Data for 2008

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2008

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2008
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2008, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2008 covers 118 countries. Zimbabwe is highest, at 389.051; Algeria is lowest, at 3.483. The middle country reads 29.775. Against 2007, 115 values changed (29 up, 86 down), 3 countries joined.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 2008

HighestZimbabwe

389.051

LowestAlgeria

3.483

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

118countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
118distinct 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), 2008, 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), 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	389.051
2	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	201.789
3	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	148.932
4	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	116.671
5	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	104.977
6	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	102.355
7	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	93.576
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.486
9	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	81.917
10	Belize`BLZ`Central America	81.068
11	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	79.377
12	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	73.544
13	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	72.914
14	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	68.799
15	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	68.303
16	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	66.616
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	66.514
18	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	64.329
19	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	61.344
20	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.737
21	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	60.628
22	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	59.899
23	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	57.777
24	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	57.638
25	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	56.997
26	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	56.420
27	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	56.015
28	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	55.805
29	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	55.366
30	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.991
31	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	53.999
32	Paraguay`PRY`South America	53.575
33	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	51.856
34	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	51.272
35	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	50.930
36	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	50.587
37	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	49.069
38	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	46.504
39	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43.866
40	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	41.065
41	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	40.105
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	38.598
43	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	37.554
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	36.797
45	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.502
46	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	35.901
47	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.327
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.217
49	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	34.521
50	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	33.296
51	Guyana`GUY`South America	32.902
52	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	32.738
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	32.564
54	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	32.534
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	32.091
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	31.960
57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	31.867
58	Peru`PER`South America	30.932
59	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	30.223
60	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	29.327
61	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	29.259
62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	29.243
63	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.182
64	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	28.412
65	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	28.255
66	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	28.122
67	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	27.550
68	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.102
69	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	25.974
70	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	25.469
71	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	25.298
72	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.273
73	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	25.270
74	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.919
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.181
76	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.840
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.760
78	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.657
79	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	23.166
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.893
81	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	22.542
82	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	21.819
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21.663
84	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	21.447
85	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	21.212
86	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.844
87	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.727
88	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.664
89	Colombia`COL`South America	20.091
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	20.055
91	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	20.034
92	India`IND`Southern Asia	19.057
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	18.551
94	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	18.062
95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17.787
96	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	17.544
97	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.411
98	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	17.071
99	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.957
100	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	16.234
101	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	16.172
102	Brazil`BRA`South America	15.896
103	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.384
104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	14.610
105	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	13.092
106	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13.026
107	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	12.884
108	Niger`NER`Western Africa	12.326
109	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	10.921
110	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	10.513
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10.386
112	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.318
113	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	8.229
114	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	6.296
115	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.485
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4.399
117	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3.934
118	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3.483

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Zimbabwe389.051
2Liberia201.789
3Lebanon148.932
4Guinea-Bissau116.671
5Laos104.977

Lowest

118Algeria3.483
117Iran3.934
116Botswana4.399
115Turkmenistan4.485
114Nigeria6.296

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 29.775. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
115values changed, of 115 in both
29 · 86rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe200.656 → 389.051+188.395
Lebanon101.385 → 148.932+47.547
Georgia29.258 → 60.628+31.370
Saint Lucia37.932 → 61.344+23.412
Belize69.470 → 81.068+11.598

Fell most

Liberia309.974 → 201.789−108.185
São Tomé and Príncipe105.996 → 68.303−37.693
Gabon48.297 → 18.551−29.746
Guinea-Bissau146.348 → 116.671−29.677
Gambia55.096 → 25.469−29.627

+ Nigeria

+ Syria

+ Kosovo

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 2008.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 118 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2008). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/2008

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