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External debt in foreign currencies, percent of total, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 43 countries was 74.1 percent. The highest value was in El Salvador: 100 percent and the lowest value was in Slovakia: 1.93 percent. The indicator is available from 1998 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 in foreign currencies, 2024 Global rank Available data
El Salvador 100 1 2021 - 2024
Namibia 100 2 2010 - 2024
Tunisia 100 3 2023 - 2024
Mongolia 99.79 4 2020 - 2024
Sri Lanka 99.61 5 2014 - 2024
Uzbekistan 99.52 6 2009 - 2024
North Macedonia 99.41 7 2011 - 2024
Peru 99.31 8 2003 - 2024
Moldova 99.18 9 2004 - 2024
Ukraine 99.02 10 2006 - 2024
Kyrgyzstan 98.86 11 2005 - 2024
Argentina 98.8 12 2003 - 2024
Colombia 97.72 13 2003 - 2024
Philippines 96.98 14 2010 - 2024
Belarus 96.46 15 2013 - 2024
Chile 93.95 16 2003 - 2024
Turkey 93.36 17 2002 - 2024
Uruguay 91.87 18 2003 - 2024
Bulgaria 91.53 19 2005 - 2024
Georgia 88.54 20 2007 - 2024
Romania 86.41 21 2008 - 2024
Hungary 86.39 22 2002 - 2024
Kazakhstan 82.74 23 2012 - 2024
Hong Kong 79.93 24 2020 - 2024
Brazil 76.57 25 2014 - 2024
Cyprus 71.15 26 2008 - 2024
Canada 71.01 27 2007 - 2024
Switzerland 70.54 28 1999 - 2024
Poland 69.92 29 2010 - 2024
South Korea 69.87 30 1998 - 2024
India 69.44 31 2006 - 2024
Thailand 65.46 32 2003 - 2024
Mexico 63.43 33 2002 - 2024
Russia 63.35 34 2012 - 2024
Czechia 57.16 35 2013 - 2024
South Africa 56.28 36 2003 - 2024
New Zealand 38.46 37 2013 - 2024
Finland 29.03 38 2018 - 2024
Germany 15.01 39 2001 - 2024
Lithuania 7.73 40 2015 - 2024
USA 6.74 41 2012 - 2024
Croatia 3.86 42 1999 - 2024
Slovakia 1.93 43 2007 - 2024


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