Lower middle income - Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$)

The latest value for Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) in Lower middle income was 94,474,620,000 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 94,474,620,000 in 2020 and 507,220,000 in 1970.

Definition: Use of IMF Credit: Data related to the operations of the IMF are provided by the IMF Treasurer’s Department. They are converted from special drawing rights into dollars using end-of-period exchange rates for stocks and average-over-the-period exchange rates for flows. IMF trust fund operations under the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility, Extended Fund Facility, Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Structural Adjustment Facility (Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility in 1999) are presented together with all of the IMF’s special facilities (buffer stock, supplemental reserve, compensatory and contingency facilities, oil facilities, and other facilities). SDR allocations are also included in this category. According to the BPM6, SDR allocations are recorded as the incurrence of a debt liability of the member receiving them (because of a requirement to repay the allocation in certain circumstances, and also because interest accrues). This debt item is introduced for the first time this year with historical data starting in 1999.

Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1970 507,220,000
1971 527,377,400
1972 593,975,400
1973 727,754,200
1974 1,681,202,000
1975 2,358,303,000
1976 2,797,344,000
1977 2,866,618,000
1978 3,743,603,000
1979 4,480,982,000
1980 6,258,879,000
1981 8,306,331,000
1982 11,166,450,000
1983 13,711,530,000
1984 12,954,380,000
1985 13,723,130,000
1986 13,547,890,000
1987 14,019,020,000
1988 11,495,780,000
1989 10,933,330,000
1990 11,643,710,000
1991 12,914,740,000
1992 13,683,250,000
1993 13,399,680,000
1994 14,520,400,000
1995 14,802,920,000
1996 14,262,560,000
1997 16,146,000,000
1998 23,410,750,000
1999 31,103,660,000
2000 29,893,040,000
2001 27,498,210,000
2002 27,762,450,000
2003 29,120,290,000
2004 27,463,640,000
2005 22,175,470,000
2006 11,619,710,000
2007 11,792,960,000
2008 19,020,060,000
2009 56,286,920,000
2010 61,487,040,000
2011 62,416,060,000
2012 58,221,130,000
2013 50,140,980,000
2014 47,987,450,000
2015 52,352,330,000
2016 55,373,490,000
2017 62,449,650,000
2018 63,536,500,000
2019 66,919,610,000
2020 94,474,620,000

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 related to the operations of the IMF come from the IMF Treasurer's Department and are converted from special drawing rights (SDRs) into dollars using end-of-period exchange rates for stocks and average over the period exchange rates for converting flows. DOD refers to disbursed and outstanding debt; data are in current U.S. dollars. 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