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Zimbabwe (The causes of the debt crisis (The hyperinflation caused by…

- - - - Zimbabwe's economy fell from the 10th in sub-Saharan Africa to 20th over the past 37 years, with the country’s share of regional GDP dropping to less than 1%
    - - Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe was estimated to have reached 89.7 sextillion percent or 89,700,000,000,000,000,000,000% in 2008. That led the country to abandon its own currency in favor of a basket of foreign exchange including the South African rand, the dollar, the euro and the pound.
    - - . Although Zimbabwe’s external debt decreased under the unity government, foreign debt surged after an election ended the power-sharing deal in 2013.
        Zimbabwe now owes lenders, including the IMF, World Bank and African Development Bank about $9 billion, according to the finance ministry.