Data for 1997

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1997

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1997
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1997, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1997 covers 112 countries. Liberia is highest, at 647.455; Fiji is lowest, at 7.703. The middle country reads 54.327. Against 1996, 111 values changed (54 up, 57 down), 1 country joined.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 1997

HighestLiberia

647.455

LowestFiji

7.703

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

112countries
1measure
1997the year it describes
112distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1997, 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), 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	647.455
2	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	302.956
3	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	289.498
4	Guyana`GUY`South America	235.393
5	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	216.840
6	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	164.340
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	158.370
8	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	153.236
9	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	147.806
10	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	144.075
11	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	144.018
12	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	141.861
13	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	136.453
14	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	135.165
15	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	124.835
16	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	119.226
17	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	119.174
18	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	116.974
19	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	115.896
20	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	114.819
21	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	111.304
22	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	105.152
23	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	103.929
24	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	101.279
25	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	98.583
26	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	95.765
27	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	93.928
28	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	92.892
29	Honduras`HND`Central America	89.503
30	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	83.866
31	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	82.649
32	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	78.728
33	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	75.310
34	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	73.632
35	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.740
36	Niger`NER`Western Africa	67.789
37	Ecuador`ECU`South America	67.675
38	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	67.229
39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.097
40	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	64.470
41	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	64.423
42	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	64.400
43	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	63.751
44	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	62.927
45	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	62.621
46	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	62.497
47	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	61.566
48	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	61.397
49	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	60.939
50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.644
51	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	57.422
52	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	56.747
53	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	56.575
54	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	56.137
55	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	54.450
56	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	54.341
57	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	54.312
58	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	53.622
59	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	53.478
60	Belize`BLZ`Central America	52.948
61	Peru`PER`South America	52.512
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	51.860
63	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	51.321
64	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	51.064
65	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	50.917
66	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	49.948
67	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.940
68	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	48.988
69	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	47.095
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.338
71	Argentina`ARG`South America	44.743
72	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	42.407
73	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.291
74	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	39.058
75	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	37.940
76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	37.287
77	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	36.764
78	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	36.744
79	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	35.636
80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	35.126
81	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	32.340
82	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	31.995
83	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	31.920
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	31.847
85	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	31.700
86	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	31.697
87	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	31.084
88	Colombia`COL`South America	30.938
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	29.147
90	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.738
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	27.316
92	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	27.013
93	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	26.665
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	22.907
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.813
96	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	22.489
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.422
98	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	22.085
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	22.053
100	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	21.059
101	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	20.143
102	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	20.097
103	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	20.016
104	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	18.654
105	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.481
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.355
107	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	14.758
108	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.852
109	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	11.788
110	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.043
111	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10.290
112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.703

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Liberia647.455
2Republic of the Congo302.956
3São Tomé and Príncipe289.498
4Guyana235.393
5DR Congo216.840

Lowest

112Fiji7.703
111Iran10.290
110Eritrea11.043
109Botswana11.788
108Azerbaijan12.852

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 54.327. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
111values changed, of 111 in both
54 · 57rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe193.223 → 289.498+96.274
Tajikistan71.774 → 116.974+45.200
Turkmenistan31.558 → 73.632+42.073
Myanmar95.132 → 124.835+29.702
Belize34.149 → 52.948+18.799

Fell most

Liberia1,106.175 → 647.455−458.721
Republic of the Congo358.803 → 302.956−55.847
Sudan195.960 → 144.018−51.942
Yemen107.994 → 62.927−45.066
Zambia208.186 → 164.340−43.847

+ Serbia

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 1997.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 112 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1997). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/1997

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