Data for 2022

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2022

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2022
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2022, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2022 covers 119 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 379.63; Iran is lowest, at 2.40. The middle country reads 46.08. Against 2021, 119 values changed (33 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 2022

HighestMozambique

379.63

LowestIran

2.40

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

119countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
119distinct 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), 2022, 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), 2022: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	379.63
2	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	332.86
3	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	217.36
4	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	138.58
5	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	132.30
6	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	129.23
7	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	124.12
8	Suriname`SUR`South America	120.40
9	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	115.02
10	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	108.28
11	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	104.76
12	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	103.67
13	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	100.31
14	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	95.73
15	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	94.43
16	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	93.33
17	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	87.32
18	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	87.29
19	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	85.31
20	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	84.79
21	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	84.11
22	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	83.88
23	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	82.14
24	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	81.28
25	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	74.47
26	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	74.33
27	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	73.04
28	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	70.81
29	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	70.47
30	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	67.67
31	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	66.86
32	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	65.82
33	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	64.00
34	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	63.80
35	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	63.51
36	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	63.16
37	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	62.71
38	Paraguay`PRY`South America	62.19
39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	60.02
40	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	58.82
41	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.46
42	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	57.93
43	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	56.39
44	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	55.76
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	55.51
46	Colombia`COL`South America	55.29
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	55.14
48	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	54.94
49	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	54.27
50	Belize`BLZ`Central America	54.23
51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.13
52	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	52.03
53	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	51.98
54	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	51.24
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	50.76
56	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	50.35
57	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	47.99
58	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	47.31
59	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	47.18
60	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.08
61	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	44.36
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.23
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.09
64	Honduras`HND`Central America	43.70
65	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.10
66	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	42.47
67	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.98
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	41.90
69	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	41.66
70	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	40.93
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	40.90
72	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	40.31
73	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.12
74	Argentina`ARG`South America	40.08
75	Peru`PER`South America	39.98
76	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39.69
77	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	39.01
78	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	38.63
79	Niger`NER`Western Africa	38.61
80	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	38.60
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	37.27
82	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	37.26
83	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.88
84	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	35.38
85	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	34.97
86	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.52
87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	34.03
88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	30.85
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.56
90	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	30.32
91	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	28.87
92	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.59
93	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	28.24
94	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	28.15
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	27.71
96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	27.01
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.88
98	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.06
99	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	24.26
100	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	23.34
101	Guyana`GUY`South America	23.22
102	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	22.19
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.17
104	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21.31
105	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	21.02
106	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.50
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.27
108	India`IND`Southern Asia	18.65
109	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	18.53
110	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	17.15
111	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	16.76
112	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	14.62
113	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.93
114	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	9.84
115	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.42
116	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7.98
117	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7.93
118	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3.24
119	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.40

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mozambique379.63
2Lebanon332.86
3Mongolia217.36
4Montenegro138.58
5Senegal132.30

Lowest

119Iran2.40
118Algeria3.24
117Iraq7.93
116Turkmenistan7.98
115Timor-Leste9.42

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 46.08. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
119values changed, of 119 in both
33 · 86rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Laos105.39 → 129.23+23.84
Senegal114.38 → 132.30+17.91
Lebanon315.10 → 332.86+17.77
Ukraine70.58 → 84.11+13.53
Sri Lanka67.86 → 81.28+13.42

Fell most

Mongolia267.82 → 217.36−50.46
Angola108.14 → 62.71−45.43
Suriname152.48 → 120.40−32.08
Zambia133.55 → 103.67−29.88
Mozambique407.03 → 379.63−27.40

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 2022.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 119 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2022). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/2022

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions