For 2024, External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) is led by China at $2.42T. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.
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.
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | Cameroon | $15.77B |
| 52 | Bolivia | $15.72B |
| 53 | Nicaragua | $15.49B |
| 54 | Jamaica | $14.84B |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | $14.40B |
| 56 | Honduras | $14.30B |
| 57 | Benin | $14.16B |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $13.89B |
| 59 | Rwanda | $13.05B |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | $12.85B |
| 61 | North Macedonia | $12.84B |
| 62 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | $12.48B |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | $12.20B |
| 64 | Kyrgyz Republic | $11.69B |
| 65 | Myanmar | $11.17B |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | $10.85B |
| 67 | Albania | $10.71B |
| 68 | Moldova | $10.49B |
| 69 | Nepal | $10.15B |
| 70 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | $9.65B |
| 71 | Montenegro | $8.74B |
| 72 | Yemen, Rep. | $7.09B |
| 73 | Tajikistan | $6.98B |
| 74 | Algeria | $6.90B |
| 75 | Gabon | $6.82B |
| 76 | Congo, Rep. | $6.73B |
| 77 | Madagascar | $6.65B |
| 78 | Mali | $6.44B |
| 79 | Guinea | $5.39B |
| 80 | Niger | $5.31B |
| 81 | Syrian Arab Republic | $4.76B |
| 82 | Maldives | $4.69B |
| 83 | Mauritania | $4.46B |
| 84 | Kosovo | $4.40B |
| 85 | Togo | $4.29B |
| 86 | Fiji | $3.87B |
| 87 | Malawi | $3.74B |
| 88 | Guyana | $3.68B |
| 89 | Djibouti | $3.46B |
| 90 | Bhutan | $3.40B |
| 91 | Chad | $3.35B |
| 92 | Afghanistan | $3.34B |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | $3.32B |
| 94 | Cabo Verde | $2.36B |
| 95 | Sierra Leone | $2.33B |
| 96 | Botswana | $2.32B |
| 97 | Liberia | $2.23B |
| 98 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $1.80B |
| 99 | Lesotho | $1.77B |
| 100 | Gambia, The | $1.64B |