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Heavily Indebted Countries

35 COUNTRIES ARE CLASSIFIED AS HEAVILY INDEBTED COUNTRIES

World Economics has combined 35 countries to represent the Heavily Indebted Countries group. Overall these countries account for 2% of Global GDP and 3% of global GDP growth in the past 10 years (2012-2022).

The Heavily Indebted Countries are home to over 0.8 billion people with an average life expectancy of 63 years and a current median age of 18 against a global average of 30.



Economics



Heavily Indebed
Countries		 Revised GDP PPP
Int$, Billions		 CAGR
10 Year
Rate
%, 2012-2022		 Share of
Global
GDP
%		 Share of Global GDP Growth
%, 2012-2022		 Revised GDP Per Capita
Int$		 Government Debt to Revised GDP
%







Afghanistan 119.9 1.4% 0.1% 0.0% 2,941 3.7%
Benin 67.6 5.4% 0.0% 0.1% 5,284 36.8%
Bolivia 178.8 3.2% 0.1% 0.1% 14,906 46.6%
Burkina Faso 74.9 5.0% 0.0% 0.1% 3,389 39.7%
Burundi 16.3 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1,291 37.5%
Cameroon 151.0 4.4% 0.1% 0.1% 5,410 32.4%
Central African Republic 8.6 -2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 1,707 28.2%
Chad 44.7 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 2,569 25.5%
Comoros 3.7 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 4,120 25.3%
Congo, Dem. Rep 205.8 5.5% 0.1% 0.2% 2,161 7.7%
Congo, Rep. 35.7 -2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 6,159 45.3%
Cote d'Ivoire 241.4 6.8% 0.1% 0.3% 8,702 35.6%
Ethiopia 437.8 8.1% 0.3% 0.5% 3,624 30.9%
Gambia 9.6 3.6% 0.0% 0.0% 3,749 48.6%
Ghana 287.3 4.7% 0.2% 0.2% 8,868 57.7%
Guinea 64.1 6.0% 0.0% 0.1% 4,621 23.3%
Guinea-Bissau 6.0 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2,888 53.9%
Guyana 37.8 13.1% 0.0% 0.1% 47,633 16.8%
Haiti 52.8 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 4,524 14.2%
Honduras 95.5 3.1% 0.1% 0.1% 9,344 31.1%
Liberia 12.0 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2,253 35.1%
Madagascar 75.3 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2,582 31.2%
Malawi 42.5 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2,104 51.4%
Mali 89.7 4.0% 0.1% 0.1% 4,179 29.7%
Mauritania 38.3 5.9% 0.0% 0.0% 7,812 33.7%
Mozambique 62.5 3.9% 0.0% 0.0% 1,890 66.7%
Nicaragua 61.2 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 9,025 30.8%
Niger 49.0 5.2% 0.0% 0.0% 1,880 37.3%
Rwanda 45.5 6.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3,344 47.5%
Senegal 96.9 5.2% 0.1% 0.1% 5,488 49.3%
Sierra Leone 24.3 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 2,920 46.5%
Tanzania 265.7 5.6% 0.2% 0.2% 4,197 24.9%
Togo 27.8 5.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3,204 45.9%
Uganda 162.4 4.8% 0.1% 0.1% 3,353 35.1%
Zambia 108.3 3.0% 0.1% 0.1% 5,565 71.1%

Heavily Indebted Countries
Totals / Averages:		 3,300.7 N/A 1.9% 2.7% 5,820* 36.5%*


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Notes:
  • GDP data includes estimates for the Informal Economy, and updated Base Years, to improve the often imperfect quality of Heavily Indebted Countries data.
  • Debt-to-GDP ratio is total gross government debt as a proportion of revised GDP.
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.
  • Offical GDP data quality is often poor in Emerging Market countries. See data quality for individual countries.







Demography



Emerging Market
Countries 		Population
Data Quality
Grade		 Total
Population
Millions		 Life Expectancy
Years		 Median
Age
Years		 Statistical Capacity
0-100 Index		 Age Dependency
Total






