Czechia: External debt

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 Czechia

External debt, percent of GDP

 Latest value 62.67
 Year 2024
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1999 - 2024
 Average 53.29
 Min - Max 32.67 - 92.64
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 62.67 percent, an increase from 62.31 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 132.26 percent, based on data from 119 countries. Historically, the average for the Czechia from 1999 to 2024 is 53.29 percent. The minimum value, 32.67 percent, was reached in 2002 while the maximum of 92.64 percent was recorded in 2017. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Czechia: External debt
 2024 62.67
 2023 62.31
 2022 68.30
 2021 71.92
 2020 80.46
 2019 75.48
 2018 77.95
 2017 92.64




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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