Data for 2023

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2023

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2023
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2023, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2023 covers 116 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 355.37; Iran is lowest, at 2.45. The middle country reads 45.27. Against 2022, 116 values changed (42 up, 74 down), 3 left.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 2023

HighestMozambique

355.37

LowestIran

2.45

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

116countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
116distinct 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), 2023, 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), 2023: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	355.37
2	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	331.65
3	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	193.63
4	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	153.25
5	Suriname`SUR`South America	129.11
6	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	123.59
7	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	122.95
8	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	114.50
9	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	113.96
10	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	110.68
11	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	98.14
12	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	96.08
13	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	90.36
14	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	90.25
15	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	89.88
16	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	87.87
17	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	85.29
18	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	84.98
19	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	83.68
20	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	81.02
21	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	80.46
22	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	74.59
23	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	74.56
24	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	74.38
25	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	72.90
26	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	72.09
27	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	68.92
28	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	68.56
29	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	68.07
30	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	67.85
31	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	67.59
32	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	65.25
33	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	65.18
34	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	65.00
35	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	64.41
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	64.06
37	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	62.80
38	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	59.41
39	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	58.00
40	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	55.80
41	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	55.30
42	Colombia`COL`South America	54.97
43	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	54.45
44	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	54.29
45	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	53.77
46	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	52.44
47	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.11
48	Belize`BLZ`Central America	51.37
49	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	51.15
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.55
51	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	48.91
52	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	48.69
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.67
54	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.48
55	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	47.23
56	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	46.78
57	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	46.44
58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	45.37
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.16
60	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	44.60
61	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	44.42
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.16
63	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.14
64	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.04
65	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	42.67
66	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	41.81
67	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	41.41
68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.16
69	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.76
70	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	40.42
71	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	40.03
72	Argentina`ARG`South America	39.95
73	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	39.70
74	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	39.45
75	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.04
76	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	38.71
77	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.80
78	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.42
79	Peru`PER`South America	37.20
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	37.18
81	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.74
82	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	35.44
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	34.48
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.07
85	Niger`NER`Western Africa	34.02
86	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.88
87	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	31.31
88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.94
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	29.19
90	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.04
91	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.63
92	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.59
93	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	28.32
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	27.31
95	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.55
96	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.67
97	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.33
98	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.22
99	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.05
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.04
101	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	22.29
102	Guyana`GUY`South America	21.88
103	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	21.62
104	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	19.89
105	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	18.56
106	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	18.50
107	India`IND`Southern Asia	18.04
108	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16.87
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	15.90
110	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.51
111	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	12.56
112	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	11.24
113	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7.53
114	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	6.52
115	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3.00
116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.45

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mozambique355.37
2Lebanon331.65
3Mongolia193.63
4Senegal153.25
5Suriname129.11

Lowest

116Iran2.45
115Algeria3.00
114Turkmenistan6.52
113Iraq7.53
112Botswana11.24

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 45.27. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −3countries joined / left
116values changed, of 116 in both
42 · 74rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Senegal132.30 → 153.25+20.95
Sudan44.36 → 58.00+13.64
Ukraine84.11 → 96.08+11.97
Angola62.71 → 74.56+11.85
Burundi28.24 → 39.04+10.79

Fell most

Montenegro138.58 → 113.96−24.63
Mozambique379.63 → 355.37−24.26
Mongolia217.36 → 193.63−23.73
Armenia83.88 → 67.59−16.30
Georgia100.31 → 84.98−15.34

− Bulgaria

− Ethiopia

− Russia

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 2023.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 116 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2023). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/2023

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07Questions