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Sovereign debt average maturity, in years, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 94 countries was 7.99 percent. The highest value was in Nicaragua: 26.86 percent and the lowest value was in Kuwait: 0.97 percent. The indicator is available from 2011 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Sovereign debt average maturity, 2024 Global rank Available data
Nicaragua 26.86 1 2015 - 2024
Nepal 19.5 2 2024 - 2024
Tanzania 14.16 3 2015 - 2024
UK 13.97 4 2011 - 2024
Peru 13.67 5 2011 - 2024
Cambodia 13.37 6 2024 - 2024
Austria 11.9 7 2011 - 2024
India 11.88 8 2011 - 2024
Uruguay 11.86 9 2014 - 2024
Uganda 11.47 10 2015 - 2024
Zimbabwe 11.42 11 2015 - 2024
Rwanda 11.13 12 2020 - 2024
Switzerland 11.13 13 2011 - 2024
Colombia 11.08 14 2011 - 2024
South Africa 10.72 15 2011 - 2024
Bangladesh 10.25 16 2015 - 2024
Belgium 10.21 17 2011 - 2024
South Korea 9.91 18 2011 - 2024
Vietnam 9.87 19 2015 - 2024
Mozambique 9.72 20 2015 - 2024
Ireland 9.71 21 2011 - 2024
Senegal 9.67 22 2015 - 2024
Saudi Arabia 9.43 23 2011 - 2024
Malaysia 9.36 24 2011 - 2024
Cameroon 9.19 25 2015 - 2024
Slovenia 8.98 26 2011 - 2024
Nigeria 8.72 27 2011 - 2024
Zambia 8.68 28 2015 - 2024
Morocco 8.65 29 2011 - 2024
Netherlands 8.64 30 2011 - 2024
Qatar 8.58 31 2014 - 2024
Japan 8.56 32 2011 - 2024
Denmark 8.44 33 2011 - 2024
Venezuela 8.28 34 2014 - 2024
R. of Congo 8.27 35 2024 - 2024
Lithuania 8.25 36 2011 - 2024
Bulgaria 8.21 37 2011 - 2024
Chile 8.13 38 2011 - 2024
Slovakia 8.12 39 2011 - 2024
France 8.09 40 2011 - 2024
Thailand 8.09 41 2011 - 2024
Benin 8.05 42 2015 - 2024
Domin. Rep. 8 43 2014 - 2024
Kenya 7.96 44 2011 - 2024
Ecuador 7.88 45 2014 - 2024
Portugal 7.75 46 2011 - 2024
Spain 7.67 47 2011 - 2024
Israel 7.65 48 2011 - 2024
Ukraine 7.55 49 2011 - 2024
Indonesia 7.5 50 2011 - 2024
Finland 7.4 51 2011 - 2024
Luxembourg 7.4 52 2014 - 2024
New Zealand 7.37 53 2011 - 2024
Malta 7.21 54 2014 - 2024
Russia 7.19 55 2011 - 2024
Italy 6.95 56 2011 - 2024
Germany 6.94 57 2011 - 2024
Mexico 6.9 58 2011 - 2024
Latvia 6.89 59 2011 - 2024
Romania 6.88 60 2011 - 2024
Estonia 6.81 61 2011 - 2024
Iceland 6.79 62 2011 - 2024
Ghana 6.74 63 2015 - 2024
Philippines 6.65 64 2011 - 2024
Angola 6.48 65 2014 - 2024
Australia 6.43 66 2011 - 2024
Andorra 6.35 67 2023 - 2024
Cyprus 6.33 68 2014 - 2024
Algeria 6.2 69 2022 - 2024
Canada 6.19 70 2011 - 2024
China 6.16 71 2011 - 2024
USA 5.78 72 2011 - 2024
Norway 5.75 73 2011 - 2024
Kazakhstan 5.73 74 2011 - 2024
Poland 5.65 75 2011 - 2024
Oman 5.63 76 2014 - 2024
Argentina 5.61 77 2011 - 2024
Honduras 5.61 78 2015 - 2024
Brazil 5.47 79 2011 - 2024
Turkey 5.35 80 2011 - 2024
Croatia 5.25 81 2014 - 2024
Hungary 5.03 82 2011 - 2024
Bahrain 4.82 83 2024 - 2024
Egypt 4.69 84 2012 - 2024
Burkina Faso 4.47 85 2015 - 2024
Malawi 4.24 86 2021 - 2024
Belarus 3.95 87 2014 - 2024
Pakistan 3.68 88 2011 - 2024
Singapore 3.4 89 2011 - 2024
Mali 3.07 90 2015 - 2024
Sweden 2.97 91 2011 - 2024
Czechia 2.87 92 2011 - 2024
UA Emirates 2.75 93 2022 - 2024
Kuwait 0.97 94 2014 - 2024


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Definition: The average maturity of the general government debt in years. The source for these data is: 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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