Data for 1991

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1991

1991, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1991 covers 95 countries. Nicaragua is highest, at 960.376; Iran is lowest, at 8.621. The middle country reads 58.791. Against 1990, 92 values changed (50 up, 42 down), 3 countries joined.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 1991

HighestNicaragua

960.376

LowestIran

8.621

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

95countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
95distinct values14 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1991, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1991: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	NicaraguaNICCentral America	960.376
2	GuyanaGUYSouth America	926.148
3	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	457.213
4	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	334.159
5	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	267.355
6	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	257.056
7	JordanJORWestern Asia	243.604
8	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	232.499
9	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	210.038
10	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	199.244
11	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	182.196
12	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	176.654
13	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	174.252
14	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	171.304
15	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	140.668
16	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	126.335
17	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	125.769
18	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	124.616
19	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	118.092
20	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	106.218
21	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	105.968
22	KenyaKENEastern Africa	95.829
23	MaliMLIWestern Africa	95.510
24	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	93.543
25	GabonGABMiddle Africa	87.086
26	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	86.642
27	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	85.897
28	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	84.879
29	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	83.335
30	BoliviaBOLSouth America	81.606
31	HondurasHNDCentral America	79.773
32	EcuadorECUSouth America	78.893
33	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	75.722
34	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	73.727
35	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	71.906
36	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	71.625
37	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	67.581
38	SamoaWSMPolynesia	67.576
39	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	66.541
40	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	65.998
41	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	65.915
42	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	63.001
43	PeruPERSouth America	62.161
44	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	60.952
45	GuineaGINWestern Africa	60.509
46	TogoTGOWestern Africa	60.476
47	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	59.248
48	BeninBENWestern Africa	58.791
49	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	58.342
50	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	57.174
51	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	52.609
52	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	52.553
53	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	51.919
54	SenegalSENWestern Africa	50.838
55	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	48.613
56	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	47.454
57	DominicaDMACaribbean	46.252
58	NigerNERWestern Africa	46.121
59	YemenYEMWestern Asia	45.664
60	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	44.868
61	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	44.476
62	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	42.613
63	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	42.419
64	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	42.369
65	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	42.366
66	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	41.816
67	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	41.439
68	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	41.108
69	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	40.302
70	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	39.479
71	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	39.053
72	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	38.161
73	MexicoMEXCentral America	37.507
74	ColombiaCOLSouth America	36.574
75	BrazilBRASouth America	36.235
76	ArgentinaARGSouth America	35.719
77	ParaguayPRYSouth America	34.667
78	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	34.288
79	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	34.187
80	TongaTONPolynesia	33.450
81	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	32.890
82	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	32.613
83	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	31.900
84	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	30.950
85	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	30.818
86	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	28.281
87	BelizeBLZCentral America	27.528
88	HaitiHTICaribbean	23.293
89	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	21.245
90	FijiFJIMelanesia	20.985
91	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	19.696
92	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	15.640
93	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	15.292
94	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	14.942
95	IranIRNSouthern Asia	8.621

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Nicaragua960.376
2Guyana926.148
3Liberia457.213
4Somalia334.159
5Myanmar267.355

Lowest

95Iran8.621
94Saint Lucia14.942
93Botswana15.292
92China15.640
91Vanuatu19.696

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 58.791. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
92values changed, of 92 in both
50 · 42rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guyana678.667 → 926.148+247.481
Bulgaria57.326 → 171.304+113.978
Somalia231.280 → 334.159+102.878
Cambodia24.223 → 105.968+81.745
Liberia390.234 → 457.213+66.979

Fell most

Nicaragua1,111.270 → 960.376−150.894
Vietnam384.012 → 257.056−126.956
Gambia126.591 → 57.174−69.417
Mauritania145.689 → 106.218−39.471
Sierra Leone206.361 → 176.654−29.707

+ Albania

+ Djibouti

+ Mozambique

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1991.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 95 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1991). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/1991

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