economic2024

External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

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Key Insights

Global Average
77,984,617,783.4current US$
Median: 13,469,446,233.8current US$
Countries Covered
120
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
2,419,835,436,491.8current US$
Lowest
Tonga
173,176,112.1current US$
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China2,419,835,436,491.8current US$
2India716,456,023,890.4current US$
3Brazil605,463,780,812.8current US$
4Mexico591,255,026,725.0current US$
5Türkiye514,989,218,110.8current US$
By Region
North America309,156,951,591.8current US$(2 countries)
Asia289,351,755,440.2current US$(16 countries)
South America240,643,610,338.9current US$(5 countries)
Europe97,560,854,690.4current US$(3 countries)
Africa76,788,909,122.6current US$(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (173,176,112.1current US$)High (2,419,835,436,491.8current US$)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 77,984,617,783.4current US$)

North America (2)
Asia (16)
South America (5)
Europe (3)
Africa (9)
Other (85)

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

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1People's Republic of China2,419,835,436,491.8current US$
2India716,456,023,890.4current US$
3Brazil605,463,780,812.8current US$
4Mexico591,255,026,725.0current US$
5Türkiye514,989,218,110.8current US$
6Indonesia421,059,208,493.8current US$
7Russian Federation376,117,000,821.9current US$
8Argentina242,357,155,703.1current US$
9Colombia201,763,641,280.4current US$
10Ukraine193,492,461,258.9current US$
11Thailand191,827,376,401.5current US$
12South Africa175,895,546,993.5current US$
13Kazakhstan167,535,209,792.2current US$
14Egypt155,972,716,013.2current US$
15Philippines137,018,240,525.2current US$
16Vietnam132,907,340,372.3current US$
17Pakistan129,717,513,746.7current US$
18Nigeria108,757,630,161.5current US$
19Bangladesh104,486,886,261.1current US$
20Peru93,268,743,431.7current US$
21Uzbekistan70,256,401,083.6current US$
22Mozambique69,765,373,429.6current US$
23Morocco67,993,946,129.4current US$
24Lebanon67,389,006,707.2current US$
25Ecuador60,364,730,466.4current US$
26Angola58,733,063,313.6current US$
27Sri Lanka56,827,528,393.8current US$
28Dominican Republic53,293,949,023.3current US$
29Serbia51,983,619,466.8current US$
30Bulgaria47,206,483,345.4current US$
31Senegal47,146,494,529.5current US$
32Jordan46,966,040,104.7current US$
33Kenya42,886,127,218.3current US$
34Cote d'Ivoire40,560,965,965.1current US$
35Tunisia40,459,855,368.3current US$
36Mongolia38,016,581,521.2current US$
37Ghana37,414,621,429.7current US$
38Ethiopia36,548,259,483.3current US$
39United Republic of Tanzania36,343,119,611.6current US$
40Belarus34,217,084,774.6current US$
41Paraguay29,963,457,224.3current US$
42Zambia28,117,735,300.5current US$
43Guatemala27,058,876,458.5current US$
44Georgia25,163,122,115.7current US$
45El Salvador24,961,880,871.3current US$
46Sudan22,020,660,462.5current US$
47Cambodia20,977,325,204.1current US$
48Uganda20,534,369,198.0current US$
49Mauritius20,364,236,675.8current US$
50Lao People's Democratic Republic17,836,681,019.8current US$
51Iraq17,517,006,333.0current US$
52Armenia16,396,165,488.7current US$
53Cameroon15,770,789,430.1current US$
54Bolivia15,717,587,538.6current US$
55Nicaragua15,490,530,047.6current US$
56Jamaica14,836,981,078.4current US$
57Zimbabwe14,403,740,329.7current US$
58Honduras14,299,817,842.8current US$
59Benin14,162,933,686.6current US$
60Bosnia and Herzegovina13,888,491,676.4current US$
61Rwanda13,050,400,791.1current US$
62Papua New Guinea12,854,160,687.9current US$
63The Republic of North Macedonia12,837,215,392.3current US$
64Democratic Republic of the Congo12,484,889,882.1current US$
65Azerbaijan12,199,421,517.2current US$
66Kyrgyzstan11,689,916,629.6current US$
67Myanmar11,174,807,782.3current US$
68Burkina Faso10,845,161,721.4current US$
69Albania10,712,630,800.8current US$
70Moldova, Republic of10,491,120,731.8current US$
71Nepal10,152,157,325.7current US$
72Islamic Republic of Iran9,654,298,895.5current US$
73Montenegro8,741,348,456.1current US$
74Yemen7,086,874,767.4current US$
75Tajikistan6,977,429,758.2current US$
76Algeria6,898,271,361.0current US$
77Gabon6,816,627,454.3current US$
78Republic of the Congo6,728,317,971.4current US$
79Madagascar6,653,640,488.3current US$
80Mali6,439,962,214.4current US$
81Guinea5,388,299,536.1current US$
82Niger5,308,857,136.5current US$
83Syrian Arab Republic4,756,737,935.6current US$
84Maldives4,692,462,747.8current US$
85Mauritania4,459,916,731.6current US$
86Togo4,294,139,883.4current US$
87Suriname4,047,562,766.7current US$
88Fiji3,868,919,895.3current US$
89Malawi3,743,648,285.8current US$
90Guyana3,681,569,057.1current US$
91Djibouti3,457,016,382.4current US$
92Bhutan3,400,087,106.3current US$
93Chad3,348,359,914.3current US$
94Afghanistan3,344,095,867.1current US$
95Turkmenistan3,320,400,762.0current US$
96Cape Verde2,359,581,722.2current US$
97Sierra Leone2,329,744,049.4current US$
98Botswana2,317,990,593.0current US$
99Liberia2,234,742,478.9current US$
100Somalia1,799,443,760.8current US$
101Lesotho1,773,147,342.7current US$
102Republic of The Gambia1,642,671,191.3current US$
103Belize1,558,943,630.7current US$
104Guinea-Bissau1,433,190,116.5current US$
105Eswatini1,238,600,512.2current US$
106Saint Lucia1,193,706,001.5current US$
107Central African Republic1,045,905,200.4current US$
108Burundi1,023,879,227.4current US$
109Haiti944,741,012.3current US$
110Grenada863,278,627.6current US$
111Saint Vincent and the Grenadines806,447,451.4current US$
112Eritrea693,278,616.9current US$
113Solomon Islands596,145,038.0current US$
114Dominica569,530,343.0current US$
115Vanuatu519,876,544.1current US$
116Samoa394,938,377.5current US$
117Comoros385,570,286.6current US$
118Sao Tome and Principe326,406,625.8current US$
119Timor-Leste296,673,869.1current US$
120Tonga173,176,112.1current US$
Showing 120 of 120 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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