Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, China has the highest debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$) (US$79.27 billion in 2024) and Syrian Arab Republic the lowest (US$0 in 2024).
What this measures
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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.
Ranking
| # | Economy | Latest value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | US$79.27 billion | 2024 |
| 2 | Brazil | US$41.69 billion | 2024 |
| 3 | Mexico | US$38.81 billion | 2024 |
| 4 | Indonesia | US$38.21 billion | 2024 |
| 5 | Türkiye | US$29.66 billion | 2024 |
| 6 | India | US$26.79 billion | 2024 |
| 7 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | US$24.27 billion | 2024 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | US$20.09 billion | 2024 |
| 9 | Colombia | US$14.87 billion | 2024 |
| 10 | Argentina | US$14.25 billion | 2024 |
| 11 | Pakistan | US$11.22 billion | 2024 |
| 12 | Angola | US$9.86 billion | 2024 |
| 13 | Philippines | US$9.67 billion | 2024 |
| 14 | South Africa | US$8.93 billion | 2024 |
| 15 | Morocco | US$6.07 billion | 2024 |
| 16 | Viet Nam | US$5.85 billion | 2024 |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | US$5.55 billion | 2024 |
| 18 | Kenya | US$5.29 billion | 2024 |
| 19 | Bangladesh | US$5.11 billion | 2024 |
| 20 | Peru | US$4.74 billion | 2024 |
| 21 | Ecuador | US$4.51 billion | 2024 |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | US$4.42 billion | 2024 |
| 23 | Côte d'Ivoire | US$4.35 billion | 2024 |
| 24 | Serbia | US$4.26 billion | 2024 |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | US$4.26 billion | 2024 |
| 26 | Nigeria | US$3.86 billion | 2024 |
| 27 | Ukraine | US$3.61 billion | 2024 |
| 28 | Belarus | US$3.56 billion | 2024 |
| 29 | Thailand | US$3.5 billion | 2024 |
| 30 | Tunisia | US$3.41 billion | 2024 |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | US$3.31 billion | 2024 |
| 32 | Iraq | US$3.24 billion | 2024 |
| 33 | El Salvador | US$3.06 billion | 2024 |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | US$2.72 billion | 2024 |
| 35 | Bulgaria | US$2.25 billion | 2024 |
| 36 | Jordan | US$2.07 billion | 2024 |
| 37 | Senegal | US$1.9 billion | 2024 |
| 38 | Tanzania | US$1.82 billion | 2024 |
| 39 | Bolivia | US$1.54 billion | 2024 |
| 40 | Paraguay | US$1.44 billion | 2024 |
| 41 | Cameroon | US$1.4 billion | 2024 |
| 42 | Mongolia | US$1.36 billion | 2024 |
| 43 | Uganda | US$1.28 billion | 2024 |
| 44 | Guatemala | US$1.14 billion | 2024 |
| 45 | Jamaica | US$1.12 billion | 2024 |
| 46 | Ethiopia | US$1.09 billion | 2024 |
| 47 | Congo, Rep. | US$1.05 billion | 2024 |
| 48 | Mauritius | US$1.03 billion | 2024 |
| 49 | Benin | US$952.67 million | 2024 |
| 50 | Mozambique | US$948.86 million | 2024 |
| 51 | Turkmenistan | US$948.8 million | 2024 |
| 52 | Honduras | US$923.9 million | 2024 |
| 53 | Ghana | US$845.83 million | 2024 |
| 54 | Gabon | US$827.4 million | 2024 |
| 55 | Lao PDR | US$820.71 million | 2024 |
| 56 | Georgia | US$810.1 million | 2024 |
| 57 | Zambia | US$687.29 million | 2024 |
| 58 | Myanmar | US$660.99 million | 2024 |
| 59 | North Macedonia | US$639.46 million | 2024 |
| 60 | Nicaragua | US$636.96 million | 2024 |
| 61 | Papua New Guinea | US$623.36 million | 2024 |
| 62 | Armenia | US$569.13 million | 2024 |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | US$567.79 million | 2024 |
| 64 | Cambodia | US$544.26 million | 2024 |
| 65 | Haiti | US$512.09 million | 2024 |
| 66 | Albania | US$503.59 million | 2024 |
| 67 | Montenegro | US$456.28 million | 2024 |
| 68 | Maldives | US$426.94 million | 2024 |
| 69 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | US$386.16 million | 2024 |
| 70 | Nepal | US$383.87 million | 2024 |
