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Debt Service not paid: Arrears Accumulation (BoP, current US$) by country

In the standard presentation of the balance of payments, arrears of interest and amortization--amounts that are past due and unpaid--are recorded as if the amounts had been paid on schedule, and an offsetting entry is made to reflect the associated new, short-term commitments. Data are in current US dollars.

Countries reporting
33
Highest
575.35 million BoP, current US$
Sudan
Lowest
-3.00 million BoP, current US$
Angola
Median
0 BoP, current US$
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
708

What the numbers show

Debt Service not paid: Arrears Accumulation (BoP, current US$) is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 575.35 million BoP, current US$ in Sudan; the lowest is -3.00 million BoP, current US$ in Angola.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 BoP, current US$, and the mean is 34.51 million BoP, current US$.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 192.

Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 101.0%).

Debt Service not paid: Arrears Accumulation: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sudan 575.35 million BoP, current US$ 1994 — volatile
2 Zimbabwe 476.27 million BoP, current US$ 2011 up 38.8% volatile
3 Congo 90.30 million BoP, current US$ 1999 — volatile
4 Guinea 3 BoP, current US$ 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Ethiopia 2 BoP, current US$ 2011 up 100.0% volatile
6 Nigeria 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 down 100.0% volatile
6 Mozambique 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 — flat
6 Rwanda 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 down 100.0% volatile
6 Senegal 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 — volatile
6 Sierra Leone 0 BoP, current US$ 2010 down 100.0% volatile
6 Sao Tome and Principe 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 down 100.0% volatile
6 Eswatini 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 — flat
6 Seychelles 0 BoP, current US$ 2010 down 100.0% volatile
6 Chad 0 BoP, current US$ 2007 down 100.0% volatile
6 Tanzania 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 up 100.0% volatile
6 Uganda 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 — volatile
6 South Africa 0 BoP, current US$ 2010 — flat
6 Zambia 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 down 100.0% volatile
6 Mauritius 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 — flat
6 Mauritania 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 — flat
6 Mali 0 BoP, current US$ 2007 — flat
6 Lesotho 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 — flat
6 Liberia 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 down 100.0% volatile
6 Kenya 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 — volatile
6 Guinea-Bissau 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 — volatile
6 Ghana 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 — volatile
6 Eritrea 0 BoP, current US$ 2004 — flat
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 down 100.0% volatile
6 Cameroon 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 — volatile
6 Botswana 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 — flat
6 Burkina Faso 0 BoP, current US$ 2011 — volatile
6 Benin 0 BoP, current US$ 2005 — flat
33 Angola -3.00 million BoP, current US$ 2011 down 101.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Debt Service not paid: Arrears Accumulation (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
33 places, 708 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

In the standard presentation of the balance of payments, arrears of interest and amortization--amounts that are past due and unpaid--are recorded as if the amounts had been paid on schedule, and an offsetting entry is made to reflect the associated new, short-term commitments. Data are in current US dollars.