Data for 2003

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2003

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2003
Creator: World Bank Group
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2003, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2003 covers 113 countries. Liberia is highest, at 610.452; Botswana is lowest, at 7.565. The middle country reads 60.466. Against 2002, 113 values changed (43 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 2003

HighestLiberia

610.452

LowestBotswana

7.565

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

113countries
1measure
2003the year it describes
113distinct 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), 2003, 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), 2003: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	610.452
2	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	341.435
3	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	214.305
4	Guyana`GUY`South America	207.700
5	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	195.209
6	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	175.849
7	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	144.622
8	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	138.564
9	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	133.766
10	Argentina`ARG`South America	133.475
11	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	131.255
12	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	127.831
13	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	120.988
14	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	115.690
15	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	113.624
16	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	111.628
17	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	111.158
18	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	109.950
19	Paraguay`PRY`South America	103.903
20	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	99.291
21	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	97.532
22	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	95.695
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	92.064
24	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	89.526
25	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	88.765
26	Belize`BLZ`Central America	87.068
27	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	85.678
28	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	85.092
29	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	84.688
30	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	84.214
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	79.464
32	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	79.099
33	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	77.353
34	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	76.238
35	Bolivia`BOL`South America	75.369
36	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	74.773
37	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	73.870
38	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	73.780
39	Honduras`HND`Central America	71.937
40	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	71.087
41	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	70.755
42	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	68.834
43	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	68.709
44	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	68.281
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	67.745
46	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	67.389
47	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	67.222
48	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	67.207
49	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	67.171
50	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	66.381
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	66.359
52	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	65.878
53	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	65.667
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	64.571
55	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	61.533
56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	60.789
57	Niger`NER`Western Africa	60.466
58	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	59.537
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	59.524
60	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.442
61	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	57.326
62	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	56.661
63	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	55.262
64	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	55.068
65	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	54.995
66	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.556
67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	53.704
68	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	53.701
69	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	53.186
70	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	53.158
71	Peru`PER`South America	53.144
72	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52.199
73	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	50.978
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.919
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	50.828
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.700
77	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48.701
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.007
79	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	45.991
80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	45.562
81	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	44.563
82	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	43.753
83	Brazil`BRA`South America	43.645
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	42.648
85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	41.065
86	Colombia`COL`South America	40.831
87	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	40.061
88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	40.021
89	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	38.204
90	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	37.998
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	37.512
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	36.381
93	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	36.172
94	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	33.576
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.466
96	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.491
97	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	32.133
98	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.065
99	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.465
100	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	28.810
101	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	27.891
102	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	26.908
103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	26.322
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	26.054
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	24.261
106	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	21.173
107	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.035
108	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	20.848
109	India`IND`Southern Asia	19.709
110	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.379
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11.216
112	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9.353
113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	7.565

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

113Botswana7.565
112Iran9.353
111Fiji11.216
110China12.379
109India19.709

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 60.466. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
113values changed, of 113 in both
43 · 70rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Liberia431.582 → 610.452+178.869
Paraguay51.121 → 103.903+52.783
Gambia107.058 → 138.564+31.506
Burundi151.805 → 175.849+24.044
Zimbabwe90.253 → 111.628+21.375

Fell most

São Tomé and Príncipe407.495 → 341.435−66.061
Laos183.229 → 127.831−55.398
Myanmar99.021 → 71.087−27.933
Argentina159.890 → 133.475−26.415
Somalia121.400 → 99.291−22.110

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 2003.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 113 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2003). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/2003

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