External debt — all countries

External debt — South-Eastern Asia

External debt in South-Eastern Asia in 2024 — 933,097,653,668 US$. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 1,538.5%.

2024 933B US$ +2.13% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 933B US$2024
Period minimum 56.95B US$1981

Trend over time

1981–2024 · US$

External debt — South-Eastern Asia, 1981–20240250B500B750B1T19811986199119962001200620112016202120241981: 56,948,289,207 US$1982: 64,671,341,201 US$1983: 71,464,196,749 US$1984: 74,630,369,214 US$1985: 84,823,316,644 US$1986: 94,679,917,218 US$1987: 109,034,237,266 US$1988: 111,766,562,197 US$1989: 138,747,684,879 US$1990: 159,225,117,234 US$1991: 182,244,463,703 US$1992: 196,589,165,358 US$1993: 211,721,529,069 US$1994: 248,754,170,462 US$1995: 299,620,747,477 US$1996: 322,185,522,269 US$1997: 328,751,718,946 US$1998: 343,105,314,392 US$1999: 341,580,680,752 US$2000: 306,283,190,420 US$2001: 281,834,251,626 US$2002: 276,960,126,178 US$2003: 283,714,378,242 US$2004: 288,596,922,485 US$2005: 291,134,728,781 US$2006: 289,192,777,399 US$2007: 308,392,399,894 US$2008: 326,432,975,361 US$2009: 368,057,362,003 US$2010: 436,158,262,986 US$2011: 479,752,032,569 US$2012: 559,161,136,830 US$2013: 586,058,134,188 US$2014: 620,824,990,372 US$2015: 623,625,540,787 US$2016: 649,669,987,386 US$2017: 728,168,789,652 US$2018: 784,187,858,118 US$2019: 823,630,637,260 US$2020: 883,551,816,310 US$2021: 913,809,995,008 US$2022: 908,226,271,392 US$2023: 913,679,973,876 US$2024: 933,097,653,668 US$
Change over the period: +876B (+1,538.5%) Average annual rate: 6.72 %
External debt — South-Eastern Asia, by year South-Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 933B +19.42B +2.13%
2023 914B +5.45B +0.6%
2022 908B −5.58B −0.61%
2021 914B +30.26B +3.42%
2020 884B +59.92B +7.28%
2019 824B +39.44B +5.03%
2018 784B +56.02B +7.69%
2017 728B +78.5B +12.08%
2016 650B +26.04B +4.18%
2015 624B +2.8B +0.45%
2014 621B +34.77B +5.93%
2013 586B +26.9B +4.81%
2012 559B +79.41B +16.55%
2011 480B +43.59B +9.99%
2010 436B +68.1B +18.5%
2009 368B +41.62B +12.75%
2008 326B +18.04B +5.85%
2007 308B +19.2B +6.64%
2006 289B −1.94B −0.67%
2005 291B +2.54B +0.88%
2004 289B +4.88B +1.72%
2003 284B +6.75B +2.44%
2002 277B −4.87B −1.73%
2001 282B −24.45B −7.98%
2000 306B −35.3B −10.33%
1999 342B −1.52B −0.44%
1998 343B +14.35B +4.37%
1997 329B +6.57B +2.04%
1996 322B +22.56B +7.53%
1995 300B +50.87B +20.45%
1994 249B +37.03B +17.49%
1993 212B +15.13B +7.7%
1992 197B +14.34B +7.87%
1991 182B +23.02B +14.46%
1990 159B +20.48B +14.76%
1989 139B +26.98B +24.14%
1988 112B +2.73B +2.51%
1987 109B +14.35B +15.16%
1986 94.68B +9.86B +11.62%
1985 84.82B +10.19B +13.66%
1984 74.63B +3.17B +4.43%
1983 71.46B +6.79B +10.5%
1982 64.67B +7.72B +13.56%
1981 56.95B

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.