| Table Five: African Debt from Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Millions of people | Millions of U.S. dollars (current prices) | Annual average | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 75-84 | 85-89 | 90-MR | ||||||
| SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA | 6,929 | 7,855 | 9,082 | 12,022 | 15,348 | 18,476 | 21,182 | 29,976 | 39,074 | 46,978 | 57,973 | 66,491 | 73,780 | 83,488 | 87,543 | 102,197 | 120,726 | 148,029 | 150,526 | 157,371 | 177,423 | 183,897 | 183,060 | 195,313 | 216,539 | 230,578 | 227,078 | 52,496 | #### | 201,984 | |||||
| excluding South Africa | 6,929 | 7,855 | 9,082 | 12,022 | 15,348 | 18,476 | 21,182 | 29,976 | 39,074 | 46,978 | 57,973 | 66,491 | 73,780 | 83,488 | 87,543 | 102,197 | 120,726 | 148,029 | 150,526 | 157,371 | 177,423 | 183,553 | 182,464 | 188,658 | 197,819 | 208,287 | 203,488 | 52,496 | #### | 191,670 | |||||
| excl. S.Africa & Nigeria | 6,092 | 6,894 | 8,000 | 10,243 | 13,467 | 16,789 | 19,844 | 26,830 | 33,982 | 40,734 | 49,052 | 55,070 | 61,808 | 65,927 | 69,772 | 83,554 | 98,514 | 119,007 | 120,905 | 127,249 | 143,983 | 150,026 | 153,446 | 157,959 | 164,727 | 174,195 | 172,081 | 43,981 | #### | 159,488 | |||||
| Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 85 | 102 | 113 | 150 | 207 | 447 | 725 | 1,402 | 2,993 | 3,662 | 5,451 | 6,290 | 7,291 | 8,594 | 9,002 | 10,061 | 10,574 | 11,345 | 11,568 | 10,612 | 326 | 5,137 | 10,251 | |||||
| Benin | 41 | 49 | 46 | 59 | 74 | 86 | 107 | 167 | 234 | 403 | 424 | 493 | 708 | 746 | 712 | 854 | 989 | 1,194 | 1,113 | 1,242 | 1,292 | 1,324 | 1,373 | 1,447 | 1,589 | 1,614 | 1,594 | 408 | 1,078 | 1,462 | |||||
| Botswana | 17 | 33 | 75 | 115 | 134 | 148 | 169 | 192 | 134 | 141 | 147 | 168 | 212 | 234 | 272 | 351 | 412 | 550 | 539 | 555 | 563 | 620 | 612 | 660 | 688 | 703 | 613 | 182 | 481 | 637 | |||||
| Burkina Faso | 21 | 24 | 20 | 31 | 47 | 63 | 85 | 164 | 263 | 295 | 330 | 328 | 352 | 398 | 410 | 511 | 640 | 828 | 845 | 717 | 834 | 967 | 1,040 | 1,117 | 1,129 | 1,267 | 1,294 | 269 | 708 | 1,093 | |||||
| Burundi | 15 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 47 | 75 | 136 | 166 | 179 | 228 | 308 | 348 | 455 | 570 | 770 | 801 | 889 | 913 | 964 | 1,022 | 1,061 | 1,123 | 1,158 | 1,127 | 153 | 697 | 1,053 | |||||
| Cameroon | 145 | 179 | 220 | 265 | 322 | 440 | 610 | 1,112 | 1,540 | 2,189 | 2,588 | 2,657 | 2,814 | 2,905 | 2,904 | 3,174 | 4,157 | 4,678 | 4,778 | 5,440 | 6,679 | 6,898 | 7,415 | 7,456 | 8,326 | 9,346 | 9,515 | 1,976 | 4,445 | 7,948 | |||||
| Cape Verde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 39 | 59 | 72 | 76 | 97 | 116 | 132 | 127 | 128 | 135 | 135 | 142 | 149 | 180 | 220 | 211 | 33 | 120 | 167 | |||||
