Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP by country
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
121
Highest
0.3319 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
El Salvador
Lowest
0.0004 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
0.0398 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
6,252
What the numbers show
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 0.3319 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in El Salvador; the lowest is 0.0004 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Syrian Arab Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0398 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.0544 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 762.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 22,221.1%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 86.6%).
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Salvador | 0.3319 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 478.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Mongolia | 0.2278 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 106.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Mozambique | 0.1995 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 462.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 0.191 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 279.3% | rising |
| 5 | Suriname | 0.1861 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 180.1% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 0.159 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Zambia | 0.1546 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 862.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Montenegro | 0.1494 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Georgia | 0.1406 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.1296 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 338.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Serbia | 0.1146 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Jamaica | 0.1113 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 13 | Mauritius | 0.111 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Tunisia | 0.1071 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 171.7% | rising |
| 15 | Senegal | 0.1069 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 486.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Angola | 0.1054 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 95.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Lebanon | 0.0958 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Dominica | 0.0957 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 145.1% | rising |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 0.0945 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 857.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Nicaragua | 0.0925 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 21 | North Macedonia | 0.091 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 22 | Egypt | 0.0846 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 330.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Colombia | 0.0805 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 102.9% | rising |
| 24 | Jordan | 0.0769 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 134.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Cambodia | 0.0735 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 145.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Maldives | 0.071 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Viet Nam | 0.0705 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 140.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Armenia | 0.07 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Congo | 0.0692 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 154.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Ecuador | 0.0686 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Belarus | 0.068 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Tonga | 0.0679 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 357.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Türkiye | 0.0659 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 0.0645 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 35 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0625 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Argentina | 0.0619 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 37 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0618 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 199.3% | volatile |
| 38 | South Africa | 0.0562 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 112.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Cape Verde | 0.0562 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 124.4% | rising |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 0.0562 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Morocco | 0.0554 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 38.6% | falling |
| 42 | Indonesia | 0.055 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 43 | Ukraine | 0.0541 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Gabon | 0.0538 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 87.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Nigeria | 0.0533 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1,194.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Benin | 0.0533 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 601.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 0.0532 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 48 | Brazil | 0.0522 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 106.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Peru | 0.0522 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 90.2% | falling |
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.049 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.5% | rising |
| 51 | Honduras | 0.0483 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 0.0483 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.3% | rising |
| 53 | Bhutan | 0.0482 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Kenya | 0.0471 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 141.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Lesotho | 0.046 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 155.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.045 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 57 | Paraguay | 0.044 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.3% | rising |
| 58 | Pakistan | 0.0439 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 145.7% | falling |
| 59 | Eswatini | 0.0426 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Fiji | 0.0409 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Belize | 0.0398 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 0.0398 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 63 | Philippines | 0.039 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 42.7% | falling |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 0.0382 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0381 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Mauritania | 0.0379 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 67 | Mexico | 0.0366 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 0.0341 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Thailand | 0.034 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Kosovo | 0.0336 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 71 | Djibouti | 0.0336 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 95.0% | rising |
| 72 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0334 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 73 | Ghana | 0.0328 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Albania | 0.0322 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Togo | 0.0322 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 231.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Gambia | 0.0321 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Grenada | 0.032 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 78 | Cameroon | 0.0314 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 115.6% | falling |
| 79 | Samoa | 0.0311 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 0.0302 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 81 | Liberia | 0.0289 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Uganda | 0.0289 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 356.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Rwanda | 0.0285 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Russian Federation | 0.026 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.025 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 254.2% | volatile |
| 86 | India | 0.0244 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 46.5% | rising |
| 87 | Guyana | 0.0243 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Haiti | 0.0224 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1,112.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 0.0221 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 381.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Turkmenistan | 0.022 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 0.0205 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 222.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Vanuatu | 0.0202 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Niger | 0.0193 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 83.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Bangladesh | 0.0191 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 95 | China | 0.0188 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 146.2% | rising |
| 96 | Chad | 0.0184 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0178 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 241.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Guinea | 0.0175 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 196.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Guatemala | 0.0173 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 49.2% | rising |
| 100 | Madagascar | 0.0166 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 108.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 0.0164 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Comoros | 0.0153 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 2,149.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Malawi | 0.0145 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Botswana | 0.0143 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 237.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Timor-Leste | 0.014 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 4,494.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Mali | 0.0138 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 116.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Myanmar | 0.0129 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Nepal | 0.0124 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Iraq | 0.0122 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 110 | Burundi | 0.0118 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Eritrea | 0.0106 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2011 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Ethiopia | 0.0091 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0063 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0062 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Yemen | 0.0052 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Sudan | 0.004 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Afghanistan | 0.0038 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Algeria | 0.0017 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Somalia | 0.0014 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 22,221.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0008 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0004 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 2,359.1% | 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) 0.0787 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0494 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Lower middle income 0.0458 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0342 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Middle income 0.0329 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Low & middle income 0.0327 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Upper middle income 0.0302 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- IDA only 0.0293 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- South Asia 0.0243 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0232 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Low income 0.0201 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
How this figure is calculated
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), 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$) ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Debt service on external debt, total International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.