Foreign debt reached 1,707 USD bil in 2016 in Djibouti, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 17 % less than in the previous year.
Historically, foreign debt in Djibouti reached an all time high of 2,057 USD bil in 2017 and an all time low of 2.59 USD bil in 1970. When compared to Djibouti's main peers, foreign debt in Eritrea amounted to 796 USD bil, 23,794 USD bil in Ethiopia, 2,865 USD bil in Somalia and 7,065 USD bil in Yemen in 2016.
Djibouti has been ranked 93rd within the group of 111 countries we follow in terms of foreign debt, 12 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Foreign (or external) debt is that part of the total debt in a country that is owed to creditors outside the country.
| Foreign Debt (USD) | Unit | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Djibouti | USD bil | 779 | 812 | 828 | 950 | 1,233 | ||||
| Eritrea | USD bil | 1,055 | 994 | 945 | 908 | 873 | ||||
| Ethiopia | USD bil | 8,606 | 10,464 | 12,584 | 16,945 | 21,021 | ||||
| Kenya | USD bil | 10,163 | 11,894 | 13,836 | 16,969 | 19,764 | ||||
| Oman | USD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Saudi Arabia | USD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Somalia | USD bil | 3,067 | 3,069 | 3,070 | 2,960 | 2,894 | ||||
| Sudan | USD bil | 21,181 | 21,825 | 22,502 | 21,785 | 21,429 | ||||
| Yemen | USD bil | 6,429 | 7,748 | 7,611 | 7,844 | 7,295 |
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