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Liberia: Interest payments on external debt, total

42.77Mcurrent USD · 2025+985.8% since 2015

Interest payments 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. 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. 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 Liberia from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202542,765,297.4
202440,358,356
202335,071,075.6
202220,146,182.3
202110,545,020.5
202012,525,729.8
201910,332,924.2
20188,856,328.1
20175,971,028.9
20164,582,228.6
20153,938,777.3
20148,692,197
20131,779,463.9
20121,132,648.5
2011656,436
20102,399,705.6
200923,142,554.9
2008545,240,671.3
2007381,677,461.4
20061,359,809.7
20051,781,378.1
20041,389,172.4
2003664,164.1
20021,165,303.7
2001856,098.8
20001,255,302.1
19993,107,557.8
1998427,395.1
1997137,069.8
19961,429,749.2
19951,515,720.2
1994199,293.3
19938,977,434.6
1992563,659.4
19911,977,541.5
19901,067,749.3
19891,112,488.2
198812,308,792.3
198710,745,054.6
198618,113,311.1
198524,918,897.8
198432,282,073.8
198329,455,351.8
198232,292,670.7
198134,610,843.8
198035,344,477.2
197922,941,508.5
197812,968,071.2
19777,235,708
19765,883,870.3
19755,141,679.4
19745,013,308.8
19735,289,676
19724,863,152.6
19715,897,832.3
19706,047,339.7

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