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

The latest value for External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) in Comoros was $1,181,051 as of 2020. Over the past 44 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $36,331,320 in 2006 and $30,530 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 $30,530
1977 $1,128,254
1978 $1,358,186
1979 $1,652,412
1980 $1,002,000
1981 $2,054,000
1982 $1,108,937
1983 $2,172,230
1984 $3,247,653
1985 $4,565,828
1986 $7,705,225
1987 $15,163,270
1988 $11,000,650
1989 $12,780,370
1990 $12,394,300
1991 $12,523,660
1992 $11,789,660
1993 $13,998,060
1994 $9,842,226
1995 $9,988,028
1996 $9,362,483
1997 $13,815,940
1998 $12,788,210
1999 $19,841,980
2000 $28,134,320
2001 $23,898,540
2002 $29,392,140
2003 $27,467,970
2004 $33,988,540
2005 $33,739,110
2006 $36,331,320
2007 $11,623,340
2008 $5,598,494
2009 $4,744,530
2010 $4,423,144
2011 $4,673,921
2012 $4,125,470
2013 $1,605,516
2014 $1,599,581
2015 $1,473,066
2016 $1,516,180
2017 $1,102,037
2018 $1,235,496
2019 $1,896,221
2020 $1,181,051

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