Adjustments to foreign scheduled principal repayments (current LCU) by country

Principal repayments are actual amounts of principal (amortization) paid in currency, goods, or services in the year specified.

Countries reporting
22
Highest
765.84 billion current LCU
Zambia
Lowest
-3.18 billion current LCU
Comoros
Median
0 current LCU
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
372

What the numbers show

Adjustments to foreign scheduled principal repayments (current LCU) is currently reported for 22 countries. The highest value is 765.84 billion current LCU in Zambia; the lowest is -3.18 billion current LCU in Comoros.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 current LCU, and the mean is 49.67 billion current LCU.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 241.

Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 76,584,200,000,000,000,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 100.0%).

Adjustments to foreign scheduled principal repayments: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zambia 765.84 billion current LCU 2002 up 76,584,200,000,000,000,000.0% volatile
2 Madagascar 218.75 billion current LCU 1996 β€” volatile
3 Algeria 111.31 billion current LCU 1999 β€” volatile
4 Nigeria 46.03 million current LCU 2001 down 99.9% volatile
5 Morocco 0 current LCU 2011 β€” volatile
5 Tanzania 0 current LCU 2011 β€” flat
5 Chad 0 current LCU 2003 β€” flat
5 Sierra Leone 0 current LCU 2007 β€” flat
5 Sudan 0 current LCU 2005 β€” flat
5 Rwanda 0 current LCU 2007 down 100.0% volatile
5 Mauritius 0 current LCU 2011 β€” flat
5 Mozambique 0 current LCU 2011 β€” flat
5 Burundi 0 current LCU 2004 β€” flat
5 Kenya 0 current LCU 2011 β€” flat
5 Guinea-Bissau 0 current LCU 1996 β€” flat
5 Guinea 0 current LCU 2002 down 100.0% volatile
5 Ghana 0 current LCU 2010 β€” volatile
5 Egypt 0 current LCU 2011 β€” flat
5 Congo 0 current LCU 2011 β€” volatile
5 Cameroon 0 current LCU 2004 β€” volatile
5 Cote d'Ivoire 0 current LCU 2005 β€” flat
22 Comoros -3.18 billion current LCU 2008 β€” volatile

About this data

Indicator
Adjustments to foreign scheduled principal repayments (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
22 places, 372 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Principal repayments are actual amounts of principal (amortization) paid in currency, goods, or services in the year specified.