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India: Debt service on external debt, public sector

22.54Bcurrent USD · 2025+64.9% since 2015

Public sector debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Reported as: PPG. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for India from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202522,541,778,932.9
202426,791,470,465.5
202322,130,246,664.9
202217,616,176,247.2
202116,212,545,565.2
202026,003,691,758.2
201916,504,506,494
201823,632,752,485.4
201714,134,579,123.3
201622,578,100,046.4
201513,673,612,544.1
201413,490,364,055.4
201310,827,218,705.7
20127,608,942,040.4
20118,006,373,395
20106,205,376,874.6
20096,630,322,195.3
200814,947,642,222.5
200710,270,762,172.8
20066,064,735,070
200515,468,930,725
20049,184,430,625.3
200317,982,688,712.6
200211,756,188,145.8
20018,305,615,401.8
20009,488,319,362
19997,944,309,886.1
199810,226,216,398.9
199710,621,512,604.6
19969,642,292,109.9
199510,100,326,173.2
19948,195,119,560.5
19936,473,016,278.8
19925,793,089,385.3
19915,517,695,843.5
19905,426,298,886.7
19894,251,391,307.9
19883,220,641,413.2
19872,906,640,552.2
19862,979,118,093.7
19851,903,226,309.2
19841,468,619,582.4
19831,421,011,982.5
19821,213,999,877.8
19811,129,858,734.4
19801,094,021,151.1
1979982,496,918.9
1978926,764,229.7
1977774,370,569.7
1976735,867,684.8
1975744,980,610.8
1974711,320,092.6
1973633,342,662.4
1972595,710,557.9
1971530,971,822.4
19701,083,441,046

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World Bank (2026). Debt service on external debt, public sector. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-service-on-external-debt-public-sector (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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