External debt in India in 2024 — 716,456,023,890 US$. Ranked 117 in the world out of 118. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 8,403.8%.
1970–2024 · US$
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: India
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 716B | +68.9B | +10.64% |
| 2023 | 648B | +32.04B | +5.21% |
| 2022 | 616B | +3.53B | +0.58% |
| 2021 | 612B | +47.01B | +8.32% |
| 2020 | 565B | +3.96B | +0.71% |
| 2019 | 561B | +39.84B | +7.64% |
| 2018 | 521B | +9.6B | +1.88% |
| 2017 | 512B | +56.03B | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 456B | −23.29B | −4.86% |
| 2015 | 479B | +21.32B | +4.66% |
| 2014 | 458B | +30.26B | +7.08% |
| 2013 | 427B | +34.67B | +8.83% |
| 2012 | 393B | +58.18B | +17.4% |
| 2011 | 334B | +43.97B | +15.14% |
| 2010 | 290B | +34.12B | +13.31% |
| 2009 | 256B | +29.2B | +12.86% |
| 2008 | 227B | +23.05B | +11.3% |
| 2007 | 204B | +44.53B | +27.92% |
| 2006 | 160B | +38.33B | +31.63% |
| 2005 | 121B | −2.45B | −1.98% |
| 2004 | 124B | +4.76B | +4% |
| 2003 | 119B | +13.14B | +12.43% |
| 2002 | 106B | +6.24B | +6.27% |
| 2001 | 99.5B | −1.63B | −1.61% |
| 2000 | 101B | +1.35B | +1.35% |
| 1999 | 99.78B | +1.45B | +1.47% |
| 1998 | 98.33B | +4.27B | +4.54% |
| 1997 | 94.06B | +93.22M | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 93.97B | +157M | +0.17% |
| 1995 | 93.81B | −4.09B | −4.18% |
| 1994 | 97.9B | +6.57B | +7.19% |
| 1993 | 91.33B | +3.55B | +4.05% |
| 1992 | 87.78B | +2.92B | +3.44% |
| 1991 | 84.85B | +1.38B | +1.65% |
| 1990 | 83.47B | +9.75B | +13.23% |
| 1989 | 73.72B | +14.43B | +24.34% |
| 1988 | 59.29B | +5.86B | +10.98% |
| 1987 | 53.42B | +8.52B | +18.96% |
| 1986 | 44.91B | +5.97B | +15.35% |
| 1985 | 38.93B | +6.17B | +18.83% |
| 1984 | 32.76B | +2.11B | +6.9% |
| 1983 | 30.65B | +3.71B | +13.76% |
| 1982 | 26.94B | +4.46B | +19.85% |
| 1981 | 22.48B | +1.76B | +8.48% |
| 1980 | 20.72B | +2.53B | +13.92% |
| 1979 | 18.19B | +1.67B | +10.11% |
| 1978 | 16.52B | +1.11B | +7.17% |
| 1977 | 15.41B | +828M | +5.68% |
| 1976 | 14.59B | +721M | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 13.87B | +1.17B | +9.2% |
| 1974 | 12.7B | +1.73B | +15.79% |
| 1973 | 10.97B | +937M | +9.34% |
| 1972 | 10.03B | +701M | +7.51% |
| 1971 | 9.33B | +904M | +10.73% |
| 1970 | 8.43B | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
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