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Bhutan: External debt stocks, total
3.40Bcurrent USD · 2024+75.2% since 2014
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. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Bhutan from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,400,087,106.3 | |
| 2023 | 3,266,699,740.1 | |
| 2022 | 3,160,243,054.4 | |
| 2021 | 3,268,867,963.8 | |
| 2020 | 3,236,756,638.4 | |
| 2019 | 2,803,804,731.6 | |
| 2018 | 2,651,977,085 | |
| 2017 | 2,707,950,876.9 | |
| 2016 | 2,389,670,352.4 | |
| 2015 | 2,111,104,022.8 | |
| 2014 | 1,941,155,641.3 | |
| 2013 | 1,628,150,561 | |
| 2012 | 1,449,649,027.4 | |
| 2011 | 1,070,492,249.6 | |
| 2010 | 934,629,272.1 | |
| 2009 | 786,548,880.3 | |
| 2008 | 693,075,804.2 | |
| 2007 | 801,238,273.2 | |
| 2006 | 721,112,613.6 | |
| 2005 | 656,602,174.2 | |
| 2004 | 601,316,819.9 | |
| 2003 | 493,626,169.2 | |
| 2002 | 386,049,931.1 | |
| 2001 | 272,712,510.2 | |
| 2000 | 211,571,982.8 | |
| 1999 | 192,034,098.7 | |
| 1998 | 171,042,023.7 | |
| 1997 | 119,619,860 | |
| 1996 | 113,040,448.6 | |
| 1995 | 105,769,087.6 | |
| 1994 | 104,507,960.6 | |
| 1993 | 96,619,573 | |
| 1992 | 89,198,882.7 | |
| 1991 | 86,339,685.4 | |
| 1990 | 83,545,689.9 | |
| 1989 | 73,855,715.5 | |
| 1988 | 67,083,431.5 | |
| 1987 | 40,242,793.9 | |
| 1986 | 20,953,606.6 | |
| 1985 | 8,833,074.5 | |
| 1984 | 2,731,924.9 | |
| 1983 | 1,764,110.8 | |
| 1982 | 1,143,925.1 | |
| 1981 | 325,908.8 |
Source
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