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South Africa
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)

Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in 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.

Global rank#11out of 118 countries
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Historical trend

191 B148 B106 B64 B22 B199420092024South Africa · 2024: $175.90BSouth Africa

Analytical takeaways

  • South Africa records $175.90B for External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) in 2024, ranking #11 globally out of 118 countries.
  • External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) increased from $21.67B in 1994 to $175.90B in 2024, a gain of $154.22B.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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