External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre by country
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
120
Highest
12.87 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
Maldives
Lowest
535.14 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
Algeria
Median
84,254 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
6,185
What the numbers show
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 12.87 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Maldives; the lowest is 535.14 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Algeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 84,254 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, and the mean is 372,278 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24,050.
Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in East Timor (up 3,360.4%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 72.3%).
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldives | 12.87 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 319.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Lebanon | 4.70 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Mauritius | 4.67 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Grenada | 2.24 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Saint Lucia | 1.52 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 154.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.49 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Jamaica | 1.03 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 972,013 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 124.8% | volatile |
| 9 | El Salvador | 920,449 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 814,640 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 640,156 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 206.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Montenegro | 618,624 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Serbia | 553,889 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 14 | Dominica | 507,888 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Cape Verde | 481,419 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Armenia | 427,750 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Turkey | 412,574 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Rwanda | 410,515 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 365.9% | volatile |
| 19 | North Macedonia | 351,187 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Albania | 349,819 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Philippines | 347,537 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Vietnam | 334,443 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 324,794 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Jordan | 293,464 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 140.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Georgia | 271,892 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Mexico | 267,743 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Sao Tome and Principe | 259,136 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Ukraine | 244,039 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Thailand | 235,706 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Guatemala | 230,049 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Tonga | 210,226 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Ecuador | 202,727 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 182.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Moldova | 202,297 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Senegal | 199,105 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 395.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 196,238 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 36 | Indonesia | 179,928 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Comoros | 172,221 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 196.5% | volatile |
| 38 | India | 167,585 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Azerbaijan | 165,361 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Tunisia | 155,068 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Colombia | 152,340 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 109.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Ghana | 150,789 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Pakistan | 143,405 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 119.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Fiji | 127,947 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 141.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Morocco | 124,483 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Belarus | 122,929 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Djibouti | 122,800 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 328.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 120,883 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 437.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Egypt | 119,926 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 182.0% | volatile |
| 50 | China | 118,400 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 183.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 113,468 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Samoa | 111,017 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Cambodia | 100,972 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 173.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Gambia | 97,077 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.0% | volatile |
| 55 | South Africa | 93,743 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Honduras | 92,462 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Cote d'Ivoire | 92,358 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 248.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Benin | 89,604 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 450.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Uganda | 89,228 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Bhutan | 84,727 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Nigeria | 83,781 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 209.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Mozambique | 83,222 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 134.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Haiti | 80,273 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Laos | 76,743 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 149.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Belize | 63,497 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Kenya | 62,484 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 259.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Nepal | 61,611 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 147.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Peru | 61,512 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Brazil | 60,878 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Paraguay | 59,229 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 55,620 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Argentina | 54,835 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Eswatini | 53,112 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Lesotho | 52,551 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Togo | 50,456 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 361.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Guinea-Bissau | 46,678 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 405.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 43,872 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Tajikistan | 40,821 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Angola | 37,614 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Iraq | 36,131 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 81 | Burkina Faso | 35,985 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Tanzania | 31,916 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 31,861 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Zambia | 31,231 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 382.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Malawi | 30,502 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Vanuatu | 29,720 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 230.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Ethiopia | 28,277 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 168.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Cameroon | 26,419 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 190.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Zimbabwe | 23,909 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Gabon | 23,589 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Burundi | 23,285 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Mongolia | 21,011 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Suriname | 20,520 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 94 | Syria | 19,068 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 95 | Sierra Leone | 18,901 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 96 | Russia | 17,497 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Congo | 17,471 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 98 | East Timor | 17,022 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,360.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Guinea | 16,362 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.9% | rising |
| 100 | Myanmar | 16,066 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 15,127 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Liberia | 14,313 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Bolivia | 13,837 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Guyana | 12,038 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 112.2% | rising |
| 105 | Yemen | 11,013 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Madagascar | 8,521 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 111.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Sudan | 8,225 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 7,485 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Eritrea | 5,292 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 110 | Mali | 4,552 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Niger | 3,817 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Mauritania | 3,623 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3,280 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 114 | Somalia | 3,219 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 115 | Afghanistan | 2,874 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 116 | Botswana | 2,759 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Chad | 1,745 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Central African Republic | 732.01 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Iran | 687.52 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Algeria | 535.14 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 193,545 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 142,547 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 117,358 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Lower middle income 93,778 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Middle income 93,492 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Upper middle income 93,370 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 87,954 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Low & middle income 78,460 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 41,345 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- IDA only 30,212 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 28,625 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Low income 13,691 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- External debt stocks, long-term International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.