External debt — all countries

External debt — Mercosur

External debt in Mercosur in 2024 — 893,501,981,279 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 6,914.6%.

2024 894B US$ −1.06% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 903B US$2023
Period minimum 12.74B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Mercosur, 1970–20240250B500B750B1T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 12,737,739,584 US$1971: 14,936,275,119 US$1972: 19,751,875,981 US$1973: 23,500,003,100 US$1974: 31,467,036,599 US$1975: 37,074,391,399 US$1976: 45,038,637,442 US$1977: 56,534,416,907 US$1978: 71,501,621,542 US$1979: 86,517,817,358 US$1980: 103,147,197,721 US$1981: 122,282,958,051 US$1982: 143,034,334,690 US$1983: 150,806,155,673 US$1984: 159,401,601,738 US$1985: 162,135,893,519 US$1986: 170,176,739,746 US$1987: 187,743,876,419 US$1988: 184,485,565,122 US$1989: 187,157,965,251 US$1990: 189,335,724,452 US$1991: 193,297,117,006 US$1992: 204,164,901,837 US$1993: 215,331,281,545 US$1994: 235,115,682,474 US$1995: 267,714,210,672 US$1996: 300,818,602,251 US$1997: 335,041,494,405 US$1998: 392,017,178,934 US$1999: 406,117,253,741 US$2000: 401,573,414,511 US$2001: 390,270,974,330 US$2002: 388,744,431,509 US$2003: 412,013,644,821 US$2004: 402,354,589,864 US$2005: 334,422,891,125 US$2006: 329,045,303,923 US$2007: 375,041,349,525 US$2008: 410,952,020,042 US$2009: 435,177,074,898 US$2010: 500,905,876,226 US$2011: 569,162,941,367 US$2012: 603,599,190,360 US$2013: 658,606,055,865 US$2014: 736,881,995,879 US$2015: 747,791,839,748 US$2016: 753,138,263,137 US$2017: 798,980,554,598 US$2018: 866,040,541,944 US$2019: 881,567,550,854 US$2020: 841,473,541,011 US$2021: 855,992,145,425 US$2022: 869,404,611,492 US$2023: 903,097,613,756 US$2024: 893,501,981,279 US$
Change over the period: +881B (+6,914.6%) Average annual rate: 8.19 %
External debt — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 894B −9.6B −1.06%
2023 903B +33.69B +3.88%
2022 869B +13.41B +1.57%
2021 856B +14.52B +1.73%
2020 841B −40.09B −4.55%
2019 882B +15.53B +1.79%
2018 866B +67.06B +8.39%
2017 799B +45.84B +6.09%
2016 753B +5.35B +0.71%
2015 748B +10.91B +1.48%
2014 737B +78.28B +11.89%
2013 659B +55.01B +9.11%
2012 604B +34.44B +6.05%
2011 569B +68.26B +13.63%
2010 501B +65.73B +15.1%
2009 435B +24.23B +5.89%
2008 411B +35.91B +9.58%
2007 375B +46B +13.98%
2006 329B −5.38B −1.61%
2005 334B −67.93B −16.88%
2004 402B −9.66B −2.34%
2003 412B +23.27B +5.99%
2002 389B −1.53B −0.39%
2001 390B −11.3B −2.81%
2000 402B −4.54B −1.12%
1999 406B +14.1B +3.6%
1998 392B +56.98B +17.01%
1997 335B +34.22B +11.38%
1996 301B +33.1B +12.37%
1995 268B +32.6B +13.86%
1994 235B +19.78B +9.19%
1993 215B +11.17B +5.47%
1992 204B +10.87B +5.62%
1991 193B +3.96B +2.09%
1990 189B +2.18B +1.16%
1989 187B +2.67B +1.45%
1988 184B −3.26B −1.74%
1987 188B +17.57B +10.32%
1986 170B +8.04B +4.96%
1985 162B +2.73B +1.72%
1984 159B +8.6B +5.7%
1983 151B +7.77B +5.43%
1982 143B +20.75B +16.97%
1981 122B +19.14B +18.55%
1980 103B +16.63B +19.22%
1979 86.52B +15.02B +21%
1978 71.5B +14.97B +26.47%
1977 56.53B +11.5B +25.52%
1976 45.04B +7.96B +21.48%
1975 37.07B +5.61B +17.82%
1974 31.47B +7.97B +33.9%
1973 23.5B +3.75B +18.98%
1972 19.75B +4.82B +32.24%
1971 14.94B +2.2B +17.26%
1970 12.74B

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.