East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.72 percentage points on 2023 (from 3.25% to 2.53%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.3 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.89 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.56 percentage points in 1986 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.2 percentage points in 2000. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.18 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 65% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

What this measures

Public and publicly guaranteed debt service to exports of goods, services, and income. Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 44 values

Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 1.67% (2020)
• Algeria — 0.19% (2024)
• Djibouti — 1.98% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 36.23% (2024)
• Iraq — 2.8% (2024)
• Jordan — 8.35% (2024)
• Lebanon — 1.58% (2023)
• Morocco

More economic policy & debt data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

• Exports of goods and services (current US$) — US$5.93 trillion (2025)
• Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 25.52% (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current US$) — US$5.08 trillion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 21.84% (2025)
• External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) — 3.68% (2025)
• Trade (% of GDP) — 46.88% (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$1.73 trillion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)?

2.53% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1981?

It is down 5.89 percentage points from 8.41% in 1981. The highest value was 16.34% in 1986 and the lowest 1% in 2012.

Is the latest change in public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) unusual for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?

In 2024, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.72 percentage points on 2023 (from 3.25% to 2.53%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.3 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.89 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.TDS.DPPG.XP.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/debt-statistics Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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