External debt - Country rankings
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External debt, percent of GDP, 2024:
The average for 2024 based on 26 countries was 345.32 percent. The highest value was in Luxembourg: 3983.17 percent and the lowest value was in Bulgaria: 46.12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxembourg | 3983.17 | 1 | 2002 - 2024 |
| Malta | 797.06 | 2 | 2008 - 2024 |
| Cyprus | 670.48 | 3 | 2008 - 2024 |
| Ireland | 522.34 | 4 | 2002 - 2024 |
| Netherlands | 335.47 | 5 | 2003 - 2024 |
| France | 240.08 | 6 | 2002 - 2024 |
| Belgium | 235.33 | 7 | 2003 - 2024 |
| Greece | 232.71 | 8 | 2003 - 2024 |
| Finland | 195.43 | 9 | 2002 - 2024 |
| Sweden | 162.21 | 10 | 1998 - 2024 |
| Spain | 156.18 | 11 | 2002 - 2024 |
| Austria | 151.37 | 12 | 2003 - 2024 |
| Germany | 141.74 | 13 | 2001 - 2024 |
| Portugal | 141.14 | 14 | 1998 - 2024 |
| Denmark | 137.32 | 15 | 2003 - 2024 |
| Hungary | 132.59 | 16 | 2002 - 2024 |
| Italy | 116.1 | 17 | 2002 - 2024 |
| Slovakia | 96.34 | 18 | 2003 - 2024 |
| Estonia | 93.94 | 19 | 1998 - 2024 |
| Slovenia | 84.42 | 20 | 2001 - 2024 |
| Lithuania | 74.55 | 21 | 2003 - 2024 |
| Croatia | 63.96 | 22 | 1999 - 2024 |
| Czechia | 62.67 | 23 | 1999 - 2024 |
| Romania | 55.22 | 24 | 2008 - 2024 |
| Poland | 50.45 | 25 | 1999 - 2024 |
| Bulgaria | 46.12 | 26 | 2005 - 2024 |
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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