Dataset · World Bank Group
External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)
44 years, 1981–2024 · 110 countries
External debt stocks measure everything a country owes abroad against a year of its national income. The World Bank’s International Debt Statistics is the authoritative source, and the ratio — rather than the dollar total — is what makes a small borrower comparable with a large one.
This site holds every year from 1981 to 2024, read from World Bank Group’s own data and stored exactly as published.
External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · the file
- Newest
- External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2024
- Held
- 44 years · 4,764 rows
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
0144 years
Every year
Every year comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. Each opens the full table for that year; each downloads as a CSV.
| Year | Countries | Change | Read | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2024Newest | 110 | −6 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2023 | 116 | −3 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2022 | 119 | ±0 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2021 | 119 | ±0 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2020 | 119 | ±0 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2019 | 119 | −1 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2018 | 120 | ±0 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2017 | 120 | ±0 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2016 | 120 | ±0 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2015 | 120 | +2 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2014 | 118 | ±0 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 2013 | 118 | ±0 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
Show all 44 years
Every year in one file, one row per country per year: external-debt-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv
023 columns
What’s in the file
Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.
| Column | What it holds | Stored as | Range, 2024 | Distinct | Empty | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CountrycountryName | The country’s name, as this file spells it. | Text | — | 110 | 0 | |
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier | The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it. | Text · 3 letters | — | 110 | 0 | |
External debt stocks (% of GNI)external_debtHeadline | The headline figure: External debt stocks (% of GNI). | Number · up to 14 decimals | 2.21 Iran350.57 Mozambiquemiddle 43.94 | 110 | 0 |
Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the worse result.
03121 countries across every year
Who is covered
How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 47 |
| Americas | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
| Asia | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| Europe | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Oceania | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| All | 118 | 118 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 116 | 110 |
The newest 12 of 44 years.
Who joined and who left
− Afghanistan
− Bhutan
− Lebanon
− Suriname
− Syria
− Tonga
− Bulgaria
− Ethiopia
− Russia
− Yemen
+ Iraq
+ Timor-Leste
− Eritrea
+ Nigeria
+ Kosovo
+ Montenegro
+ Bosnia and HerzegovinaNot in this dataset · 103 places this site covers
World Bank Group gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.
American Samoa
Andorra
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belgium
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Canada
Cayman IslandsChannel Islands
Chile
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
French Polynesia
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Guam
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kiribati
Kuwait
Latvia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Malaysia
Malta
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Monaco
Montserrat
Namibia
Nauru
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Martin
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Singapore
Sint Maarten
Slovakia
SloveniaSomaliland
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
United States Virgin Islands
Uruguay
Vatican City
Venezuela04Provenance
Where it comes from
The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.
1 · Publisher
World Bank Group
2 · Their file
External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) 2024
3 · Read by this site
September 6, 2026
Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.4 · Stored as
44 files, one per year
Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as external-debt-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv5 · Used on
Its statistic page, and every profile it measures
Precision
The headline is stored to 14 decimals, as published.
Rounded by this site
Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.
Changed by this site
Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
Pulled from the World Bank’s indicator API (DT.DOD.DECT.GN.ZS). The ratio is used rather than the headline dollar stock, because ranking countries by dollars owed is close to ranking them by size.
05Reuse
Licence and credit
What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.
Licence · checked September 6, 2026
- Share and redistribute it
- Adapt it and build on it
- Use it commercially
- Credit the publisher
- Say what you changed
Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.
A credit line
Source: World Bank Group, External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), via Nations Inquiry.
Cite this dataset
World Bank Group. External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1981–2024 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt
The publisher’s own citation: World Bank. International Debt Statistics. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.
06Where it is used
Around the site
Where these numbers appear on this site, and the datasets nearest to it.
Charted
External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) by countryWho is highest, the map, the spread, who rose and fell, and the records.
Subjects
Near neighbours
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- Net Official Development Assistance ReceivedOECD Development Assistance Committee · 58 held · 1966–2023
07Questions
External Debt Stocks (% of GNI): questions and answers
What is the External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)?
External debt stocks measure everything a country owes abroad against a year of its national income. The World Bank’s International Debt Statistics is the authoritative source, and the ratio — rather than the dollar total — is what makes a small borrower comparable with a large one.
Which years of the External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) can I download?
All 44, from 1981 to 2024, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.
Does World Bank Group rank countries on it?
No. World Bank Group publishes values only. The positions shown on this site are derived by ordering the published values, and are labelled as ours.
Can I use it commercially?
Yes, under CC BY 4.0, with credit to World Bank Group. The licence text is linked on this page.