Afghanistan E 40.8 62 16.7 57.8 15.4
Benin D 12.8 60 17.5 62.2 16.0
Bolivia D 12.0 64 23.9 66.7 43.7
Burkina Faso C 22.1 59 16.6 67.8 12.6
Burundi E 12.6 62 15.6 57.8 4.8
Cameroon E 27.9 60 17.5 46.7 17.7
Central African Republic E 5.0 54 14.7 36.7 -2.8
Chad E 17.4 53 15.0 54.4 1.3
Comoros D 0.9 63 20.1 46.7 25.9
Congo, Dem. Rep E 95.2 59 15.6 40.0 2.0
Congo, Rep. E 5.8 64 18.2 38.9 21.2
Cote d'Ivoire D 27.7 59 17.6 71.1 20.8
Ethiopia E 120.8 65 18.5 47.8 24.3
Gambia E 2.6 62 16.8 70.0 15.0
Ghana C 32.4 64 20.4 71.1 31.3
Guinea E 13.9 59 17.7 51.1 17.6
Guinea-Bissau E 2.1 60 18.3 48.9 23.4
Guyana D 0.8 66 25.5 45.6 46.4
Haiti E 11.7 63 23.0 53.3 41.7
Honduras D 10.2 70 23.4 56.7 46.7
Liberia E 5.3 61 17.9 57.8 20.3
Madagascar D 29.2 65 19.0 54.4 25.5
Malawi D 20.2 63 16.8 70.0 15.3
Mali C 21.5 59 15.1 60.0 0.7
Mauritania E 4.9 64 17.6 61.1 17.3
Mozambique D 33.1 59 16.8 62.2 13.9
Nicaragua E 6.8 74 24.5 46.7 45.6
Niger E 26.1 62 14.5 68.9 -5.4
Rwanda D 13.6 69 19.0 73.3 27.5
Senegal D 17.7 77 17.8 66.7 18.5
Sierra Leone C 8.3 74 18.8 60.0 26.0
Tanzania E 63.3 66 16.8 63.3 12.3
Togo D 8.7 62 18.7 67.8 23.5
Uganda E 48.4 63 15.9 71.1 11.8
Zambia E 19.5 61 16.9 53.3 18.2

Heavily Indebted Countries
Totals / Averages:		 N/A 801.1 63* 18.2* 57.9* 19.9*


Notes:
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.
  • Statistical Capacity Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
    0 = Low level of resources, 100 = High level of resources.


Key:
Data Quality Grade definitions:
         A: As good as it gets;
         B: Use with caution;
         C: Unreliable for many purposes
         D: Extremely poor quality.








Environmental, Social and Governance



Emerging Market
Countries: 		Carbon Emissions
Total MTCo2e		 Methane Emissions
Total MTCo2e		 Population in Poverty
% of Pop		 Years of Schooling
Years		 Rule
of Law
0-100 Index		 Corruption Levels
0-100 Index






Afghanistan 11.9 17.1 0% 3 9.8 24
Benin 7.8 4.1 19% 4 39.2 43
Bolivia 23.3 34.3 4% 10 26.1 31
Burkina Faso 5.7 16.8 34% 2 42.7 42
Burundi 0.7 1.5 73% 3 23.1 17
Cameroon 9.3 16.9 26% 6 27.6 26
Central African Republic 0.2 16.2 0% 4 14.5 24
Chad 1.9 56.3 33% 3 22.4 19
Comoros 0.3 0.3 19% 5 24.7 19
Congo, Dem. Rep 2.6 49.0 77% 7 13.7 20
Congo, Rep. 7.5 10.0 40% 6 26.7 21
Cote d'Ivoire 11.7 7.6 9% 5 38.2 37
Ethiopia 17.8 88.4 31% 3 38.9 38
Gambia 0.7 1.4 10% 5 43.9 34
Ghana 21.3 11.4 13% 8 50.9 43
Guinea 4.8 17.1 23% 2 26.8 25
Guinea-Bissau 0.4 1.4 25% 4 - 21
Guyana 3.1 1.8 0% 9 43.7 40
Haiti 2.9 5.4 25% 6 24.1 17
Honduras 10.9 8.1 15% 7 28.2 23
Liberia 1.2 0.5 44% 5 31.5 26
Madagascar 4.3 17.1 79% 5 32.9 26
Malawi 1.5 4.3 74% 5 47.3 34
Mali 4.2 24.4 16% 2 32.1 28
Mauritania 4.1 7.4 6% 5 37.4 30
Mozambique 7.1 28.0 64% 3 29.0 26
Nicaragua 5.1 9.7 3% 7 21.7 19
Niger 2.7 29.4 41% 2 43.5 32
Rwanda 1.8 2.0 57% 13 57.4 51
Senegal 13.6 11.9 8% 11 44.4 43
Sierra Leone 1.3 3.9 43% 11 34.0 34
Tanzania 13.0 49.8 49% 6 40.8 38
Togo 2.3 3.0 24% 5 39.9 30
Uganda 5.8 25.4 41% 6 44.7 26
Zambia 7.7 27.2 59% 7 39.2 33

Heavily Indebted Countries
Totals/Averages:		 220.5 609.1 N/A 6* 33.6* 30*


Notes:
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.
  • Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
    Rule of Law: 0 = low rule of law, 100 = High rule of law.
    Corruption Perceptions Index: 0 = High levels of corruption, 100 = Low levels of corruption.
  • Total Carbon and Methane data expressed in MTCo2e (Million Metric Tons of CO2 equivalent)
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.



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