What is the highest external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?

The highest recorded value was 0.0863 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1993.

What is the lowest external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0085 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1974.

How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 8th out of 12 groups with data for 2024.

Is external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?

Over the last ten years it is up 103.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Name: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP was 0.0491 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.0491 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 1.7%

Rank

8th

of 12 groups

All-time high

0.0863 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1993

All-time low

0.0085 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1974

Years of data

1970–2024

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970–2024

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

Analysis

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 0.0491 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in 2024.

The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 103.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 0.0863 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.0085 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1974.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970 to 2024.
Year	DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1970	0.0126 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1971	0.0133 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.0%
1972	0.0122 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.0%
1973	0.0113 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.3%
1974	0.0085 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-25.0%
1975	0.0117 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+38.5%
1976	0.0127 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.2%
1977	0.0362 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+185.2%
1978	0.032 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.8%
1979	0.0289 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.6%
1980	0.0284 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.7%
1981	0.0294 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.6%
1982	0.045 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+52.9%
1983	0.0388 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.7%
1984	0.0356 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.2%
1985	0.0381 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.9%
1986	0.0402 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.6%
1987	0.0438 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.9%
1988	0.0452 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.1%
1989	0.0529 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+17.1%
1990	0.0403 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-23.9%
1991	0.0681 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+69.1%
1992	0.0773 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.6%
1993	0.0863 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+11.7%
1994	0.0542 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-37.3%
1995	0.0536 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.0%
1996	0.0476 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.2%
1997	0.044 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.5%
1998	0.049 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+11.3%
1999	0.0452 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.8%
2000	0.0448 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.8%
2001	0.0416 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.1%
2002	0.0403 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.2%
2003	0.0374 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.3%
2004	0.0397 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.2%
2005	0.032 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-19.3%
2006	0.0287 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-10.3%
2007	0.0281 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.2%
2008	0.021 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-25.1%
2009	0.0241 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+14.7%
2010	0.0264 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.4%
2011	0.0217 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-17.9%
2012	0.019 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.3%
2013	0.0214 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.9%
2014	0.0241 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.4%
2015	0.0273 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.2%
2016	0.0328 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+20.1%
2017	0.0337 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.9%
2018	0.0306 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.1%
2019	0.035 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+14.2%
2020	0.0409 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+16.8%
2021	0.0411 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.4%
2022	0.0466 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.4%
2023	0.0499 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+7.2%
2024	0.0491 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.7%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1977	+185.2%	0.0127 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0362 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.0179 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0085 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0362 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0398 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0284 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0529 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0566 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0403 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0863 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.0338 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.021 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0448 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.0272 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.019 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.035 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.0455 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0409 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0499 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	5

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

5 Dominica 0.2521 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
6 North Macedonia 0.1876 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
7 Fiji 0.1765 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
8 Cape Verde 0.143 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
9 Senegal 0.1421 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
10 Kosovo 0.1396 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
11 Georgia 0.1384 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 133 places →

More external debt data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

IFC, private nonguaranteed 776.64 million NFL, US$ (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 1.05 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0.0004 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 16.22 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 2.5% (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA 438.49 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita 0.5912 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0002 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
Net financial flows, IBRD 2.63 billion NFL, current US$ (2024)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 12.6% (2024)

All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) →

Frequently asked questions

What is external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?: External debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 0.0491 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$), per unit of gdp recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?: The highest recorded value was 0.0863 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1993.
What is the lowest external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0085 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1974.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 8th out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
Is external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?: Over the last ten years it is up 103.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 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.

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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.