South Africa External Debt 1994-2025

South Africa external debt for 2022 was 172.13 billion US dollars, a 1.59% increase from 2021.
  • South Africa external debt for 2021 was 169.44 billion US dollars, a 3.41% decline from 2020.
  • South Africa external debt for 2020 was 175.42 billion US dollars, a 8.03% decline from 2019.
  • South Africa external debt for 2019 was 190.74 billion US dollars, a 5.86% increase from 2018.
Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.