Data for 2024

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2024

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2024
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2024, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2024 covers 110 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 350.57; Iran is lowest, at 2.21. The middle country reads 43.94. Against 2023, 110 values changed (32 up, 78 down), 6 left.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 2024

HighestMozambique

350.57

LowestIran

2.21

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

110countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
110distinct 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), 2024, 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), 2024: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	350.57
2	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	181.86
3	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	150.69
4	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	123.17
5	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	115.40
6	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	114.20
7	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	108.64
8	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	101.27
9	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	93.88
10	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	90.13
11	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	86.89
12	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	83.83
13	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	82.81
14	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	82.36
15	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	81.15
16	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.68
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	79.57
18	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	77.70
19	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	76.07
20	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	75.56
21	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	75.39
22	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	71.39
23	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	70.31
24	Paraguay`PRY`South America	69.74
25	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	69.24
26	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	68.59
27	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	67.11
28	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	66.55
29	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	66.36
30	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	65.99
31	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	65.35
32	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	62.60
33	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	62.25
34	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	60.51
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	60.04
36	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	58.89
37	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	57.15
38	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	51.31
39	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	50.46
40	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.75
41	Colombia`COL`South America	49.20
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	49.16
43	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	48.83
44	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	48.76
45	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	47.32
46	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	47.13
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	46.92
48	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	46.15
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	46.11
50	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.04
51	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	45.40
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	45.33
53	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.90
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.83
55	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.72
56	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	43.16
57	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	42.75
58	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41.98
59	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	41.89
60	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.83
61	Honduras`HND`Central America	41.82
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	39.72
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	39.39
64	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	39.22
65	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39.21
66	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	39.16
67	Argentina`ARG`South America	39.06
68	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	38.61
69	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	37.56
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.49
71	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	37.39
72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.95
73	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	35.85
74	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.63
75	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.25
76	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	34.99
77	Peru`PER`South America	34.23
78	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	33.83
79	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.98
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	32.89
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	32.54
82	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.29
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.13
84	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	30.97
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	28.85
86	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.66
87	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.75
88	Niger`NER`Western Africa	27.51
89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	26.26
90	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	24.94
91	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	24.81
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	24.24
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.27
94	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	23.20
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	22.64
96	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	22.25
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	18.58
98	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	18.25
99	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	17.04
100	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16.40
101	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	15.37
102	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.28
103	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	14.92
104	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.00
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	11.93
106	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	6.23
107	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5.22
108	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3.74
109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2.67
110	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.21

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mozambique350.57
2Mongolia181.86
3Senegal150.69
4Mauritius123.17
5Laos115.40

Lowest

110Iran2.21
109Algeria2.67
108Haiti3.74
107Turkmenistan5.22
106Iraq6.23

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 43.94. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −6countries joined / left
110values changed, of 110 in both
32 · 78rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Nigeria29.04 → 60.04+31.01
Rwanda81.02 → 93.88+12.87
Gambia55.80 → 66.36+10.56
Burundi39.04 → 47.13+8.09
Maldives68.56 → 75.56+7.00

Fell most

Sri Lanka74.59 → 58.89−15.70
Somalia28.32 → 14.92−13.40
Sudan58.00 → 45.40−12.60
Tunisia90.25 → 77.70−12.55
Papua New Guinea54.29 → 41.89−12.40

− Afghanistan

− Bhutan

− Lebanon

− Suriname

− Syria

− Tonga

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 2024.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 110 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2024). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/2024

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