External debt in South America in 2023 — 1,261,913,353,035 US$. Since 2015, the indicator has risen by 31.2%.
2015–2023 · US$
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.26T | +49.38B | +4.07% |
| 2022 | 1.21T | +31.18B | +2.64% |
| 2021 | 1.18T | +47.38B | +4.18% |
| 2020 | 1.13T | −8.97B | −0.78% |
| 2019 | 1.14T | +24.63B | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 1.12T | +78.97B | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 1.04T | +55.07B | +5.59% |
| 2016 | 984B | +22.64B | +2.35% |
| 2015 | 962B | — | — |
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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