Mauritius's external debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) was US$11.16 billion in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 108.73% from US$5.34 billion in 2014 (7.64% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$11.16 billion | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$5.71 billion | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$5.34 billion | 2014 |
| Highest | US$11.16 billion | 2024 |
| Lowest | US$0 | 1978 |
| Average since 2015 | US$6.78 billion | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | US$99,615 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Mauritius' external debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) rose US$1.71 billion on 2023 (from US$9.44 billion to US$11.16 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +US$314.73 million and a typical year strayed about US$630.8 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$2.44 billion in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was US$592.64 million in 2015. 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 US$697.33 million a year. A straight line explains 89% 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.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about US$11.41 billion for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$1.77 billion, against US$2.24 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2024, Mauritius had the 22nd highest value of the 118 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | US$11.16 billion | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | US$1.99 trillion | 2024 |
Closest to Mauritius in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 48 values
| Year | External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11,155,487,000 |
| 2023 | 9,444,052,000 |
| 2022 | 8,338,551,048 |
| 2021 | 7,409,030,503 |
| 2020 | 6,266,945,629 |
| 2019 | 5,712,049,807 |
| 2018 | 4,855,145,000 |
| 2017 | 5,240,584,949 |
| 2016 | 4,626,922,146 |
| 2015 | 4,751,752,032 |
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$5.81 billion (2024)
- Benin — US$1.27 billion (2024)
- Botswana — US$144.67 million (2024)
- Burkina Faso — US$0 (2024)
- Burundi — US$2.65 million (2024)
- Cabo Verde — US$388.09 million (2024)
- Cameroon — US$950.9 million (2024)
- Central African Republic — US$126.47 million (2024)
- Chad — US$29.49 million (2024)
- Comoros
More economic policy & debt data for Mauritius
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$10.31 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$8.56 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$16.16 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 743.21 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$15.32 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 568.48 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$12,991 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 597,560 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$12,315 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 457,076 (2025)
- GNI (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mauritius's external debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$)?
- US$11.16 billion in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1977?
- It is up 11.2 million% from US$99,615 in 1977 (28.06% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$11.16 billion in 2024 and the lowest US$0 in 1978.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.DOD.DSTC.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) 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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