External debt — all countries

External debt — Argentina

External debt in Argentina in 2024 — 242,357,155,703 US$. Ranked 112 in the world out of 118. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 4,012.5%.

2024 242B US$ −4.13% vs 2023
World rank 112of 118
Period maximum 281B US$2019
Period minimum 5.89B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Argentina, 1970–20240100B200B300B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 5,893,191,434 US$1971: 6,353,903,965 US$1972: 6,893,803,268 US$1973: 7,374,621,351 US$1974: 7,798,525,658 US$1975: 7,901,576,053 US$1976: 9,501,611,015 US$1977: 11,675,739,426 US$1978: 13,507,657,038 US$1979: 21,176,835,027 US$1980: 27,322,463,713 US$1981: 35,809,463,188 US$1982: 43,787,004,262 US$1983: 46,108,319,455 US$1984: 49,060,805,833 US$1985: 51,156,733,946 US$1986: 52,688,148,844 US$1987: 58,722,673,497 US$1988: 59,015,245,404 US$1989: 65,538,413,075 US$1990: 62,477,601,312 US$1991: 65,672,366,930 US$1992: 68,605,638,952 US$1993: 64,681,387,080 US$1994: 75,094,061,336 US$1995: 98,773,122,013 US$1996: 111,145,506,414 US$1997: 128,251,441,842 US$1998: 141,504,501,058 US$1999: 151,913,800,711 US$2000: 150,062,928,187 US$2001: 152,649,929,433 US$2002: 148,320,192,549 US$2003: 163,442,688,409 US$2004: 167,999,635,827 US$2005: 130,788,488,210 US$2006: 118,921,233,034 US$2007: 120,818,039,248 US$2008: 129,751,137,881 US$2009: 133,694,134,248 US$2010: 126,641,509,908 US$2011: 142,883,776,038 US$2012: 139,876,851,067 US$2013: 150,224,280,402 US$2014: 153,793,074,988 US$2015: 177,183,976,466 US$2016: 181,637,286,191 US$2017: 225,923,967,186 US$2018: 277,825,747,406 US$2019: 280,683,596,388 US$2020: 255,603,072,879 US$2021: 246,114,307,414 US$2022: 248,976,650,822 US$2023: 252,793,904,703 US$2024: 242,357,155,703 US$
Change over the period: +236B (+4,012.49%) Average annual rate: 7.13 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Argentina

Argentina 242B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6.08T US$
External debt — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 242B −10.44B −4.13%
2023 253B +3.82B +1.53%
2022 249B +2.86B +1.16%
2021 246B −9.49B −3.71%
2020 256B −25.08B −8.94%
2019 281B +2.86B +1.03%
2018 278B +51.9B +22.97%
2017 226B +44.29B +24.38%
2016 182B +4.45B +2.51%
2015 177B +23.39B +15.21%
2014 154B +3.57B +2.38%
2013 150B +10.35B +7.4%
2012 140B −3.01B −2.1%
2011 143B +16.24B +12.83%
2010 127B −7.05B −5.28%
2009 134B +3.94B +3.04%
2008 130B +8.93B +7.39%
2007 121B +1.9B +1.6%
2006 119B −11.87B −9.07%
2005 131B −37.21B −22.15%
2004 168B +4.56B +2.79%
2003 163B +15.12B +10.2%
2002 148B −4.33B −2.84%
2001 153B +2.59B +1.72%
2000 150B −1.85B −1.22%
1999 152B +10.41B +7.36%
1998 142B +13.25B +10.33%
1997 128B +17.11B +15.39%
1996 111B +12.37B +12.53%
1995 98.77B +23.68B +31.53%
1994 75.09B +10.41B +16.1%
1993 64.68B −3.92B −5.72%
1992 68.61B +2.93B +4.47%
1991 65.67B +3.19B +5.11%
1990 62.48B −3.06B −4.67%
1989 65.54B +6.52B +11.05%
1988 59.02B +293M +0.5%
1987 58.72B +6.03B +11.45%
1986 52.69B +1.53B +2.99%
1985 51.16B +2.1B +4.27%
1984 49.06B +2.95B +6.4%
1983 46.11B +2.32B +5.3%
1982 43.79B +7.98B +22.28%
1981 35.81B +8.49B +31.06%
1980 27.32B +6.15B +29.02%
1979 21.18B +7.67B +56.78%
1978 13.51B +1.83B +15.69%
1977 11.68B +2.17B +22.88%
1976 9.5B +1.6B +20.25%
1975 7.9B +103M +1.32%
1974 7.8B +424M +5.75%
1973 7.37B +481M +6.97%
1972 6.89B +540M +8.5%
1971 6.35B +461M +7.82%
1970 5.89B

South America, 2024

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About the indicator

Total external debt: the liabilities of a country's residents to non-residents in foreign and in national currency, covering public, publicly guaranteed and private debt. It differs from government debt fundamentally — it includes the borrowing of banks and corporations that the government does not guarantee but that turns out to be its problem in a crisis all the same.

Important: Only middle- and low-income countries report to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, so the table holds about 130 of them. Aggregates for country groups are not computed: the sum over those present is the debt of developing countries, not of the world.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.