External debt remains a pressing issue for African economies, affecting financial stability and essential service funding.

resulting in high debt-to-GDP ratios. ・Business Insider Africa presents African countries with the highest debt-to-GDP ratios in 2025 ・The List is courtesy of the International Monetary Fund ...

As of Jan. 23, 2025, the government's total debt is $36.22 trillion. The foreign countries that hold the most U.S. debt are Japan, China, the U.K., the Cayman Islands, and Luxembourg as of the ...

Africa’s debt is primarily external, with the region's external debt reaching US$1.2 trillion by 2023, making up nearly 60% ...

The U.S.’s highest debt-to-GDP ratio before that year was 106% in 1946 at the end of World War II. Debt levels gradually fell from their post-World War II peak before plateauing between 31% and ...

BANGKOK, Thailand, Jan 9 2025 (IPS) - The debt disaster is back. Indeed, the aid agency Cafod reports that developing countries today face “the most acute debt crisis in history”. At least 54 ...

In comparison, household debt in other advanced countries stands at 68.9% on average. For comparison, data from the International Monetary Fund showed the country having the highest household debt ...

A country's debt-to-GDP ratio is a metric that expresses how leveraged a country is by comparing its public debt to its annual economic output. Just like people and businesses, countries often ...