External debt in low-income countries in 2024 — 243,373,027,115 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 9,855.9%.
1970–2024 · US$
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 243B | +4.74B | +1.99% |
| 2023 | 239B | +8.33B | +3.62% |
| 2022 | 230B | +165M | +0.07% |
| 2021 | 230B | +15.06B | +7% |
| 2020 | 215B | +19.77B | +10.12% |
| 2019 | 195B | +10.04B | +5.42% |
| 2018 | 185B | +11.49B | +6.61% |
| 2017 | 174B | +15.46B | +9.77% |
| 2016 | 158B | +6.92B | +4.57% |
| 2015 | 151B | +10.32B | +7.31% |
| 2014 | 141B | +12.09B | +9.37% |
| 2013 | 129B | +21.99B | +20.55% |
| 2012 | 107B | +13.22B | +14.09% |
| 2011 | 93.78B | +3.29B | +3.64% |
| 2010 | 90.48B | −1.89B | −2.05% |
| 2009 | 92.37B | +7.04B | +8.25% |
| 2008 | 85.33B | +8.21B | +10.64% |
| 2007 | 77.12B | +7.2B | +10.3% |
| 2006 | 69.92B | −13.93B | −16.61% |
| 2005 | 83.85B | −3.3B | −3.79% |
| 2004 | 87.15B | +1.65B | +1.93% |
| 2003 | 85.5B | +7.36B | +9.42% |
| 2002 | 78.14B | +3.91B | +5.26% |
| 2001 | 74.24B | −3.44B | −4.43% |
| 2000 | 77.68B | −1.71B | −2.15% |
| 1999 | 79.39B | −7.06B | −8.16% |
| 1998 | 86.45B | +5.99B | +7.45% |
| 1997 | 80.45B | −3.47B | −4.14% |
| 1996 | 83.93B | −1.06B | −1.24% |
| 1995 | 84.99B | +3.54B | +4.34% |
| 1994 | 81.45B | +6.03B | +7.99% |
| 1993 | 75.42B | +1.21B | +1.63% |
| 1992 | 74.21B | +2.07B | +2.87% |
| 1991 | 72.14B | +2.94B | +4.25% |
| 1990 | 69.19B | +6.83B | +10.96% |
| 1989 | 62.36B | +3.33B | +5.63% |
| 1988 | 59.03B | +1.42B | +2.46% |
| 1987 | 57.62B | +9.54B | +19.85% |
| 1986 | 48.07B | +6.41B | +15.38% |
| 1985 | 41.67B | +6.39B | +18.11% |
| 1984 | 35.28B | +3.54B | +11.14% |
| 1983 | 31.74B | +2.43B | +8.28% |
| 1982 | 29.31B | +3.77B | +14.75% |
| 1981 | 25.55B | +4.07B | +18.98% |
| 1980 | 21.47B | +3.6B | +20.15% |
| 1979 | 17.87B | +2.88B | +19.23% |
| 1978 | 14.99B | +3.02B | +25.25% |
| 1977 | 11.97B | +3.23B | +36.92% |
| 1976 | 8.74B | +1.34B | +18.15% |
| 1975 | 7.4B | +1.44B | +24.24% |
| 1974 | 5.95B | +1.87B | +45.65% |
| 1973 | 4.09B | +859M | +26.61% |
| 1972 | 3.23B | +473M | +17.18% |
| 1971 | 2.76B | +311M | +12.7% |
| 1970 | 2.44B | — | — |
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.
Gross general government debt as a percent of GDP.
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