External debt — all countries

External debt — Central America

External debt in Central America in 2024 — 674,625,075,576 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 8,438.5%.

2024 675B US$ +0.04% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 686B US$2020
Period minimum 7.9B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Central America, 1970–20240200B400B600B800B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 7,901,012,099 US$1971: 8,572,880,207 US$1972: 9,444,017,537 US$1973: 11,989,529,199 US$1974: 15,857,476,803 US$1975: 20,596,913,322 US$1976: 26,586,380,856 US$1977: 35,154,497,259 US$1978: 40,396,637,984 US$1979: 48,055,865,338 US$1980: 63,749,926,872 US$1981: 85,430,017,839 US$1982: 94,520,446,335 US$1983: 103,464,698,370 US$1984: 106,849,311,411 US$1985: 110,652,443,835 US$1986: 116,070,699,544 US$1987: 126,266,509,027 US$1988: 116,576,542,803 US$1989: 112,394,277,476 US$1990: 124,683,927,498 US$1991: 134,132,941,048 US$1992: 133,183,086,038 US$1993: 153,074,586,792 US$1994: 162,638,182,496 US$1995: 188,395,835,677 US$1996: 175,131,830,575 US$1997: 167,276,324,870 US$1998: 189,947,606,528 US$1999: 205,909,568,641 US$2000: 199,665,809,001 US$2001: 224,567,460,919 US$2002: 216,884,156,485 US$2003: 226,607,651,115 US$2004: 239,550,486,039 US$2005: 248,558,196,545 US$2006: 252,012,032,332 US$2007: 281,393,663,150 US$2008: 282,262,641,578 US$2009: 286,826,561,010 US$2010: 351,206,538,573 US$2011: 394,337,529,312 US$2012: 477,340,048,236 US$2013: 554,127,460,669 US$2014: 598,479,592,815 US$2015: 594,425,498,673 US$2016: 603,636,302,740 US$2017: 641,926,194,778 US$2018: 666,505,438,987 US$2019: 684,231,373,347 US$2020: 685,971,756,260 US$2021: 676,911,674,964 US$2022: 661,560,490,898 US$2023: 674,327,743,860 US$2024: 674,625,075,576 US$
Change over the period: +667B (+8,438.46%) Average annual rate: 8.58 %
External debt — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 675B +297M +0.04%
2023 674B +12.77B +1.93%
2022 662B −15.35B −2.27%
2021 677B −9.06B −1.32%
2020 686B +1.74B +0.25%
2019 684B +17.73B +2.66%
2018 667B +24.58B +3.83%
2017 642B +38.29B +6.34%
2016 604B +9.21B +1.55%
2015 594B −4.05B −0.68%
2014 598B +44.35B +8%
2013 554B +76.79B +16.09%
2012 477B +83B +21.05%
2011 394B +43.13B +12.28%
2010 351B +64.38B +22.45%
2009 287B +4.56B +1.62%
2008 282B +869M +0.31%
2007 281B +29.38B +11.66%
2006 252B +3.45B +1.39%
2005 249B +9.01B +3.76%
2004 240B +12.94B +5.71%
2003 227B +9.72B +4.48%
2002 217B −7.68B −3.42%
2001 225B +24.9B +12.47%
2000 200B −6.24B −3.03%
1999 206B +15.96B +8.4%
1998 190B +22.67B +13.55%
1997 167B −7.86B −4.49%
1996 175B −13.26B −7.04%
1995 188B +25.76B +15.84%
1994 163B +9.56B +6.25%
1993 153B +19.89B +14.94%
1992 133B −950M −0.71%
1991 134B +9.45B +7.58%
1990 125B +12.29B +10.93%
1989 112B −4.18B −3.59%
1988 117B −9.69B −7.67%
1987 126B +10.2B +8.78%
1986 116B +5.42B +4.9%
1985 111B +3.8B +3.56%
1984 107B +3.38B +3.27%
1983 103B +8.94B +9.46%
1982 94.52B +9.09B +10.64%
1981 85.43B +21.68B +34.01%
1980 63.75B +15.69B +32.66%
1979 48.06B +7.66B +18.96%
1978 40.4B +5.24B +14.91%
1977 35.15B +8.57B +32.23%
1976 26.59B +5.99B +29.08%
1975 20.6B +4.74B +29.89%
1974 15.86B +3.87B +32.26%
1973 11.99B +2.55B +26.95%
1972 9.44B +871M +10.16%
1971 8.57B +672M +8.5%
1970 7.9B

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.