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Vanuatu
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#113out of 118 countries
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Historical trend

520 M391 M261 M132 M3.0 M198120032024Vanuatu · 2024: $519.88MVanuatu

Analytical takeaways

  • Vanuatu records $519.88M for External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) in 2024, ranking #113 globally out of 118 countries.
  • External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) increased from $3.01M in 1981 to $519.88M in 2024, a gain of $516.87M.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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