Heavily indebted poor countries (as of March 2020)
Post-completion point HIPCsa |
Pre-decision point HIPCsb |
Afghanistan Benin Bolivia Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Côte D’Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti |
Honduras Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mozambique Nicaragua Niger Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia |
Eritrea Sudan |
Source: The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/debt/brief/hipc).
a Countries that have qualified for irrevocable debt relief under the HIPC Initiative.
b Countries that are potentially eligible and may wish to avail themselves of the HIPC Initiative or the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDR