The national debt in Ethiopia was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 58.7 billion U.S. dollars (+178.09 percent). After the tenth consecutive increasing year, the national debt is estimated to reach 91.7 billion U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the national debt was continuously increasing over the past years.According to the International Monetary Fund, the general government gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future.Find more key insights for the national debt in countries like Madagascar, Tanzania, and Seychelles.

Ethiopia ET: External Debt: TDS: Debt Service: Private Non-Guaranteed data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2015. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: TDS: Debt Service: Private Non-Guaranteed data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: TDS: Debt Service: Private Non-Guaranteed data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Private nonguaranteed debt service is an external obligation of a private debtor that is not guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments actually made in the year specified. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

The ratio of national debt to gross domestic product (GDP) in Ethiopia was forecast to continuously decrease between 2024 and 2029 by in total 2.2 percentage points. After the fourth consecutive decreasing year, the ratio is estimated to reach 31.39 percent and therefore a new minimum in 2029. The general government gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. Here it is depicted in relation to the country's GDP, which refers to the total value of goods and services produced during a year.Find more key insights for the ratio of national debt to gross domestic product (GDP) in countries like Djibouti, Zambia, and Mozambique.

Ethiopia debt to gdp ratio for 2019 was 31.45%, a 1.08% decline from 2018.

• Ethiopia debt to gdp ratio for 2018 was 32.53%, a 2.44% increase from 2017.
• Ethiopia debt to gdp ratio for 2017 was 30.10%, a 1.09% increase from 2016.
• Ethiopia debt to gdp ratio for 2016 was 29.01%, a 1.06% increase from 2015.

Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Ethiopia ET: External Debt: INT: Public and Publicly Guaranteed (PPG): The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2015. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: INT: Public and Publicly Guaranteed (PPG): The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) data is updated yearly, averaging 0.742 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.545 USD mn in 1980 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2016. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: INT: Public and Publicly Guaranteed (PPG): The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank: External Debt: Disbursements and Interest Payment. Public and publicly guaranteed debt outstanding from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is nonconcessional. Nonconcessional debt excludes loans with an original grant element of 25 percent or more. Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NTR: PPG: Official Creditors: Bilateral data was reported at 1.008 USD bn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.283 USD bn for 2015. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NTR: PPG: Official Creditors: Bilateral data is updated yearly, averaging 31.468 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.654 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of -51.457 USD mn in 2001. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NTR: PPG: Official Creditors: Bilateral data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers. Bilateral debt includes loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. Net transfers are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NTR: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2015. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NTR: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NTR: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers. Nonguaranteed long-term commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions. Net transfers are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Ethiopia ET: External Debt: Principal Rescheduled: Official data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2015. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: Principal Rescheduled: Official data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 215.764 USD mn in 1999 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2016. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: Principal Rescheduled: Official data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank: External Debt: Arrears and Reschedulings. Principal rescheduled is the amount of principal due or in arrears that was rescheduled in any given year. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Ethiopia ET: External Debt: Average Grace Period on New External Debt Commitments: Official data was reported at 6.730 Year in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.872 Year for 2015. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: Average Grace Period on New External Debt Commitments: Official data is updated yearly, averaging 8.816 Year from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.439 Year in 2001 and a record low of 4.478 Year in 2011. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: Average Grace Period on New External Debt Commitments: Official data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank: External Debt: Terms and Undisbursed Debt. Grace period is the period from the date of signature of the loan or the issue of the financial instrument to the first repayment of principal. To obtain the average, the grace periods for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NTR: PPG: Private Creditors: Commercial Banks data was reported at -53.451 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 498.569 USD mn for 2015. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NTR: PPG: Private Creditors: Commercial Banks data is updated yearly, averaging -1.324 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 515.072 USD mn in 2012 and a record low of -240.234 USD mn in 1996. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NTR: PPG: Private Creditors: Commercial Banks data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers. Public and publicly guaranteed commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions. Net transfers are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NFL: OPS: Private Creditors data was reported at 54.177 USD mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of -644.485 USD mn for 2022. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NFL: OPS: Private Creditors data is updated yearly, averaging 6.498 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2023, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.273 USD bn in 2015 and a record low of -644.485 USD mn in 2022. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NFL: OPS: Private Creditors data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank.IDS: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers: Annual. Other public sector debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NTR: Private Non-Guaranteed (PNG): Bonds data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2015. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NTR: Private Non-Guaranteed (PNG): Bonds data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NTR: Private Non-Guaranteed (PNG): Bonds data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers. Nonguaranteed long-term debt from bonds that are privately placed. Net transfers are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Ethiopia ET: External Debt: TDS: PPG: Private Creditors: Bonds data was reported at 66.250 USD mn in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 66.250 USD mn for 2015. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: TDS: PPG: Private Creditors: Bonds data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 66.250 USD mn in 2016 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2014. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: TDS: PPG: Private Creditors: Bonds data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Public and publicly guaranteed debt from bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments actually made in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Ethiopia ET: External Debt: TDS: PPG: Private Creditors: Others data was reported at 289.620 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 242.314 USD mn for 2015. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: TDS: PPG: Private Creditors: Others data is updated yearly, averaging 10.631 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 289.620 USD mn in 2016 and a record low of 0.276 USD mn in 2002. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: TDS: PPG: Private Creditors: Others data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Public and publicly guaranteed other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments actually made in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Ethiopia ET: External Debt: Average Grant Element on New External Debt Commitments: Official data was reported at 69.373 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 68.410 % for 2015. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: Average Grant Element on New External Debt Commitments: Official data is updated yearly, averaging 69.488 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 81.265 % in 1998 and a record low of 38.278 % in 1991. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: Average Grant Element on New External Debt Commitments: Official data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank: External Debt: Terms and Undisbursed Debt. The grant element of a loan is the grant equivalent expressed as a percentage of the amount committed. It is used as a measure of the overall cost of borrowing. To obtain the average, the grant elements for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. The grant equivalent of a loan is its commitment (present) value, less the discounted present value of its contractual debt service; conventionally, future service payments are discounted at 10 percent. Commitments cover the total amount of loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NFL: Net Flows: Portfolio Investment: Bonds: Public and Publicly Guaranteed and Private Non-Guaranteed data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2015. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NFL: Net Flows: Portfolio Investment: Bonds: Public and Publicly Guaranteed and Private Non-Guaranteed data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.000 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2016. Ethiopia ET: External Debt: NFL: Net Flows: Portfolio Investment: Bonds: Public and Publicly Guaranteed and Private Non-Guaranteed data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers. Bonds are securities issued with a fixed rate of interest for a period of more than one year. They include net flows through cross-border public and publicly guaranteed and private nonguaranteed bond issues. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Ethiopia ET: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets: Debt Instruments: Deposit Taking Corporations excl Central Bank data was reported at -96.040 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 25.948 USD mn for 2015. Ethiopia ET: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets: Debt Instruments: Deposit Taking Corporations excl Central Bank data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2016, with 40 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 358.514 USD mn in 1994 and a record low of -1.119 USD bn in 2010. Ethiopia ET: BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets: Debt Instruments: Deposit Taking Corporations excl Central Bank data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Analytical Presentation: Annual.

