Data for 2007

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2007

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2007
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2007, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2007 covers 115 countries. Liberia is highest, at 309.974; Botswana is lowest, at 4.168. The middle country reads 34.196. Against 2006, 115 values changed (40 up, 75 down), the same countries are covered.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 2007

HighestLiberia

309.974

LowestBotswana

4.168

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

115countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
115distinct 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), 2007, 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), 2007: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	309.974
2	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	200.656
3	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	146.348
4	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	117.628
5	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	106.475
6	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	105.996
7	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	104.718
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	104.400
9	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	101.385
10	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.912
11	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	86.703
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	84.035
13	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	77.374
14	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	76.724
15	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	73.541
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	71.695
17	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	71.659
18	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	69.944
19	Belize`BLZ`Central America	69.470
20	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	68.413
21	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	67.960
22	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	67.957
23	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	64.686
24	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.540
25	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	62.466
26	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	60.841
27	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	60.197
28	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	59.937
29	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.587
30	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	56.916
31	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.885
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	56.144
33	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	55.589
34	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	55.096
35	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	53.562
36	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	53.118
37	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	52.750
38	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	52.359
39	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	48.612
40	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.297
41	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	44.258
42	Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.086
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	43.150
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	42.146
45	Bolivia`BOL`South America	40.099
46	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	39.984
47	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	39.804
48	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.741
49	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	37.932
50	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	36.084
51	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35.877
52	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	35.669
53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	34.985
54	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	34.972
55	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	34.896
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	34.805
57	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	34.639
58	Peru`PER`South America	34.196
59	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.667
60	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	32.759
61	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	31.950
62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	31.760
63	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.203
64	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	30.747
65	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.322
66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	29.663
67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	29.258
68	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	29.237
69	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.511
70	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	27.920
71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	27.638
72	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	26.951
73	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26.292
74	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	26.014
75	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	26.001
76	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	25.904
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	25.723
78	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	25.406
79	Honduras`HND`Central America	25.170
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	24.865
81	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23.995
82	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.816
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.556
84	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	23.340
85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.106
86	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	22.938
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.521
88	Colombia`COL`South America	22.176
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	21.899
90	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.708
91	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	20.481
92	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	20.083
93	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	19.127
94	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	18.567
95	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	18.530
96	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.450
97	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	18.351
98	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	18.274
99	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.975
100	Brazil`BRA`South America	17.437
101	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	17.347
102	India`IND`Southern Asia	16.841
103	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.277
104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	14.180
105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.160
106	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.907
107	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	13.513
108	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13.171
109	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	13.146
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12.049
111	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	10.458
112	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7.137
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.941
114	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4.355
115	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4.168

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Liberia309.974
2Zimbabwe200.656
3Guinea-Bissau146.348
4Laos117.628
5Bulgaria106.475

Lowest

115Botswana4.168
114Algeria4.355
113Iran5.941
112Turkmenistan7.137
111China10.458

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 34.196. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
115values changed, of 115 in both
40 · 75rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe151.808 → 200.656+48.848
Bulgaria83.530 → 106.475+22.944
Djibouti71.553 → 92.912+21.359
Mauritania40.573 → 59.937+19.365
Mauritius49.630 → 67.957+18.327

Fell most

São Tomé and Príncipe238.810 → 105.996−132.815
Liberia433.484 → 309.974−123.509
Sierra Leone54.682 → 18.274−36.408
Republic of the Congo97.769 → 71.659−26.110
Guinea75.531 → 53.118−22.414

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 2007.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 115 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2007). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/2007

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