Short-term debt (% of total external debt) in Syria
Syria: Short-term debt (% of total external debt) was 24.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Short-term debt in Syria, 2008–2025
Source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total external debt.
Analysis
Syria recorded 24.3% for short-term debt in 2025. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 69.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, short-term debt in Syria peaked at 24.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 8.3%, in 2012.
Syria ranks 20th of 123 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Short-term debt (% of total external debt) in Syria, year by year
| Year | % of total external debt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10.8% | — |
| 2009 | 13.3% | +23.1% |
| 2010 | 10.8% | -19.0% |
| 2011 | 11.3% | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 8.3% | -26.6% |
| 2013 | 10.1% | +22.6% |
| 2014 | 13.2% | +30.1% |
| 2015 | 14.4% | +8.8% |
| 2016 | 15.7% | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 16.9% | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 18.4% | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 19.7% | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 20.8% | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 20.7% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 22.2% | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 23.0% | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 24.0% | +4.6% |
| 2025 | 24.3% | +1.1% |
Syria compared with similar countries
- Syria's 24.3% is above the median for low income countries, which is 2.5%, 9.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Syria's 24.3% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15.0%, 1.6× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Short-term debt (% of total external debt) in Syria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | -26.6% | 11.3% | 8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.1% | 10.8% | 13.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 13.9% | 8.3% | 19.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.5% | 20.7% | 24.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Syria
More external debt data for Syria
- Net financial flows, IBRD -4.45 million NFL, current US$ (2004)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 0 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 0 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita 0 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP 0 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre 0 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Use of IMF credit 767.72 million DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 3.74 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, long-term 3.74 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is short-term debt in Syria?
- Short-term debt in Syria was 24.3% in 2025, according to International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest short-term debt recorded in Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 24.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest short-term debt recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.3% in 2012.
- How does Syria rank for short-term debt?
- Syria ranks 20th out of 123 countries with data for 2025.
- Is short-term debt rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Syria 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.