economic2024

External debt stocks as a proportion of GNI

Compare external debt stocks as a proportion of gni across 109 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2024.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database109 countries

Loading visualization...

Key Insights

Global Average
52.4%
Median: 44.7%
Countries Covered
109
with available data
Highest
Mozambique
350.6%
Lowest
Islamic Republic of Iran
2.2%
Top 5 Countries
1Mozambique350.6%
2Mongolia181.9%
3Senegal150.7%
4Mauritius123.2%
5Lao People's Democratic Republic115.4%
By Region
Europe81.8%(2 countries)
Other57.0%(79 countries)
Africa44.5%(8 countries)
South America40.2%(5 countries)
Asia33.3%(13 countries)
Key Findings
  • 109 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
  • Mozambique has the highest published value (350.573 %).
  • Islamic Republic of Iran has the lowest published value (2.21281 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.2%)High (350.6%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 52.4%)

Europe (2)
Other (79)
Africa (8)
South America (5)
Asia (13)
North America (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

External debt stocks as a proportion of GNI (%).

Values use UN SDG series DT_DOD_DECT_GN_ZS, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2024 reference year, unit Percentage, and the fixed selection Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.

Methodology

UN SDG series DT_DOD_DECT_GN_ZS; year 2024; unit PERCENT; dimensions {"Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "G", "Units": "PERCENT"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 17.13.1.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Mozambique350.6%
2Mongolia181.9%
3Senegal150.7%
4Mauritius123.2%
5Lao People's Democratic Republic115.4%
6Zambia114.2%
7Montenegro108.6%
8Ukraine101.3%
9Rwanda93.9%
10Jordan90.1%
11Cape Verde86.9%
12Djibouti83.8%
13Nicaragua82.8%
14Dominica82.4%
15The Republic of North Macedonia81.2%
16Georgia79.7%
17Angola79.6%
18Tunisia77.7%
19Jamaica76.1%
20Maldives75.6%
21El Salvador75.4%
22Fiji71.4%
23Saint Vincent and the Grenadines70.3%
24Paraguay69.7%
25Kyrgyzstan69.2%
26Grenada68.6%
27Guinea-Bissau67.1%
28Benin66.6%
29Republic of The Gambia66.4%
30Armenia66.0%
31Lesotho65.4%
32Kazakhstan62.6%
33Serbia62.2%
34Uzbekistan60.5%
35Nigeria60.0%
36Sri Lanka58.9%
37Moldova, Republic of57.1%
38Saint Lucia51.3%
39Liberia50.5%
40Ecuador49.7%
41Colombia49.2%
42Bosnia and Herzegovina49.2%
43Cote d'Ivoire48.8%
44Burkina Faso48.8%
45United Republic of Tanzania47.3%
46Burundi47.1%
47Ghana46.9%
48Belarus46.1%
49Cambodia46.1%
50Belize46.0%
51Sudan45.4%
52Dominican Republic45.3%
53Republic of the Congo44.9%
54South Africa44.8%
55Morocco44.7%
56Togo43.2%
57Sao Tome and Principe42.7%
58Egypt42.0%
59Papua New Guinea41.9%
60Mauritania41.8%
61Honduras41.8%
62Albania39.7%
63Türkiye39.4%
64Uganda39.2%
65Madagascar39.2%
66Vanuatu39.2%
67Argentina39.1%
68Samoa37.6%
69Thailand37.5%
70Tajikistan37.4%
71Gabon36.0%
72Central African Republic35.9%
73Pakistan35.6%
74Malawi35.2%
75Kenya35.0%
76Peru34.2%
77Solomon Islands33.8%
78Zimbabwe33.0%
79Mexico32.9%
80Bolivia32.5%
81Cameroon31.3%
82Sierra Leone31.1%
83Indonesia31.0%
84Vietnam28.8%
85Brazil28.7%
86Eswatini27.8%
87Niger27.5%
88Philippines26.3%
89Mali24.9%
90Comoros24.8%
91Guatemala24.2%
92Nepal23.3%
93Guinea23.2%
94Guyana22.6%
95Bangladesh22.3%
96India18.6%
97Democratic Republic of the Congo18.3%
98Azerbaijan17.0%
99Chad16.4%
100Timor-Leste15.4%
101Myanmar15.3%
102Somalia14.9%
103People's Republic of China13.0%
104Botswana11.9%
105Iraq6.2%
106Turkmenistan5.2%
107Haiti3.7%
108Algeria2.7%
109Islamic Republic of Iran2.2%
Showing 109 of 109 countries

Topics

Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2024).

View Original Source