External debt stocks as a proportion of GNI (%) by country
Countries reporting
110
Highest
350.6%
Mozambique
Lowest
2.7%
Algeria
Median
43.9%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
2,916
What the numbers show
External debt stocks as a proportion of GNI (%) is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 350.6% in Mozambique; the lowest is 2.7% in Algeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 43.9%, and the mean is 55.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 131.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 614.0%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 72.8%).
External debt stocks as a proportion of GNI: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 350.6% | 2024 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Lebanon | 331.6% | 2023 | up 149.1% | rising |
| 3 | Mongolia | 181.9% | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Senegal | 150.7% | 2024 | up 172.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Türkiye | 39.4% | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 5 | Suriname | 129.1% | 2023 | up 157.6% | rising |
| 6 | Mauritius | 123.2% | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 7 | Bhutan | 114.5% | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 8 | Zambia | 114.2% | 2024 | up 214.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Montenegro | 108.6% | 2024 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 10 | Ukraine | 101.3% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 11 | Rwanda | 93.9% | 2024 | up 159.7% | rising |
| 12 | Jordan | 90.1% | 2024 | up 36.1% | falling |
| 13 | Djibouti | 83.8% | 2024 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 14 | Nicaragua | 82.8% | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 15 | Dominica | 82.4% | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 16 | North Macedonia | 81.2% | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 17 | Georgia | 79.7% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 18 | Angola | 79.6% | 2024 | up 121.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Tunisia | 77.7% | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 20 | Jamaica | 76.1% | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 21 | Maldives | 75.6% | 2024 | up 129.3% | rising |
| 22 | El Salvador | 75.4% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 23 | Fiji | 71.4% | 2024 | up 130.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.3% | 2024 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 25 | Paraguay | 69.7% | 2024 | up 56.5% | falling |
| 26 | Kyrgyzstan | 69.2% | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 27 | Grenada | 68.6% | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 67.1% | 2024 | up 101.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Benin | 66.6% | 2024 | up 141.3% | rising |
| 30 | Gambia | 66.4% | 2024 | up 42.7% | falling |
| 31 | Armenia | 66.0% | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 32 | Lesotho | 65.4% | 2024 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 62.6% | 2024 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 34 | Serbia | 62.2% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 60.5% | 2024 | up 305.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Nigeria | 60.0% | 2024 | up 614.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 58.9% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 55.1% | 2022 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 39 | Eritrea | 51.5% | 2011 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 40 | Saint Lucia | 51.3% | 2024 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 41 | Liberia | 50.5% | 2024 | up 114.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Ecuador | 49.7% | 2024 | up 101.5% | falling |
| 43 | Colombia | 49.2% | 2024 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 44 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.2% | 2024 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 48.8% | 2024 | down 36.9% | rising |
| 46 | Burundi | 47.1% | 2024 | up 84.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Ghana | 46.9% | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 48 | Belarus | 46.1% | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 49 | Cambodia | 46.1% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 50 | Belize | 46.0% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 51 | Sudan | 45.4% | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 45.3% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 53 | Congo | 44.9% | 2024 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 54 | South Africa | 44.8% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 55 | Morocco | 44.7% | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 56 | Togo | 43.2% | 2024 | up 169.6% | falling |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 42.7% | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Egypt | 42.0% | 2024 | up 199.8% | rising |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 41.9% | 2024 | down 53.2% | rising |
| 60 | Mauritania | 41.8% | 2024 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 61 | Honduras | 41.8% | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 62 | Albania | 39.7% | 2024 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 63 | Uganda | 39.2% | 2024 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Madagascar | 39.2% | 2024 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 39.2% | 2024 | up 51.4% | falling |
| 66 | Argentina | 39.1% | 2024 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Kosovo | 38.6% | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 68 | Samoa | 37.6% | 2024 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 69 | Thailand | 37.5% | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 70 | Tajikistan | 37.4% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 71 | Gabon | 36.0% | 2024 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 72 | Central African Republic | 35.9% | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 73 | Pakistan | 35.6% | 2024 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 74 | Tonga | 35.4% | 2023 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 75 | Malawi | 35.2% | 2024 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Kenya | 35.0% | 2024 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 77 | Peru | 34.2% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 78 | Solomon Islands | 33.8% | 2024 | up 138.2% | falling |
| 79 | Yemen | 33.5% | 2018 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 80 | Zimbabwe | 33.0% | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Mexico | 32.9% | 2024 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 82 | Cameroon | 31.3% | 2024 | up 93.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 31.1% | 2024 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Indonesia | 31.0% | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 85 | Brazil | 28.7% | 2024 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 86 | Eswatini | 27.8% | 2024 | up 111.7% | rising |
| 87 | Niger | 27.5% | 2024 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Philippines | 26.3% | 2024 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 89 | Mali | 24.9% | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Comoros | 24.8% | 2024 | up 109.3% | falling |
| 91 | Ethiopia | 24.3% | 2022 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Guatemala | 24.2% | 2024 | down 30.0% | flat |
| 93 | Nepal | 23.3% | 2024 | up 34.9% | falling |
| 94 | Guinea | 23.2% | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 95 | Guyana | 22.6% | 2024 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 22.3% | 2024 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 97 | Afghanistan | 19.9% | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 98 | India | 18.6% | 2024 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 17.0% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 100 | Russian Federation | 16.8% | 2022 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 101 | Chad | 16.4% | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Myanmar | 15.3% | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Somalia | 14.9% | 2024 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 104 | China | 13.0% | 2024 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 105 | Botswana | 11.9% | 2024 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 106 | Iraq | 6.2% | 2024 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 5.2% | 2024 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Haiti | 3.7% | 2024 | down 72.8% | falling |
| 109 | Algeria | 2.7% | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 115.4%
- Cabo Verde 86.9%
- Republic of Moldova 57.1%
- Côte d'Ivoire 48.8%
- United Republic of Tanzania 47.3%
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 32.5%
- Viet Nam 28.8%
- Syrian Arab Republic 25.3%
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 18.3%
- Timor-Leste 15.4%
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.2%