External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) by country
Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Countries reporting
119
Highest
1.31 trillion DOD, current US$
China
Lowest
0 DOD, current US$
Tonga
Median
1.00 billion DOD, current US$
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
6,256
What the numbers show
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) is currently reported for 119 countries. The highest value is 1.31 trillion DOD, current US$ in China; the lowest is 0 DOD, current US$ in Tonga.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.00 billion DOD, current US$, and the mean is 20.74 billion DOD, current US$.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 3,626.1%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 100.0%).
External debt stocks, short-term: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1.31 trillion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Turkey | 178.13 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 139.57 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 84.28 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Thailand | 69.39 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Russia | 65.57 billion DOD, current US$ | 2022 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Indonesia | 65.12 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Mexico | 61.17 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Argentina | 48.58 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 10 | South Africa | 46.83 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Vietnam | 37.09 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 172.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Egypt | 31.00 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 833.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Nigeria | 22.23 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Philippines | 20.95 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 19.59 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Colombia | 19.05 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Lebanon | 19.04 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 137.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Ukraine | 18.33 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Jordan | 17.90 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Tunisia | 15.93 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 12.95 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 211.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Mauritius | 11.16 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 108.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 10.47 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 9.99 billion DOD, current US$ | 2022 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Belarus | 9.93 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Pakistan | 9.61 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Morocco | 7.50 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 5.82 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Angola | 5.81 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 5.70 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 3,626.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Sudan | 4.74 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Georgia | 4.73 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Senegal | 4.57 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 239.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Cambodia | 4.30 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 295.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.28 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 4.15 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Zimbabwe | 3.97 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Paraguay | 3.56 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 103.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Armenia | 3.50 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 285.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Tanzania | 3.38 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 78.0% | volatile |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 3.18 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.07 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 293.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Zambia | 2.79 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 241.2% | volatile |
| 44 | El Salvador | 2.65 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Ghana | 2.62 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Jamaica | 2.40 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Mongolia | 2.35 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Iran | 2.28 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 429.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Moldova | 2.23 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Kenya | 2.01 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Honduras | 1.76 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 249.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Algeria | 1.76 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.60 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 410.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 1.35 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Benin | 1.27 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Albania | 1.24 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Mozambique | 1.21 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 117.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Laos | 1.10 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Fiji | 1.05 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 200.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Serbia | 1.00 billion DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Cameroon | 950.90 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 437.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 871.15 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Somalia | 752.00 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Iraq | 726.17 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 65 | Congo | 656.78 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 211.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Bolivia | 635.36 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Ecuador | 626.22 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Syria | 616.05 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 69 | Uganda | 519.03 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Yemen | 510.64 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Rwanda | 500.84 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 1,904.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 476.02 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 160.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Afghanistan | 442.60 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 154.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Nepal | 422.88 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Cape Verde | 388.09 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Guinea | 377.76 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 501.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Ethiopia | 351.67 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Montenegro | 235.21 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 218.43 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Mauritania | 213.34 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Suriname | 205.70 million DOD, current US$ | 2023 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 173.90 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Dominica | 173.67 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Guatemala | 170.70 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Maldives | 159.81 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Gabon | 152.09 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 108.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Togo | 146.09 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Botswana | 144.67 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Haiti | 129.22 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 126.47 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 121.14 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Vanuatu | 114.91 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Madagascar | 101.61 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Saint Lucia | 79.53 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Malawi | 75.41 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 250.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Eswatini | 69.86 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 113.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Samoa | 68.54 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 65.00 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Myanmar | 63.96 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Guyana | 63.73 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Gambia | 61.55 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 351.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Eritrea | 46.45 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Mali | 41.80 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | 30.91 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Niger | 29.66 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Chad | 29.49 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 535.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Solomon Islands | 29.19 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 95.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Grenada | 15.67 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Belize | 13.15 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 142.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.95 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Lesotho | 3.24 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | up 1,391.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Burundi | 2.65 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 114 | East Timor | 1.26 million DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 817,000 DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Burkina Faso | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Bhutan | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Comoros | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Liberia | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Tonga | 0 DOD, current US$ | 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.
- Low & middle income 2.39 trillion DOD, current US$
- Middle income 2.38 trillion DOD, current US$
- Upper middle income 1.99 trillion DOD, current US$
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.51 trillion DOD, current US$
- Lower middle income 391.26 billion DOD, current US$
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 255.16 billion DOD, current US$
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 241.64 billion DOD, current US$
- South Asia 158.91 billion DOD, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 123.26 billion DOD, current US$
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 107.84 billion DOD, current US$
- IDA only 65.19 billion DOD, current US$
- Low income 10.95 billion DOD, current US$
About this data
Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.