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South Africa: Commitments, multilateral creditors

2.64Bcurrent USD · 2025

Multirateral commitments are the total amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed 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 South Africa from 1998 to 2025.

19982025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20252,638,568,604
20241,269,566,043.6
20231,737,796,039.2
20221,576,254,502.3
20212,000,000,000
20201,331,862,030.6
2019163,402,437.7
2018231,307,102.7
201793,000,000
2016930,386,587.2
20150
201490,570,056.3
20130
201294,817,540.6
2011595,597,217.4
20103,906,862,452.1
20095,577,568,848.8
20080
20070
20050
2004143,143,141.3
200234,048,649.2
200198,457,361.9
200072,702,237.2
19990
1998121,572,506.8

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World Bank (2026). Commitments, multilateral creditors. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-commitments-multilateral-creditors (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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