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Bhutan: External debt stocks (% of GNI)

114.50percent · 2023+28.0% since 2013

Total external debt stocks to gross national income. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in 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. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Annual figures for Bhutan from 1981 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2023114.5
2022115.016
2021125.139
2020139.832
2019111.878
2018112.222
2017113.85
2016110.021
2015103.23
201499.338
201389.446
201279.161
201157.435
201057.661
200961.412
200853.999
200764.686
200676.77
200577.354
200483.588
200377.353
200270.025
200154.996
200045.97
199958.6
199855.687
199737.287
199642.144
199541.765
199443.774
199347.857
199242.092
199139.479
199031.042
198929.34
198827.265
198719.036
198613.489
19856.863
19842.163
19831.582
19821.065
19810.302

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks (% of GNI). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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