Data for 2005

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2005

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2005
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2005, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2005 covers 113 countries. Liberia is highest, at 497.93; Botswana is lowest, at 5.07. The middle country reads 46.88. Against 2004, 113 values changed (14 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 2005

HighestLiberia

497.93

LowestBotswana

5.07

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

113countries
1measure
2005the 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), 2005, 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), 2005: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	497.93
2	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	248.84
3	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	161.76
4	Guyana`GUY`South America	154.00
5	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	124.80
6	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	118.12
7	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	117.15
8	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	116.23
9	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	106.98
10	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.77
11	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	95.13
12	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	93.25
13	Paraguay`PRY`South America	88.67
14	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	85.06
15	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	81.20
16	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	81.17
17	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	78.61
18	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	77.35
19	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	76.94
20	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	76.24
21	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	76.03
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	75.96
23	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	75.25
24	Belize`BLZ`Central America	75.20
25	Argentina`ARG`South America	74.25
26	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	73.06
27	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	71.90
28	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	69.74
29	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	69.53
30	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	67.72
31	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	66.75
32	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	65.84
33	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	65.42
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.37
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	61.79
36	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	61.45
37	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	60.52
38	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	60.50
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	59.91
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	58.96
41	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	58.01
42	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	57.69
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	56.49
44	Honduras`HND`Central America	55.59
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.29
46	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	54.28
47	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.09
48	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	52.94
49	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	52.52
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	52.26
51	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	52.22
52	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	50.87
53	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	49.94
54	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	49.76
55	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	49.74
56	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	48.43
57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	46.88
58	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	46.63
59	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.17
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	45.88
61	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	44.26
62	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	43.29
63	Niger`NER`Western Africa	42.12
64	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	41.98
65	Peru`PER`South America	41.37
66	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	41.32
67	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	41.22
68	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	40.75
69	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.48
70	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	39.77
71	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.12
72	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38.58
73	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	38.25
74	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	37.15
75	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.23
76	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.15
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35.58
78	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.36
79	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	34.71
80	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	34.20
81	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	34.09
82	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	33.51
83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	33.32
84	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	33.07
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	32.87
86	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	32.47
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	32.36
88	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	31.99
89	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	30.52
90	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	30.19
91	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	28.65
92	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	27.20
93	Colombia`COL`South America	26.43
94	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	25.50
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	25.26
96	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.17
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	24.14
98	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23.84
99	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.88
100	Brazil`BRA`South America	21.75
101	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	21.36
102	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	19.34
103	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	19.24
104	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	17.51
105	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.67
106	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	15.88
107	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	15.50
108	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	15.29
109	India`IND`Southern Asia	14.88
110	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.42
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.01
112	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9.53
113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	5.07

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

113Botswana5.07
112Iran9.53
111Fiji10.01
110China12.42
109India14.88

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 46.88. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
113values changed, of 113 in both
14 · 99rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guinea63.87 → 76.94+13.07
Bosnia and Herzegovina50.31 → 60.50+10.19
Mauritius50.04 → 55.29+5.25
Albania21.18 → 25.26+4.09
Maldives28.47 → 31.99+3.52

Fell most

Republic of the Congo215.77 → 124.80−90.97
São Tomé and Príncipe319.37 → 248.84−70.53
Zambia129.64 → 69.74−59.90
Argentina114.78 → 74.25−40.54
Burundi152.93 → 117.15−35.78

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 2005.
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 (2005). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/2005

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