External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre by country
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
120
Highest
13.42 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
Maldives
Lowest
1,739 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
Central African Republic
Median
106,186 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
6,189
What the numbers show
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 13.42 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Maldives; the lowest is 1,739 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 106,186 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, and the mean is 479,456 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7,717.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 490.2%), and the largest decrease in Turkmenistan (down 52.7%).
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldives | 13.42 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 293.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Mauritius | 9.55 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Lebanon | 6.48 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Grenada | 2.59 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.79 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 118.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Saint Lucia | 1.78 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 126.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Jamaica | 1.42 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 8 | El Salvador | 1.10 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 1.08 million DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 118.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 978,738 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Dominica | 789,635 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 779,897 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 212.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Turkey | 649,421 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Montenegro | 644,205 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 15 | Cape Verde | 611,079 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Serbia | 597,682 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 17 | Armenia | 561,672 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 84.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Jordan | 501,828 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.7% | volatile |
| 19 | North Macedonia | 496,416 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Rwanda | 461,451 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 391.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Vietnam | 452,559 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 434,842 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Philippines | 417,453 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Albania | 412,956 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Thailand | 381,086 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Georgia | 347,146 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Sao Tome and Principe | 331,751 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Moldova | 323,799 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Ukraine | 308,921 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Mexico | 306,582 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Tunisia | 272,962 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Tonga | 272,853 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 270,865 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 34 | China | 260,704 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Ecuador | 248,261 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 222.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Guatemala | 239,475 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Senegal | 236,110 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 456.1% | volatile |
| 38 | India | 217,798 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Indonesia | 211,149 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Comoros | 205,121 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 167.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Ghana | 183,273 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Fiji | 183,234 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 152.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 181,365 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Belarus | 181,170 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Colombia | 176,806 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 111.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Pakistan | 169,963 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 117.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Egypt | 168,951 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 261.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Morocco | 156,021 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Samoa | 155,574 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Djibouti | 147,921 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 317.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 139,725 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 490.2% | volatile |
| 52 | South Africa | 136,708 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Gambia | 130,912 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 127.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Cambodia | 127,655 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 195.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Nicaragua | 127,642 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Honduras | 115,685 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 88.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Haiti | 114,533 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Cote d'Ivoire | 114,326 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 269.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Nigeria | 112,512 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 140.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Benin | 111,212 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 308.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Uganda | 101,161 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 137.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Argentina | 92,372 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Mozambique | 86,391 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 134.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Bhutan | 85,650 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Laos | 78,234 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 126.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Kenya | 73,871 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 205.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Peru | 73,431 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Brazil | 72,670 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Eswatini | 71,404 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Nepal | 69,639 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 148.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Paraguay | 67,183 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Belize | 66,563 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 63,520 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Togo | 63,244 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 267.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Lesotho | 58,485 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 53,014 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Guinea-Bissau | 50,588 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 356.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Tajikistan | 47,475 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Iraq | 46,803 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 80 | Angola | 45,940 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Burundi | 40,254 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Zambia | 39,113 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 336.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Tanzania | 39,044 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 147.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 38,611 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 197.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Burkina Faso | 38,296 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Malawi | 38,228 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 37,608 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Papua New Guinea | 34,191 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 33,293 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Cameroon | 32,582 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 197.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Ethiopia | 29,485 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 164.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Gabon | 29,402 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Syria | 26,551 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 94 | Suriname | 25,217 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 95 | Russia | 22,966 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Mongolia | 22,483 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Liberia | 21,861 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 296.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Guinea | 21,013 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 207.6% | rising |
| 99 | East Timor | 20,561 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 241.6% | rising |
| 100 | Congo | 20,118 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 18,857 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 158.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Myanmar | 18,631 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Bolivia | 15,057 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Guyana | 13,984 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 105 | Yemen | 13,794 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Sudan | 12,088 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 107 | Madagascar | 11,051 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 118.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 8,337 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Iran | 6,102 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Eritrea | 5,991 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 111 | Mali | 5,303 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5,297 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.0% | rising |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 5,256 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 114 | Somalia | 4,932 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Mauritania | 4,451 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Niger | 4,432 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 183.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Botswana | 3,855 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Algeria | 3,071 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Chad | 2,535 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Central African Republic | 1,739 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 247,017 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 213,517 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 192,262 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Upper middle income 142,656 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Middle income 135,853 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Lower middle income 119,849 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Low & middle income 113,282 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 106,921 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 57,534 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 36,385 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- IDA only 36,079 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
- Low income 16,028 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- External debt stocks, total International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.