World Bank · Debt
Cameroon: Interest payments on external debt, short-term
37.48Mcurrent USD · 2025+821.9% since 2015
Interest payments on short-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. 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 1980 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37,484,000 | |
| 2024 | 54,113,000 | |
| 2023 | 54,527,000 | |
| 2022 | 40,556,000 | |
| 2021 | 7,437,000 | |
| 2020 | 4,203,000 | |
| 2019 | 4,939,000 | |
| 2018 | 5,767,000 | |
| 2017 | 6,821,000 | |
| 2016 | 3,574,000 | |
| 2015 | 4,066,000 | |
| 2014 | 2,398,000 | |
| 2013 | 3,438,000 | |
| 2012 | 1,319,000 | |
| 2011 | 288,000 | |
| 2008 | 4,825,000 | |
| 2007 | 7,613,000 | |
| 2006 | 3,900,000 | |
| 2005 | 12,362,000 | |
| 2004 | 12,064,000 | |
| 2003 | 13,147,000 | |
| 2002 | 24,700,000 | |
| 2001 | 34,174,000 | |
| 2000 | 71,795,000 | |
| 1999 | 58,751,000 | |
| 1998 | 54,535,000 | |
| 1997 | 40,019,000 | |
| 1996 | 23,762,000 | |
| 1995 | 38,473,000 | |
| 1994 | 24,050,000 | |
| 1993 | 30,000,000 | |
| 1992 | 31,000,000 | |
| 1991 | 33,000,000 | |
| 1990 | 42,490,000 | |
| 1989 | 56,618,000 | |
| 1988 | 74,000,000 | |
| 1987 | 65,000,000 | |
| 1986 | 40,000,000 | |
| 1985 | 35,000,000 | |
| 1984 | 36,000,000 | |
| 1983 | 36,000,000 | |
| 1982 | 37,000,000 | |
| 1981 | 31,000,000 | |
| 1980 | 28,000,000 |
Source
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