External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP by country
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
122
Highest
3.07 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Mozambique
Lowest
0.0203 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Iran
Median
0.4136 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
6,284
What the numbers show
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP is currently reported for 122 countries. The highest value is 3.07 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.0203 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Iran.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.4136 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.512 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 151.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 430.4%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 73.7%).
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 3.07 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Lebanon | 2.59 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 93.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Mongolia | 1.6 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Senegal | 1.47 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 169.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Mauritius | 1.36 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Suriname | 1.17 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 133.2% | rising |
| 7 | Zambia | 1.11 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 212.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Laos | 1.08 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 52.2% | falling |
| 9 | Montenegro | 1.06 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 10 | Bhutan | 1.02 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Ukraine | 1.01 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Cape Verde | 0.8695 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 13 | Rwanda | 0.8636 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 141.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Djibouti | 0.8326 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 96.0% | rising |
| 15 | Dominica | 0.8267 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 16 | Jordan | 0.8012 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Tunisia | 0.787 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 0.7865 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 19 | North Macedonia | 0.7573 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 20 | Lesotho | 0.7415 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 98.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Georgia | 0.736 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 22 | El Salvador | 0.7157 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 23 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.6969 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Gambia | 0.6831 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Jamaica | 0.674 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 26 | Paraguay | 0.6697 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 27 | Maldives | 0.6645 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 123.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Benin | 0.6593 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 140.2% | rising |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.6521 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 89.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Fiji | 0.6483 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 119.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.6437 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 32 | Grenada | 0.6389 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 33 | Armenia | 0.6317 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 0.5789 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 332.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Serbia | 0.577 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 36 | Moldova | 0.5762 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 0.5748 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | 0.5705 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 39 | Angola | 0.5698 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 90.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 0.5216 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 44.9% | rising |
| 41 | Eritrea | 0.509 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Ecuador | 0.4876 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 100.5% | rising |
| 43 | Belize | 0.4866 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Tajikistan | 0.4837 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 45 | Colombia | 0.4798 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 0.4687 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Liberia | 0.4676 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 121.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.467 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 49 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.4656 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 132.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Tanzania | 0.4587 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 39.9% | falling |
| 51 | Saint Lucia | 0.4582 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 52 | Cambodia | 0.4526 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 53 | Ghana | 0.4492 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 54 | Sudan | 0.4433 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 55 | South Africa | 0.4385 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 56 | Belarus | 0.4354 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Nigeria | 0.4311 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 430.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 0.4288 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 59 | Congo | 0.428 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Morocco | 0.4233 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 61 | Papua New Guinea | 0.4173 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.6% | rising |
| 62 | Mauritania | 0.4099 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 63 | Togo | 0.4035 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 150.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Egypt | 0.4009 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 193.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 0.4005 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 66 | Albania | 0.3962 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 67 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3956 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Kosovo | 0.3923 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 68 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.3923 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 70 | Honduras | 0.3867 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 71 | Uganda | 0.3809 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Central African Republic | 0.3801 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Argentina | 0.3797 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Turkey | 0.3789 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 75 | Madagascar | 0.3782 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Solomon Islands | 0.3764 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 168.1% | falling |
| 77 | Thailand | 0.3624 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 78 | Kenya | 0.3562 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 43.8% | falling |
| 79 | Pakistan | 0.3489 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 47.3% | falling |
| 80 | Zimbabwe | 0.3469 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Burundi | 0.3371 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Samoa | 0.3359 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 44.7% | rising |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 0.3342 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Malawi | 0.3309 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 75.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Gabon | 0.3262 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 86 | Yemen | 0.3257 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Mexico | 0.323 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 88 | Peru | 0.3197 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 89 | Indonesia | 0.3016 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 90 | Philippines | 0.2968 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 91 | Cameroon | 0.2959 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Bolivia | 0.2864 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 93 | Vietnam | 0.279 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Brazil | 0.277 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 95 | Niger | 0.2691 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Tonga | 0.2675 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.8% | flat |
| 97 | Eswatini | 0.2549 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 103.3% | falling |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 0.2441 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Mali | 0.2406 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Comoros | 0.2395 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 101.2% | falling |
| 101 | Guatemala | 0.239 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 102 | Nepal | 0.2345 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Bangladesh | 0.2321 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 104 | Guinea | 0.2155 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Syria | 0.2048 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 106 | India | 0.1905 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 107 | Afghanistan | 0.1881 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 108 | Chad | 0.1682 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1649 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Russia | 0.1641 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 0.1639 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 112 | East Timor | 0.159 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 120.7% | rising |
| 113 | Myanmar | 0.1509 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Somalia | 0.1504 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Guyana | 0.1493 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 116 | China | 0.1292 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 117 | Botswana | 0.1202 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 0.075 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Iraq | 0.0626 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 120 | Haiti | 0.0389 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 121 | Algeria | 0.0256 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Iran | 0.0203 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 61.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.4764 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.4526 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- IDA only 0.446 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Low income 0.4013 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Lower middle income 0.3415 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.3192 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.2554 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Low & middle income 0.2263 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Middle income 0.2236 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- South Asia 0.2053 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Upper middle income 0.1983 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.1532 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
How this figure is calculated
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), 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$) ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- External debt stocks, total International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.