Tanzania: Short-term debt to reserves
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| Tanzania |
Short-term external debt, percent of international reserves |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 51.14 |
| Year | 2018 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1970 - 2018 |
| Average | 2,700.12 |
| Min - Max | 32.80 - 47,369.53 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2018 is 51.14 percent, an increase from 44.47 percent in 2017. In comparison, the world average is 84.69 percent, based on data from 108 countries. Historically, the average for Tanzania from 1970 to 2018 is 2700.12 percent. The minimum value, 32.8 percent, was reached in 2013 while the maximum of 47369.53 percent was recorded in 1982.
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Definition: Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Total reserves includes gold.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Terms of trade | 117.29 | 2021 | percent |
| Trade openness | 37.77 | 2023 | percent |
| Financial openness | -1.242 | 2021 | index points |
| Exports, percent of GDP | 17.80 | 2023 | percent |
| Exports, billion dollars | 14.09 | 2023 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Growth of exports | 17.40 | 2023 | percent |
| Imports, percent of GDP | 19.97 | 2023 | percent |
| Imports, billion dollars | 15.81 | 2023 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | 1.67 | 2022 | percent |
| Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars | 1.26 | 2022 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Portfolio investment inflows, equities | 5.50 | 2022 | million dollars (current) |
| Current account, percent of GDP | -7.30 | 2022 | percent |
| Current account, in dollars | -5.38 | 2022 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Trade balance, percent of GDP | -4.18 | 2022 | percent |
| Trade balance, in dollars | -4.69 | 2022 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Reserves | 5.05 | 2018 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Remittances, percent of GDP | 0.42 | 2023 | percent |
| Remittances | 331.59 | 2023 | million U.S. dollars |
| Net errors and omissions | 110.88 | 2022 | million USD |
| External debt | 40.53 | 2022 | percent |
| Short-term external debt | 14.22 | 2022 | percent |
| Short-term debt to reserves | 51.14 | 2018 | percent |
| Foreign exchange reserves | 5.45 | Q2/2023 | billion |