External debt — all countries

External debt — Belize

External debt in Belize in 2024 — 1,558,943,631 US$. Ranked 18 in the world out of 118. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 38,064.5%.

2024 1.56B US$ +2.68% vs 2023
World rank 18of 118
Period maximum 1.56B US$2024
Period minimum 4.08M US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Belize, 1970–20240500M1B1.5B2B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 4,084,800 US$1971: 4,338,910 US$1972: 5,068,966 US$1973: 4,825,894 US$1974: 5,274,045 US$1975: 4,827,053 US$1976: 9,165,985 US$1977: 20,669,097 US$1978: 33,312,767 US$1979: 71,830,514 US$1980: 63,043,521 US$1981: 60,228,529 US$1982: 69,805,336 US$1983: 100,638,090 US$1984: 98,761,894 US$1985: 118,125,320 US$1986: 121,873,479 US$1987: 137,196,602 US$1988: 132,277,165 US$1989: 137,214,241 US$1990: 142,750,750 US$1991: 161,781,663 US$1992: 180,961,169 US$1993: 194,553,506 US$1994: 198,665,305 US$1995: 255,157,968 US$1996: 281,542,136 US$1997: 450,090,459 US$1998: 333,460,184 US$1999: 416,579,339 US$2000: 629,903,801 US$2001: 721,979,992 US$2002: 849,529,038 US$2003: 1,061,730,342 US$2004: 965,854,393 US$2005: 1,023,162,269 US$2006: 1,054,232,126 US$2007: 1,075,497,699 US$2008: 1,275,782,808 US$2009: 1,291,168,231 US$2010: 1,303,876,871 US$2011: 1,274,688,747 US$2012: 1,196,357,128 US$2013: 1,249,160,028 US$2014: 1,286,836,300 US$2015: 1,280,311,151 US$2016: 1,290,777,703 US$2017: 1,339,403,309 US$2018: 1,349,377,447 US$2019: 1,377,889,087 US$2020: 1,527,863,211 US$2021: 1,452,131,243 US$2022: 1,471,192,940 US$2023: 1,518,303,205 US$2024: 1,558,943,631 US$
Change over the period: +1.55B (+38,064.5%) Average annual rate: 11.64 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Belize 1.56B US$
Central America computed 675B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6.08T US$
External debt — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 1.56B +40.64M +2.68%
2023 1.52B +47.11M +3.2%
2022 1.47B +19.06M +1.31%
2021 1.45B −75.73M −4.96%
2020 1.53B +150M +10.88%
2019 1.38B +28.51M +2.11%
2018 1.35B +9.97M +0.74%
2017 1.34B +48.63M +3.77%
2016 1.29B +10.47M +0.82%
2015 1.28B −6.53M −0.51%
2014 1.29B +37.68M +3.02%
2013 1.25B +52.8M +4.41%
2012 1.2B −78.33M −6.15%
2011 1.27B −29.19M −2.24%
2010 1.3B +12.71M +0.98%
2009 1.29B +15.39M +1.21%
2008 1.28B +200M +18.62%
2007 1.08B +21.27M +2.02%
2006 1.05B +31.07M +3.04%
2005 1.02B +57.31M +5.93%
2004 966M −95.88M −9.03%
2003 1.06B +212M +24.98%
2002 850M +128M +17.67%
2001 722M +92.08M +14.62%
2000 630M +213M +51.21%
1999 417M +83.12M +24.93%
1998 333M −117M −25.91%
1997 450M +169M +59.87%
1996 282M +26.38M +10.34%
1995 255M +56.49M +28.44%
1994 199M +4.11M +2.11%
1993 195M +13.59M +7.51%
1992 181M +19.18M +11.86%
1991 162M +19.03M +13.33%
1990 143M +5.54M +4.03%
1989 137M +4.94M +3.73%
1988 132M −4.92M −3.59%
1987 137M +15.32M +12.57%
1986 122M +3.75M +3.17%
1985 118M +19.36M +19.61%
1984 98.76M −1.88M −1.86%
1983 101M +30.83M +44.17%
1982 69.81M +9.58M +15.9%
1981 60.23M −2.81M −4.47%
1980 63.04M −8.79M −12.23%
1979 71.83M +38.52M +115.62%
1978 33.31M +12.64M +61.17%
1977 20.67M +11.5M +125.5%
1976 9.17M +4.34M +89.89%
1975 4.83M −446,992 −8.48%
1974 5.27M +448,150 +9.29%
1973 4.83M −243,071 −4.8%
1972 5.07M +730,056 +16.83%
1971 4.34M +254,110 +6.22%
1970 4.08M

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.