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External debt, percent of Gross National Income, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 111 countries was 64.09 percent. The highest value was in Mozambique: 398.59 percent and the lowest value was in Algeria: 4.5 percent. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries External debt, 2021 Global rank Available data
Mozambique 398.59 1 1991 - 2021
Lebanon 381.72 2 1989 - 2021
Mongolia 260.65 3 1992 - 2021
Montenegro 177.88 4 2006 - 2021
Jamaica 133.94 5 1970 - 2021
Georgia 124.84 6 1992 - 2021
Zambia 124.71 7 1970 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 115.81 8 1992 - 2021
Nicaragua 108.76 9 1970 - 2021
Mauritius 108.66 10 1976 - 2021
Cape Verde 108.5 11 1981 - 2021
Senegal 106.99 12 1970 - 2021
Armenia 102.59 13 1993 - 2021
Angola 100.66 14 1989 - 2021
Djibouti 97.7 15 1991 - 2021
Laos 97.16 16 1984 - 2021
Kazakhstan 95.9 17 1993 - 2021
Jordan 92.91 18 1970 - 2021
Tunisia 91.39 19 1970 - 2021
Maldives 86.85 20 1985 - 2021
Belize 85.01 21 1970 - 2021
Rwanda 82.94 22 1970 - 2021
North Macedonia 82.01 23 1993 - 2021
Cambodia 78.41 24 1995 - 2021
El Salvador 74.4 25 1970 - 2021
R. of Congo 70.47 26 1970 - 2021
Ukraine 69.55 27 1992 - 2021
Dominica 69.06 28 1981 - 2021
Sri Lanka 68.62 29 1970 - 2021
Sudan 68.07 30 1970 - 2021
Grenada 67.86 31 1977 - 2021
Serbia 67.83 32 1997 - 2021
G.-Bissau 67.77 33 1970 - 2021
Somalia 66.69 34 1970 - 2021
Tajikistan 66.68 35 1992 - 2021
Moldova 66.08 36 1996 - 2021
Papua N.G. 65.48 37 1970 - 2021
Lesotho 63.92 38 1970 - 2021
Belarus 63.48 39 1993 - 2021
Albania 61.55 40 1991 - 2021
Sierra Leone 60.46 41 1970 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 59.45 42 1970 - 2021
Mauritania 59.18 43 1970 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 58.08 44 1999 - 2021
Bulgaria 57.52 45 1981 - 2021
Samoa 57.31 46 1982 - 2021
Costa Rica 56.38 47 1970 - 2021
Liberia 56.38 48 2000 - 2021
Colombia 56.16 49 1970 - 2021
Paraguay 56.16 50 1995 - 2021
Uzbekistan 56.16 51 1992 - 2021
Ecuador 55.73 52 1970 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 55.42 53 2001 - 2021
Burkina Faso 55.01 54 1970 - 2021
Turkey 54.21 55 1970 - 2021
Zimbabwe 53.75 56 1970 - 2021
Gambia 52.97 57 1970 - 2021
Saint Lucia 51.18 58 1981 - 2021
Argentina 51.15 59 1970 - 2021
Vanuatu 50.57 60 1981 - 2021
Morocco 50.07 61 1970 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 48.82 62 1970 - 2021
Uganda 48.33 63 1970 - 2021
Mexico 48.04 64 1970 - 2021
Ghana 47.84 65 1970 - 2021
Fiji 46.52 66 1970 - 2021
Gabon 45.28 67 1970 - 2021
Honduras 45.28 68 1970 - 2021
Ivory Coast 43.98 69 1970 - 2021
Thailand 43.22 70 1970 - 2021
Peru 42.2 71 1970 - 2021
Tanzania 42.17 72 1988 - 2021
C.A. Republic 41.49 73 1970 - 2021
South Africa 41.27 74 1994 - 2021
Togo 41.1 75 1970 - 2021
Bolivia 40.56 76 1976 - 2021
Vietnam 39.29 77 1989 - 2021
Benin 39 78 1970 - 2021
Brazil 38.91 79 1970 - 2021
Pakistan 38.17 80 1970 - 2021
Kenya 37.91 81 1970 - 2021
Madagascar 37.32 82 1970 - 2021
Egypt 36.57 83 1970 - 2021
Indonesia 36.07 84 1970 - 2021
Cameroon 36.06 85 1970 - 2021
Mali 34.77 86 1970 - 2021
Chad 34.56 87 1970 - 2021
Guinea 33.61 88 1986 - 2021
Burundi 33.21 89 1970 - 2021
Niger 32.82 90 1970 - 2021
Guatemala 31.98 91 1970 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 29.15 92 1978 - 2021
Russia 27.79 93 1992 - 2021
Azerbaijan 27.47 94 1993 - 2021
Ethiopia 27.11 95 1981 - 2021
Guyana 26.6 96 1970 - 2021
Philippines 26.07 97 1970 - 2021
Malawi 25.69 98 1970 - 2021
Comoros 25.52 99 1980 - 2021
Swaziland 25.32 100 1970 - 2021
Nepal 24.27 101 1970 - 2021
Burma 21.99 102 1970 - 2021
Bangladesh 20.87 103 1973 - 2021
DR Congo 19.79 104 1994 - 2021
India 19.62 105 1970 - 2021
Nigeria 17.98 106 1970 - 2021
China 15.38 107 1981 - 2021
Haiti 12.42 108 1980 - 2021
Iraq 12.26 109 2015 - 2021
Botswana 11.9 110 1970 - 2021
Algeria 4.5 111 1970 - 2021


Definition: Total external debt stocks to gross national income. 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. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad.
398.59
381.72
260.65
177.88
133.94
124.84
124.71
115.81
108.76
108.66
108.50
106.99
102.59
100.66
97.70
97.16
95.90
92.91
91.39
86.85
85.01
82.94
82.01
78.41
74.40
70.47
69.55
69.06
68.62
68.07
67.86
67.83
67.77
66.69
66.68
66.08
65.48
63.92
63.48
61.55
60.46
59.45
59.18
58.08
57.52
57.31
56.38
56.38
56.16
56.16
56.16
55.73
55.42
55.01
54.21
53.75
52.97
51.18
51.15
50.57
50.07
48.82
48.33
48.04
47.84
46.52
45.28
45.28
43.98
43.22
42.20
42.17
41.49
41.27
41.10
40.56
39.29
39.00
38.91
38.17
37.91
37.32
36.57
36.07
36.06
34.77
34.56
33.61
33.21
32.82
31.98
29.15
27.79
27.47
27.11
26.60
26.07
25.69
25.52
25.32
24.27
21.99
20.87
19.79
19.62
17.98
15.38
12.42
12.26
11.90
4.50
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199.3
298.9
398.59
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