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Tunisia: Net flows on external debt, public sector

-1.53Bcurrent USD · 2025-170.1% since 2015

Public sector long-term debt are aggregated. Public debt is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. 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. Reported as: PPG. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Tunisia from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-1,529,211,413.2
2024-236,445,854.6
202350,306,710.5
2022-287,206,153
2021-1,061,019,481
2020563,128,698.7
20191,511,168,666.5
20181,018,561,873.7
20172,143,327,211.4
2016758,968,336.3
20152,182,570,012.3
20141,740,601,031.8
201386,188,775.9
20121,727,351,297.9
2011361,286,695.6
2010116,626,675.6
2009106,495,285.7
2008-151,763,192.5
2007-109,904,650.5
2006-303,258,442.6
2005-19,091,830.5
2004505,630,886.3
2003890,152,415.2
2002816,339,534
2001747,908,784.6
2000-22,249,446.2
1999351,195,798.3
1998-169,035,887.6
1997661,436,161.1
1996479,097,417.5
1995471,681,581.2
1994137,794,540.6
1993282,292,765.3
1992345,248,463.4
1991356,682,092.1
1990151,128,438.8
1989197,262,636.6
1988236,112,335.2
198733,629,419.9
1986302,804,477
1985308,339,469.4
1984204,403,512.4
1983551,733,746.7
1982358,468,751.2
1981338,484,076.1
1980376,596,349.7
1979469,791,649.6
1978425,918,878.3
1977579,222,516.8
1976180,834,733.2
1975124,711,709.9
197488,013,361.9
197388,139,963.4
197272,925,406.8
197163,149,546.6
197047,084,911.6

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