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Gross external debt, quarterly (World Bank QEDS): South Africa

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 206,680 USD mn for 2026-Q2, from World Bank.

Source series · Listed tier · External · Quarterly · USD mn · WB.L.QEDS.EXTDEBT.USD.Q · ZAF

Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the publisher's file as published; not individually reviewed by SOTW.

Latest
206,680
USD mn · 2026-Q2
Previous
196,490
USD mn · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
34,002
USD mn · 2002-Q4
Readings shown
95
Every reading SOTW holds

South Africa · history

USD mn · Quarterly

Source: World Bank. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:20:10.832Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Gross external debt, quarterly (World Bank QEDS): South Africa: 95 readings, newest first. Source: World Bank.
PeriodValue (USD mn)
2026-Q2206,680
2026-Q1196,490
2025-Q4200,903
2025-Q3193,047
2025-Q2180,237
2025-Q1176,499
2024-Q4168,354
2024-Q3176,314
2024-Q2163,852
2024-Q1158,327
2023-Q4158,124
2023-Q3156,096
2023-Q2155,565
2023-Q1162,150
2022-Q4164,281
2022-Q3157,915
2022-Q2169,337
2022-Q1173,837
2021-Q4160,513
2021-Q3165,032
2021-Q2170,603
2021-Q1164,741
2020-Q4170,408
2020-Q3156,862
2020-Q2156,341
2020-Q1155,624
2019-Q4185,357
2019-Q3177,676
2019-Q2180,568
2019-Q1176,004
2018-Q4172,508
2018-Q3168,182
2018-Q2170,811
2018-Q1183,239
2017-Q4173,286
2017-Q3163,311
2017-Q2158,533
2017-Q1152,128
2016-Q4142,833
2016-Q3143,044
2016-Q2132,434
2016-Q1129,298
2015-Q4124,132
2015-Q3134,463
2015-Q2141,663
2015-Q1144,406
2014-Q4145,082
2014-Q3142,314
2014-Q2141,837
2014-Q1138,476
2013-Q4137,095
2013-Q3136,621
2013-Q2130,418
2013-Q1140,613
2012-Q4142,345
2012-Q3136,546
2012-Q2126,590
2012-Q1126,068
2011-Q4118,180
2011-Q3114,270
2011-Q2121,566
2011-Q1115,190
2010-Q4111,256
2010-Q3104,680
2010-Q288,989
2010-Q190,416
2009-Q482,893
2009-Q380,634
2009-Q277,750
2009-Q170,452
2008-Q474,932
2008-Q379,973
2008-Q278,979
2008-Q175,941
2007-Q477,140
2007-Q373,617
2007-Q267,400
2007-Q158,535
2006-Q460,372
2006-Q357,709
2006-Q257,854
2006-Q156,101
2005-Q448,761
2005-Q347,909
2005-Q246,712
2005-Q147,383
2004-Q445,014
2004-Q341,809
2004-Q241,419
2004-Q141,144
2003-Q439,309
2003-Q338,090
2003-Q237,721
2003-Q133,262
2002-Q434,002

Source: World Bank. All 95 readings held, 2002-Q4 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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