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Colombia: External debt stocks, total
201.76Bcurrent USD · 2024+92.8% 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 Colombia from 1970 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 201,763,641,280.4 | |
| 2023 | 196,165,876,816.2 | |
| 2022 | 184,496,121,410.2 | |
| 2021 | 172,248,574,075 | |
| 2020 | 155,866,446,816.4 | |
| 2019 | 139,077,632,215 | |
| 2018 | 133,418,271,143.3 | |
| 2017 | 126,232,114,685.3 | |
| 2016 | 120,886,231,723.7 | |
| 2015 | 113,419,683,932.3 | |
| 2014 | 104,660,028,439.7 | |
| 2013 | 92,652,963,348.3 | |
| 2012 | 79,252,462,685.4 | |
| 2011 | 76,162,726,605.4 | |
| 2010 | 64,432,098,617.3 | |
| 2009 | 53,678,222,227.4 | |
| 2008 | 47,039,916,554.3 | |
| 2007 | 44,323,265,169.8 | |
| 2006 | 38,621,303,304.6 | |
| 2005 | 37,497,341,480 | |
| 2004 | 38,237,909,040.2 | |
| 2003 | 37,324,166,936.2 | |
| 2002 | 33,581,481,521.5 | |
| 2001 | 36,614,196,486.3 | |
| 2000 | 34,329,248,550.6 | |
| 1999 | 34,845,494,450.5 | |
| 1998 | 33,420,800,455.2 | |
| 1997 | 32,277,648,233.6 | |
| 1996 | 29,206,623,223.1 | |
| 1995 | 25,347,081,126.7 | |
| 1994 | 22,219,527,944.1 | |
| 1993 | 19,227,912,007.6 | |
| 1992 | 17,560,822,308.2 | |
| 1991 | 17,383,347,947.8 | |
| 1990 | 17,411,174,140.2 | |
| 1989 | 17,075,305,862.5 | |
| 1988 | 17,214,277,533.7 | |
| 1987 | 17,237,208,187.3 | |
| 1986 | 15,583,214,225.9 | |
| 1985 | 14,474,612,765.2 | |
| 1984 | 12,274,130,804.8 | |
| 1983 | 11,639,494,606.6 | |
| 1982 | 10,519,983,135.4 | |
| 1981 | 8,925,377,457.4 | |
| 1980 | 7,135,607,164.5 | |
| 1979 | 6,056,966,897.1 | |
| 1978 | 5,286,643,740.9 | |
| 1977 | 5,232,469,210.6 | |
| 1976 | 4,123,797,359.3 | |
| 1975 | 3,934,674,960.3 | |
| 1974 | 3,515,017,082.7 | |
| 1973 | 3,326,835,665.2 | |
| 1972 | 2,964,726,928.6 | |
| 1971 | 2,635,933,295.3 | |
| 1970 | 2,337,070,268.9 |
Source
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