Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI) in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI) was 1.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Early-demographic dividend, 1970–2024
Source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
In 2024, public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Early-demographic dividend stood at 1.8%.
The figure is up 20.2% on the previous year and up 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 4.0% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2011.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 19th of 32 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI) in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.7% | — |
| 1971 | 1.3% | -20.8% |
| 1972 | 1.5% | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 1.5% | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 1.4% | -10.9% |
| 1975 | 1.4% | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 2.8% | +102.2% |
| 1980 | 2.6% | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 2.7% | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 3.0% | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 3.2% | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 3.2% | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 3.5% | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 3.5% | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 3.6% | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 4.0% | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 3.9% | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 3.7% | -7.2% |
| 1991 | 3.6% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 3.8% | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 3.3% | -12.8% |
| 1994 | 3.1% | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 3.6% | +16.5% |
| 1996 | 4.0% | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 3.8% | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 3.3% | -13.8% |
| 1999 | 3.1% | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 3.3% | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 3.1% | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | -8.5% |
| 2003 | 3.1% | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | -16.2% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 2.4% | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | -30.8% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | -9.9% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | -16.0% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -15.0% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | +13.2% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | +14.1% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | +18.3% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 1.9% | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 2.1% | +9.8% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | -9.1% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | -13.0% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 1.8% | +20.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI) in Early-demographic dividend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +102.2% | 1.4% | 2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.7% | 1.3% | 2.8% | 7 |
| 1980s | 3.3% | 2.6% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.5% | 3.1% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.5% | 1.5% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
More external debt data for Early-demographic dividend
- Net financial flows, IBRD 7.87 billion NFL, current US$ (2025)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 0.7675 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0.0002 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 61.09 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita 1.16 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0003 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre 120.05 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), annual growth rate 2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$), annual growth rate 5.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Net official development assistance received 57.13 billion current US$ (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Early-demographic dividend?
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Early-demographic dividend was 1.8% in 2024, according to International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest public and publicly guaranteed debt service recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 4.0% in 1988.
- What is the lowest public and publicly guaranteed debt service recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2011.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for public and publicly guaranteed debt service?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 19th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is public and publicly guaranteed debt service rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend data come from?
- The figures come from International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as part of Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 52 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service to gross national income. Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad.