World Bank · Debt
Benin: Debt service on external debt, public sector
1.09Bcurrent USD · 2025+1467.8% since 2015
Public sector debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Reported as: PPG. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Benin from 1970 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,086,899,131.6 | |
| 2024 | 950,346,365.3 | |
| 2023 | 623,750,104.4 | |
| 2022 | 452,240,993.9 | |
| 2021 | 736,899,330 | |
| 2020 | 209,276,781.5 | |
| 2019 | 185,278,309.8 | |
| 2018 | 209,720,556.7 | |
| 2017 | 86,766,232.9 | |
| 2016 | 88,519,732.5 | |
| 2015 | 69,327,300.4 | |
| 2014 | 71,150,130 | |
| 2013 | 81,083,888.7 | |
| 2012 | 56,098,221.7 | |
| 2011 | 42,766,781.1 | |
| 2010 | 38,742,071.1 | |
| 2009 | 43,483,892.7 | |
| 2008 | 26,503,283.3 | |
| 2007 | 29,245,090.2 | |
| 2006 | 39,847,297.4 | |
| 2005 | 38,776,325.5 | |
| 2004 | 31,715,404.9 | |
| 2003 | 38,342,138.9 | |
| 2002 | 43,769,591.8 | |
| 2001 | 34,656,659 | |
| 2000 | 60,128,456.9 | |
| 1999 | 55,081,749.3 | |
| 1998 | 48,459,725.2 | |
| 1997 | 42,966,893.2 | |
| 1996 | 39,737,118.9 | |
| 1995 | 43,973,260.5 | |
| 1994 | 37,317,968.8 | |
| 1993 | 30,002,631.5 | |
| 1992 | 25,683,544.6 | |
| 1991 | 27,596,123.7 | |
| 1990 | 31,485,725.1 | |
| 1989 | 19,272,467.4 | |
| 1988 | 17,848,822.6 | |
| 1987 | 29,051,249.9 | |
| 1986 | 51,693,646.9 | |
| 1985 | 41,236,553 | |
| 1984 | 39,384,292 | |
| 1983 | 25,519,233.1 | |
| 1982 | 14,550,764.1 | |
| 1981 | 10,036,013.4 | |
| 1980 | 8,733,234.6 | |
| 1979 | 6,488,904 | |
| 1978 | 5,163,705.4 | |
| 1977 | 3,887,225.5 | |
| 1976 | 4,300,511.7 | |
| 1975 | 6,089,263.8 | |
| 1974 | 6,234,698.3 | |
| 1973 | 2,314,021.5 | |
| 1972 | 2,980,974 | |
| 1971 | 3,681,838 | |
| 1970 | 1,746,726.1 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →
Cite or download
World Bank (2026). Debt service on external debt, public sector. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-service-on-external-debt-public-sector (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
Debt service on external debt, public sector in other countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Rank Benin against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.