Data for 2010

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2010

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2010
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2010, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2010 covers 118 countries. Lebanon is highest, at 126.08; Iran is lowest, at 4.06. The middle country reads 31.13. Against 2009, 118 values changed (53 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 2010

HighestLebanon

126.08

LowestIran

4.06

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

118countries
1measure
2010the 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), 2010, 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), 2010: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	126.08
2	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	114.58
3	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	111.48
4	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	110.24
5	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	109.45
6	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	102.15
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	101.62
8	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	95.03
9	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	93.72
10	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	92.60
11	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.74
12	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	91.59
13	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	89.69
14	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	82.42
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	82.25
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	81.13
17	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	79.26
18	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	77.14
19	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	76.67
20	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	71.99
21	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	67.06
22	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	66.08
23	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	64.90
24	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	64.19
25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	63.97
26	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	63.16
27	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	62.76
28	Paraguay`PRY`South America	62.44
29	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	61.66
30	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	57.66
31	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	56.80
32	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	55.17
33	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	53.17
34	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	51.34
35	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	51.09
36	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50.67
37	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	50.52
38	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	49.23
39	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	49.02
40	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	48.77
41	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	47.80
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.44
43	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	45.42
44	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	41.95
45	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	41.23
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.10
47	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.87
48	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	40.56
49	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	40.53
50	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	40.13
51	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	37.95
52	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.37
53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	36.40
54	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	35.93
55	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.39
56	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	32.79
57	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	32.78
58	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	31.56
59	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	31.31
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	30.95
61	Peru`PER`South America	30.84
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	30.79
63	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	30.72
64	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	30.69
65	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	30.43
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	29.91
67	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	29.11
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	28.57
69	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	28.44
70	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.28
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	28.20
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	28.18
73	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	28.11
74	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	27.51
75	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27.46
76	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	27.44
77	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	27.36
78	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	27.33
79	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	27.01
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	26.98
81	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.52
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	26.02
83	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	24.43
84	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	24.14
85	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	24.09
86	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.49
87	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	23.35
88	Colombia`COL`South America	23.30
89	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	23.03
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	22.93
91	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	22.88
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	22.86
93	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	22.36
94	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	22.30
95	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	22.10
96	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	21.32
97	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	20.31
98	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.17
99	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.09
100	Niger`NER`Western Africa	18.52
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	17.52
102	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.15
103	Brazil`BRA`South America	16.46
104	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15.78
105	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.75
106	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	15.33
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	14.88
108	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	14.65
109	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.04
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.71
111	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.34
112	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	10.19
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9.19
114	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8.80
115	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.39
116	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.13
117	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4.08
118	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4.06

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lebanon126.08
2Guinea-Bissau114.58
3Jamaica111.48
4Somalia110.24
5Montenegro109.45

Lowest

118Iran4.06
117Algeria4.08
116Turkmenistan8.13
115Nigeria8.39
114Haiti8.80

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 31.13. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
118values changed, of 118 in both
53 · 65rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Montenegro56.56 → 109.45+52.89
Mozambique66.02 → 101.62+35.60
Papua New Guinea16.43 → 45.42+28.98
Mongolia68.09 → 89.69+21.60
São Tomé and Príncipe76.68 → 93.72+17.04

Fell most

Liberia113.98 → 23.03−90.94
DR Congo73.30 → 27.51−45.79
Republic of the Congo56.40 → 22.88−33.52
Maldives66.16 → 40.13−26.03
Djibouti83.93 → 67.06−16.86

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 2010.
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.

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World Bank Group (2010). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/2010

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