Data for 2012

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2012

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2012
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2012, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2012 covers 118 countries. Montenegro is highest, at 148.578; Iran is lowest, at 1.154. The middle country reads 31.589. Against 2011, 117 values changed (70 up, 47 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 2012

HighestMontenegro

148.578

LowestIran

1.154

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

118countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
118distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2012, 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), 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	148.578
2	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	140.032
3	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	127.212
4	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	119.125
5	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.534
6	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	95.990
7	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	93.785
8	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	90.494
9	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	88.508
10	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	87.446
11	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	84.626
12	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	80.833
13	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	79.161
14	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	78.651
15	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	76.968
16	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	75.506
17	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	75.265
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	75.217
19	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	74.056
20	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	73.882
21	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	69.193
22	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	67.556
23	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	67.369
24	Belize`BLZ`Central America	66.864
25	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	66.039
26	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	65.430
27	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	62.003
28	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	60.765
29	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	60.762
30	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	59.664
31	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	59.097
32	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	58.560
33	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	58.091
34	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.667
35	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	56.578
36	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	55.975
37	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	55.888
38	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	52.566
39	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.268
40	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	51.617
41	Guyana`GUY`South America	48.304
42	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	47.405
43	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	40.930
44	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	40.826
45	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40.814
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40.436
47	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	40.185
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.844
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	39.360
50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	38.000
51	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.804
52	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	35.923
53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	35.238
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	34.938
55	Peru`PER`South America	34.140
56	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33.556
57	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	32.876
58	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.324
59	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	31.640
60	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	31.538
61	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	31.259
62	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30.839
63	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	30.745
64	Honduras`HND`Central America	29.491
65	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	28.533
66	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	28.322
67	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	27.728
68	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	27.648
69	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27.226
70	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	26.709
71	Argentina`ARG`South America	26.240
72	Bolivia`BOL`South America	25.995
73	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.875
74	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	25.856
75	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	24.880
76	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	24.859
77	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	24.657
78	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	24.217
79	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	24.113
80	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	24.027
81	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.576
82	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.404
83	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	22.422
84	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	22.404
85	Colombia`COL`South America	22.230
86	India`IND`Southern Asia	21.735
87	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	21.422
88	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	21.274
89	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	20.968
90	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	20.568
91	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	20.225
92	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.164
93	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	19.258
94	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19.170
95	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	19.045
96	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	18.896
97	Ecuador`ECU`South America	18.805
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	18.326
99	Niger`NER`Western Africa	18.302
100	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	17.809
101	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	17.773
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	17.433
103	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	16.516
104	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15.415
105	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	14.694
106	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.127
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	14.028
108	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13.338
109	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.268
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13.086
111	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12.928
112	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.517
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.441
114	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.194
115	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.893
116	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2.452
117	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.761
118	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.154

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Montenegro148.578
2Mongolia140.032
3Lebanon127.212
4Mozambique119.125
5Jamaica97.534

Lowest

118Iran1.154
117Timor-Leste1.761
116Algeria2.452
115Nigeria8.893
114Haiti9.194

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 31.589. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
117values changed, of 117 in both
70 · 47rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia100.811 → 140.032+39.221
Cabo Verde52.770 → 87.446+34.676
Montenegro120.599 → 148.578+27.979
Mozambique93.756 → 119.125+25.369
Bhutan57.435 → 79.161+21.726

Fell most

Somalia102.034 → 67.369−34.665
Guinea48.183 → 17.809−30.373
Côte d’Ivoire52.364 → 36.804−15.559
Ukraine85.174 → 74.056−11.118
São Tomé and Príncipe95.722 → 84.626−11.095

+ Timor-Leste

− Eritrea

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 2012.
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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World Bank Group (2012). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/2012

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