Sovereign debt average maturity - Country rankings
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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 |
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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