54 Countries
Granular records of every African sovereign borrower.
Coverage Highlights
Key facts that capture the scale and breadth of the African Debt Database.
2000 - Present
Tracking more than two decades of loans and securities issuance.
All Currencies & Markets
Instrument-level data across domestic and external borrowing.
The African Debt Database
The African Debt Database (ADD) is a comprehensive resource tracing both domestic and external sovereign debt instruments at a granular level.
Pan-African Scope
The database covers more than 50,000 individual government loans and securities issued by 54 African countries between 2000 and 2024, amounting to USD 6.3 trillion in debt.
Rich Instrument Detail
Each instrument harmonizes micro-level information on currency, maturity, interest rate, instrument type, and creditor to support transparent comparisons.