Benin - Short term debt

Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in Benin was 7.60 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 53.65 in 1979, while its lowest value was 0.32 in 2019.

Definition: Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt.

Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1974 3.42
1975 3.57
1976 4.16
1977 19.66
1978 36.97
1979 53.65
1980 30.42
1981 18.15
1982 40.35
1983 44.45
1984 30.59
1985 42.63
1986 44.71
1987 45.60
1988 48.96
1989 24.08
1990 14.77
1991 11.38
1992 5.14
1993 5.73
1994 5.54
1995 7.37
1996 6.84
1997 24.08
1998 14.63
1999 19.49
2000 11.98
2001 14.74
2002 12.03
2003 4.75
2004 3.15
2005 5.13
2006 4.19
2007 8.42
2008 5.31
2009 14.12
2010 19.81
2011 27.99
2012 8.31
2013 6.69
2014 1.86
2015 2.34
2016 1.62
2017 1.80
2018 1.17
2019 0.32
2020 7.60

Short-term debt (% of total external debt)

Short-term debt (% of total external debt) in Benin was 5.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 26.54 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.31 in 2019.

Definition: Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. 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.

Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1970 2.04
1971 2.40
1972 4.26
1973 3.22
1974 3.74
1975 4.43
1976 3.53
1977 15.27
1978 21.90
1979 21.55
1980 15.46
1981 15.55
1982 10.33
1983 10.43
1984 11.61
1985 16.15
1986 16.49
1987 16.88
1988 12.94
1989 6.61
1990 5.00
1991 5.38
1992 2.30
1993 2.61
1994 2.24
1995 3.37
1996 3.40
1997 9.65
1998 5.95
1999 8.14
2000 4.71
2001 5.42
2002 4.64
2003 2.36
2004 1.57
2005 2.62
2006 6.20
2007 12.95
2008 8.95
2009 15.93
2010 21.21
2011 26.54
2012 9.77
2013 8.87
2014 2.91
2015 3.05
2016 2.37
2017 2.21
2018 1.29
2019 0.31
2020 5.38

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: External debt