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

The latest value for Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) in Upper middle income was 115,591,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 115,591,000,000 in 2020 and 159,180,000 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 159,180,000
1971 224,943,200
1972 330,856,500
1973 332,483,500
1974 361,577,400
1975 891,968,300
1976 2,413,135,000
1977 2,508,313,000
1978 2,473,900,000
1979 3,131,081,000
1980 3,608,228,000
1981 6,374,873,000
1982 8,420,529,000
1983 13,640,150,000
1984 15,773,770,000
1985 18,471,540,000
1986 20,490,160,000
1987 21,513,630,000
1988 18,044,890,000
1989 14,952,030,000
1990 14,564,350,000
1991 14,117,860,000
1992 13,679,480,000
1993 15,969,790,000
1994 19,026,670,000
1995 38,741,530,000
1996 38,818,840,000
1997 37,301,000,000
1998 47,522,930,000
1999 56,530,330,000
2000 43,461,370,000
2001 62,380,130,000
2002 82,257,500,000
2003 92,996,380,000
2004 84,493,000,000
2005 42,019,740,000
2006 27,862,640,000
2007 24,503,240,000
2008 25,523,000,000
2009 74,405,490,000
2010 79,773,850,000
2011 78,677,880,000
2012 74,280,960,000
2013 64,538,960,000
2014 52,742,150,000
2015 48,474,120,000
2016 47,122,350,000
2017 49,587,120,000
2018 75,973,090,000
2019 92,654,490,000
2020 115,591,000,000

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