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Benin: External debt stocks, total

14.16Bcurrent USD · 2024+288.4% since 2014

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. Annual figures for Benin from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202414,162,933,686.6
202312,540,297,201.5
202210,927,329,920.1
202110,440,535,052.1
20208,516,297,040.3
20196,938,801,010.2
20186,891,192,963.8
20174,916,905,709.4
20164,184,965,533.2
20153,604,375,281.2
20143,646,902,868.7
20133,072,865,045.4
20122,670,381,365.2
20112,190,453,779.1
20102,284,118,354.5
20092,015,238,572.4
20081,702,121,197.5
20071,498,259,890.4
20061,254,967,318.4
20051,876,387,170.5
20041,994,818,354.6
20031,706,632,655.7
20021,851,279,355.1
20011,628,922,367.1
20001,504,156,540.8
19991,562,316,602.2
19981,467,129,720.3
19971,374,358,792.3
19961,377,472,571.8
19951,396,447,482.6
19941,382,104,403.8
19931,270,610,521.6
19921,198,996,389.7
19911,149,708,001.3
19901,110,830,135.6
19891,070,152,454.6
19881,170,205,810
19871,244,496,821.6
19861,038,615,913.2
1985902,878,842.8
1984762,600,512.6
1983798,438,969.5
1982758,283,071.1
1981543,224,056.1
1980474,871,020.5
1979453,818,384.5
1978283,904,950.1
1977212,376,218.6
1976141,222,202.2
1975119,207,923.7
1974108,808,916.9
197390,483,938.2
197247,315,754
197151,050,106
197043,206,645.9

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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