Data for 1984

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1984

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1984
Creator: World Bank Group
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1984, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1984 covers 86 countries. Guyana is highest, at 360.48; Bhutan is lowest, at 2.16. The middle country reads 50.73. Against 1983, 85 values changed (53 up, 32 down), 1 country joined.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 1984

HighestGuyana

360.48

LowestBhutan

2.16

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

86countries
1measure
1984the year it describes
86distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1984, 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), 1984: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Guyana`GUY`South America	360.48
2	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	193.71
3	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	182.03
4	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	172.58
5	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	167.35
6	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	153.58
7	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	134.59
8	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	129.09
9	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	127.23
10	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	117.64
11	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	102.15
12	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	100.88
13	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	99.81
14	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	96.82
15	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	87.80
16	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	84.48
17	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	82.23
18	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	82.10
19	Bolivia`BOL`South America	76.67
20	Peru`PER`South America	74.68
21	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	74.65
22	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	71.49
23	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	71.10
24	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	69.92
25	Niger`NER`Western Africa	69.55
26	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	69.22
27	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	68.51
28	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	66.87
29	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	65.42
30	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.79
31	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	58.66
32	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	58.65
33	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	57.10
34	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	56.93
35	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	55.89
36	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	54.65
37	Mexico`MEX`Central America	54.56
38	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.13
39	Brazil`BRA`South America	52.94
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	51.21
41	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	51.07
42	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	51.00
43	Honduras`HND`Central America	50.91
44	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.55
45	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	50.05
46	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	48.17
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	44.98
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	44.25
49	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	41.97
50	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.04
51	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.68
52	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	39.82
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.64
54	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	39.53
55	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	39.38
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	36.98
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	36.34
58	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	35.73
59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	35.72
60	Belize`BLZ`Central America	34.94
61	Colombia`COL`South America	33.46
62	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.55
63	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	30.10
64	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	29.64
65	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.49
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	28.34
67	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	28.18
68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.55
69	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	27.36
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	26.84
71	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	25.49
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	23.69
73	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	21.28
74	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	20.74
75	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	20.55
76	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	18.89
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	18.26
78	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	17.94
79	India`IND`Southern Asia	15.53
80	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14.72
81	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.32
82	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	8.50
83	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7.41
84	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.62
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3.17
86	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	2.16

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Guyana360.48
2Myanmar193.71
3Somalia182.03
4Jamaica172.58
5Nicaragua167.35

Lowest

86Bhutan2.16
85Iran3.17
84China4.62
83Guinea7.41
82Saint Lucia8.50

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 50.73. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
85values changed, of 85 in both
53 · 32rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Jamaica100.83 → 172.58+71.75
Guyana298.84 → 360.48+61.64
Zambia121.98 → 153.58+31.59
Guinea-Bissau47.29 → 71.49+24.21
Mali77.97 → 102.15+24.17

Fell most

Maldives153.76 → 87.80−65.97
Uganda45.98 → 30.10−15.88
Côte d’Ivoire144.04 → 134.59−9.45
Mexico63.35 → 54.56−8.80
Sudan93.26 → 84.48−8.78

+ Laos

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 1984.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 86 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1984). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/1984

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