Top 10 African countries with the largest external debt 2025:
1 South Africa ~170.5 B
2 Egypt ~165.4 B
3 Morocco ~69.3 B
4 Angola ~56.6 B
5 Nigeria ~46.6 B
6 Tunisia ~42.6 B
7 Côte d’Ivoire ~36.5 B
8 Tanzania ~33–35 B
9 Kenya ~33.1 B
10 Ghana ~30.5 B
The top 10 African countries with the highest total external debt in 2025 are led by South Africa and Egypt, based on recent data from sources like Trading Economics and WeeTracker.
Had PF won in 2021, Zambia could have been among the top five. But thanks to Bally, he has restructured and fixed it.