International Monetary Fund · Economy
External Debt, Official Debt, Debtor Based (% of GDP) (IMF)
External Debt, Official Debt, Debtor Based (% of GDP)
- Coverage
- 45 of 238 countries
- Latest data
- 2026
- Series
- 45
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- IMF Terms and Conditions
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-05
- Indicator
- imf-external-debt-official-debt-debtor-based-of
- Interva ID
- imf-external-debt-official-debt-debtor-based-of
Recency
current
data to 2026; catalog to 2025
Provenance
1 step
as the publisher declares it
Versions
2
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
100%Latest observation is 2026; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 0 year(s) behind (current).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
100%0 of 45 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 100% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 45 of the 238 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 23 observations; the earliest begins in 2004.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
Measured359 observation(s) restated by the publisher across 1 vintage(s) Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-07.
By country
External Debt, Official Debt, Debtor Based (% of GDP) (IMF) for each of the 45 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Angola 2004–2027
- Benin 2004–2027
- Botswana 2004–2027
- Burkina Faso 2004–2027
- Burundi 2004–2027
- Cabo Verde 2004–2027
- Cameroon 2004–2027
- Central African Republic 2004–2027
- Chad 2004–2027
- Comoros 2004–2027
- Congo 2004–2027
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 2004–2027
- Côte d'Ivoire 2004–2027
- Equatorial Guinea 2004–2027
- Eritrea 2004–2019
- Eswatini 2004–2027
- Ethiopia 2004–2027
- Gabon 2004–2027
- Gambia 2004–2027
- Ghana 2004–2027
- Guinea 2004–2027
- Guinea-Bissau 2004–2027
- Kenya 2004–2027
- Lesotho 2004–2027
- Liberia 2004–2027
- Madagascar 2004–2027
- Malawi 2004–2027
- Mali 2004–2027
- Mauritius 2004–2027
- Mozambique 2004–2027
- Namibia 2004–2027
- Niger 2004–2027
- Nigeria 2004–2027
- Rwanda 2004–2027
- Sao Tome and Principe 2004–2027
- Senegal 2004–2025
- Seychelles 2004–2027
- Sierra Leone 2004–2027
- South Africa 2004–2027
- South Sudan 2017–2027
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2004–2027
- Togo 2004–2027
- Uganda 2004–2027
- Zambia 2004–2027
- Zimbabwe 2004–2027
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2027 | 34.64 | percent |
| Benin | 2027 | 49.34 | percent |
| Botswana | 2027 | 13.44 | percent |
| Burkina Faso | 2027 | 23.02 | percent |
| Burundi | 2027 | 9.20 | percent |
| Cabo Verde | 2027 | 69.44 | percent |
| Cameroon | 2027 | 26.34 | percent |
| Central African Republic | 2027 | 15.48 | percent |
| Chad | 2027 | 15.61 | percent |
| Comoros | 2027 | 32.18 | percent |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as International Monetary Fund declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
International Monetary Fund
AFRREO — AFR Regional Economic Outlook (October 2026)
declared by imf in dataset/source
Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
- 2026-11-05359 observation(s) restatedchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-05. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
International Monetary Fund (2026). External Debt, Official Debt, Debtor Based (% of GDP) (IMF). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/imf-external-debt-official-debt-debtor-based-of (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
@misc{interva-imf-external-debt-official-debt-debtor-based-of,
title = {External Debt, Official Debt, Debtor Based (\% of GDP) (IMF)},
author = {International Monetary Fund},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/imf-external-debt-official-debt-debtor-based-of}},
note = {Interva dataset imf-external-debt-official-debt-debtor-based-of; catalog snapshot 2026-11-05},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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