External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre by country
External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$) 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
121
Highest
11.47 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
Maldives
Lowest
239.23 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Median
61,741 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
6,212
What the numbers show
External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 11.47 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Maldives; the lowest is 239.23 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Iran, Islamic Republic of.
The median across all reporting countries is 61,741 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, and the mean is 287,525 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 47,939.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 3,360.4%), and the largest decrease in Iran, Islamic Republic of (down 90.4%).
External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldives | 11.47 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 293.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Lebanon | 3.28 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Grenada | 2.24 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Mauritius | 1.84 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 111.7% | 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 | Dominican Republic | 792,755 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 170.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Jamaica | 775,351 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 762,108 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2010 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 669,124 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 11 | El Salvador | 610,521 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 569,738 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 196.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Dominica | 485,364 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Cape Verde | 481,419 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Serbia | 313,810 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 16 | Montenegro | 295,050 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 17 | Rwanda | 293,104 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 365.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Sao Tome and Principe | 259,136 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Jordan | 253,276 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 158.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Philippines | 244,537 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.0% | volatile |
| 21 | North Macedonia | 224,244 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Armenia | 221,319 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Tonga | 210,226 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Albania | 202,681 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Türkiye | 192,960 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Comoros | 172,221 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 196.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Ecuador | 159,857 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 217.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Ukraine | 154,874 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 184.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Mexico | 154,864 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Azerbaijan | 148,007 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Georgia | 147,687 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 146,193 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | up 171.0% | rising |
| 33 | Tunisia | 142,008 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Viet Nam | 140,011 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Ghana | 125,373 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 163.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Indonesia | 124,231 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Djibouti | 122,368 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 326.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Pakistan | 120,766 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Egypt | 118,037 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Guatemala | 117,149 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Senegal | 116,423 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 397.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Samoa | 106,550 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Morocco | 101,091 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98,880 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 45 | Gambia | 97,077 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Colombia | 93,320 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Côte d'Ivoire | 91,122 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 355.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Fiji | 87,292 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 129.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Belarus | 86,215 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Bhutan | 83,577 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Republic of Moldova | 80,582 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 165.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Haiti | 80,066 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Honduras | 78,800 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Uzbekistan | 74,868 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 655.3% | volatile |
| 55 | South Africa | 73,800 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 56 | India | 72,283 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Uganda | 70,066 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 245.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Benin | 64,856 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 358.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Thailand | 63,456 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Cambodia | 62,874 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Kenya | 61,741 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 259.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Nepal | 60,125 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 141.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Belize | 59,421 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 58,844 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 65 | China | 51,925 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 219.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Nigeria | 48,355 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 431.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Guinea-Bissau | 46,678 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 405.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Eswatini | 44,962 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 149.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 44,720 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Argentina | 41,249 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Togo | 38,506 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 252.0% | rising |
| 72 | Angola | 36,462 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Paraguay | 36,243 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 430.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Iraq | 36,131 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 75 | Peru | 35,052 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 160.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Lesotho | 32,890 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Malawi | 30,502 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Vanuatu | 29,720 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 230.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Ethiopia | 28,277 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 168.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Cameroon | 25,657 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 197.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 25,272 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 121.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Gabon | 23,589 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Burundi | 23,285 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Brazil | 22,855 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 22,264 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 21,858 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Zambia | 20,695 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 310.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Syrian Arab Republic | 19,068 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 18,901 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 17,712 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Congo | 17,440 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Timor-Leste | 17,022 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,360.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Guinea | 15,996 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 194.1% | rising |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 15,771 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 468.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Myanmar | 15,374 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Suriname | 14,971 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 192.2% | rising |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 13,959 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Liberia | 13,318 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 458.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Mozambique | 12,875 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 12,614 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 158.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 12,160 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Yemen | 11,013 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Russian Federation | 8,310 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 104 | Sudan | 8,225 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 105 | Guyana | 8,174 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 106 | Madagascar | 7,665 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 7,451 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Solomon Islands | 7,061 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.4% | rising |
| 109 | Mongolia | 6,243 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Eritrea | 5,292 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 111 | Mali | 4,552 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Niger | 3,817 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Mauritania | 3,623 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3,280 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 115 | Somalia | 3,219 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 2,847 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 117 | Botswana | 2,759 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Chad | 1,745 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Central African Republic | 732.01 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Algeria | 416.82 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 239.23 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 103,257 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 69,582 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Lower middle income 63,075 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 57,680 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Middle income 52,724 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 48,865 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Upper middle income 48,323 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Low & middle income 44,495 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 36,280 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- IDA only 22,233 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 21,265 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Low income 9,040 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 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, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (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.