External debt — all countries

External debt — Mauritius

External debt in Mauritius in 2024 — 20,364,236,676 US$. Ranked 72 in the world out of 118. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 64,062.8%.

2024 20.36B US$ +6.73% vs 2023
World rank 72of 118
Period maximum 20.36B US$2024
Period minimum 31.74M US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Mauritius, 1970–2024010B20B30B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 31,738,400 US$1971: 33,286,777 US$1972: 35,859,404 US$1973: 42,347,246 US$1974: 47,815,506 US$1975: 52,182,067 US$1976: 64,926,964 US$1977: 101,513,308 US$1978: 190,057,591 US$1979: 306,197,242 US$1980: 420,231,063 US$1981: 504,760,103 US$1982: 550,032,546 US$1983: 512,034,883 US$1984: 510,117,703 US$1985: 577,756,800 US$1986: 634,224,118 US$1987: 785,227,656 US$1988: 824,028,164 US$1989: 812,915,120 US$1990: 932,288,570 US$1991: 991,773,852 US$1992: 943,715,144 US$1993: 901,101,942 US$1994: 1,098,541,961 US$1995: 1,415,082,634 US$1996: 1,398,985,370 US$1997: 1,339,677,414 US$1998: 1,281,160,960 US$1999: 1,292,869,242 US$2000: 966,762,441 US$2001: 867,310,143 US$2002: 2,042,535,104 US$2003: 3,225,477,013 US$2004: 3,329,382,751 US$2005: 3,631,519,807 US$2006: 3,504,181,955 US$2007: 5,673,170,872 US$2008: 6,514,858,745 US$2009: 7,318,907,628 US$2010: 7,928,681,896 US$2011: 9,841,085,924 US$2012: 10,694,876,889 US$2013: 12,391,683,917 US$2014: 12,759,055,558 US$2015: 10,302,274,190 US$2016: 10,444,397,736 US$2017: 10,629,579,614 US$2018: 11,234,112,090 US$2019: 12,361,096,212 US$2020: 12,402,260,815 US$2021: 14,700,286,003 US$2022: 17,652,775,747 US$2023: 19,079,313,501 US$2024: 20,364,236,676 US$
Change over the period: +20.33B (+64,062.77%) Average annual rate: 12.72 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritius 20.36B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 903B US$
Eastern Africa computed 300B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6.08T US$
External debt — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 20.36B +1.28B +6.73%
2023 19.08B +1.43B +8.08%
2022 17.65B +2.95B +20.08%
2021 14.7B +2.3B +18.53%
2020 12.4B +41.16M +0.33%
2019 12.36B +1.13B +10.03%
2018 11.23B +605M +5.69%
2017 10.63B +185M +1.77%
2016 10.44B +142M +1.38%
2015 10.3B −2.46B −19.26%
2014 12.76B +367M +2.96%
2013 12.39B +1.7B +15.87%
2012 10.69B +854M +8.68%
2011 9.84B +1.91B +24.12%
2010 7.93B +610M +8.33%
2009 7.32B +804M +12.34%
2008 6.51B +842M +14.84%
2007 5.67B +2.17B +61.9%
2006 3.5B −127M −3.51%
2005 3.63B +302M +9.07%
2004 3.33B +104M +3.22%
2003 3.23B +1.18B +57.92%
2002 2.04B +1.18B +135.5%
2001 867M −99.45M −10.29%
2000 967M −326M −25.22%
1999 1.29B +11.71M +0.91%
1998 1.28B −58.52M −4.37%
1997 1.34B −59.31M −4.24%
1996 1.4B −16.1M −1.14%
1995 1.42B +317M +28.81%
1994 1.1B +197M +21.91%
1993 901M −42.61M −4.52%
1992 944M −48.06M −4.85%
1991 992M +59.49M +6.38%
1990 932M +119M +14.68%
1989 813M −11.11M −1.35%
1988 824M +38.8M +4.94%
1987 785M +151M +23.81%
1986 634M +56.47M +9.77%
1985 578M +67.64M +13.26%
1984 510M −1.92M −0.37%
1983 512M −38M −6.91%
1982 550M +45.27M +8.97%
1981 505M +84.53M +20.11%
1980 420M +114M +37.24%
1979 306M +116M +61.11%
1978 190M +88.54M +87.22%
1977 102M +36.59M +56.35%
1976 64.93M +12.74M +24.42%
1975 52.18M +4.37M +9.13%
1974 47.82M +5.47M +12.91%
1973 42.35M +6.49M +18.09%
1972 35.86M +2.57M +7.73%
1971 33.29M +1.55M +4.88%
1970 31.74M

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.