Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Economy > External debt > Commitments > Commitments > Public and publicly guaranteed > COM > Current US$
DEFINITION:
Commitments are the total amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified; data for private nonguaranteed debt are not available. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | $5.72 billion | 2009 | ||
| 2 | Botswana | $1.78 billion | 2009 | ||
| 3 | Ethiopia | $1.45 billion | 2009 | ||
| 4 | Sudan | $1.28 billion | 2009 | ||
| 5 | Mauritius | $1.20 billion | 2009 | ||
| 6 | Ghana | $1.06 billion | 2009 | ||
| 7 | Kenya | $989.20 million | 2009 | ||
| 8 | Nigeria | $985.00 million | 2009 | ||
| 9 | Tanzania | $823.38 million | 2009 | ||
| 10 | Uganda | $782.72 million | 2009 | ||
| 11 | Senegal | $763.22 million | 2009 | ||
| 12 | Cameroon | $510.13 million | 2009 | ||
| 13 | Mali | $498.10 million | 2009 | ||
| 14 | Mozambique | $474.47 million | 2009 | ||
| 15 | Gabon | $419.72 million | 2009 | ||
| 16 | Cape Verde | $251.76 million | 2009 | ||
| 17 | Benin | $231.68 million | 2009 | ||
| 18 | Togo | $211.77 million | 2009 | ||
| 19 | Malawi | $186.67 million | 2009 | ||
| 20 | Zambia | $174.59 million | 2009 | ||
| 21 | Mauritania | $149.97 million | 2009 | ||
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | $148.16 million | 2009 | ||
| 23 | Madagascar | $83.22 million | 2009 | ||
| 24 | Sierra Leone | $82.11 million | 2009 | ||
| 25 | Niger | $68.56 million | 2009 | ||
| 26 | Eritrea | $48.93 million | 2009 | ||
| 27 | Burkina Faso | $47.82 million | 2009 | ||
| 28 | Seychelles | $41.95 million | 2009 | ||
| 29 | Lesotho | $36.23 million | 2009 | ||
| 30 | Djibouti | $24.32 million | 2009 | ||
| 31 | Swaziland | $24.16 million | 2009 | ||
| 32 | Sao Tome and Principe | $10.04 million | 2009 | ||
| 33 | Burundi | $8.00 million | 2009 | ||
| 34 | The Gambia | $7.71 million | 2009 | ||
| 35 | Chad | $2.64 million | 2009 | ||
| =36 | Comoros | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
| =36 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
| =36 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
| =36 | Somalia | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
| =36 | Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
| =36 | Rwanda | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
| =36 | Guinea | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
| =36 | Central African Republic | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
| =36 | Liberia | 0.0 | 2009 |
