South Africa vs Ukraine: External debt stocks, total

South Africa
175.90 billion DOD, current US$
in 2024
Ukraine
193.49 billion DOD, current US$
in 2024
South Africa rank
12th
Ukraine rank
10th

External debt stocks, total over time

  • South Africa
  • Ukraine
050.0B100.0B150.0B200.0B199220082024

How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 193.49 billion DOD, current US$ against 175.90 billion DOD, current US$ in South Africa, a difference of 17.60 billion DOD, current US$.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was South Africa ahead.

Globally, South Africa ranks 12th and Ukraine ranks 10th of 121 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)
Unit
DOD, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
133 places, 6,444 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

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.