Data for 1982

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1982

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1982
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1982, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1982 covers 85 countries. Guyana is highest, at 239.39; Bhutan is lowest, at 1.06. The middle country reads 41.25. Against 1981, 85 values changed (74 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 1982

HighestGuyana

239.39

LowestBhutan

1.06

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

85countries
1measure
1982the year it describes
85distinct values14 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1982, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1982: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Guyana`GUY`South America	239.39
2	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	155.12
3	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	153.31
4	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	144.31
5	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	132.30
6	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	127.54
7	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	106.58
8	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	105.61
9	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	100.76
10	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	98.80
11	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	96.88
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	96.41
13	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	92.40
14	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	85.06
15	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	83.55
16	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	72.66
17	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	72.36
18	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	66.96
19	Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.03
20	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	60.10
21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.31
22	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	55.48
23	Argentina`ARG`South America	55.26
24	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	54.63
25	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	54.52
26	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	52.53
27	Peru`PER`South America	52.11
28	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	51.97
29	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.01
30	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	50.36
31	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.06
32	Niger`NER`Western Africa	49.36
33	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	48.19
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	48.09
35	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.71
36	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	47.37
37	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	46.82
38	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.15
39	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	44.12
40	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	43.34
41	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	41.77
42	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	41.56
43	Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.25
44	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	41.21
45	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	40.82
46	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	40.65
47	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	40.28
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.50
49	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38.40
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	37.81
51	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.35
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.87
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	35.34
54	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	34.20
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	33.97
56	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	32.42
57	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.35
58	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30.28
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	28.82
60	Belize`BLZ`Central America	28.65
61	Colombia`COL`South America	27.68
62	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	26.50
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	26.46
64	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.21
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	26.12
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	25.51
67	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	24.24
68	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	22.87
69	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	22.62
70	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	20.17
71	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.62
72	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.23
73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.11
74	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	17.56
75	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.39
76	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	15.23
77	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	14.65
78	India`IND`Southern Asia	13.47
79	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12.47
80	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	9.95
81	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.84
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.54
83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4.37
84	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.06
85	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.06

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Guyana239.39
2Maldives155.12
3Myanmar153.31
4Somalia144.31
5Nicaragua132.30

Lowest

85Bhutan1.06
84China4.06
83Vanuatu4.37
82Iran6.54
81Bulgaria6.84

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 41.25. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
85values changed, of 85 in both
74 · 11rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guyana180.54 → 239.39+58.86
Maldives99.99 → 155.12+55.13
Côte d’Ivoire102.91 → 127.54+24.62
Sudan59.80 → 83.55+23.75
Papua New Guinea49.13 → 72.36+23.23

Fell most

Myanmar178.68 → 153.31−25.37
Uganda53.38 → 40.65−12.73
Sierra Leone55.54 → 51.01−4.53
DR Congo41.76 → 38.40−3.35
Chad29.67 → 26.50−3.17

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1982.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 85 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1982). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/1982

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