Chile: External debt

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 Chile

External debt, percent of GDP

 Latest value 74.18
 Year 2024
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2003 - 2024
 Average 56.15
 Min - Max 32.18 - 82.06
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 74.18 percent, an increase from 72.61 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 132.26 percent, based on data from 119 countries. Historically, the average for Chile from 2003 to 2024 is 56.15 percent. The minimum value, 32.18 percent, was reached in 2006 while the maximum of 82.06 percent was recorded in 2020. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Chile: External debt
 2024 74.18
 2023 72.61
 2022 76.85
 2021 74.63
 2020 82.06
 2019 71.36
 2018 62.36
 2017 65.12




Definition: The total debt of public and private borrowers held by non-residents as percent of GDP. Source: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.

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 Short-term external debt 7.99 2024 percent
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