St. Vincent and the Grenadines's multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) was 72.33% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 13.13 percentage points from 59.2% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 72.33% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 71.02% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 59.2% | 2014 |
| Highest | 88.85% | 1991 |
| Lowest | 1.77% | 1973 |
| Average since 2015 | 72.05% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 1.77% | 1973 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) rose 0.22 percentage points on 2023 (from 72.11% to 72.33%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.48 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.83 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above 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 31.48 percentage points in 1984 and the biggest yearly fall was 24.8 percentage points in 1981. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, St. Vincent and the Grenadines had the 20th highest value of the 119 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.33% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 15.92% | 2024 |
Closest to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2024 ranking
- Algeria — 16th of 119: 75.81%
- Zimbabwe — 17th of 119: 75.03%
- Madagascar — 18th of 119: 74.65%
- Sierra Leone — 20th of 119: 71.4%
- Bolivia — 21st of 119: 71.3%
- Malawi — 22nd of 119: 70.99%
What this measures
Multilateral debt service is the repayment of principal and interest to the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral agencies. 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.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 52 values
| Year | Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 72.33 |
| 2023 | 72.11 |
| 2022 | 75.43 |
| 2021 | 72.45 |
| 2020 | 67.36 |
| 2019 | 71.02 |
| 2018 | 69.52 |
| 2017 | 73.78 |
| 2016 | 75.5 |
| 2015 | 71 |
| 2014 |
Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- GDP (current US$) — US$1.26 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 3.39 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$986.74 million (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 2.75 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$12,562 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 33,917 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$9,875 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 27,471 (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$1.23 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is St. Vincent and the Grenadines's multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service)?
- 72.33% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1973?
- It is up 70.57 percentage points from 1.77% in 1973. The highest value was 88.85% in 1991 and the lowest 1.77% in 1973.
- How does St. Vincent and the Grenadines rank?
- 20th highest of 119 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) unusual for St. Vincent and the Grenadines?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.TDS.MLAT.PG.ZS, 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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