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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Economy > External debt > Total > DOD > Current US$ > Per $ GDP

DEFINITION: Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Somalia 2,584.68 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 1990
2 Sao Tome and Principe 4.77 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
3 Liberia 4.71 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
4 Guinea-Bissau 2.3 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
5 Burundi 1.65 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
6 Malawi 1.52 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.49 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
8 The Gambia 1.46 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
9 Sierra Leone 1.41 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
10 Zimbabwe 1.26 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
11 Mauritania 1.23 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
12 Guinea 0.987 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
13 Seychelles 0.973 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
14 Zambia 0.78 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
15 Togo 0.775 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
16 Mozambique 0.772 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
17 Eritrea 0.758 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
18 Comoros 0.746 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
19 Central African Republic 0.742 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
20 Rwanda 0.705 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
21 Madagascar 0.688 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
22 Sudan 0.67 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
23 Cote d'Ivoire 0.657 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
24 Tanzania 0.641 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
25 Ghana 0.629 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
26 Djibouti 0.598 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
27 Niger 0.579 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
=28 Ethiopia 0.56 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
=28 Mali 0.56 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
30 Cape Verde 0.555 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
31 Uganda 0.511 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
32 Gabon 0.484 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
33 Lesotho 0.476 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
34 Senegal 0.46 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
35 Benin 0.433 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
36 Cameroon 0.424 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
37 Burkina Faso 0.395 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
38 Angola 0.358 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
39 Mauritius 0.343 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
40 Kenya 0.329 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
41 Chad 0.299 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
42 Nigeria 0.224 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
43 Swaziland 0.195 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
44 South Africa 0.128 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
45 Equatorial Guinea 0.082 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005
46 Botswana 0.046 DOD $ per $1,000 of GDP 2005

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