External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
122
Highest
24.84 % change on previous year
Togo
Lowest
-70.07 % change on previous year
Haiti
Median
0.8686 % change on previous year
Years covered
54
1971–2024
Data points
6,326
What the numbers show
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), annual growth rate is currently reported for 122 countries. The highest value is 24.84 % change on previous year in Togo; the lowest is -70.07 % change on previous year in Haiti.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8686 % change on previous year, and the mean is 0.6158 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 10,166.9%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 33,397.4%).
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Togo | 24.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 143.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Guyana | 24.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,323.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Gambia | 23.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 671.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Maldives | 17.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Fiji | 15.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 94.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.46 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 117.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Rwanda | 14.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 14.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 12.95 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 260.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Benin | 12.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Paraguay | 12.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 167.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,414.6% | volatile |
| 14 | India | 10.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Honduras | 10.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Vanuatu | 10.46 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Philippines | 10.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 292.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Saint Lucia | 9.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 9.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 20 | El Salvador | 9.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Mongolia | 8.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Ukraine | 8.1 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 161.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Mauritius | 6.73 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 127.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Nigeria | 6.13 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Liberia | 6.13 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Botswana | 6.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 27 | South Africa | 6.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 5.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Guatemala | 5.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Jordan | 5.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Indonesia | 5.37 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Tanzania | 5.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 5.03 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Chad | 4.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Guinea | 4.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Georgia | 4.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Bhutan | 4.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 138.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Malawi | 3.87 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Senegal | 3.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Kosovo | 3.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 169.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 3.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 169.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Armenia | 3.52 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 343.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 3.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Madagascar | 3.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 346.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Serbia | 3.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 134.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 3.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Turkey | 3.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Colombia | 2.85 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Mozambique | 2.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Belize | 2.68 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Angola | 2.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 2.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 10,166.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Cameroon | 2.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 2.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Nepal | 1.7 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 313.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Lebanon | 1.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Uganda | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Comoros | 1.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 124.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Montenegro | 0.8863 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 110.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Eswatini | 0.8509 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 103.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 0.847 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Djibouti | 0.8227 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.7487 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1457 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 102.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Kenya | -0.0557 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Lesotho | -0.1385 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Brazil | -0.3166 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 102.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Mali | -0.4766 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 143.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Peru | -0.7692 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 111.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Mexico | -0.793 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 110.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Burundi | -0.9509 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 159.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Pakistan | -0.9945 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 114.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | -0.9953 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 76 | China | -1.13 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 105.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Laos | -1.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 106.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Thailand | -1.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Moldova | -1.61 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 71.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Congo | -2.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 105.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Grenada | -2.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 123.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Ecuador | -2.1 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 106.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Kazakhstan | -2.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 141.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Morocco | -2.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 123.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Syria | -2.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Afghanistan | -2.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Sudan | -2.48 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Iran | -2.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Yemen | -2.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 704.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Mauritania | -2.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,486.0% | volatile |
| 91 | East Timor | -2.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 117.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | -3.05 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 227.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Zambia | -3.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 107.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Central African Republic | -3.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 136.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Suriname | -3.51 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 122.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Jamaica | -3.63 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 139.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Bolivia | -3.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 139.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Dominica | -3.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 166.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Argentina | -4.13 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 273.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Cape Verde | -4.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Eritrea | -4.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Tunisia | -4.59 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 190.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Albania | -5.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 240.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Niger | -5.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 627.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Algeria | -5.7 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 209.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | -6.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 181.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Vietnam | -6.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 149.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Cambodia | -6.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 175.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Belarus | -6.95 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 725.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Egypt | -7.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Myanmar | -8.1 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 705.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Samoa | -8.68 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 357.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Gabon | -10.02 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 174.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Ghana | -10.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 33,397.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Tonga | -11.85 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 549.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Iraq | -13.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 162.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | -15.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | -16.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 210.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | -18.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 229.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Russia | -20.34 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 333.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Somalia | -41.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,108.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Haiti | -70.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 392.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 8.38 % change on previous year
- IDA only 5.89 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 3.44 % change on previous year
- Lower middle income 3.29 % change on previous year
- Low income 2.95 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 2.95 % change on previous year
- Low & middle income 1.14 % change on previous year
- Middle income 1.09 % change on previous year
- Upper middle income 0.3071 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) -0.2154 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) -0.3442 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) -3.02 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- External debt stocks, total International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.