External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP by country
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
121
Highest
0.7468 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Mauritius
Lowest
0 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Tonga
Median
0.0371 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
6,110
What the numbers show
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 0.7468 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Mauritius; the lowest is 0 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Tonga.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0371 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.0647 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 2,703.4%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 100.0%).
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritius | 0.7468 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Lebanon | 0.7333 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 340.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Tunisia | 0.3098 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 127.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Jordan | 0.3053 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Dominica | 0.2521 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 6 | North Macedonia | 0.1876 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Fiji | 0.1765 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 144.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Cape Verde | 0.143 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Senegal | 0.1421 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Kosovo | 0.1396 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 11 | Georgia | 0.1384 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Armenia | 0.1348 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Thailand | 0.1311 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Türkiye | 0.1311 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 15 | Belarus | 0.1263 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 16 | Djibouti | 0.1248 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 259.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1227 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 18 | South Africa | 0.1167 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 0.1104 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Zambia | 0.1104 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 266.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Jamaica | 0.109 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1033 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 145.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Mongolia | 0.0987 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Ukraine | 0.096 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 0.0955 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Sudan | 0.0953 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Cambodia | 0.0927 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Vanuatu | 0.0885 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Nigeria | 0.0881 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 300.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.088 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Egypt | 0.0797 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 633.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Paraguay | 0.0796 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Viet Nam | 0.0779 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Argentina | 0.0761 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 35 | El Salvador | 0.076 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 36 | China | 0.0697 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Nicaragua | 0.0683 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 0.0672 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0665 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Somalia | 0.0628 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Tajikistan | 0.0604 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Suriname | 0.0592 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 43 | Benin | 0.0591 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 0.0584 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 45 | Samoa | 0.0583 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Angola | 0.0563 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0562 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Mozambique | 0.0533 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 49 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0492 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Honduras | 0.0476 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 86.8% | falling |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 0.047 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 2,703.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Morocco | 0.0467 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Indonesia | 0.0466 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Central African Republic | 0.046 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Albania | 0.0459 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Philippines | 0.0454 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Colombia | 0.0453 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 41.3% | falling |
| 58 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0427 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Congo | 0.0418 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 255.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Brazil | 0.0386 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 62.8% | falling |
| 61 | India | 0.0371 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Peru | 0.0359 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Mexico | 0.0334 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 0.0334 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Rwanda | 0.0331 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 978.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Ghana | 0.0315 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Saint Lucia | 0.0305 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 0.0288 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Russian Federation | 0.0286 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 22.9% | flat |
| 70 | Montenegro | 0.0284 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.026 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 209.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Pakistan | 0.0258 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Gambia | 0.0256 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 130.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Sierra Leone | 0.0249 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Afghanistan | 0.0249 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 193.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Maldives | 0.0226 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Mauritania | 0.0196 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Solomon Islands | 0.0184 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Cameroon | 0.0178 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 266.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Yemen | 0.0168 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Kenya | 0.0167 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Guinea | 0.0151 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 111.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Eswatini | 0.0144 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Togo | 0.0137 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Grenada | 0.0116 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0116 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Serbia | 0.0111 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Nepal | 0.0098 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0096 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Uganda | 0.0096 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Eritrea | 0.0086 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Botswana | 0.0075 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Gabon | 0.0073 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Malawi | 0.0067 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 172.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Algeria | 0.0065 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0063 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Madagascar | 0.0058 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Haiti | 0.0053 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Ecuador | 0.0051 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0048 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 414.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Belize | 0.0041 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0039 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 0.0029 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Iraq | 0.0026 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 105 | Guyana | 0.0026 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Ethiopia | 0.0023 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Mali | 0.0016 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Guatemala | 0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Niger | 0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Chad | 0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 479.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Lesotho | 0.0014 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1,422.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Burundi | 0.0009 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Myanmar | 0.0009 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Turkmenistan | 0.0007 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Timor-Leste | 0.0007 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0004 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Burkina Faso | 0 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Bhutan | 0 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Comoros | 0 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Liberia | 0 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Tonga | 0 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | 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) 0.104 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0678 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Upper middle income 0.0622 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.062 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Middle income 0.0613 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Low & middle income 0.0606 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Lower middle income 0.0572 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0491 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- IDA only 0.0395 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0386 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- South Asia 0.0364 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Low income 0.0181 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
How this figure is calculated
External debt stocks, short-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, short-term (DOD, current US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- External debt stocks, short-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, short-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.