External debt — all countries

External debt — Brazil

External debt in Brazil in 2024 — 605,463,780,813 US$. Ranked 116 in the world out of 118. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 10,017.8%.

2024 605B US$ −0.32% vs 2023
World rank 116of 118
Period maximum 607B US$2023
Period minimum 5.98B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Brazil, 1970–20240200B400B600B800B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 5,984,162,469 US$1971: 7,726,273,573 US$1972: 11,863,655,549 US$1973: 15,066,000,214 US$1974: 22,464,958,636 US$1975: 27,781,563,139 US$1976: 33,801,318,619 US$1977: 42,500,176,105 US$1978: 55,032,094,033 US$1979: 61,795,286,978 US$1980: 71,983,934,097 US$1981: 81,914,155,929 US$1982: 94,428,719,114 US$1983: 99,022,210,538 US$1984: 104,364,922,436 US$1985: 104,173,244,270 US$1986: 109,645,181,057 US$1987: 120,476,573,203 US$1988: 118,039,405,885 US$1989: 114,930,095,028 US$1990: 120,311,895,095 US$1991: 121,336,709,130 US$1992: 129,535,948,557 US$1993: 144,599,577,124 US$1994: 152,903,103,558 US$1995: 160,964,228,344 US$1996: 181,793,526,989 US$1997: 198,980,293,495 US$1998: 241,998,415,764 US$1999: 245,114,967,226 US$2000: 242,511,685,522 US$2001: 229,959,717,402 US$2002: 231,944,181,035 US$2003: 235,907,984,168 US$2004: 220,693,592,601 US$2005: 188,364,545,590 US$2006: 194,303,018,017 US$2007: 238,444,452,623 US$2008: 262,957,236,463 US$2009: 281,651,138,432 US$2010: 352,364,412,863 US$2011: 404,046,105,342 US$2012: 440,496,598,193 US$2013: 483,734,834,012 US$2014: 556,919,631,072 US$2015: 543,397,356,310 US$2016: 543,257,228,545 US$2017: 543,000,470,111 US$2018: 557,765,380,775 US$2019: 568,708,887,352 US$2020: 549,329,010,779 US$2021: 571,193,915,508 US$2022: 579,257,850,288 US$2023: 607,387,151,485 US$2024: 605,463,780,813 US$
Change over the period: +599B (+10,017.77%) Average annual rate: 8.93 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Brazil 605B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6.08T US$
External debt — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 605B −1.92B −0.32%
2023 607B +28.13B +4.86%
2022 579B +8.06B +1.41%
2021 571B +21.86B +3.98%
2020 549B −19.38B −3.41%
2019 569B +10.94B +1.96%
2018 558B +14.76B +2.72%
2017 543B −257M −0.05%
2016 543B −140M −0.03%
2015 543B −13.52B −2.43%
2014 557B +73.18B +15.13%
2013 484B +43.24B +9.82%
2012 440B +36.45B +9.02%
2011 404B +51.68B +14.67%
2010 352B +70.71B +25.11%
2009 282B +18.69B +7.11%
2008 263B +24.51B +10.28%
2007 238B +44.14B +22.72%
2006 194B +5.94B +3.15%
2005 188B −32.33B −14.65%
2004 221B −15.21B −6.45%
2003 236B +3.96B +1.71%
2002 232B +1.98B +0.86%
2001 230B −12.55B −5.18%
2000 243B −2.6B −1.06%
1999 245B +3.12B +1.29%
1998 242B +43.02B +21.62%
1997 199B +17.19B +9.45%
1996 182B +20.83B +12.94%
1995 161B +8.06B +5.27%
1994 153B +8.3B +5.74%
1993 145B +15.06B +11.63%
1992 130B +8.2B +6.76%
1991 121B +1.02B +0.85%
1990 120B +5.38B +4.68%
1989 115B −3.11B −2.63%
1988 118B −2.44B −2.02%
1987 120B +10.83B +9.88%
1986 110B +5.47B +5.25%
1985 104B −192M −0.18%
1984 104B +5.34B +5.4%
1983 99.02B +4.59B +4.86%
1982 94.43B +12.51B +15.28%
1981 81.91B +9.93B +13.8%
1980 71.98B +10.19B +16.49%
1979 61.8B +6.76B +12.29%
1978 55.03B +12.53B +29.49%
1977 42.5B +8.7B +25.74%
1976 33.8B +6.02B +21.67%
1975 27.78B +5.32B +23.67%
1974 22.46B +7.4B +49.11%
1973 15.07B +3.2B +26.99%
1972 11.86B +4.14B +53.55%
1971 7.73B +1.74B +29.11%
1970 5.98B

South 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.