World Bank · Debt

South Africa: Average interest on new external debt commitments, private

5.23percent · 2025+44.8% since 2015

Interest represents the average interest rate on all new public and publicly guaranteed loans contracted during the year. To obtain the average, the interest rates for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for South Africa from 1994 to 2025.