Country / External debt

How much does a country owe to the rest of the world?

Total external debt stocks — debt owed to non-residents — as a share of gross national income. Reported by the World Bank for low- and middle-income economies.

World Bank Open Data DT.DOD.DECT.GN.ZS · 1970–2024

Highest (latest) 350.6% Mozambique · 2024
Lowest (latest) 2.2% Iran, Islamic Rep. · 2024
Countries 121 % of GNI

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Ranked at 2024 · 121 countriesvalue in % of GNI
#Country% of GNI
1Mozambique350.6%
2Mongolia181.9%
3Senegal150.7%
4Mauritius123.2%
5Lao PDR115.4%
6Zambia114.2%
7Montenegro108.6%
8Ukraine101.3%
9Rwanda93.9%
10Jordan90.1%
11Cabo Verde86.9%
12Djibouti83.8%
13Nicaragua82.8%
14Dominica82.4%
15North Macedonia81.2%
16Georgia79.7%
17Angola79.6%
18Tunisia77.7%
19Jamaica76.1%
20Maldives75.6%
21El Salvador75.4%
22Fiji71.4%
23St. Vincent and the Grenadines70.3%
24Paraguay69.7%
25Kyrgyz Republic69.2%
26Grenada68.6%
27Guinea-Bissau67.1%
28Benin66.5%
29Gambia, The66.4%
30Armenia66.0%
31Lesotho65.3%
32Kazakhstan62.6%
33Serbia62.3%
34Uzbekistan60.5%
35Nigeria60.0%
36Sri Lanka58.9%
37Moldova57.1%
38St. Lucia51.3%
39Liberia50.5%
40Ecuador49.8%
41Colombia49.2%
42Bosnia and Herzegovina49.2%
43Cote d'Ivoire48.8%
44Burkina Faso48.8%
45Tanzania47.3%
46Burundi47.1%
47Ghana46.9%
48Belarus46.1%
49Cambodia46.1%
50Belize46.0%
51Sudan45.4%
52Dominican Republic45.3%
53Congo, Rep.44.9%
54South Africa44.8%
55Morocco44.7%
56Togo43.2%
57Sao Tome and Principe42.8%
58Egypt, Arab Rep.42.0%
59Papua New Guinea41.9%
60Mauritania41.8%
61Honduras41.8%
62Albania39.7%
63Turkiye39.4%
64Uganda39.2%
65Madagascar39.2%
66Vanuatu39.2%
67Argentina39.1%
68Kosovo38.6%
69Samoa37.6%
70Thailand37.5%
71Tajikistan37.4%
72Gabon36.0%
73Central African Republic35.9%
74Pakistan35.6%
75Malawi35.3%
76Kenya35.0%
77Peru34.2%
78Solomon Islands33.8%
79Zimbabwe33.0%
80Mexico32.9%
81Bolivia32.5%
82Cameroon31.3%
83Sierra Leone31.1%
84Indonesia31.0%
85Viet Nam28.9%
86Brazil28.7%
87Eswatini27.8%
88Niger27.5%
89Philippines26.3%
90Mali24.9%
91Comoros24.8%
92Guatemala24.2%
93Nepal23.3%
94Guinea23.2%
95Guyana22.6%
96Bangladesh22.3%
97India18.6%
98Congo, Dem. Rep.18.3%
99Azerbaijan17.0%
100Chad16.4%
101Timor-Leste15.4%
102Myanmar15.3%
103Somalia, Fed. Rep.14.9%
104China13.0%
105Botswana11.9%
106Iraq6.2%
107Turkmenistan5.2%
108Haiti3.7%
109Algeria2.7%
110Iran, Islamic Rep.2.2%
Afghanistan
Bhutan
Bulgaria
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Lebanon
Russian Federation
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
Tonga
Yemen, Rep.