External debt - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

External debt, percent of GDP, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 8 countries was 51.12 percent. The highest value was in Australia: 93.3 percent and the lowest value was in Kiribati: 25.19 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
Australia 93.3 1 2003 - 2024
New Zealand 88.27 2 2011 - 2024
Fiji 59.36 3 1990 - 2024
Papua N.G. 46.97 4 1990 - 2024
Samoa 33.76 5 1990 - 2024
Solomon Isl. 31.39 6 1990 - 2024
Tonga 30.72 7 1990 - 2024
Kiribati 25.19 8 2013 - 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. Australia
2. New Zealand
3. Fiji
4. Papua N.G.
5. Samoa
6. Solomon Isl.
7. Tonga
8. Kiribati
93.30
88.27
59.36
46.97
33.76
31.39
30.72
25.19
0
23.3
46.7
70
93.3


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