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Benin: Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, variable rate

3.59Bcurrent USD · 2025+1594.7% since 2015

Variable interest rate is long-term external debt with interest rates that float with movements in a key market rate; for example, the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) or the U.S. prime rate. This item conveys information about the borrower's exposure to changes in international interest rates. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Benin from 1978 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20253,588,385,898.9
20243,454,391,793.9
20233,283,835,016.7
20222,608,581,507.6
20212,328,083,898
20202,060,490,391.1
20191,758,190,276.6
20181,673,597,000
20171,235,922,000
2016899,520,000
2015211,742,000
2014325,871,000
2013239,050,000
2012187,197,000
201198,979,000
2010368,286,000
2009324,877,000
2008301,586,000
2007275,557,000
2006175,638,000
2005102,158,370.9
200483,692,258.3
200399,948,806.5
200296,024,151.6
200185,876,932.7
200090,058,730.8
199917,345,489.3
199824,716,096.3
199722,100,220.2
199614,873,512.6
1995120,389,439.1
1994109,370,705.4
1993100,649,425.2
1992103,848,417.3
199162,889,551.3
199026,300,626.6
198923,388,636.6
198834,794,000
198734,795,000
198634,795,000
198543,194,000
198451,593,000
198359,992,000
198251,106,000
198110,683,000
19801,500,000
19793,500,000
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World Bank (2026). Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, variable rate. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-outstanding-external-debt-stocks-variable-rate (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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