Debt service not paid (BoP, current US$) by country

Debt service not paid (BoP, current US$).

Countries reporting

Highest

739.62 million BoP, current US$

Cote d'Ivoire

Lowest

-435.80 million BoP, current US$

Mauritania

Median

0 BoP, current US$

Years covered

1965–2011

Data points

1,676

What the numbers show

Debt service not paid (BoP, current US$) is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 739.62 million BoP, current US$ in Cote d'Ivoire; the lowest is -435.80 million BoP, current US$ in Mauritania.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 BoP, current US$, and the mean is 40.49 million BoP, current US$.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 5,785.0%), and the largest decrease in Mauritania (down 1,656.1%).

Debt service not paid: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Cote d'Ivoire	739.62 million BoP, current US$	2011	—	volatile
2	Congo	573.01 million BoP, current US$	1999	up 45.5%	volatile
3	Zimbabwe	476.27 million BoP, current US$	2011	up 38.8%	volatile
4	Guinea	235.40 million BoP, current US$	1989	up 5,785.0%	volatile
5	Uganda	69.08 million BoP, current US$	2011	down 11.2%	volatile
6	Gabon	61.44 million BoP, current US$	1989	—	volatile
7	Sierra Leone	38.60 million BoP, current US$	2010	up 88.6%	volatile
8	Madagascar	36.28 million BoP, current US$	2009	down 39.6%	volatile
9	Burundi	32.17 million BoP, current US$	2005	up 242.2%	volatile
10	Mali	21.49 million BoP, current US$	2007	down 14.1%	volatile
11	Guinea-Bissau	5.64 million BoP, current US$	2011	down 84.0%	volatile
12	Gambia	4.30 million BoP, current US$	2001	—	volatile
13	Niger	2.85 million BoP, current US$	2005	down 95.3%	volatile
14	Chad	2.20 million BoP, current US$	2007	up 633.3%	volatile
15	Sao Tome and Principe	2 BoP, current US$	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
16	Burkina Faso	0.0019 BoP, current US$	2011	—	volatile
17	Seychelles	0 BoP, current US$	2010	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Malawi	0 BoP, current US$	2009	—	volatile
17	Nigeria	0 BoP, current US$	2008	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Rwanda	0 BoP, current US$	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Senegal	0 BoP, current US$	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Eswatini	0 BoP, current US$	1985	—	flat
17	Mozambique	0 BoP, current US$	2011	—	volatile
17	Togo	0 BoP, current US$	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Tunisia	0 BoP, current US$	2011	—	volatile
17	Tanzania	0 BoP, current US$	2011	up 100.0%	volatile
17	Benin	0 BoP, current US$	2005	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Zambia	0 BoP, current US$	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Angola	0 BoP, current US$	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Kenya	0 BoP, current US$	2011	—	volatile
17	Cape Verde	0 BoP, current US$	2010	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Algeria	0 BoP, current US$	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Egypt	0 BoP, current US$	2011	—	volatile
17	Ethiopia	0 BoP, current US$	2008	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Democratic Republic of Congo	0 BoP, current US$	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Ghana	0 BoP, current US$	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Cameroon	0 BoP, current US$	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Equatorial Guinea	0 BoP, current US$	1998	down 100.0%	volatile
17	Mauritius	0 BoP, current US$	2011	—	flat
17	Liberia	0 BoP, current US$	2011	—	volatile
17	Libya	0 BoP, current US$	1997	—	flat
17	Lesotho	0 BoP, current US$	2011	—	flat
17	Morocco	0 BoP, current US$	2011	—	volatile
17	Central African Republic	0 BoP, current US$	2011	—	volatile
17	Comoros	0 BoP, current US$	2010	down 100.0%	volatile
46	Mauritania	-435.80 million BoP, current US$	2011	down 1,656.1%	volatile

About this data

Indicator: Debt service not paid (BoP, current US$)
Unit: BoP, current US$
Source: World Bank country economists
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 46 places, 1,676 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Debt service not paid (BoP, current US$).