External debt — all countries

External debt — Dominica

External debt in Dominica in 2024 — 569,530,343 US$. Ranked 7 in the world out of 118. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 3,845.9%.

2024 570M US$ −3.83% vs 2023
World rank 7of 118
Period maximum 599M US$2022
Period minimum 14.43M US$1981

Trend over time

1981–2024 · US$

External debt — Dominica, 1981–20240200M400M600M19811986199119962001200620112016202120241981: 14,433,362 US$1982: 20,521,207 US$1983: 39,153,670 US$1984: 51,482,178 US$1985: 58,688,421 US$1986: 61,404,138 US$1987: 75,382,488 US$1988: 76,660,401 US$1989: 80,613,354 US$1990: 90,754,905 US$1991: 98,099,585 US$1992: 97,714,469 US$1993: 98,251,336 US$1994: 99,698,516 US$1995: 104,872,376 US$1996: 116,474,724 US$1997: 105,116,658 US$1998: 113,898,855 US$1999: 134,177,326 US$2000: 183,329,450 US$2001: 232,891,071 US$2002: 248,883,165 US$2003: 307,393,729 US$2004: 324,952,433 US$2005: 294,216,802 US$2006: 272,826,815 US$2007: 265,526,478 US$2008: 260,470,786 US$2009: 271,883,558 US$2010: 271,398,373 US$2011: 280,448,697 US$2012: 304,777,494 US$2013: 488,948,659 US$2014: 481,925,897 US$2015: 496,007,935 US$2016: 536,051,363 US$2017: 521,050,825 US$2018: 505,427,809 US$2019: 460,210,461 US$2020: 480,930,080 US$2021: 509,985,026 US$2022: 599,233,702 US$2023: 592,225,919 US$2024: 569,530,343 US$
Change over the period: +555M (+3,845.93%) Average annual rate: 8.92 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Dominica 570M US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6.08T US$
External debt — Dominica, by year Dominica All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 570M −22.7M −3.83%
2023 592M −7.01M −1.17%
2022 599M +89.25M +17.5%
2021 510M +29.05M +6.04%
2020 481M +20.72M +4.5%
2019 460M −45.22M −8.95%
2018 505M −15.62M −3%
2017 521M −15M −2.8%
2016 536M +40.04M +8.07%
2015 496M +14.08M +2.92%
2014 482M −7.02M −1.44%
2013 489M +184M +60.43%
2012 305M +24.33M +8.67%
2011 280M +9.05M +3.33%
2010 271M −485,185 −0.18%
2009 272M +11.41M +4.38%
2008 260M −5.06M −1.9%
2007 266M −7.3M −2.68%
2006 273M −21.39M −7.27%
2005 294M −30.74M −9.46%
2004 325M +17.56M +5.71%
2003 307M +58.51M +23.51%
2002 249M +15.99M +6.87%
2001 233M +49.56M +27.03%
2000 183M +49.15M +36.63%
1999 134M +20.28M +17.8%
1998 114M +8.78M +8.35%
1997 105M −11.36M −9.75%
1996 116M +11.6M +11.06%
1995 105M +5.17M +5.19%
1994 99.7M +1.45M +1.47%
1993 98.25M +536,867 +0.55%
1992 97.71M −385,116 −0.39%
1991 98.1M +7.34M +8.09%
1990 90.75M +10.14M +12.58%
1989 80.61M +3.95M +5.16%
1988 76.66M +1.28M +1.7%
1987 75.38M +13.98M +22.76%
1986 61.4M +2.72M +4.63%
1985 58.69M +7.21M +14%
1984 51.48M +12.33M +31.49%
1983 39.15M +18.63M +90.8%
1982 20.52M +6.09M +42.18%
1981 14.43M

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.