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Ethiopia: Net flows on external debt, long-term

1.30Bcurrent USD · 2025-64.1% since 2015

Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. 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 Ethiopia from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20251,303,642,000
20241,623,423,000
20232,788,686,000
2022-390,376,000
2021-462,568,000
2020823,694,000
2019931,597,000
20184,428,347,000
20172,537,462,000
20162,913,109,000
20153,633,107,000
20144,169,879,000
20131,904,592,000
20121,987,349,000
20111,480,878,000
20101,634,260,000
20092,089,746,000
2008310,796,000
2007292,379,000
2006282,560,000
2005493,048,000
2004343,416,000
2003332,968,000
2002590,102,000
2001423,532,000
2000113,754,000
1999141,808,000
199877,127,000
1997126,736,000
1996896,000
1995140,178,000
1994167,548,000
1993313,710,000
1992263,312,000
1991357,248,000
1990221,849,000
1989332,150,000
1988406,572,000
1987495,175,000
1986422,533,000
1985590,542,000
1984628,742,000
1983823,074,000
19821,443,208,000
1981957,095,000
198092,990,000
1979101,274,000
197852,286,000
197738,284,000
197660,185,000
197562,071,000
197424,714,000
197324,162,000
197219,602,000
197131,177,000
197012,727,000

Source

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

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

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