economic2024

External debt stocks, short-term (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
20,569,863,038.3value
Median: 975,772,739.4value
Countries Covered
120
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
1,305,871,555,000.0value
Lowest
Bhutan
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China1,305,871,555,000.0value
2Türkiye178,133,840,000.0value
3India139,568,064,000.0value
4Brazil84,282,230,000.0value
5Thailand69,392,055,000.0value
By Region
Asia107,928,854,765.0value(16 countries)
South America32,603,757,588.5value(5 countries)
North America30,672,559,000.0value(2 countries)
Africa13,344,289,323.8value(9 countries)
Europe9,772,291,000.0value(3 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0value)High (1,305,871,555,000.0value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 20,569,863,038.3value)

Asia (16)
South America (5)
North America (2)
Africa (9)
Europe (3)
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 China1,305,871,555,000.0value
2Türkiye178,133,840,000.0value
3India139,568,064,000.0value
4Brazil84,282,230,000.0value
5Thailand69,392,055,000.0value
6Russian Federation65,566,000,000.0value
7Indonesia65,123,015,000.0value
8Mexico61,174,418,000.0value
9Argentina48,583,029,942.6value
10South Africa46,828,461,000.0value
11Vietnam37,087,391,086.6value
12Egypt30,995,280,000.0value
13Nigeria22,227,040,000.0value
14Philippines20,945,356,000.0value
15Kazakhstan19,594,364,000.0value
16Colombia19,052,808,000.0value
17Lebanon19,044,742,491.0value
18Ukraine18,325,600,000.0value
19Jordan17,898,373,000.8value
20Tunisia15,929,973,000.0value
21Bangladesh12,945,219,000.0value
22Mauritius11,155,487,000.0value
23Peru10,474,499,000.0value
24Bulgaria9,990,624,000.0value
25Belarus9,928,836,000.0value
26Pakistan9,609,166,000.0value
27Morocco7,504,234,000.0value
28Sri Lanka5,817,999,373.9value
29Angola5,808,502,070.9value
30Uzbekistan5,699,285,000.0value
31Sudan4,735,902,795.6value
32Georgia4,731,048,000.0value
33Senegal4,570,012,000.0value
34Cambodia4,296,540,000.0value
35Cote d'Ivoire4,284,366,000.0value
36Dominican Republic4,147,766,000.0value
37Zimbabwe3,967,157,036.7value
38Paraguay3,559,265,376.0value
39Armenia3,498,904,000.0value
40United Republic of Tanzania3,382,972,201.4value
41The Republic of North Macedonia3,179,473,000.0value
42Bosnia and Herzegovina3,073,363,000.0value
43Zambia2,792,341,916.4value
44El Salvador2,649,118,000.0value
45Ghana2,619,647,898.2value
46Jamaica2,399,479,000.0value
47Mongolia2,348,117,000.0value
48Islamic Republic of Iran2,284,966,218.4value
49Moldova, Republic of2,234,526,000.0value
50Kenya2,007,772,843.5value
51Honduras1,761,202,000.0value
52Algeria1,756,000,000.0value
53Kyrgyzstan1,597,664,000.0value
54Nicaragua1,346,178,000.0value
55Benin1,269,746,000.0value
56Albania1,240,828,000.0value
57Mozambique1,211,768,676.1value
58Lao People's Democratic Republic1,096,995,000.0value
59Fiji1,053,306,000.0value
60Serbia1,000,649,000.0value
61Cameroon950,896,478.7value
62Tajikistan871,155,000.0value
63Somalia752,004,524.0value
64Iraq726,167,000.0value
65Republic of the Congo656,777,369.7value
66Bolivia635,358,000.0value
67Ecuador626,221,000.0value
68Syrian Arab Republic616,052,477.3value
69Uganda519,028,549.9value
70Djibouti518,113,119.7value
71Yemen510,644,100.8value
72Rwanda500,836,916.3value
73Democratic Republic of the Congo476,015,882.2value
74Afghanistan442,598,969.1value
75Nepal422,881,000.0value
76Cape Verde388,090,000.0value
77Guinea377,760,206.9value
78Ethiopia351,666,101.2value
79Montenegro235,211,000.0value
80Azerbaijan218,427,000.0value
81Mauritania213,336,000.0value
82Suriname205,701,910.3value
83Sierra Leone173,895,709.7value
84Dominica173,670,714.9value
85Guatemala170,700,000.0value
86Maldives159,814,000.0value
87Gabon152,095,387.1value
88Togo146,089,000.0value
89Botswana144,667,000.0value
90Haiti129,224,000.0value
91Central African Republic126,466,537.1value
92Papua New Guinea121,139,804.7value
93Vanuatu114,910,000.0value
94Madagascar101,609,087.0value
95Saint Lucia79,529,000.0value
96Malawi75,414,708.3value
97Eswatini69,859,000.0value
98Samoa68,537,000.0value
99Saint Vincent and the Grenadines65,000,000.0value
100Myanmar63,958,931.7value
101Guyana63,729,586.2value
102Republic of The Gambia61,554,160.3value
103Eritrea46,446,061.3value
104Mali41,800,976.4value
105Turkmenistan30,905,000.0value
106Niger29,661,801.3value
107Chad29,493,438.0value
108Solomon Islands29,193,000.0value
109Grenada15,671,026.1value
110Belize13,148,000.0value
111Sao Tome and Principe7,948,319.2value
112Lesotho3,237,695.3value
113Burundi2,650,120.6value
114Timor-Leste1,264,000.0value
115Guinea-Bissau817,000.0value
116Comoros0.0value
117Liberia0.0value
118Tonga0.0value
119Burkina Faso0.0value
120Bhutan0.0value
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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