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

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.

Countries ranked 118
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0.0605 B1.2 T1.8 T2.4 TChinaChina: $2.42T2.4 TIndiaIndia: $716.46B716 BBrazilBrazil: $605.46B605 BMexicoMexico: $591.26B591 BTurkiyeTurkiye: $514.99B515 BIndonesiaIndonesia: $421.06B421 BArgentinaArgentina: $242.36B242 BColombiaColombia: $201.76B202 BUkraineUkraine: $193.49B193 BThailandThailand: $191.83B192 BSouth AfricaSouth Africa: $175.90B176 BKazakhstanKazakhstan: $167.54B168 B
Rank Country Value
101 Belize $1.56B
102 Guinea-Bissau $1.43B
103 Eswatini $1.24B
104 St. Lucia $1.19B
105 Central African Republic $1.05B
106 Burundi $1.02B
107 Haiti $944.74M
108 Grenada $863.28M
109 St. Vincent and the Grenadines $806.45M
110 Eritrea $693.28M
111 Solomon Islands $596.15M
112 Dominica $569.53M
113 Vanuatu $519.88M
114 Samoa $394.94M
115 Comoros $385.57M
116 Sao Tome and Principe $326.41M
117 Timor-Leste $296.67M
118 Tonga $173.18M
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • China sits at the top of the External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) distribution in 2024 at $2.42T, with a lead of $1.70T over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Rwanda at $13.05B, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Tonga ($173.18M), and the page currently covers 118 countries.

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