Short-term debt (% of total external debt) in IDA total
IDA total: Short-term debt (% of total external debt) was 10.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Short-term debt in IDA total, 1970–2025
Source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total external debt.
Analysis
In 2025, short-term debt in IDA total stood at 10.0%.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, short-term debt in IDA total peaked at 16.6% in 1977 and was at its lowest, 7.7%, in 1971.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Short-term debt (% of total external debt) in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of total external debt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8.2% | — |
| 1971 | 7.7% | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 8.4% | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 9.4% | +12.9% |
| 1974 | 9.3% | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 9.6% | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 9.7% | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 16.6% | +70.5% |
| 1978 | 16.6% | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 15.1% | -8.6% |
| 1980 | 15.7% | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 15.3% | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 12.6% | -17.7% |
| 1983 | 13.0% | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 14.1% | +8.1% |
| 1985 | 13.9% | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 10.5% | -25.0% |
| 1987 | 9.2% | -11.6% |
| 1988 | 10.1% | +9.8% |
| 1989 | 10.5% | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 11.5% | +9.3% |
| 1991 | 11.5% | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 12.9% | +12.2% |
| 1993 | 13.0% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 12.2% | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 13.2% | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 13.6% | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 13.3% | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 13.0% | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 13.1% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 10.5% | -19.9% |
| 2001 | 10.5% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 9.2% | -12.0% |
| 2003 | 8.4% | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 9.3% | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 9.8% | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 12.8% | +31.3% |
| 2007 | 14.0% | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 13.0% | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 11.2% | -13.5% |
| 2010 | 13.1% | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 11.6% | -10.8% |
| 2012 | 12.4% | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 12.7% | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 11.5% | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 10.8% | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 10.4% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 11.7% | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 10.8% | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 10.2% | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 10.9% | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 11.4% | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 10.0% | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 9.7% | -2.2% |
| 2025 | 10.0% | +2.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Short-term debt (% of total external debt) in IDA total 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 | +70.5% | 9.7% | 16.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.1% | 7.7% | 16.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.5% | 9.2% | 15.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.7% | 11.5% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.9% | 8.4% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 10.4% | 13.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.4% | 9.7% | 11.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
More external debt data for IDA total
- Net financial flows, IBRD 1.54 billion NFL, current US$ (2025)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0.0003 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 0.4211 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 10.23 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0055 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita 8.14 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre 603.53 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 793.63 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- Use of IMF credit 100.41 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, long-term 1.07 trillion DOD, current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is short-term debt in IDA total?
- Short-term debt in IDA total was 10.0% in 2025, according to International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest short-term debt recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 16.6% in 1977.
- What is the lowest short-term debt recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.7% in 1971.
- How does IDA total rank for short-term debt?
- IDA total ranks 11th out of 13 groups with data for 2025.
- Is short-term debt rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA total data come from?
- The figures come from International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as part of Short-term debt (% of total external debt). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt.