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India: External debt stocks (% of GNI)

18.58percent · 2024-18.2% since 2014

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 India from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202418.58
202318.044
202218.652
202119.552
202021.409
201919.977
201819.491
201719.505
201620.081
201523.03
201422.705
201323.301
201221.735
201118.506
201017.52
200919.216
200819.057
200716.841
200617.1
200514.88
200417.559
200319.709
200220.673
200120.676
200021.823
199921.917
199823.536
199722.813
199624.143
199526.332
199430.299
199333.157
199230.929
199131.9
199026.35
198925.195
198820.202
198719.286
198618.14
198516.83
198415.531
198314.102
198213.468
198111.615
198011.096
197911.875
197812.049
197712.717
197614.237
197514.123
197412.804
197312.885
197214.111
197113.932
197013.579

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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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