Pakistan External Debt

Current and historical external debt data for Pakistan, including latest value (35.63), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Pakistan
UNIT: percent of GNI
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
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UPDATED: 2026-06-13 04:01:56
Economy Data Rating
Pakistan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 22.2 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 10.9 / 20
External stability 13.2 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 2.2 / 10
Future capacity 5.1 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.3 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 75% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1970–2024 19702024
1970 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Pakistan · total external debt stocks as a percentage of gni.

1970–2024
35.63 percent of GNI
39.45 percent of GNI
32.65 percent of GNI
16 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1970 1981 1992 2003 2014 2024
external debt rate reference line

Countries by external debt

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 101.27
Jordan 90.13
Tunisia 77.7
Kazakhstan 62.6
Serbia 62.25
Nigeria 60.04
Bulgaria 55.14
Colombia 49.2

Interpretation

short note

This external-sector indicator helps assess cross-border flows, reserves and external vulnerability.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
China 13
India 18.58
Indonesia 30.97
Brazil 28.66

Related indicators

internal links
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: DT.DOD.DECT.GN.ZS

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Pakistan Snapshot

country profile
Population 251.27 m
GDP 371.57 bn
Debt/GDP 55.03%
Inflation 12.63%
Unemployment 5.42%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Lower middle income

Pakistan External Debt: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is External Debt for Pakistan. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: pakistan external debt rate, external debt data pakistan, pakistan external debt statistics, pakistan percent of gni.