External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP by country
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
121
Highest
2.96 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Mozambique
Lowest
0.0022 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Iran
Median
0.3252 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
6,263
What the numbers show
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 2.96 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.0022 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Iran.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3252 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.4102 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,340.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in East Timor (up 800.0%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 91.0%).
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 2.96 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Lebanon | 1.82 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Mongolia | 1.49 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Senegal | 1.26 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 176.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Montenegro | 1.01 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 6 | Bhutan | 1.01 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Laos | 1 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 56.0% | falling |
| 8 | Suriname | 0.9484 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 140.4% | rising |
| 9 | Zambia | 0.8772 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 204.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Ukraine | 0.8188 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Rwanda | 0.7575 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 122.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Nicaragua | 0.6876 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Djibouti | 0.6835 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 86.6% | rising |
| 14 | Cape Verde | 0.6799 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 15 | Lesotho | 0.6794 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 109.7% | rising |
| 16 | Maldives | 0.6328 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 148.0% | falling |
| 17 | El Salvador | 0.6206 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 18 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.5968 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5961 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Mauritius | 0.5961 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 21 | Grenada | 0.5824 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 22 | Paraguay | 0.5818 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 23 | Georgia | 0.569 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 24 | Benin | 0.5451 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 246.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Gambia | 0.5446 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Serbia | 0.5366 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 27 | North Macedonia | 0.536 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.53 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 0.522 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 307.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Dominica | 0.5171 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 0.501 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 32 | Eritrea | 0.4891 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Jamaica | 0.4858 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 41.3% | flat |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 0.483 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 35 | Armenia | 0.4783 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 36 | Belize | 0.4648 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Angola | 0.4643 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 90.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Jordan | 0.4507 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 0.4404 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Tunisia | 0.4377 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 41 | Fiji | 0.4365 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 115.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Colombia | 0.4203 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 43 | Ecuador | 0.4024 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Saint Lucia | 0.3994 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 83.2% | rising |
| 45 | Tanzania | 0.39 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 0.3896 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 42.4% | rising |
| 47 | Tajikistan | 0.3882 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 0.3872 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 49 | Moldova | 0.3786 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 50 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3726 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 55.5% | rising |
| 51 | Ghana | 0.3618 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.3615 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 112.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Morocco | 0.3562 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 54 | Cambodia | 0.3528 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.34 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 56 | Congo | 0.3399 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Albania | 0.337 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 58 | Uganda | 0.3347 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Mauritania | 0.3316 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 60 | Togo | 0.3262 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 191.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Liberia | 0.3252 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 196.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Solomon Islands | 0.3247 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 208.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Nigeria | 0.319 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 479.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Honduras | 0.3098 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 65 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3085 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 66 | South Africa | 0.3027 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 67 | Sudan | 0.301 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Madagascar | 0.2987 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Kenya | 0.2983 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 49.9% | falling |
| 70 | Belarus | 0.2921 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Pakistan | 0.2899 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 46.3% | falling |
| 72 | Yemen | 0.2872 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Egypt | 0.2824 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 132.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Mexico | 0.2815 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 75 | Peru | 0.2753 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 76 | Vanuatu | 0.2719 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 141.6% | rising |
| 77 | Gabon | 0.2657 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 78 | Malawi | 0.2655 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Bolivia | 0.2654 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 80 | Indonesia | 0.2489 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 81 | Philippines | 0.2435 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 82 | Turkey | 0.2425 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 83 | Cameroon | 0.2399 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Guatemala | 0.2304 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 85 | Brazil | 0.2304 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 86 | Samoa | 0.2301 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 56.1% | rising |
| 87 | Argentina | 0.2296 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Kosovo | 0.2296 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 89 | Niger | 0.2295 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Ethiopia | 0.2267 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Thailand | 0.2213 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 0.2194 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Mali | 0.2099 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Nepal | 0.2075 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Comoros | 0.2012 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 121.8% | falling |
| 96 | Tonga | 0.1998 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 97 | Eswatini | 0.1995 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 96.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Burundi | 0.1979 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Vietnam | 0.1973 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 0.193 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 0.1885 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Guinea | 0.1667 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 0.1595 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 0.1517 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 105 | India | 0.1477 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 106 | Syria | 0.1474 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 107 | East Timor | 0.1358 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Guyana | 0.1329 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Myanmar | 0.1313 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Russia | 0.125 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 111 | Chad | 0.1228 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1047 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 0.1019 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 114 | Botswana | 0.096 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 0.0655 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 116 | China | 0.057 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Somalia | 0.0555 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Iraq | 0.0473 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 119 | Haiti | 0.0106 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 91.0% | falling |
| 120 | Algeria | 0.0042 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Iran | 0.0022 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 69.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- IDA only 0.3734 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.3561 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.3547 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Low income 0.3425 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Lower middle income 0.2668 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.2637 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.1821 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- South Asia 0.162 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Low & middle income 0.1562 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Middle income 0.1533 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Upper middle income 0.1291 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0823 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
How this figure is calculated
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, 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.
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- External debt stocks, long-term 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
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, 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.