Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
122
Highest
165.17 % change on previous year
Afghanistan
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
9.4 % change on previous year
Years covered
54
1971–2024
Data points
6,213
What the numbers show
Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$), annual growth rate is currently reported for 122 countries. The highest value is 165.17 % change on previous year in Afghanistan; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Syrian Arab Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.4 % change on previous year, and the mean is 17.08 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Tonga (up 24,366.5%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 53,810.0%).
Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 165.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 101.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Tonga | 159.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 24,366.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Haiti | 158.95 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Niger | 128.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 116.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Djibouti | 123.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,301.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 118.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 773.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Zambia | 96.77 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 597.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Ukraine | 95.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 302.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 85.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Serbia | 77.81 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 745.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 75.74 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Morocco | 70.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,475.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Dominica | 70.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 538.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Suriname | 68.14 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Ghana | 63.73 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 128.4% | volatile |
| 16 | El Salvador | 60.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,228.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Egypt | 59.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Philippines | 57.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,128.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Guinea | 56.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Kenya | 55.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Comoros | 54.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 52.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 331.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Senegal | 48.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 627.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Argentina | 47.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Indonesia | 46.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Mexico | 43.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 406.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 37.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 267.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Eritrea | 34.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 169.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Brazil | 33.59 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 217.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Mozambique | 32.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 269.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Tunisia | 27.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 556.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 27.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Eswatini | 26.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 421.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Viet Nam | 25.93 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Togo | 25.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 852.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Benin | 25.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 306.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Guyana | 24.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 97.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Türkiye | 22.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Gambia | 21.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 40 | India | 21.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 20.81 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,839.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Uganda | 20.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Montenegro | 20.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 190.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Guatemala | 18.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 158.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 18.63 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 124.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Botswana | 18.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 126.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Georgia | 17.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 5,166.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Belize | 16.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 148.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Saint Lucia | 16.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,033.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Bangladesh | 15.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 248.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Fiji | 15.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Paraguay | 14.95 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,625.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Bhutan | 14.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Ecuador | 13.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Solomon Islands | 12.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,957.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 263.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Madagascar | 11.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Lesotho | 11.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 121.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Albania | 10.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Cambodia | 9.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Colombia | 9.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Nepal | 9.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 251.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 8.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Nigeria | 8.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Malawi | 8.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.24 % change on previous year | 2010 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Honduras | 6.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Timor-Leste | 6.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Mauritania | 3.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 3.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Maldives | 2.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Cape Verde | 2.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Mali | 2.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 159.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 2.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Yemen | 1.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.8 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Liberia | 1.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Congo | 0.1571 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Kosovo | -0.2953 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Cameroon | -0.6846 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Tanzania, United Republic of | -0.697 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 101.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Samoa | -2.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 107.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | -3.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 171.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Sierra Leone | -3.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 110.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Sudan | -3.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Peru | -4.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Pakistan | -5.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 200.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Angola | -7.46 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 117.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Algeria | -9.73 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 93 | South Africa | -10.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | -11.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 115.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Lebanon | -11.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 173.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Jordan | -12.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 122.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Russian Federation | -13.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 110.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Myanmar | -13.7 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 81.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Vanuatu | -15.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 245.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Turkmenistan | -16.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 106.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Rwanda | -19.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 147.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Belarus | -19.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 128.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Jamaica | -19.74 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 202.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Armenia | -20.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Grenada | -21.37 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Mauritius | -22.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 136.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Burundi | -22.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Ethiopia | -23.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 252.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Iraq | -24.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,586.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Zimbabwe | -26.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 353.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Chad | -26.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 106.5% | volatile |
| 112 | North Macedonia | -28.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Mongolia | -28.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 243.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Sao Tome and Principe | -29.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 120.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -31.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 247.2% | volatile |
| 116 | China | -33.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 260.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Guinea-Bissau | -33.73 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 122.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Republic of Moldova | -34.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Thailand | -38.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 232.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Gabon | -38.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Somalia | -66.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Syrian Arab Republic | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 53,810.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 29.48 % change on previous year
- Lower middle income 25.74 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 25.43 % change on previous year
- South Asia 22.69 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 19.32 % change on previous year
- Middle income 8.01 % change on previous year
- Low & middle income 7.97 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 6.08 % change on previous year
- IDA only 5.6 % change on previous year
- Low income 4.8 % change on previous year
- Upper middle income 1.69 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) -15.18 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.