This note provides guidance on national government’s foreign debt statistics by way of the various public finance statistical tables published in the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Quarterly Bulletin (QB) that are related to this topic. The data used for the compilation of South Africa’s national government foreign debt statistics are sourced from National Treasury, and the statistics are compiled in accordance with international guidelines, subject to country specific data constraints. National government marketable foreign debt statistics are published at both market value and face value. National government’s total foreign debt at face value is disaggregated into the following categories: marketable and non-marketable; currency of denomination, redemption and interest payment statistics, marketable unexpired or remaining maturity;11 and marketable and non-marketable currency of denomination, redemption and interest payment statistics.