Foreign debt rose 18.5% to USD 29,752 bil in Ivory Coast in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign debt in Ivory Coast reached an all time high of USD 29,752 bil in 2021 and an all time low of USD 374 bil in 1970. When compared to Ivory Coast's main peers, foreign debt in Burkina Faso amounted to USD 10,297 bil, USD 4,702 bil in Guinea, USD 1,846 bil in Liberia and USD 6,460 bil in Mali in 2021.
Ivory Coast has been ranked 39th within the group of 111 countries we follow in terms of foreign debt, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Debt (USD) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | USD bil | 4,671 | 5,463 | 5,707 | 5,710 | 5,492 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | USD bil | 12,598 | 10,248 | 12,768 | 10,621 | 9,157 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | USD bil | 20,080 | 21,323 | 22,519 | 23,575 | 27,082 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | USD bil | 2,042 | 2,223 | 2,394 | 2,595 | 3,005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | USD bil | 11,388 | 11,457 | 13,449 | 16,198 | 19,831 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | USD bil | 837 | 950 | 1,118 | 1,158 | 1,267 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | USD bil | 3,747 | 3,848 | 4,326 | 4,604 | 5,009 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | USD bil | 4,993 | 5,080 | 5,241 | 5,226 | 5,370 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | USD bil | 2,229 | 2,525 | 3,050 | 3,191 | 3,598 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | USD bil | 10,479 | 11,466 | 14,246 | 18,982 | 19,243 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | USD bil | 1,558 | 1,627 | 1,753 | 1,757 | 1,856 |
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