External debt - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

External debt, percent of GDP, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 21 countries was 63.6 percent. The highest value was in the Seychelles: 302.28 percent and the lowest value was in Algeria: 2.56 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries External debt, 2024 Global rank Available data
Seychelles 302.28 1 2012 - 2024
Mauritius 119.47 2 1990 - 2024
Zambia 109.08 3 1990 - 2024
Rwanda 91.64 4 1990 - 2024
Djibouti 83.69 5 1990 - 2024
Namibia 74.25 6 2010 - 2024
Tunisia 74.24 7 1990 - 2024
Liberia 51.39 8 1990 - 2024
Burkina Faso 47.55 9 1990 - 2024
Ivory Coast 45.66 10 1990 - 2024
South Africa 44.01 11 1994 - 2024
Morocco 42.37 12 1990 - 2024
Egypt 40.49 13 1990 - 2024
Madagascar 39.71 14 1990 - 2024
Kenya 36.2 15 1990 - 2024
Uganda 35.02 16 1990 - 2024
Sierra Leone 30.03 17 1990 - 2024
Cameroon 28.72 18 1990 - 2024
Ethiopia 25.67 19 1990 - 2024
Botswana 11.65 20 1990 - 2024
Algeria 2.56 21 1990 - 2024


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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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1. Seychelles
2. Mauritius
3. Zambia
4. Rwanda
5. Djibouti
6. Namibia
7. Tunisia
8. Liberia
9. Burkina Faso
10. Ivory Coast
11. South Africa
12. Morocco
13. Egypt
14. Madagascar
15. Kenya
16. Uganda
17. Sierra Leone
18. Cameroon
19. Ethiopia
20. Botswana
21. Algeria
302.28
119.47
109.08
91.64
83.69
74.25
74.24
51.39
47.55
45.66
44.01
42.37
40.49
39.71
36.20
35.02
30.03
28.72
25.67
11.65
2.56
0
75.6
151.1
226.7
302.28


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