World Bank · Debt
South Africa: Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed
22.49Bcurrent USD · 2025+325.7% since 2015
Commitments are the total amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified; data for private nonguaranteed debt are not available. 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 1994 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22,485,548,445.2 | |
| 2024 | 11,788,629,077.3 | |
| 2023 | 4,085,129,086.2 | |
| 2022 | 6,965,765,710.7 | |
| 2021 | 3,304,203,479.7 | |
| 2020 | 1,363,612,027.3 | |
| 2019 | 12,030,402,437.7 | |
| 2018 | 15,534,366,111.2 | |
| 2017 | 18,890,520,000 | |
| 2016 | 12,704,686,587.2 | |
| 2015 | 5,282,597,479.3 | |
| 2014 | 7,013,087,619 | |
| 2013 | 9,982,460,000 | |
| 2012 | 15,599,564,040.7 | |
| 2011 | 17,397,150,446.1 | |
| 2010 | 11,000,932,605.2 | |
| 2009 | 9,278,716,878.7 | |
| 2008 | 5,903,771,233.2 | |
| 2007 | 2,118,609,115.8 | |
| 2006 | 2,106,350,680.6 | |
| 2005 | 2,345,523,102.7 | |
| 2004 | 2,581,260,569.6 | |
| 2003 | 1,413,534,375 | |
| 2002 | 2,515,706,279.6 | |
| 2001 | 1,955,727,653.6 | |
| 2000 | 2,514,227,954.1 | |
| 1999 | 1,993,000,000 | |
| 1998 | 1,426,476,166.9 | |
| 1997 | 10,197,270,241.5 | |
| 1996 | 2,352,232,125 | |
| 1995 | 3,224,705,848.5 | |
| 1994 | 3,068,063,575.6 |
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World Bank (2026). Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-commitments-public-and-publicly-guaranteed (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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