Adjustments to foreign scheduled debt service (current LCU) by country

Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date such as money deposits, securities, shares and loans. Data are in current local currency.

Countries reporting
22
Highest
243.54 billion current LCU
Zambia
Lowest
0 current LCU
Cote d'Ivoire
Median
0 current LCU
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
381

What the numbers show

Adjustments to foreign scheduled debt service (current LCU) is currently reported for 22 countries. The highest value is 243.54 billion current LCU in Zambia; the lowest is 0 current LCU in Cote d'Ivoire.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 current LCU, and the mean is 22.66 billion current LCU.

Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 18,624.4%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 100.0%).

Adjustments to foreign scheduled debt service: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zambia 243.54 billion current LCU 1996 up 18,624.4% volatile
2 Madagascar 218.75 billion current LCU 1996 β€” volatile
3 Algeria 18.41 billion current LCU 1999 β€” volatile
4 Comoros 17.77 billion current LCU 2008 β€” volatile
5 Nigeria 46.03 million current LCU 2001 down 99.9% volatile
6 Morocco 0 current LCU 2011 β€” volatile
6 Tanzania 0 current LCU 2011 β€” volatile
6 Chad 0 current LCU 2003 β€” flat
6 Sierra Leone 0 current LCU 2007 β€” flat
6 Sudan 0 current LCU 2005 β€” flat
6 Rwanda 0 current LCU 2007 down 100.0% volatile
6 Mauritius 0 current LCU 2011 β€” flat
6 Mozambique 0 current LCU 2011 β€” flat
6 Burundi 0 current LCU 2004 β€” flat
6 Kenya 0 current LCU 2011 β€” flat
6 Guinea-Bissau 0 current LCU 1996 β€” flat
6 Guinea 0 current LCU 2001 down 100.0% volatile
6 Ghana 0 current LCU 2010 β€” volatile
6 Egypt 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
6 Congo 0 current LCU 2011 β€” volatile
6 Cameroon 0 current LCU 2004 β€” volatile
6 Cote d'Ivoire 0 current LCU 2005 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Adjustments to foreign scheduled debt service (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
22 places, 381 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date such as money deposits, securities, shares and loans. Data are in current local currency.