| Central African Republic | 24 | 29 | 37 | 56 | 69 | 79 | 95 | 132 | 142 | 158 | 195 | 233 | 253 | 258 | 264 | 344 | 462 | 618 | 669 | 694 | 699 | 794 | 814 | 873 | 885 | 942 | 928 | 181 | 557 | 848 | |||||
| Chad | 35 | 47 | 37 | 48 | 76 | 143 | 156 | 207 | 281 | 308 | 284 | 259 | 221 | 220 | 194 | 217 | 263 | 346 | 392 | 399 | 524 | 629 | 723 | 767 | 828 | 902 | 997 | 227 | 323 | 767 | |||||
| Comoros | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 29 | 40 | 44 | 55 | 69 | 86 | 105 | 134 | 167 | 203 | 199 | 174 | 187 | 180 | 188 | 185 | 192 | 204 | 206 | 48 | 175 | 192 | |||||
| Congo, Democratic Rep. of | 345 | 404 | 670 | 1,040 | 1,532 | 2,033 | 2,915 | 3,659 | 4,489 | 4,526 | 4,770 | 5,090 | 5,079 | 5,336 | 5,290 | 6,171 | 7,191 | 8,758 | 8,562 | 9,239 | 10,272 | 10,826 | 10,964 | 11,270 | 12,322 | 13,241 | 12,826 | 4,318 | 7,984 | 11,675 | |||||
| Congo, Republic of | 119 | 140 | 158 | 189 | 261 | 357 | 381 | 579 | 783 | 1,056 | 1,526 | 1,498 | 1,982 | 2,041 | 2,069 | 3,050 | 3,519 | 4,307 | 4,090 | 4,279 | 4,953 | 4,832 | 4,770 | 5,081 | 5,413 | 6,004 | 5,240 | 1,227 | 3,849 | 5,185 | |||||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 374 | 514 | 580 | 863 | 1,066 | 1,465 | 1,828 | 2,573 | 3,836 | 4,772 | 7,462 | 8,141 | 8,961 | 8,858 | 8,546 | 9,659 | 11,450 | 13,577 | 13,342 | 14,821 | 17,251 | 18,174 | 18,547 | 19,071 | 17,395 | 18,899 | 19,713 | 5,644 | 12,570 | 18,436 | |||||
| Djibouti | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 46 | 86 | 144 | 125 | 183 | 185 | 178 | 205 | 190 | 193 | 228 | 226 | 238 | 241 | 33 | 163 | 217 | |||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 5 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 49 | 39 | 41 | 76 | 92 | 117 | 122 | 116 | 132 | 159 | 196 | 211 | 229 | 241 | 254 | 255 | 264 | 288 | 292 | 283 | 71 | 185 | 268 | |||||
| Eritrea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 39 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||||
| Ethiopia | 169 | 204 | 227 | 256 | 283 | 344 | 403 | 501 | 567 | 740 | 824 | 1,842 | 3,280 | 3,845 | 4,220 | 5,206 | 6,134 | 7,364 | 7,704 | 7,842 | 8,634 | 9,119 | 9,341 | 9,703 | 10,066 | 10,309 | 10,077 | 1,656 | 6,850 | 9,607 | |||||
| Gabon | 104 | 146 | 230 | 396 | 528 | 883 | 1,234 | 1,476 | 1,513 | 1,723 | 1,514 | 1,136 | 1,001 | 915 | 919 | 1,206 | 1,944 | 2,619 | 2,845 | 3,350 | 3,984 | 4,223 | 3,850 | 3,861 | 3,996 | 4,374 | 4,213 | 1,231 | 2,393 | 4,072 | |||||
| Gambia, The | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 50 | 81 | 137 | 176 | 207 | 212 | 230 | 245 | 270 | 327 | 325 | 338 | 369 | 383 | 404 | 426 | 425 | 425 | 452 | 116 | 301 | 412 | |||||
