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External debt
49 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank
| 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 |