| 71 | Mauritania | US$373.33 million | 2024 |
| 72 | Moldova | US$340.75 million | 2024 |
| 73 | Niger | US$335.92 million | 2024 |
| 74 | Guinea | US$333.35 million | 2024 |
| 75 | Mali | US$304.97 million | 2024 |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | US$295.93 million | 2024 |
| 77 | Chad | US$292.98 million | 2024 |
| 78 | Kyrgyz Republic | US$287.97 million | 2024 |
| 79 | Tajikistan | US$274.96 million | 2024 |
| 80 | Botswana | US$253.41 million | 2024 |
| 81 | Rwanda | US$244.85 million | 2024 |
| 82 | Togo | US$229.5 million | 2024 |
| 83 | Madagascar | US$198.09 million | 2024 |
| 84 | Lebanon | US$176.46 million | 2024 |
| 85 | Fiji | US$162.68 million | 2024 |
| 86 | Bhutan | US$157.87 million | 2024 |
| 87 | Sudan | US$154.11 million | 2024 |
| 88 | Cabo Verde | US$128.71 million | 2024 |
| 89 | Belize | US$123.94 million | 2024 |
| 90 | Guyana | US$122.22 million | 2024 |
| 91 | Malawi | US$118.64 million | 2024 |
| 92 | Djibouti | US$109.62 million | 2024 |
| 93 | Algeria | US$103.54 million | 2024 |
| 94 | Eswatini | US$94.48 million | 2024 |
| 95 | Yemen, Rep. | US$90.25 million | 2024 |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | US$88.99 million | 2024 |
| 97 | Lesotho | US$77.33 million | 2024 |
| 98 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | US$76.47 million | 2024 |
| 99 | St. Lucia | US$71.89 million | 2024 |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | US$67.72 million | 2024 |
| 101 | Dominica | US$52.26 million | 2024 |
| 102 | Kosovo | US$49.84 million | 2024 |
| 103 | Gambia, The | US$48.34 million | 2024 |
| 104 | Tonga | US$42.95 million | 2024 |
| 105 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | US$41.31 million | 2024 |
| 106 | Grenada | US$38 million | 2024 |
| 107 | Afghanistan | US$35.06 million | 2024 |
| 108 | Liberia | US$34.82 million | 2024 |
| 109 | Samoa | US$34.24 million | 2024 |
| 110 | Guinea-Bissau | US$31.59 million | 2024 |
| 111 | Timor-Leste | US$24.33 million | 2024 |
| 112 | Burundi | US$21.19 million | 2024 |
| 113 | Eritrea | US$19.66 million | 2024 |
| 114 | Comoros | US$16.16 million | 2024 |
| 115 | Vanuatu | US$15.37 million | 2024 |
| 116 | Central African Republic | US$14.07 million | 2024 |
| 117 | Solomon Islands | US$6.93 million | 2024 |
| 118 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | US$5.4 million | 2024 |
| 119 | São Tomé and Principe | US$3.05 million | 2024 |
| 120 | Syrian Arab Republic | US$0 | 2024 |
Regions and income groups
| Region or group | Latest value | Year |
|---|---|---|
| East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | US$140.8 billion | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | US$59.82 billion | 2024 |
| IDA only | US$24.99 billion | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | US$134.03 billion | 2024 |
| Low & middle income | US$471.37 billion | 2024 |
| Low income | US$6.24 billion | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | US$142.27 billion | 2024 |
| Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) | US$50.86 billion | 2024 |
| Middle income | US$465.13 billion | 2024 |
| South Asia | US$35.58 billion | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | US$50.28 billion | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | US$322.86 billion | 2024 |
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- Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$)
- Imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP)
- Transport services (% of service imports, BoP)
- Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$)
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Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, DT.TDS.DPPG.CD, CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.
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