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Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Source: World Bank country economists.

Rank	Country	Value
Total government debt (current LCU) - GFS - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)
1	Ivory Coast (1998)	16,215,085,780,756
2	Guinea (2008)	15,210,967,581,540
3	Zambia (2006)	8,521,610,952,704
4	Tanzania (2008)	7,063,343,435,365
5	Uganda (2008)	5,981,066,236,447
6	Nigeria (2002)	4,340,322,926,592
7	Madagascar (1996)	4,079,667,904,512
8	Sao Tome and Principe (2006)	3,235,135,362,000
9	Republic of the Congo (2008)	2,722,329,362,261
10	Burundi (2004)	1,602,756,542,464
11	Gabon (2008)	1,567,978,375,052
12	Cameroon (2008)	1,106,573,204,437
13	Algeria (2008)	1,056,681,000,000
14	Sierra Leone (2007)	986,592,719,110
15	Kenya (2008)	946,057,285,911
16	Angola (2008)	755,600,000,000
17	Central African Republic (2008)	706,898,200,000
18	Egypt (2008)	665,348,046,000
19	Guinea-Bissau (2008)	641,785,407,503
20	South Africa (2008)	628,687,000,000
21	Chad (1999)	619,799,969,792
22	Malawi (2008)	544,537,870,336
23	Rwanda (2008)	494,758,499,841
24	Morocco (2008)	325,786,000,000
25	Mali (2008)	215,300,000,000
26	Mauritius (2008)	142,461,000,000
27	Comoros (2008)	139,314,317,385
28	Zimbabwe (1998)	126,164,000,768
29	Djibouti (2005)	93,506,558,557
30	Ethiopia (2008)	88,478,660,766
31	Cape Verde (2007)	87,516,686,220
32	Mozambique (2008)	59,531,153,355
33	Eritrea (2007)	29,686,462,097
34	Tunisia (2008)	23,920,000,000
35	Namibia (2008)	13,076,800,000
36	Lesotho (2008)	7,025,139,292
37	Seychelles (2006)	6,922,916,000
38	Botswana (2008)	5,943,049,947
39	Swaziland (2008)	3,959,000,000
40	Senegal (2007)	2,728,705,000
41	Mauritania (1994)	0
42	Equatorial Guinea (1994)	0
43	Benin (2005)	0
44	Ghana (2008)	0
45	Gambia (1989)	0
46	Niger (2006)	0

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Total government debt (current LCU) - GFS - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators

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