External debt — all countries

External debt — Southern Asia

External debt in Southern Asia in 2024 — 1,038,731,054,234 US$. Since 1978, the indicator has risen by 3,460.6%.

2024 1.04T US$ +6.97% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 1.04T US$2024
Period minimum 29.17B US$1978

Trend over time

1978–2024 · US$

External debt — Southern Asia, 1978–20240500B1T1.5T19781983198819931998200320082013201820231978: 29,172,793,637 US$1979: 31,797,699,778 US$1980: 41,154,982,736 US$1981: 43,798,841,810 US$1982: 54,907,956,692 US$1983: 58,521,732,784 US$1984: 59,247,575,786 US$1985: 69,181,313,866 US$1986: 78,491,766,674 US$1987: 91,964,604,623 US$1988: 98,985,972,773 US$1989: 115,979,287,827 US$1990: 133,108,569,922 US$1991: 141,095,211,208 US$1992: 150,653,251,255 US$1993: 162,501,188,421 US$1994: 173,072,460,798 US$1995: 172,523,252,609 US$1996: 166,639,113,622 US$1997: 160,912,568,157 US$1998: 170,575,786,106 US$1999: 173,536,092,761 US$2000: 171,172,049,933 US$2001: 167,317,518,073 US$2002: 179,441,863,415 US$2003: 203,273,286,306 US$2004: 217,096,694,447 US$2005: 211,121,478,329 US$2006: 255,350,077,219 US$2007: 310,318,721,667 US$2008: 340,598,928,556 US$2009: 385,157,156,858 US$2010: 429,931,774,305 US$2011: 477,774,715,098 US$2012: 537,605,798,493 US$2013: 575,501,882,378 US$2014: 614,695,110,984 US$2015: 646,512,951,167 US$2016: 635,385,618,524 US$2017: 725,198,898,017 US$2018: 750,278,856,315 US$2019: 809,213,352,680 US$2020: 836,630,921,422 US$2021: 923,052,979,988 US$2022: 927,969,591,287 US$2023: 971,071,165,060 US$2024: 1,038,731,054,234 US$
Change over the period: +1.01T (+3,460.62%) Average annual rate: 8.08 %
External debt — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 1.04T +67.66B +6.97%
2023 971B +43.1B +4.64%
2022 928B +4.92B +0.53%
2021 923B +86.42B +10.33%
2020 837B +27.42B +3.39%
2019 809B +58.93B +7.86%
2018 750B +25.08B +3.46%
2017 725B +89.81B +14.14%
2016 635B −11.13B −1.72%
2015 647B +31.82B +5.18%
2014 615B +39.19B +6.81%
2013 576B +37.9B +7.05%
2012 538B +59.83B +12.52%
2011 478B +47.84B +11.13%
2010 430B +44.77B +11.63%
2009 385B +44.56B +13.08%
2008 341B +30.28B +9.76%
2007 310B +54.97B +21.53%
2006 255B +44.23B +20.95%
2005 211B −5.98B −2.75%
2004 217B +13.82B +6.8%
2003 203B +23.83B +13.28%
2002 179B +12.12B +7.25%
2001 167B −3.85B −2.25%
2000 171B −2.36B −1.36%
1999 174B +2.96B +1.74%
1998 171B +9.66B +6.01%
1997 161B −5.73B −3.44%
1996 167B −5.88B −3.41%
1995 173B −549M −0.32%
1994 173B +10.57B +6.51%
1993 163B +11.85B +7.86%
1992 151B +9.56B +6.77%
1991 141B +7.99B +6%
1990 133B +17.13B +14.77%
1989 116B +16.99B +17.17%
1988 98.99B +7.02B +7.63%
1987 91.96B +13.47B +17.16%
1986 78.49B +9.31B +13.46%
1985 69.18B +9.93B +16.77%
1984 59.25B +726M +1.24%
1983 58.52B +3.61B +6.58%
1982 54.91B +11.11B +25.36%
1981 43.8B +2.64B +6.42%
1980 41.15B +9.36B +29.43%
1979 31.8B +2.62B +9%
1978 29.17B

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.