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Nepal
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)

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. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Global rank#69out of 118 countries
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Historical trend

10 B7.6 B5.1 B2.5 B3.8 M197019972024Nepal · 2024: $10.15BNepal

Analytical takeaways

  • Nepal records $10.15B for External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) in 2024, ranking #69 globally out of 118 countries.
  • External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) increased from $3.80M in 1970 to $10.15B in 2024, a gain of $10.15B.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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