| Ghana | 571 | 542 | 601 | 756 | 729 | 721 | 711 | 1,067 | 1,279 | 1,282 | 1,398 | 1,539 | 1,484 | 1,666 | 1,963 | 2,257 | 2,767 | 3,313 | 3,128 | 3,397 | 3,873 | 4,371 | 4,499 | 4,880 | 5,464 | 5,872 | 6,202 | 1,311 | 2,972 | 5,023 | |||||
| Guinea | 328 | 441 | 514 | 622 | 744 | 774 | 824 | 918 | 1,040 | 1,158 | 1,133 | 1,371 | 1,366 | 1,347 | 1,256 | 1,466 | 1,764 | 2,072 | 2,266 | 2,175 | 2,477 | 2,622 | 2,648 | 2,848 | 3,110 | 3,242 | 3,240 | 1,119 | 1,948 | 2,884 | |||||
| Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 54 | 72 | 140 | 151 | 170 | 199 | 254 | 318 | 371 | 480 | 564 | 593 | 692 | 745 | 761 | 787 | 852 | 897 | 937 | 110 | 465 | 810 | |||||
| Kenya | 478 | 498 | 581 | 845 | 1,153 | 1,290 | 1,493 | 1,658 | 2,172 | 2,718 | 3,383 | 3,224 | 3,364 | 3,624 | 3,508 | 4,178 | 4,589 | 5,756 | 5,781 | 5,863 | 7,056 | 7,455 | 6,907 | 7,118 | 7,152 | 7,347 | 6,893 | 2,643 | 5,233 | 7,132 | |||||
| Lesotho | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 34 | 53 | 72 | 84 | 122 | 129 | 138 | 175 | 198 | 259 | 287 | 328 | 397 | 446 | 493 | 530 | 603 | 659 | 654 | 69 | 249 | 540 | |||||
| Liberia | 162 | 162 | 159 | 159 | 162 | 179 | 209 | 292 | 443 | 597 | 686 | 814 | 903 | 1,006 | 1,076 | 1,243 | 1,436 | 1,705 | 1,656 | 1,685 | 1,849 | 1,954 | 1,923 | 1,957 | 2,056 | 2,154 | 2,107 | 620 | 1,545 | 2,000 | |||||
| Madagascar | 485 | 525 | 548 | 594 | 901 | 906 | 199 | 888 | 356 | 773 | 1,249 | 1,611 | 1,930 | 2,037 | 2,144 | 2,525 | 3,003 | 3,680 | 3,677 | 3,452 | 3,721 | 3,924 | 3,939 | 3,828 | 4,131 | 4,324 | 4,175 | 1,209 | 3,267 | 4,006 | |||||
| Malawi | 135 | 152 | 176 | 215 | 242 | 271 | 310 | 460 | 595 | 670 | 831 | 822 | 865 | 893 | 880 | 1,021 | 1,158 | 1,367 | 1,359 | 1,411 | 1,562 | 1,665 | 1,709 | 1,826 | 2,025 | 2,242 | 2,312 | 660 | 1,263 | 1,906 | |||||
| Mali | 247 | 271 | 268 | 301 | 349 | 356 | 374 | 472 | 564 | 567 | 727 | 830 | 875 | 988 | 1,237 | 1,456 | 1,743 | 2,048 | 2,019 | 2,126 | 2,466 | 2,595 | 2,897 | 2,902 | 2,694 | 2,958 | 3,020 | 699 | 1,879 | 2,790 | |||||
| Mauritania | 26 | 39 | 56 | 105 | 168 | 188 | 407 | 523 | 683 | 720 | 843 | 967 | 1,139 | 1,278 | 1,322 | 1,457 | 1,749 | 2,025 | 2,049 | 1,967 | 2,107 | 2,199 | 2,099 | 2,138 | 2,193 | 2,320 | 2,363 | 807 | 1,849 | 2,203 | |||||
| Mauritius | 32 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 48 | 52 | 65 | 143 | 251 | 373 | 467 | 544 | 582 | 561 | 549 | 629 | 672 | 818 | 874 | 847 | 986 | 1,043 | 1,051 | 1,008 | 1,382 | 1,756 | 1,818 | 359 | 768 | 1,292 | |||||
| Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 42 | 48 | 49 | 68 | 125 | 422 | 1,438 | 2,871 | 3,492 | 4,125 | 4,163 | 4,363 | 4,675 | 4,742 | 5,155 | 5,220 | 5,648 | 5,751 | 5,842 | 223 | 3,803 | 5,291 | |||||
