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Benin: Principal repayments on external debt, long-term

735.78Mcurrent USD · 2025+361.9% since 2015

Principal repayments on long-term debt are actual amounts of principal (amortization) paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in 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
2025735,777,007.8
2024634,213,295.6
2023433,534,136.6
2022288,997,071.1
2021623,356,548.1
202098,016,462.8
2019108,386,885.1
2018169,598,817.2
201754,079,811.3
201660,607,908.7
2015159,285,757.7
201447,119,588.5
201362,459,007.6
201239,952,426.6
2011298,752,323.2
201025,599,004.3
200931,555,196.6
200816,457,515.6
200718,662,146.5
200627,433,978.2
200524,500,456.6
200433,921,803.7
200326,602,956.3
200221,436,740.3
200123,607,660.7
200043,328,937.3
199940,880,492
199827,755,776.3
199725,549,604.3
199624,194,159.5
199523,311,668
199418,893,689.9
199317,868,801.6
199215,054,984.4
199115,295,237.6
199018,446,928.5
19897,152,033.1
198810,249,221.2
198713,938,938.1
198629,762,046.8
198527,311,267.2
198422,175,797
198311,845,874.9
19828,569,425.3
19816,927,198
19805,826,840.6
19793,408,380.2
19783,175,780.4
19773,024,704.4
19763,362,889.8
19755,268,660.3
19745,437,913.4
19731,879,158.2
19722,400,881.4
19712,710,783.6
19701,378,055.5

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World Bank (2026). Principal repayments on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-principal-repayments-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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