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Obstacles to progress

Realities

African countries listed by external debt
“ (which is the total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in internationally accepted
currencies, goods or services, where the public debt is the money or credit owed by any level of
government, from central to local, and the private debt the money or credit owed by private households

or private corporations based in the country under consideration) “
Source Wikipedia 224

Gross Gross Net
Public Debt Govt. Debt Govt. Debt
% of GDP % of GDP % of GDP
World CIA
Rank Country WFB Date IMF IMF Date

7 Cape Verde 127 2017 126.0 116.5 2017
8 Mozambique 119.4 2017 102.2 2017
10 Gambia, The 116.1 2016 123.2 2017
12 Eritrea 113.7 2017 131.2 2017
15 Egypt 104.4 2017 103.3 94.0 2017
17 Mauritania 99.6 2017 91.1 90.8 2017
22 Congo, Rep. 92.2 2017 119.1 2017
27 Angola 87.8 2017 65.3 2017
44 Morocco 77.2 2017 64.4 64.0 2017
45 Ghana 76.8 2017 71.8 65.3 2017
46 Somalia 76.7 2017
47 Zimbabwe 75.5 2017 78.4 2017
54 Togo 68.6 2017 78.6 2017
60 Tunisia 66.5 2017 71.3 21.3 2017
62 Mauritius 66 2017 60.2 2017
69 Zambia 62.8 2017 62.2 56.3 2017
72 Senegal 61.3 2017 61.2 2017
74 Chad 60.8 2017 52.5 2017
76 Ethiopia 60.2 2017 56.2 52.2 2017
77 Sao Tome & P 60.2 2017 83.3 2017

World 59.9 2017
81 Sierra Leone 57.6 2017 58.4 2017
83 Seychelles 56.8 2017 63.3 48.4 2017
85 Benin 56.4 2017 54.6 2017
86 Guinea 56 2016 39.7 2017
87 Sudan 54.8 2017 126.02 2017
88 Malawi 54.6 2017 59.32 2017
92 Kenya 52.6 2017 55.6 50.4 2017
100 Cote d'Ivoire 51.4 2017 46.391 2017
102 South Africa 50.1 2017 52.673 47.9 2017
106 Lesotho 47.8 2016 34.703 2017
Gross Gross Net