Data for 1983

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1983

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1983
Creator: World Bank Group
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1983, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1983 covers 85 countries. Guyana is highest, at 298.84; Bhutan is lowest, at 1.58. The middle country reads 47.01. Against 1982, 85 values changed (72 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 1983

HighestGuyana

298.84

LowestBhutan

1.58

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

85countries
1measure
1983the 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), 1983, 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), 1983: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Guyana`GUY`South America	298.84
2	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	179.65
3	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	177.39
4	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	163.13
5	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	153.76
6	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	144.04
7	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	121.98
8	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	115.46
9	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	106.04
10	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	105.28
11	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	104.57
12	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	103.87
13	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	100.83
14	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	93.26
15	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	88.30
16	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	83.08
17	Bolivia`BOL`South America	82.43
18	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	77.97
19	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	77.19
20	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	73.79
21	Peru`PER`South America	70.63
22	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	67.33
23	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	65.61
24	Mexico`MEX`Central America	63.35
25	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.68
26	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	60.84
27	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	59.80
28	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	59.06
29	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	57.63
30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	56.21
31	Niger`NER`Western Africa	55.17
32	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	54.51
33	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	54.48
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	51.94
35	Brazil`BRA`South America	51.72
36	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	50.27
37	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	50.13
38	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	49.91
39	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48.48
40	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	48.15
41	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.31
42	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	47.29
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	47.01
44	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	45.98
45	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	45.96
46	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	44.90
47	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44.76
48	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	44.67
49	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	43.85
50	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	42.54
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.44
52	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.04
53	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	39.86
54	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.80
55	Belize`BLZ`Central America	39.21
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.08
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34.97
58	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	34.82
59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.91
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	33.69
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	33.65
62	Colombia`COL`South America	31.03
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	30.36
64	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.55
65	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.50
66	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	28.66
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26.65
68	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	26.55
69	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	25.01
70	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	22.34
71	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.55
72	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.34
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	20.14
74	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	19.87
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.39
76	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	16.73
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.21
78	India`IND`Southern Asia	14.10
79	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.60
80	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.55
81	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	10.17
82	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	9.66
83	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4.51
84	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.14
85	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.58

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Guyana298.84
2Myanmar179.65
3Somalia177.39
4Nicaragua163.13
5Maldives153.76

Lowest

85Bhutan1.58
84China4.14
83Iran4.51
82Guinea9.66
81Saint Lucia10.17

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 47.01. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
85values changed, of 85 in both
72 · 13rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guyana239.39 → 298.84+59.45
Somalia144.31 → 177.39+33.08
Nicaragua132.30 → 163.13+30.83
Myanmar153.31 → 179.65+26.34
Zambia100.76 → 121.98+21.23

Fell most

Argentina55.26 → 47.01−8.24
Algeria40.82 → 34.82−6.00
Mauritius52.53 → 48.15−4.38
Guinea12.47 → 9.66−2.81
Iran6.54 → 4.51−2.04

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

Read before you use

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 1983.
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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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1983). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/1983

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