External debt — all countries

External debt — Yemen

External debt in Yemen in 2024 — 7,086,874,767 US$. Ranked 47 in the world out of 118. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 14,417.7%.

2024 7.09B US$ −2.69% vs 2023
World rank 47of 118
Period maximum 7.72B US$2014
Period minimum 48.82M US$1971

Trend over time

1971–2024 · US$

External debt — Yemen, 1971–202402B4B6B8B19711977198319891995200120072013201920241971: 48,815,506 US$1972: 99,158,611 US$1973: 258,062,211 US$1974: 375,394,628 US$1975: 440,332,333 US$1976: 535,432,161 US$1977: 723,293,193 US$1978: 926,935,662 US$1979: 1,174,998,805 US$1980: 1,685,753,387 US$1981: 2,041,160,549 US$1982: 2,404,743,954 US$1983: 2,797,978,898 US$1984: 3,003,210,500 US$1985: 3,340,615,614 US$1986: 3,883,330,455 US$1987: 4,587,006,088 US$1988: 5,247,816,353 US$1989: 5,594,823,729 US$1990: 6,354,026,973 US$1991: 6,475,141,179 US$1992: 6,573,081,091 US$1993: 5,944,866,678 US$1994: 6,153,597,465 US$1995: 6,250,665,953 US$1996: 6,399,965,191 US$1997: 3,917,093,654 US$1998: 5,778,379,331 US$1999: 5,132,268,504 US$2000: 5,152,412,926 US$2001: 5,187,675,837 US$2002: 5,323,448,564 US$2003: 5,480,632,069 US$2004: 5,603,364,949 US$2005: 5,477,559,320 US$2006: 5,713,770,653 US$2007: 6,155,419,538 US$2008: 6,228,636,614 US$2009: 6,799,196,018 US$2010: 6,504,445,072 US$2011: 6,429,107,186 US$2012: 7,585,844,974 US$2013: 7,688,888,676 US$2014: 7,723,142,217 US$2015: 7,298,886,700 US$2016: 7,062,871,731 US$2017: 7,193,099,658 US$2018: 7,036,509,959 US$2019: 7,055,219,066 US$2020: 7,120,836,024 US$2021: 7,601,630,730 US$2022: 7,351,067,998 US$2023: 7,283,022,249 US$2024: 7,086,874,767 US$
Change over the period: +7.04B (+14,417.67%) Average annual rate: 9.85 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Yemen

Yemen 7.09B US$
Low-income countries computed 243B US$
External debt — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 7.09B −196M −2.69%
2023 7.28B −68.05M −0.93%
2022 7.35B −251M −3.3%
2021 7.6B +481M +6.75%
2020 7.12B +65.62M +0.93%
2019 7.06B +18.71M +0.27%
2018 7.04B −157M −2.18%
2017 7.19B +130M +1.84%
2016 7.06B −236M −3.23%
2015 7.3B −424M −5.49%
2014 7.72B +34.25M +0.45%
2013 7.69B +103M +1.36%
2012 7.59B +1.16B +17.99%
2011 6.43B −75.34M −1.16%
2010 6.5B −295M −4.34%
2009 6.8B +571M +9.16%
2008 6.23B +73.22M +1.19%
2007 6.16B +442M +7.73%
2006 5.71B +236M +4.31%
2005 5.48B −126M −2.25%
2004 5.6B +123M +2.24%
2003 5.48B +157M +2.95%
2002 5.32B +136M +2.62%
2001 5.19B +35.26M +0.68%
2000 5.15B +20.14M +0.39%
1999 5.13B −646M −11.18%
1998 5.78B +1.86B +47.52%
1997 3.92B −2.48B −38.8%
1996 6.4B +149M +2.39%
1995 6.25B +97.07M +1.58%
1994 6.15B +209M +3.51%
1993 5.94B −628M −9.56%
1992 6.57B +97.94M +1.51%
1991 6.48B +121M +1.91%
1990 6.35B +759M +13.57%
1989 5.59B +347M +6.61%
1988 5.25B +661M +14.41%
1987 4.59B +704M +18.12%
1986 3.88B +543M +16.25%
1985 3.34B +337M +11.23%
1984 3B +205M +7.33%
1983 2.8B +393M +16.35%
1982 2.4B +364M +17.81%
1981 2.04B +355M +21.08%
1980 1.69B +511M +43.47%
1979 1.17B +248M +26.76%
1978 927M +204M +28.15%
1977 723M +188M +35.09%
1976 535M +95.1M +21.6%
1975 440M +64.94M +17.3%
1974 375M +117M +45.47%
1973 258M +159M +160.25%
1972 99.16M +50.34M +103.13%
1971 48.82M

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.