Ethiopia ET: BoP: Financial Account: Direct Investment: Liabilities: Debt Instruments: Direct Investor in Direct Investment Enterprises data was reported at 3.989 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.627 USD bn for 2015. Ethiopia ET: BoP: Financial Account: Direct Investment: Liabilities: Debt Instruments: Direct Investor in Direct Investment Enterprises data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2016, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.989 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2004. Ethiopia ET: BoP: Financial Account: Direct Investment: Liabilities: Debt Instruments: Direct Investor in Direct Investment Enterprises data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.IMF.BOP: BPM6: Balance of Payments: Detailed Presentation: Annual.

Foreign Direct Investment Financial Flows: Inward: Total: Ethiopia data was reported at 17.000 EUR mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 16.000 EUR mn for 2021. Foreign Direct Investment Financial Flows: Inward: Total: Ethiopia data is updated yearly, averaging 14.500 EUR mn from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2023, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.000 EUR mn in 2018 and a record low of 0.000 EUR mn in 2015. Foreign Direct Investment Financial Flows: Inward: Total: Ethiopia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.OECD.FDI: Foreign Direct Investment Financial Flows: by Region and Country: OECD Member: Annual. Reverse investment: Netting of reverse investment in equity (when a direct investment enterprise acquires less than 10% equity ownership in its parent) and reverse investment in debt (when a direct investment enterprise extends a loan to its parent) is applied in the recording of total inward and outward FDI transactions and positions. Treatment of debt FDI transactions and positions between fellow enterprises: directional basis according to the residency of the ultimate controlling parent (extended directional principle). FDI transactions and positions by partner country and/or by industry are available excluding and including resident Special Purpose Entities (SPEs). The dataset 'FDI statistics by parner country and by industry - Summary' contains series including resident SPEs only. Valuation method used for listed inward and outward equity positions: Market value. Valuation method used for unlisted inward and outward equity positions: Own funds at book value. Valuation method used for inward and outward debt positions: Nominal value .; FDI statistics are available by geographic allocation, vis-à-vis single partner countries worldwide and geographical and economic zones aggregates. Partner country allocation can be subject to confidentiality restrictions. Geographic allocation of inward and outward FDI transactions and positions is according to the immediate counterparty. Inward FDI positions according to the ultimate counterparty (the ultimate investing country) are also available and publishable. In the dataset 'FDI statistics by parner country and by industry - Summary', inward FDI positions are showed according to the UIC. Intercompany debt between related financial intermediaries, including permanent debt, are excluded from FDI transactions and positions. Direct investment relationships are identified according to the criteria of the Framework for Direct Investment Relationships (FDIR) method. Debt between fellow enterprises are completely covered. Collective investment institutions are not covered as direct investment enterprises. Non-profit institutions serving households are covered as direct investors. FDI statistics are available by industry sectors according to ISIC4 classification. Industry sector allocation can be subject to confidentiality restrictions. Inward FDI transactions and positions are allocated to the activity of the resident direct investment enterprise. Outward FDI transactions and posisitons are allocated according to the activity of the resident direct investor. Statistical unit: Unspecified.

China Outbound Portfolio Investment Asset: Debt Securities: Ethiopia data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in Dec 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.324 USD mn for Jun 2023. China Outbound Portfolio Investment Asset: Debt Securities: Ethiopia data is updated semiannually, averaging 5.458 USD mn from Jun 2015 (Median) to Dec 2023, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 58.061 USD mn in Jun 2021 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in Dec 2023. China Outbound Portfolio Investment Asset: Debt Securities: Ethiopia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by State Administration of Foreign Exchange. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Balance of Payments – Table CN.JT: CPIS: Outbound Portfolio Investment Asset by Country: Bond.