External Debt (Percentage of GDP) - Tanzania
Value & RankThe External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of Tanzania is 43.3 (% of GDP) with a global rank of 84.
Tanzania compared to other CountriesThe External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of Tanzania is similar to that of Guinea, Tonga, New Zealand, Mongolia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Maldives, Mozambique, Malawi, Chile with a respective External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of 46.5, 45.2, 44.9, 44.5, 43.7, 43.1, 42.9, 42.8, 42.2, 42.2 (% of GDP) and a global rank of 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89.Last 10 years averageTanzania had an average External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of 44.0 (% of GDP) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Tanzania during the Great RecessionTanzania's External Debt - % of GDP had a negative growth (decline) of 5.88% during the Great RecessionTanzania since the end of the Great RecessionTanzania's External Debt - % of GDP had a positive growth of 26.2% since the end of the Great Recession
Tanzania compared to other CountriesThe External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of Tanzania is similar to that of Guinea, Tonga, New Zealand, Mongolia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Maldives, Mozambique, Malawi, Chile with a respective External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of 46.5, 45.2, 44.9, 44.5, 43.7, 43.1, 42.9, 42.8, 42.2, 42.2 (% of GDP) and a global rank of 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89.Last 10 years averageTanzania had an average External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of 44.0 (% of GDP) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Tanzania during the Great RecessionTanzania's External Debt - % of GDP had a negative growth (decline) of 5.88% during the Great RecessionTanzania since the end of the Great RecessionTanzania's External Debt - % of GDP had a positive growth of 26.2% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 132.2 |
1992 | 144.8 |
1993 | 158.8 |
1994 | 160.1 |
1995 | 140.1 |
1996 | 112.9 |
1997 | 92.4 |
1998 | 80.3 |
1999 | 81.5 |
2000 | 66.8 |
2001 | 62.7 |
2002 | 62.9 |
2003 | 56.2 |
2004 | 67.3 |
2005 | 67.5 |
2006 | 36.4 |
2007 | 27.1 |
2008 | 30.0 |
2009 | 34.3 |
2010 | 36.4 |
2011 | 43.3 |
2012 | 42.4 |
2013 | 43.3 |
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Guinea | 79 | 46.5 |
Tonga | 80 | 45.2 |
New Zealand | 81 | 44.9 |
Mongolia | 82 | 44.5 |
Turkey | 83 | 43.7 |
Tanzania | 84 | 43.3 |
United Arab Emirates | 85 | 43.1 |
Maldives | 86 | 42.9 |
Mozambique | 87 | 42.8 |
Malawi | 88 | 42.2 |
Chile | 89 | 42.2 |
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Data Source:
Compiled from multiple sources
Compiled from multiple sources