How does Guatemala rank for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?

Guatemala ranks 108th out of 121 countries with data for 2024.

Is external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Guatemala?

Over the last ten years it is down 90.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Guatemala

Name: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Guatemala
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Guatemala: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP was 0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 17.0%

World rank

108th

of 121 countries

All-time high

0.0728 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2003

All-time low

0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2024

Years of data

1970–2024

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Guatemala, 1970–2024

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

In 2024, external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in Guatemala stood at 0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.0% on the previous year and down 90.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in Guatemala peaked at 0.0728 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 2024.

Guatemala ranks 108th of 121 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Guatemala, year by year

Annual values for External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Guatemala, 1970 to 2024.
Year	DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1970	0.0205 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1971	0.0222 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.2%
1972	0.0219 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.3%
1973	0.021 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.0%
1974	0.0199 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.2%
1975	0.0217 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.7%
1976	0.0215 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.6%
1977	0.0465 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+116.1%
1978	0.0427 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.3%
1979	0.0436 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.2%
1980	0.0425 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.5%
1981	0.0158 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-62.7%
1982	0.0137 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.3%
1983	0.0132 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.1%
1984	0.016 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+21.6%
1985	0.0274 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+71.2%
1986	0.0432 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+57.5%
1987	0.0401 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.1%
1988	0.0383 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.7%
1989	0.0389 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.7%
1990	0.0546 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+40.4%
1991	0.042 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-23.1%
1992	0.0454 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.1%
1993	0.0556 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+22.4%
1994	0.0501 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-10.0%
1995	0.0554 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+10.7%
1996	0.0648 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+17.0%
1997	0.0573 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.6%
1998	0.0531 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.4%
1999	0.0594 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+11.8%
2000	0.0608 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.4%
2001	0.0673 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+10.8%
2002	0.0603 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-10.4%
2003	0.0728 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+20.7%
2004	0.0685 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.8%
2005	0.0542 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-20.9%
2006	0.0496 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.6%
2007	0.0597 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+20.5%
2008	0.0559 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.4%
2009	0.033 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-40.9%
2010	0.039 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+18.0%
2011	0.0483 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+24.0%
2012	0.0187 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-61.3%
2013	0.0178 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.5%
2014	0.0164 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.8%
2015	0.0136 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-17.4%
2016	0.0139 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.7%
2017	0.0145 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.4%
2018	0.0218 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+49.9%
2019	0.0173 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-20.5%
2020	0.0179 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.0%
2021	0.0158 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.7%
2022	0.0032 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-80.0%
2023	0.0018 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-42.6%
2024	0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-17.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.0281 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0199 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0465 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0289 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0132 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0432 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0538 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.042 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0648 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.0582 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.033 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0728 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.0221 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0136 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0483 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.008 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0179 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	5

Countries ranked near Guatemala

105 Guyana 0.0026 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
106 Ethiopia 0.0023 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
107 Mali 0.0016 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
109 Niger 0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
110 Chad 0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
111 Lesotho 0.0014 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 133 places →

More external debt data for Guatemala

IFC, private nonguaranteed -57.41 million NFL, US$ (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita -3.12 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP -0.0005 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 1,488 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 1.0% (2024)
Net financial flows, IBRD -139.95 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 5.6% (2024)
Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$), annual growth rate -161.04 % change on previous year (2024)
Other investment, Debt instruments 18.34 billion US dollar (2024)
Use of IMF credit 797.75 million DOD, current US$ (2024)

All data for Guatemala →

Frequently asked questions

What is external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in Guatemala?: External debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in Guatemala was 0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Guatemala?: The highest recorded value was 0.0728 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2003.
What is the lowest external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Guatemala?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0015 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024.
How does Guatemala rank for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?: Guatemala ranks 108th out of 121 countries with data for 2024.
Is external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Guatemala?: Over the last ten years it is down 90.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Guatemala data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 55 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Guatemala. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://debt.statizoid.com/stat/external-debt-stocks-short-term-dod-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/guatemala/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://debt.statizoid.com/stat/external-debt-stocks-short-term-dod-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/guatemala/">External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Guatemala</a> — Statizoid

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

Indicator: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit: DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 133 places, 6,110 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 27 August 2026

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.