Ukraine: External debt

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 Ukraine

External debt, percent of GDP

 Latest value 103.59
 Year 2024
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1992 - 2024
 Average 64.67
 Min - Max 2.48 - 130.40
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 103.59 percent, an increase from 97.47 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 132.26 percent, based on data from 119 countries. Historically, the average for Ukraine from 1992 to 2024 is 64.67 percent. The minimum value, 2.48 percent, was reached in 1992 while the maximum of 130.4 percent was recorded in 2015. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Ukraine: External debt
 2024 103.59
 2023 97.47
 2022 88.47
 2021 68.51
 2020 85.21
 2019 81.69
 2018 93.63
 2017 111.02




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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