Indicator Dictionary

Value Range

From about US$ 105 million by Tonga to about US$ 428 billion by China.

Description

Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Perspective

1: External Relations
4: Resource Flows and Funds

Data

Comments

Source: Data for this indicator are provided at http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/DT.DOD.DECT.CD/