Data for 2016

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2016

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2016
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2016, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2016 covers 120 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 366.764; Iran is lowest, at 1.318. The middle country reads 40.457. Against 2015, 120 values changed (73 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 2016

HighestMozambique

366.764

LowestIran

1.318

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

120countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
120distinct 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), 2016, 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), 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	366.764
2	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	257.495
3	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	142.172
4	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	138.137
5	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	134.848
6	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	123.521
7	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	123.342
8	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	114.845
9	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	110.021
10	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	107.365
11	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	103.886
12	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	102.627
13	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	97.139
14	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	96.576
15	Suriname`SUR`South America	94.005
16	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	91.330
17	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	90.512
18	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	88.835
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	83.609
20	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	82.501
21	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	81.635
22	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	80.867
23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	80.458
24	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	77.571
25	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	76.718
26	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	73.788
27	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	72.272
28	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	71.868
29	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	69.911
30	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	69.785
31	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	68.483
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	68.056
33	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	68.029
34	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	67.416
35	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	64.627
36	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	64.594
37	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	64.101
38	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	63.245
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.939
40	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	61.778
41	Belize`BLZ`Central America	60.617
42	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	56.572
43	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	54.382
44	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	53.812
45	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	51.147
46	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	51.067
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.297
48	Paraguay`PRY`South America	49.609
49	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	47.168
50	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.361
51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	45.690
52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	44.811
53	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.473
54	Colombia`COL`South America	43.236
55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	43.118
56	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	42.772
57	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	41.691
58	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.645
59	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	40.802
60	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	40.655
61	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	40.259
62	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	40.008
63	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	39.454
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.131
65	Peru`PER`South America	38.197
66	Honduras`HND`Central America	37.734
67	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	37.243
68	Guyana`GUY`South America	37.051
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	36.948
70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	36.005
71	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	35.705
72	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	35.516
73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	35.370
74	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35.160
75	Argentina`ARG`South America	33.313
76	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	33.271
77	Bolivia`BOL`South America	32.996
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	32.694
79	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31.594
80	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	31.406
81	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	30.928
82	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.909
83	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	30.473
84	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	30.077
85	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.532
86	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	28.038
87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	27.127
88	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.105
89	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	26.018
90	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.371
91	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	24.201
92	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	23.725
93	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23.506
94	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	23.433
95	Niger`NER`Western Africa	23.397
96	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	23.186
97	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	22.841
98	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	22.840
99	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	22.257
100	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.751
101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21.264
102	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	21.096
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.081
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	19.850
105	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	19.739
106	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	17.628
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	17.298
108	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	17.185
109	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.402
110	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.299
111	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	15.380
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.972
113	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.358
114	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14.147
115	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14.138
116	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.402
117	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10.978
118	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.644
119	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3.042
120	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.318

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mozambique366.764
2Mongolia257.495
3Montenegro142.172
4Lebanon138.137
5Kazakhstan134.848

Lowest

120Iran1.318
119Algeria3.042
118Timor-Leste3.644
117Nigeria10.978
116China12.402

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 40.457. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
120values changed, of 120 in both
73 · 47rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mozambique241.616 → 366.764+125.148
Angola56.780 → 114.845+58.065
Kazakhstan90.378 → 134.848+44.470
Suriname50.119 → 94.005+43.886
Mongolia226.396 → 257.495+31.099

Fell most

Burkina Faso111.588 → 83.609−27.979
Montenegro161.076 → 142.172−18.904
São Tomé and Príncipe89.004 → 81.635−7.369
Serbia76.657 → 69.785−6.872
Cabo Verde108.899 → 102.627−6.272

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 2016.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2016). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/2016

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