Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per capita by country
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
121
Highest
2,250 TDS, current US$ per person
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0.8574 TDS, current US$ per person
Somalia
Median
171.83 TDS, current US$ per person
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
6,429
What the numbers show
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per capita is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 2,250 TDS, current US$ per person in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0.8574 TDS, current US$ per person in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 171.83 TDS, current US$ per person, and the mean is 328.77 TDS, current US$ per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,624.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 32,622.3%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 77.6%).
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 2,250 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Montenegro | 1,982 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 3 | El Salvador | 1,827 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 767.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Serbia | 1,568 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Mongolia | 1,537 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 238.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Mauritius | 1,331 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Georgia | 1,261 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 142.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 1,136 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Türkiye | 1,047 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Suriname | 1,028 TDS, current US$ per person | 2023 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 11 | Dominica | 995.97 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 213.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Maldives | 950.2 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 121.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Argentina | 864.07 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 118.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Jamaica | 863.13 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 15 | North Macedonia | 845.87 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Guyana | 721.27 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 794.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Colombia | 639.78 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 97.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Armenia | 599.23 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Belarus | 584.75 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 578.45 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 85.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Papua New Guinea | 556.22 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 305.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Brazil | 538.27 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Mexico | 512.08 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Republic of Moldova | 474.02 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 133.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Ecuador | 468.3 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 460.48 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Tunisia | 448.55 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 155.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Peru | 445.05 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 143.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Gabon | 442.77 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 438.72 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Saint Lucia | 437.54 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 106.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Lebanon | 428.38 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Tonga | 422 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 587.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Azerbaijan | 409.64 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 108.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 395.73 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Jordan | 390 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 157.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Grenada | 368.8 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 100.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Albania | 366.79 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 39 | South Africa | 352.42 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Viet Nam | 332.62 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 345.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 315.55 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 958.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Belize | 305.69 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Cape Verde | 290.5 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 191.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Angola | 286.9 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Paraguay | 284.18 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Egypt | 282.38 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 358.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 275.31 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 369.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Ukraine | 272.94 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Indonesia | 270.76 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 263.3 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Fiji | 262.95 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Thailand | 251.06 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 53 | China | 250.18 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 320.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Kosovo | 236.43 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 176.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Morocco | 233.76 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 219.48 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Bhutan | 203.87 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Cambodia | 193.22 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 350.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Senegal | 185.82 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 628.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Zambia | 183.57 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 568.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Congo | 171.83 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 75.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Côte d'Ivoire | 168.71 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 310.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Samoa | 167.84 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Eswatini | 166.64 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Honduras | 165.11 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Philippines | 155.41 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 147.83 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Mozambique | 131.07 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 429.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Turkmenistan | 129.97 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Djibouti | 119.43 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 212.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 113.18 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Botswana | 109.14 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 262.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Guatemala | 106.32 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Kenya | 100.47 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 246.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 85.08 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 134.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Mauritania | 79.86 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 77 | Vanuatu | 79.83 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 163.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Ghana | 79.29 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Benin | 79.1 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 765.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Iraq | 74.34 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 81 | Pakistan | 64.9 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 186.9% | volatile |
| 82 | India | 63.14 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Nigeria | 57.84 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 354.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Cameroon | 57.55 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 139.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 54.16 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 49.53 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 284.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Lesotho | 47.08 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 123.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Haiti | 46.12 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 1,610.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Togo | 40.83 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 355.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 37.55 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Solomon Islands | 31.71 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Uganda | 31.17 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 449.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Rwanda | 30.17 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 102.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Guinea | 29.73 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 555.7% | flat |
| 95 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 28.88 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 312.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Comoros | 28.44 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 2,486.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Gambia | 27.95 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Liberia | 24.64 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 542.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.17 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Timor-Leste | 18.6 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 4,896.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Nepal | 18.11 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Chad | 18.03 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 17.8 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 247.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Guinea-Bissau | 17.79 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 423.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Myanmar | 17.49 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Mali | 15.07 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 149.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Niger | 14.09 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 137.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 10.6 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 306.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Ethiopia | 10.28 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Algeria | 9.51 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Madagascar | 9.15 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 127.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Malawi | 7.56 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Eritrea | 6 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 4.31 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Sudan | 3.98 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.95 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Yemen | 3.42 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Burundi | 2.55 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Afghanistan | 1.59 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.16 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 10,987.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Somalia | 0.8574 TDS, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 32,622.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 771.48 TDS, current US$ per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 497.24 TDS, current US$ per person
- Upper middle income 315.27 TDS, current US$ per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 241.48 TDS, current US$ per person
- Middle income 214.32 TDS, current US$ per person
- Low & middle income 192.31 TDS, current US$ per person
- Lower middle income 107.78 TDS, current US$ per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 101.42 TDS, current US$ per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 71.04 TDS, current US$ per person
- South Asia 63.33 TDS, current US$ per person
- IDA only 38.99 TDS, current US$ per person
- Low income 16.24 TDS, current US$ per person
How this figure is calculated
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Debt service on external debt, total International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.