Guinea-Bissau - External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$)

The latest value for External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) in Guinea-Bissau was $48,251,930 as of 2020. Over the past 44 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $149,428,200 in 2007 and $107,000 in 1976.

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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1976 $107,000
1977 $1,217,000
1978 $5,428,063
1979 $3,673,819
1980 $4,931,050
1981 $4,401,380
1982 $15,072,690
1983 $37,255,550
1984 $49,772,570
1985 $40,258,000
1986 $20,741,840
1987 $31,743,190
1988 $38,028,370
1989 $38,366,360
1990 $56,464,200
1991 $63,480,080
1992 $63,934,940
1993 $69,695,520
1994 $86,167,710
1995 $94,884,940
1996 $74,335,550
1997 $71,978,470
1998 $77,574,970
1999 $83,744,400
2000 $100,420,100
2001 $98,630,670
2002 $112,623,200
2003 $123,763,900
2004 $120,510,300
2005 $120,657,400
2006 $126,297,900
2007 $149,428,200
2008 $146,451,400
2009 $140,635,400
2010 $91,789,460
2011 $19,945,000
2012 $20,945,000
2013 $19,945,000
2014 $19,945,000
2015 $40,600,000
2016 $20,186,230
2017 $21,157,790
2018 $29,876,820
2019 $47,200,310
2020 $48,251,930

Development Relevance: External indebtedness affects a country's creditworthiness and investor perceptions. Nonreporting countries might have outstanding debt with the World Bank, other international financial institutions, or private creditors. Total debt service is contrasted with countries' ability to obtain foreign exchange through exports of goods, services, primary income, and workers' remittances. Debt ratios are used to assess the sustainability of a country's debt service obligations, but no absolute rules determine what values are too high. Empirical analysis of developing countries' experience and debt service performance shows that debt service difficulties become increasingly likely when the present value of debt reaches 200 percent of exports. Still, what constitutes a sustainable debt burden varies by country. Countries with fast-growing economies and exports are likely to be able to sustain higher debt levels.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data on external debt are gathered through the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS). Long term debt data are compiled using the countries report on public and publicly guaranteed borrowing on a loan-by-loan basis and private non guaranteed borrowing on an aggregate basis. These data are supplemented by information from major multilateral banks and official lending agencies in major creditor countries. Short-term debt data are gathered from the Quarterly External Debt Statistics (QEDS) database, jointly developed by the World Bank and the IMF and from creditors through the reporting systems of the Bank for International Settlements. Debt data are reported in the currency of repayment and compiled and published in U.S. dollars. End-of-period exchange rates are used for the compilation of stock figures (amount of debt outstanding), and projected debt service and annual average exchange rates are used for the flows. Exchange rates are taken from the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Debt repayable in multiple currencies, goods, or services and debt with a provision for maintenance of the value of the currency of repayment are shown at book value.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: External debt