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Benin: Disbursements on external debt, long-term

1.99Bcurrent USD · 2025+598.3% since 2015

Disbursements on long-term debt are drawings by the borrower on loan commitments during the year specified. 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 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20251,992,533,847
20242,298,196,271.6
20232,261,605,181.8
20221,080,649,636.6
20212,556,851,366.6
2020921,142,137.3
2019933,901,972.3
20181,085,356,113
2017726,571,254.9
2016928,285,545.4
2015285,354,422.2
2014413,158,822.7
2013386,711,516.2
2012218,603,403.4
2011115,744,638.6
2010218,235,193.6
2009164,196,121.9
2008174,314,927.8
2007265,030,591.1
2006228,811,236.3
2005115,882,986.5
2004103,895,939.8
200377,880,169
200272,793,859.2
2001120,665,118.4
2000110,725,917.3
199976,702,195.1
199871,931,179.6
199755,150,421.9
1996108,922,643.5
199590,294,562.5
199478,750,220.9
199378,643,948.2
199282,209,772.3
199197,143,189.8
1990119,586,646.8
1989130,701,057
198863,792,374.6
198769,074,591.8
198675,555,314.5
198538,578,529.8
198446,360,662.1
1983106,237,907.9
1982267,389,077.5
1981111,721,464.2
198063,331,258.6
1979157,420,475.2
197837,401,732.6
197741,174,870.8
197628,370,397.4
197517,939,678.2
197416,891,188.6
197341,209,508.8
19726,679,572.9
19717,694,628.6
19704,242,473.9

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Disbursements on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-disbursements-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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