Countries by External Debt

Global country ranking by external debt with latest available values, source notes, country links and economic context from World Bank / public data sources.
INDICATOR: External Debt
UNIT: percent of GNI
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-09-28 05:29:55

Full ranking · External Debt

DT.DOD.DECT.GN.ZS
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Lebanon 331.65 open
2 Mongolia 181.86 open
3 Laos 115.4 open
4 Bhutan 114.5 open
5 Ukraine 101.27 open
6 Jordan 90.13 open
7 Georgia 79.68 open
8 Tunisia 77.7 open
9 Maldives 75.56 open
10 Kyrgyzstan 69.24 open
11 Armenia 65.99 open
12 Kazakhstan 62.6 open
13 Serbia 62.25 open
14 Uzbekistan 60.51 open
15 Nigeria 60.04 open
16 Sri Lanka 58.89 open
17 Bulgaria 55.14 open
18 Colombia 49.2 open
19 Ghana 46.92 open
20 Cambodia 46.11 open
21 South Africa 44.83 open
22 Morocco 44.72 open
23 Egypt 41.98 open
24 Papua New Guinea 41.89 open
25 Turkey 39.39 open
26 Vanuatu 39.16 open
27 Argentina 39.06 open
28 Samoa 37.56 open
29 Thailand 37.49 open
30 Tajikistan 37.39 open
31 Pakistan 35.63 open
32 Tonga 35.44 open
33 Kenya 34.99 open
34 Peru 34.23 open
35 Solomon Islands 33.83 open
36 Yemen 33.51 open
37 Mexico 32.89 open
38 Indonesia 30.97 open
39 Vietnam 28.85 open
40 Brazil 28.66 open
41 Philippines 26.26 open
42 Syria 25.33 open
43 Ethiopia 24.26 open
44 Nepal 23.27 open
45 Bangladesh 22.25 open
46 Afghanistan 19.89 open
47 India 18.58 open
48 Azerbaijan 17.04 open
49 Russia 16.76 open
50 Timor-Leste 15.37 open
51 Myanmar 15.28 open
52 China 13 open
53 Iraq 6.23 open
54 Turkmenistan 5.22 open
55 Algeria 2.67 open
56 Iran 2.21 open

Ranking interpretation

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This ranking uses the latest available value in the local indicator dataset.

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Countries by External Debt: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is External Debt for Germany. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: external debt by country, global external debt ranking, country ranking external debt, best countries by external debt.