M + compare
28 🇨🇩 DR Congo $12.5B 2024 ↑ $476.8M + compare
29 🇷🇼 Rwanda $13.1B 2024 ↑ $1.7B + compare
30 🇧🇯 Benin $14.2B 2024 ↑ $1.6B + compare
31 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe $14.4B 2024 ↓ $144.8M + compare
32 🇨🇲 Cameroon $15.8B 2024 ↑ $368.8M + compare
33 🇲🇺 Mauritius $20.4B 2024 ↑ $1.3B + compare
34 🇺🇬 Uganda $20.5B 2024 ↑ $249.6M + compare
35 🇸🇩 Sudan $22B 2024 ↓ $559.6M + compare
36 🇿🇲 Zambia $28.1B 2024 ↓ $958.8M + compare
37 🇹🇿 Tanzania $36.3B 2024 ↑ $1.8B + compare
38 🇪🇹 Ethiopia $36.5B 2024 ↑ $3.3B + compare
39 🇬🇭 Ghana $37.4B 2024 ↓ $4.3B + compare
40 🇹🇳 Tunisia $40.5B 2024 ↓ $1.9B + compare
41 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire $40.6B 2024 ↑ $4.2B + compare
42 🇰🇪 Kenya $42.9B 2024 ↓ $23.9M + compare
43 🇸🇳 Senegal $47.1B 2024 ↑ $1.7B + compare
44 🇦🇴 Angola $58.7B 2024 ↑ $1.5B + compare
45 🇲🇦 Morocco $68B 2024 ↓ $1.6B + compare
46 🇲🇿 Mozambique $69.8B 2024 ↑ $1.8B + compare
47 🇳🇬 Nigeria $108.8B 2024 ↑ $6.3B + compare
48 🇪🇬 Egypt $156B 2024 ↓ $12.2B + compare
49 🇿🇦 South Africa $175.9B 2024 ↑ $10.1B + compare
Median $6.8B 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.