Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s net financial flows, others (NFL, current US$) was US$1.38 billion in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 42.77% from US$968.83 million in 2014 (3.63% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$1.38 billion | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$3.04 billion | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$968.83 million | 2014 |
| Highest | US$4.88 billion | 2023 |
| Lowest | US$13.2 million | 1970 |
| Average since 2015 | US$2.14 billion | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | US$13.2 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s net financial flows, others (NFL, current US$) fell 71.7% on 2023 (from US$4.88 billion to US$1.38 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +26.5% and a typical year strayed about 78.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 361.3% in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 71.7% in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 14% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
What this measures
Net financial flows received by the borrower during the year are disbursements of loans and credits less repayments of principal. Others is a residual category in the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System. It includes such institutions as the Caribbean Development Fund, Council of Europe, European Development Fund, Islamic Development Bank, Nordic Development Fund, and the like. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 55 values
| Year | Net financial flows, others (NFL, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,383,223,694 |
| 2023 | 4,884,433,014 |
| 2022 | 2,003,885,971 |
| 2021 | 1,424,904,325 |
| 2020 | 1,867,010,662 |
| 2019 | 3,037,333,792 |
| 2018 | 2,145,531,027 |
| 2017 | 2,253,903,661 |
| 2016 | 1,201,949,928 |
| 2015 | 1,206,356,438 |
Net financial flows, others (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$0 (2023)
- Djibouti — US$5.03 million (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — −US$989.99 million (2024)
- Iraq — −US$1 million (2024)
- Jordan — US$94.99 million (2024)
- Lebanon — −US$18.07 million (2024)
- Morocco — US$37.79 million (2024)
- Pakistan — US$130.54 million (2024)
- Syrian Arab Republic — US$0 (2024)
- Tunisia
More economic policy & debt data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) — US$3.07 billion (2025)
- Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — −US$472.27 million (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$2.21 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.13 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,671 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,614 (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth) — 4.14% (2025)
- GDP per capita (annual % growth) — 1.64% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s net financial flows, others (NFL, current US$)?
- US$1.38 billion in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 10,377% from US$13.2 million in 1970 (9% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$4.88 billion in 2023 and the lowest US$13.2 million in 1970.
- Is the latest change in net financial flows, others (NFL, current US$) unusual for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- In 2024, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s net financial flows, others (NFL, current US$) fell 71.7% on 2023 (from US$4.88 billion to US$1.38 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +26.5% and a typical year strayed about 78.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.MOTH.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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