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Private Creditors Add $778 Mln to Ethiopia’s Debt

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Private Creditors Add $778 Mln to Ethiopia’s Debt
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According to World Bank figures, Ethiopia's external debt owed to private creditors increased by 778.1 million US dollars in 2025 to reach 6.81 billion US dollars.

  • Ethiopia’s outstanding external debt owed to private creditors increased by 778.1 million US dollars in 2025, reaching 6.81 billion US dollars.
  • Debt owed to bilateral government creditors grew by just 123.9 million US dollars, rising 1 percent from 12.28 billion to 12.40 billion US dollars.
  • Private creditor debt rose 12.9 percent from 6.03 billion US dollars in 2024.
  • The increase in private creditor debt came entirely from commercial banks and other private lenders, with obligations rising from 5.03 billion to 5.81 billion US dollars.
  • Debt owed to international bondholders remained unchanged at one billion US dollars.
  • Net financial inflows from private creditors reached 591.1 million US dollars in 2025, an increase of nearly 64 percent compared to the previous year.
  • Net inflows from bilateral creditors declined by almost 65 percent, dropping from 123 million to 43.5 million US dollars.
  • Multilateral creditors remained Ethiopia’s largest category of long-term external lenders, with outstanding debt increasing from 15.74 billion to 17.10 billion US dollars.
  • Ethiopia’s total external debt reached 39.97 billion US dollars in 2025, up from 36.65 billion US dollars a year earlier.
  • The ratio of external debt service to exports declined from 10 percent in 2024 to 7.3 percent in 2025, while external debt relative to gross national income increased from 24.5 percent to 31.7 percent.
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