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This is a list of countries by external debt: it is the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods or services, where the public debt is the money or credit owed by any level of government, from central to local, and the private debt the money or credit owed by private households or private corporations based on the country under ...
[1]: 81 A debt instrument is a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor in the future. Examples include debt securities (such as bonds and bills), loans, and government employee pension obligations. [1]: 207 Net debt equals gross debt minus financial assets that are debt instruments.
(Top) 1 International Monetary Fund. 2 Institute of International Finance. ... Countries by household debt, loans and debt securities as % of GDP 1980 to 2022 [1] Country
The World Economic Forum ranked 137 countries by gross general government debt as a percentage of GDP.
“The huge debt burdens on some of the countries most at risk from climate change means they are forever paying back interest to much wealthier nations who have done the most to cause the climate ...
Debt (Billions): $18.36 Debt Per Person ($): $2,737.92 2019 Gross Debt/GDP (%): 68.31 Click to continue reading and see the 20 countries with the most debt per capita and the highest debt to GDP ...
The following articles contain lists of countries by debt: List of countries by public debt; List of countries by household debt; List of countries by corporate debt; List of countries by external debt
A high external debt can lead to sovereign default, especially for poor countries with limited export. [11] The growing level of unserviceable external debt in poor countries is producing a dependent relationship between debtor and creditor countries. Critics claim that this debt dependence is often used as leverage for a neocolonial relationship.