Data for 2004

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2004

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2004
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2004, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2004 covers 113 countries. Liberia is highest, at 528.60; Botswana is lowest, at 6.45. The middle country reads 54.69. Against 2003, 113 values changed (24 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 2004

HighestLiberia

528.60

LowestBotswana

6.45

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

113countries
1measure
2004the 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), 2004, 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), 2004: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	528.60
2	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	319.37
3	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	215.77
4	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	193.80
5	Guyana`GUY`South America	181.02
6	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	152.93
7	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	130.36
8	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	129.64
9	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	122.80
10	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	121.40
11	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	115.37
12	Argentina`ARG`South America	114.78
13	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	112.08
14	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	110.35
15	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	94.71
16	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	91.00
17	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	89.43
18	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	89.11
19	Paraguay`PRY`South America	88.43
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	87.53
21	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	83.59
22	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	83.42
23	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	82.20
24	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	81.86
25	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	80.46
26	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	80.44
27	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	77.11
28	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	76.64
29	Belize`BLZ`Central America	75.22
30	Bolivia`BOL`South America	74.92
31	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.75
32	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	73.23
33	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	72.98
34	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	72.21
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	72.08
36	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	71.57
37	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	71.31
38	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	69.51
39	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	68.95
40	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	68.70
41	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.94
42	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	66.85
43	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	65.81
44	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	65.24
45	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.87
46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	62.81
47	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	62.51
48	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	62.00
49	Ecuador`ECU`South America	61.82
50	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	58.93
51	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.85
52	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.26
53	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	57.80
54	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	56.70
55	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	56.59
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	56.33
57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	54.69
58	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	52.40
59	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	51.19
60	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	50.99
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.31
62	Peru`PER`South America	50.07
63	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.04
64	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	49.98
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	49.96
66	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	49.73
67	Niger`NER`Western Africa	49.49
68	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	48.18
69	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	47.31
70	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	46.53
71	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	46.52
72	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	46.43
73	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.75
74	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	44.56
75	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	44.45
76	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	44.33
77	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	43.94
78	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	43.50
79	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	43.35
80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.03
81	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	40.50
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	39.97
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	39.55
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.45
85	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	38.20
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	38.13
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	37.31
88	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	37.04
89	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	36.36
90	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	35.97
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	35.32
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	34.94
93	Brazil`BRA`South America	33.98
94	Colombia`COL`South America	33.83
95	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	32.42
96	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.02
97	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	28.47
98	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	28.37
99	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	26.98
100	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	26.85
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.14
102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	25.86
103	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.36
104	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	21.76
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	21.18
106	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	19.90
107	India`IND`Southern Asia	17.56
108	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.50
109	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	16.72
110	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.50
111	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	11.18
112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9.74
113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	6.45

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

113Botswana6.45
112Fiji9.74
111Iran11.18
110China12.50
109Eswatini16.72

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 54.69. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
113values changed, of 113 in both
24 · 89rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe111.63 → 130.36+18.74
Grenada68.28 → 80.46+12.18
North Macedonia38.20 → 49.96+11.76
Guatemala24.26 → 34.94+10.68
Sierra Leone74.77 → 81.86+7.09

Fell most

Liberia610.45 → 528.60−81.85
Gambia138.56 → 72.21−66.35
Nicaragua133.77 → 91.00−42.77
Tajikistan85.68 → 57.80−27.88
Ghana111.16 → 83.42−27.74

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 2004.
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 (2004). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/2004

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