Data for 1997

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1997

1997, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1997 covers 112 countries. Liberia is highest, at 647.455; Fiji is lowest, at 7.703. The middle country reads 54.327. Against 1996, 111 values changed (54 up, 57 down), 1 country joined.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 1997

HighestLiberia

647.455

LowestFiji

7.703

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

112countries
1measure
1997the year it describes
112distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1997, 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), 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	647.455
2	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	302.956
3	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	289.498
4	GuyanaGUYSouth America	235.393
5	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	216.840
6	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	164.340
7	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	158.370
8	NicaraguaNICCentral America	153.236
9	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	147.806
10	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	144.075
11	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	144.018
12	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	141.861
13	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	136.453
14	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	135.165
15	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	124.835
16	MaliMLIWestern Africa	119.226
17	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	119.174
18	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	116.974
19	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	115.896
20	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	114.819
21	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	111.304
22	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	105.152
23	JordanJORWestern Asia	103.929
24	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	101.279
25	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	98.583
26	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	95.765
27	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	93.928
28	GabonGABMiddle Africa	92.892
29	HondurasHNDCentral America	89.503
30	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	83.866
31	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	82.649
32	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	78.728
33	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	75.310
34	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	73.632
35	BoliviaBOLSouth America	68.740
36	NigerNERWestern Africa	67.789
37	EcuadorECUSouth America	67.675
38	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	67.229
39	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	65.097
40	GuineaGINWestern Africa	64.470
41	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	64.423
42	TogoTGOWestern Africa	64.400
43	SenegalSENWestern Africa	63.751
44	YemenYEMWestern Asia	62.927
45	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	62.621
46	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	62.497
47	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	61.566
48	BeninBENWestern Africa	61.397
49	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	60.939
50	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	60.644
51	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	57.422
52	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	56.747
53	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	56.575
54	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	56.137
55	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	54.450
56	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	54.341
57	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	54.312
58	SamoaWSMPolynesia	53.622
59	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	53.478
60	BelizeBLZCentral America	52.948
61	PeruPERSouth America	52.512
62	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	51.860
63	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	51.321
64	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	51.064
65	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	50.917
66	KenyaKENEastern Africa	49.948
67	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	49.940
68	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	48.988
69	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	47.095
70	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	45.338
71	ArgentinaARGSouth America	44.743
72	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	42.407
73	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	40.291
74	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	39.058
75	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	37.940
76	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	37.287
77	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	36.764
78	DominicaDMACaribbean	36.744
79	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	35.636
80	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	35.126
81	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	32.340
82	HaitiHTICaribbean	31.995
83	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	31.920
84	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	31.847
85	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	31.700
86	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	31.697
87	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	31.084
88	ColombiaCOLSouth America	30.938
89	MexicoMEXCentral America	29.147
90	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	28.738
91	ParaguayPRYSouth America	27.316
92	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	27.013
93	TongaTONPolynesia	26.665
94	BrazilBRASouth America	22.907
95	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	22.813
96	UkraineUKREastern Europe	22.489
97	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	22.422
98	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	22.085
99	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	22.053
100	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	21.059
101	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	20.143
102	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	20.097
103	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	20.016
104	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	18.654
105	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	18.481
106	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	15.355
107	BelarusBLREastern Europe	14.758
108	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	12.852
109	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	11.788
110	EritreaERIEastern Africa	11.043
111	IranIRNSouthern Asia	10.290
112	FijiFJIMelanesia	7.703

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Liberia647.455
2Republic of the Congo302.956
3São Tomé and Príncipe289.498
4Guyana235.393
5DR Congo216.840

Lowest

112Fiji7.703
111Iran10.290
110Eritrea11.043
109Botswana11.788
108Azerbaijan12.852

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 54.327. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
111values changed, of 111 in both
54 · 57rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe193.223 → 289.498+96.274
Tajikistan71.774 → 116.974+45.200
Turkmenistan31.558 → 73.632+42.073
Myanmar95.132 → 124.835+29.702
Belize34.149 → 52.948+18.799

Fell most

Liberia1,106.175 → 647.455−458.721
Republic of the Congo358.803 → 302.956−55.847
Sudan195.960 → 144.018−51.942
Yemen107.994 → 62.927−45.066
Zambia208.186 → 164.340−43.847

+ Serbia

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 1997.
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 112 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1997). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/1997

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