| Namibia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Niger | 32 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 92 | 112 | 130 | 170 | 607 | 629 | 863 | 1,022 | 957 | 950 | 956 | 1,195 | 1,416 | 1,624 | 1,672 | 1,496 | 1,726 | 1,494 | 1,517 | 1,551 | 1,539 | 1,601 | 1,557 | 640 | 1,481 | 1,569 | |||||
| Nigeria | 837 | 960 | 1,082 | 1,779 | 1,881 | 1,687 | 1,338 | 3,147 | 5,091 | 6,245 | 8,921 | 11,421 | 11,972 | 17,561 | 17,771 | 18,643 | 22,212 | 29,021 | 29,621 | 30,122 | 33,440 | 33,527 | 29,019 | 30,699 | 33,092 | 34,093 | 31,407 | 8,515 | 25,924 | 32,182 | |||||
| Rwanda | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 48 | 88 | 127 | 156 | 190 | 197 | 218 | 241 | 290 | 366 | 451 | 605 | 654 | 623 | 711 | 807 | 853 | 904 | 945 | 1,021 | 1,034 | 158 | 540 | 896 | |||||
| São Tomé and Principe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 79 | 98 | 109 | 135 | 151 | 171 | 194 | 214 | 228 | 252 | 261 | 22 | 97 | 210 | |||||
| Senegal | 145 | 153 | 162 | 199 | 265 | 349 | 410 | 628 | 895 | 1,122 | 1,473 | 1,670 | 1,861 | 2,077 | 2,203 | 2,563 | 3,224 | 4,026 | 3,881 | 3,264 | 3,727 | 3,548 | 3,631 | 3,762 | 3,650 | 3,824 | 3,663 | 1,269 | 3,392 | 3,686 | |||||
| Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 385 | 474 | 84 | 37 | 51 | 55 | 71 | 97 | 142 | 163 | 153 | 144 | 163 | 173 | 164 | 157 | 171 | 159 | 148 | 127 | 140 | 162 | |||||
| Sierra Leone | 61 | 111 | 119 | 142 | 193 | 205 | 233 | 290 | 345 | 408 | 469 | 591 | 627 | 640 | 615 | 709 | 869 | 1,032 | 1,032 | 1,066 | 1,151 | 1,206 | 1,245 | 1,396 | 1,493 | 1,178 | 1,167 | 442 | 942 | 1,262 | |||||
| Somalia | 77 | 84 | 101 | 124 | 175 | 229 | 288 | 394 | 519 | 577 | 660 | 1,056 | 1,222 | 1,410 | 1,498 | 1,639 | 1,800 | 2,009 | 2,086 | 2,159 | 2,370 | 2,449 | 2,447 | 2,501 | 2,616 | 2,679 | 2,643 | 785 | 1,939 | 2,529 | |||||
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 344 | 596 | 6,655 | 18,720 | 22,291 | 23,590 | 0 | 0 | 10,314 | |||||
| Sudan | 389 | 396 | 452 | 564 | 1,137 | 1,599 | 2,087 | 2,621 | 3,159 | 4,078 | 5,177 | 6,194 | 7,169 | 7,506 | 8,480 | 8,955 | 9,631 | 11,249 | 11,531 | 13,359 | 14,762 | 15,227 | 15,450 | 15,837 | 16,918 | 17,603 | 16,972 | 4,807 | 10,945 | 16,110 | |||||
| Swaziland | 37 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 36 | 34 | 41 | 61 | 134 | 182 | 210 | 190 | 204 | 241 | 197 | 243 | 278 | 307 | 264 | 270 | 254 | 245 | 222 | 208 | 220 | 235 | 220 | 149 | 272 | 229 | |||||
| Tanzania | 212 | 284 | 407 | 619 | 900 | 1,165 | 1,380 | 1,700 | 1,966 | 2,073 | 2,452 | 2,880 | 3,132 | 3,393 | 3,623 | 4,028 | 4,609 | 5,490 | 6,009 | 5,851 | 6,410 | 6,539 | 6,621 | 6,798 | 7,257 | 7,430 | 7,412 | 2,376 | 5,197 | 6,924 | |||||
