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External debt stocks, % of GNI: ranking of countries
119 countries ranked by their latest value (2022–2024). Mozambique is highest at 350.6%; Iran is lowest at 2.2%.
Median country 43.2%119 countries
External debt: world and regions, 1994–2024
South Asia
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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All 119 countries
Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
119 shown
| # | Country | Region | External debt | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 350.6% | 2024 | |
| 2 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 331.6% | 2023 | |
| 3 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 181.9% | 2024 | |
| 4 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 150.7% | 2024 | |
| 5 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 129.1% | 2023 | |
| 6 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 123.2% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 115.4% | 2024 | |
| 8 | Bhutan | South Asia | 114.5% | 2023 | |
| 9 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 114.2% | 2024 | |
| 10 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 108.6% | 2024 | |
| 11 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 101.3% | 2024 | |
| 12 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 93.9% | 2024 | |
| 13 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 90.1% | 2024 | |
| 14 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 86.9% | 2024 | |
| 15 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 83.8% | 2024 | |
| 16 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 82.8% | 2024 | |
| 17 | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | 82.4% | 2024 | |
| 18 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 81.2% | 2024 | |
| 19 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 79.7% | 2024 | |
| 20 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 79.6% | 2024 | |
| 21 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 77.7% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 76.1% | 2024 | |
| 23 | Maldives | South Asia | 75.6% | 2024 | |
| 24 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 75.4% | 2024 | |
| 25 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 71.4% | 2024 | |
| 26 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 70.3% | 2024 | |
| 27 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 69.7% | 2024 | |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 69.2% | 2024 | |
| 29 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 68.6% | 2024 | |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 67.1% | 2024 | |
| 31 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 66.6% | 2024 | |
| 32 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 66.4% | 2024 | |
| 33 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 66.0% | 2024 | |
| 34 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 65.4% | 2024 | |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 62.6% | 2024 | |
| 36 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 62.2% | 2024 | |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 60.5% | 2024 | |
| 38 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 60.0% | 2024 | |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 58.9% | 2024 | |
| 40 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 57.1% | 2024 | |
| 41 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 55.1% | 2022 | |
| 42 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 51.3% | 2024 | |
| 43 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 50.5% | 2024 | |
| 44 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 49.7% | 2024 | |
| 45 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 49.2% | 2024 | |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 49.2% | 2024 | |
| 47 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 48.8% | 2024 | |
| 48 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 48.8% | 2024 | |
| 49 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 47.3% | 2024 | |
| 50 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 47.1% | 2024 | |
| 51 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 46.9% | 2024 | |
| 52 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 46.1% | 2024 | |
| 53 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 46.1% | 2024 | |
| 54 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 46.0% | 2024 | |
| 55 | Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 45.4% | 2024 | |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 45.3% | 2024 | |
| 57 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.9% | 2024 | |
| 58 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.8% | 2024 | |
| 59 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 44.7% | 2024 | |
| 60 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 43.2% | 2024 | |
| 61 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.7% | 2024 | |
| 62 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 42.0% | 2024 | |
| 63 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 41.9% | 2024 | |
| 64 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.8% | 2024 | |
| 65 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 41.8% | 2024 | |
| 66 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 39.7% | 2024 | |
| 67 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 39.4% | 2024 | |
| 68 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.2% | 2024 | |
| 69 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.2% | 2024 | |
| 70 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 39.2% | 2024 | |
| 71 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 39.1% | 2024 | |
| 72 | Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 38.6% | 2024 | |
| 73 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 37.6% | 2024 | |
| 74 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 37.5% | 2024 | |
| 75 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 37.4% | 2024 | |
| 76 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.0% | 2024 | |
| 77 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.9% | 2024 | |
| 78 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 35.6% | 2024 | |
| 79 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 35.4% | 2023 | |
| 80 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.2% | 2024 | |
| 81 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.0% | 2024 | |
| 82 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 34.2% | 2024 | |
| 83 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 33.8% | 2024 | |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.0% | 2024 | |
| 85 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 32.9% | 2024 | |
| 86 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 32.5% | 2024 | |
| 87 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.3% | 2024 | |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.1% | 2024 | |
| 89 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 31.0% | 2024 | |
| 90 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 28.8% | 2024 | |
| 91 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 28.7% | 2024 | |
| 92 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.8% | 2024 | |
| 93 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.5% | 2024 | |
| 94 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 26.3% | 2024 | |
| 95 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 25.3% | 2023 | |
| 96 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.9% | 2024 | |
| 97 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.8% | 2024 | |
| 98 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.3% | 2022 | |
| 99 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 24.2% | 2024 | |
| 100 | Nepal | South Asia | 23.3% | 2024 | |
| 101 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.2% | 2024 | |
| 102 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 22.6% | 2024 | |
| 103 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 22.3% | 2024 | |
| 104 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 19.9% | 2023 | |
| 105 | India | South Asia | 18.6% | 2024 | |
| 106 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.3% | 2024 | |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 17.0% | 2024 | |
| 108 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 16.8% | 2022 | |
| 109 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.4% | 2024 | |
| 110 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 15.4% | 2024 | |
| 111 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 15.3% | 2024 | |
| 112 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.9% | 2024 | |
| 113 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 13.0% | 2024 | |
| 114 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.9% | 2024 | |
| 115 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.2% | 2024 | |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 5.2% | 2024 | |
| 117 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.7% | 2024 | |
| 118 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.7% | 2024 | |
| 119 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.2% | 2024 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)External debt stocks (% of GNI)