External debt — all countries

External debt — BRICS

External debt in BRICS in 2024 — 4,348,364,295,578 US$. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 3,075.8%.

2024 4.35T US$ +1.65% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 4.98T US$2021
Period minimum 137B US$1981

Trend over time

1981–2024 · US$

External debt — BRICS, 1981–202402T4T6T19811986199119962001200620112016202120241981: 136,922,595,121 US$1982: 163,134,578,527 US$1983: 176,590,869,286 US$1984: 186,402,802,996 US$1985: 202,547,143,835 US$1986: 226,982,199,311 US$1987: 267,918,065,840 US$1988: 279,663,792,339 US$1989: 299,490,639,755 US$1990: 337,959,516,289 US$1991: 357,344,856,832 US$1992: 473,583,685,423 US$1993: 547,035,463,825 US$1994: 625,117,918,997 US$1995: 666,601,831,007 US$1996: 703,559,842,479 US$1997: 746,759,022,605 US$1998: 850,106,908,352 US$1999: 861,031,757,693 US$2000: 815,732,454,444 US$2001: 821,598,082,575 US$2002: 834,077,098,979 US$2003: 936,599,461,492 US$2004: 1,008,909,977,049 US$2005: 1,053,869,439,717 US$2006: 1,205,936,085,025 US$2007: 1,478,052,918,315 US$2008: 1,544,026,940,382 US$2009: 1,681,320,603,013 US$2010: 2,136,793,293,733 US$2011: 2,698,046,541,224 US$2012: 2,981,148,700,639 US$2013: 3,472,277,679,022 US$2014: 3,794,935,984,077 US$2015: 3,290,246,500,813 US$2016: 3,417,098,137,145 US$2017: 3,820,131,708,512 US$2018: 4,084,108,704,420 US$2019: 4,327,664,561,139 US$2020: 4,499,371,842,745 US$2021: 4,977,334,208,639 US$2022: 4,678,569,606,852 US$2023: 4,277,834,795,818 US$2024: 4,348,364,295,578 US$
Change over the period: +4.21T (+3,075.78%) Average annual rate: 8.37 %
External debt — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 4.35T +70.53B +1.65%
2023 4.28T −401B −8.57%
2022 4.68T −299B −6%
2021 4.98T +478B +10.62%
2020 4.5T +172B +3.97%
2019 4.33T +244B +5.96%
2018 4.08T +264B +6.91%
2017 3.82T +403B +11.79%
2016 3.42T +127B +3.86%
2015 3.29T −505B −13.3%
2014 3.79T +323B +9.29%
2013 3.47T +491B +16.47%
2012 2.98T +283B +10.49%
2011 2.7T +561B +26.27%
2010 2.14T +455B +27.09%
2009 1.68T +137B +8.89%
2008 1.54T +65.97B +4.46%
2007 1.48T +272B +22.56%
2006 1.21T +152B +14.43%
2005 1.05T +44.96B +4.46%
2004 1.01T +72.31B +7.72%
2003 937B +103B +12.29%
2002 834B +12.48B +1.52%
2001 822B +5.87B +0.72%
2000 816B −45.3B −5.26%
1999 861B +10.92B +1.29%
1998 850B +103B +13.84%
1997 747B +43.2B +6.14%
1996 704B +36.96B +5.54%
1995 667B +41.48B +6.64%
1994 625B +78.08B +14.27%
1993 547B +73.45B +15.51%
1992 474B +116B +32.53%
1991 357B +19.39B +5.74%
1990 338B +38.47B +12.84%
1989 299B +19.83B +7.09%
1988 280B +11.75B +4.38%
1987 268B +40.94B +18.03%
1986 227B +24.44B +12.06%
1985 203B +16.14B +8.66%
1984 186B +9.81B +5.56%
1983 177B +13.46B +8.25%
1982 163B +26.21B +19.14%
1981 137B

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.