| Togo | 40 | 47 | 47 | 59 | 90 | 120 | 186 | 370 | 746 | 1,028 | 1,049 | 966 | 951 | 917 | 802 | 935 | 1,065 | 1,235 | 1,222 | 1,176 | 1,275 | 1,342 | 1,339 | 1,278 | 1,444 | 1,472 | 1,463 | 714 | 1,127 | 1,373 | |||||
| Uganda | 152 | 172 | 178 | 176 | 202 | 209 | 244 | 302 | 426 | 587 | 689 | 705 | 872 | 1,007 | 1,071 | 1,232 | 1,414 | 1,921 | 1,923 | 2,177 | 2,583 | 2,777 | 2,928 | 3,029 | 3,372 | 3,573 | 3,674 | 611 | 1,733 | 3,134 | |||||
| Zambia | 814 | 857 | 943 | 1,024 | 1,191 | 1,684 | 1,898 | 2,341 | 2,584 | 3,047 | 3,261 | 3,621 | 3,688 | 3,782 | 3,805 | 4,576 | 5,742 | 6,649 | 6,863 | 6,729 | 7,264 | 7,336 | 6,972 | 6,789 | 6,580 | 6,850 | 7,113 | 2,971 | 6,112 | 6,986 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 232 | 239 | 219 | 218 | 217 | 187 | 144 | 200 | 446 | 559 | 786 | 1,259 | 1,871 | 2,191 | 2,180 | 2,415 | 2,626 | 2,853 | 2,668 | 2,791 | 3,248 | 3,437 | 4,071 | 4,299 | 4,537 | 5,053 | 5,005 | 982 | 2,671 | 4,236 | |||||
| NORTH AFRICA | 4,325 | 5,110 | 5,438 | 7,146 | 8,090 | 12,930 | 16,834 | 29,887 | 38,137 | 44,687 | 51,270 | 54,258 | 60,819 | 63,432 | 65,840 | 74,999 | 86,051 | 95,988 | 99,599 | 101,395 | 92,166 | 90,327 | 88,127 | 86,128 | 93,356 | 98,955 | 96,320 | 43,809 | 91,606 | 92,197 | |||||
| Algeria | 940 | 1,261 | 1,550 | 2,991 | 3,366 | 4,633 | 6,114 | 10,600 | 15,735 | 18,507 | 19,365 | 18,373 | 17,642 | 16,370 | 15,892 | 18,260 | 22,651 | 24,402 | 26,027 | 27,071 | 27,877 | 28,205 | 27,054 | 25,965 | 29,897 | 32,730 | 33,260 | 14,323 | 23,682 | 29,284 | |||||
| Egypt, Arab Republic | 1,802 | 2,049 | 1,953 | 1,992 | 2,210 | 4,835 | 6,357 | 11,734 | 12,858 | 14,906 | 19,131 | 22,078 | 27,332 | 30,235 | 32,187 | 36,102 | 39,855 | 44,096 | 45,963 | 45,484 | 32,924 | 32,606 | 31,095 | 30,575 | 32,426 | 33,374 | 31,407 | 18,165 | 42,300 | 32,058 | |||||
| Libya | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Morocco | 985 | 1,128 | 1,186 | 1,288 | 1,514 | 2,353 | 3,084 | 5,321 | 6,603 | 7,875 | 9,247 | 10,201 | 12,073 | 12,769 | 13,666 | 15,753 | 17,602 | 20,672 | 20,810 | 21,865 | 23,675 | 21,267 | 21,434 | 20,887 | 21,665 | 23,006 | 21,767 | 8,319 | 19,340 | 21,957 | |||||
| Tunisia | 599 | 672 | 750 | 875 | 1,000 | 1,109 | 1,279 | 2,233 | 2,941 | 3,399 | 3,526 | 3,607 | 3,773 | 4,059 | 4,094 | 4,884 | 5,943 | 6,817 | 6,799 | 6,974 | 7,691 | 8,250 | 8,544 | 8,702 | 9,367 | 9,846 | 9,887 | 3,002 | 6,284 | 8,898 | |||||
| ALL AFRICA | 11,254 | 12,965 | 14,520 | 19,169 | 23,438 | 31,406 | 38,016 | 59,863 | 77,211 | 91,666 | 109,242 | 120,749 | 134,598 | 146,920 | 153,383 | 177,196 | 206,777 | 244,016 | 250,125 | 258,765 | 269,589 | 274,225 | 271,187 | 281,442 | 309,895 | 329,534 | 323,398 | 96,305 | #### | 294,181 | |||||