Data for 2017

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2017

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2017
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2017, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2017 covers 120 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 362.951; Iran is lowest, at 1.392. The middle country reads 40.338. Against 2016, 120 values changed (78 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 2017

HighestMozambique

362.951

LowestIran

1.392

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

120countries
1measure
2017the 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), 2017, 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), 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	362.951
2	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	301.214
3	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	147.132
4	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	140.460
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	113.850
6	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	110.883
7	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	109.692
8	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	109.407
9	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	109.265
10	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	102.049
11	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	101.365
12	Suriname`SUR`South America	97.819
13	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	97.455
14	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	96.006
15	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	94.062
16	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	93.222
17	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	91.969
18	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	86.003
19	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	85.714
20	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	84.940
21	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	84.732
22	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	81.888
23	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.508
24	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	78.184
25	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	77.619
26	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	75.155
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	74.519
28	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	73.748
29	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	72.875
30	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	72.586
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	71.872
32	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	71.732
33	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	71.308
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	71.017
35	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	69.733
36	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	69.193
37	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	67.915
38	Belize`BLZ`Central America	62.558
39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	58.744
40	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	57.411
41	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	56.644
42	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	56.032
43	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	55.434
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	55.148
45	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.097
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	52.688
47	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	51.105
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	50.434
49	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49.859
50	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.193
51	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.038
52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	45.494
53	Paraguay`PRY`South America	45.322
54	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.003
55	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	42.330
56	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	41.570
57	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	41.301
58	Colombia`COL`South America	41.181
59	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	40.525
60	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	40.352
61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	40.324
62	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.284
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.130
64	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	38.907
65	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	38.905
66	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	38.808
67	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	37.405
68	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.211
69	Argentina`ARG`South America	36.021
70	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	35.965
71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.688
72	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	35.479
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	35.230
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	34.696
75	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	34.189
76	Guyana`GUY`South America	33.910
77	Peru`PER`South America	33.908
78	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	33.887
79	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33.722
80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.490
81	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	33.163
82	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	33.057
83	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	33.001
84	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.196
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.757
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	29.182
87	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28.360
88	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	27.852
89	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	27.553
90	Brazil`BRA`South America	26.816
91	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	26.383
92	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26.378
93	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	26.209
94	Niger`NER`Western Africa	26.167
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	25.571
96	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	24.754
97	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	24.259
98	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	23.796
99	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	23.691
100	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	23.551
101	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	23.262
102	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	22.402
103	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	22.327
104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	20.943
105	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20.179
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	19.505
107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17.731
108	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16.961
109	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.861
110	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.806
111	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	16.781
112	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	15.625
113	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.116
114	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14.513
115	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.323
116	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.663
117	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	11.752
118	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	5.516
119	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3.041
120	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.392

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mozambique362.951
2Mongolia301.214
3Montenegro147.132
4Lebanon140.460
5Bhutan113.850

Lowest

120Iran1.392
119Algeria3.041
118Timor-Leste5.516
117Botswana11.752
116China13.663

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 40.338. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
120values changed, of 120 in both
78 · 42rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia257.495 → 301.214+43.718
Djibouti67.416 → 86.003+18.587
Zambia77.571 → 96.006+18.435
Tunisia68.029 → 81.888+13.859
Egypt21.096 → 34.696+13.600

Fell most

Zimbabwe62.939 → 26.209−36.729
Angola114.845 → 84.940−29.905
Kazakhstan134.848 → 109.692−25.155
Papua New Guinea97.139 → 79.508−17.630
Ukraine123.342 → 109.407−13.935

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 2017.
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 (2017). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/2017

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