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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $2.42T |
| 2 | India | $716.46B |
| 3 | Brazil | $605.46B |
| 4 | Mexico | $591.26B |
| 5 | Turkiye | $514.99B |
| 6 | Indonesia | $421.06B |
| 7 | Argentina | $242.36B |
| 8 | Colombia | $201.76B |
| 9 | Ukraine | $193.49B |
| 10 | Thailand | $191.83B |
| 11 | South Africa | $175.90B |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | $167.54B |
| 13 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | $155.97B |
| 14 | Philippines | $137.02B |
| 15 | Viet Nam | $132.91B |
| 16 | Pakistan | $129.72B |
| 17 | Nigeria | $108.76B |
| 18 | Bangladesh | $104.49B |
| 19 | Peru | $93.27B |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | $70.26B |
| 21 | Mozambique | $69.77B |
| 22 | Morocco | $67.99B |
| 23 | Lebanon | $67.39B |
| 24 | Ecuador | $60.36B |
| 25 | Angola | $58.73B |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | $56.83B |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | $53.29B |
| 28 | Serbia | $51.98B |
| 29 | Senegal | $47.15B |
| 30 | Jordan | $46.97B |
| 31 | Kenya | $42.89B |
| 32 | Cote d'Ivoire | $40.56B |
| 33 | Tunisia | $40.46B |
| 34 | Mongolia | $38.02B |
| 35 | Ghana | $37.41B |
| 36 | Ethiopia | $36.55B |
| 37 | Tanzania | $36.34B |
| 38 | Belarus | $34.22B |
| 39 | Paraguay | $29.96B |
| 40 | Zambia | $28.12B |
| 41 | Guatemala | $27.06B |
| 42 | Georgia | $25.16B |
| 43 | El Salvador | $24.96B |
| 44 | Sudan | $22.02B |
| 45 | Cambodia | $20.98B |
| 46 | Uganda | $20.53B |
| 47 | Mauritius | $20.36B |
| 48 | Lao PDR | $17.84B |
| 49 | Iraq | $17.52B |
| 50 | Armenia | $16.40B |