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Cameroon: Debt service on external debt, long-term

1.69Bcurrent USD · 2025+256.8% since 2015

Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments actually made 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 Cameroon from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20251,690,011,087.5
20241,507,359,590.2
20231,563,490,314.7
20221,984,572,122.9
20211,083,204,694.5
20201,305,146,415.4
20191,098,566,412.9
2018859,067,159
2017684,273,351.8
2016830,243,205.7
2015473,593,343.8
2014522,906,666
2013265,575,442
2012234,143,504.6
2011329,967,553.7
2010202,241,928
2009401,183,651.9
2008432,649,073
2007477,119,581.2
2006467,174,465.1
2005765,355,811.4
2004571,122,544.6
2003410,026,255.6
2002322,235,458.9
2001304,656,527.7
2000467,431,169.6
1999469,167,403.4
1998447,230,904.6
1997455,124,149.3
1996476,561,545.3
1995384,240,954.9
1994353,136,698
1993390,313,806.8
1992300,348,409.4
1991365,153,692.1
1990461,262,136
1989336,415,751
1988591,253,777
1987576,247,622.9
1986625,904,200.6
1985612,823,584.9
1984377,089,126.2
1983312,115,343.4
1982346,455,364.7
1981261,739,476.5
1980233,053,788.1
1979163,075,048.1
1978120,256,846.9
197767,688,713.7
197648,143,233.8
197544,939,088.3
197431,600,300.9
197329,962,364.2
197218,556,566.6
197115,401,909.8
197011,341,161.5

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

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