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Countries Owing the Most to the IMF

Outstanding IMF credit converted to billions of U.S. dollars. The source table lists the 26 largest borrowers (approximately $1 billion or more) using IMF credit data from early October 2026; values are rounded, so smaller borrowers are not shown.

📅 October 2026📏 USD billion26 entries

Circle area is each entry’s value; the largest sit in the middle. Stronger colour means a higher rank.

🇦🇷Argentina

$56.8B

🇺🇦Ukraine

$14.4B

🇵🇰Pakistan

$10.8B

🇪🇬Egypt

$10.6B

🇪🇨Ecuador

$9.4B

🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire

$5.6B

🇬🇭Ghana

$4.0B

🇧🇩Bangladesh

$3.9B

🇰🇪Kenya

$3.8B

🇨🇩DR Congo

$3.3B

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

$3.0B

🇦🇴Angola

$2.9B

🇪🇹Ethiopia

$2.8B

🇨🇷Costa Rica

$2.4B

🇯🇴Jordan

$2.3B

🇹🇿Tanzania

$2.2B

🇿🇲Zambia

$1.7B

🇨🇲Cameroon

$1.5B

🇲🇦Morocco

$1.3B

🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

$1.3B

🇸🇩Sudan

$1.3B

🇯🇲Jamaica

$1.2B

🇺🇬Uganda

$1.2B

🇧🇯Benin

$1.1B

🇲🇬Madagascar

$1.0B

🇸🇳Senegal

$1.0B

Highlights

As of October 2026, Argentina ranks first with $56.8B, followed by Ukraine ($14.4B) and Pakistan ($10.8B).

Argentina is 3.9 times higher than Ukraine, the runner-up.

Across 26 countries and territories, values run from $56.8B (Argentina) to $1.0B (Senegal), with a median of $2.6B.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Africa, 2 from the Americas, 2 from Asia and 1 from Europe.

Source: Visual Capitalist, based on IMF credit data (early October 2026), October 2026. Unit: USD billion.

Source: Visual Capitalist, based on IMF credit data (early October 2026) · entered by hand Oct 18, 2026

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