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India: External debt stocks, total

716.46Bcurrent USD · 2024+56.6% 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 India from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2024716,456,023,890.4
2023647,556,415,555.5
2022615,514,904,164.5
2021611,987,174,447.7
2020564,979,321,177.1
2019561,017,395,481.3
2018521,175,685,410
2017511,575,707,373.6
2016455,541,896,498.9
2015478,831,010,025.1
2014457,507,409,077.4
2013427,245,079,805.9
2012392,576,050,359.7
2011334,399,298,473.1
2010290,427,544,563.2
2009256,312,241,333.4
2008227,111,768,434.6
2007204,057,539,299.5
2006159,525,518,911.4
2005121,195,478,444.5
2004123,644,485,822.1
2003118,884,622,369.5
2002105,741,601,402
200199,500,093,585.5
2000101,131,491,179.6
199999,779,510,346.3
199898,333,648,294.5
199794,059,291,709
199693,966,076,365.7
199593,808,975,940.1
199497,898,626,998.8
199391,330,328,767.5
199287,775,440,181.5
199184,852,336,186.3
199083,471,522,909.2
198973,721,064,976
198859,288,500,301.3
198753,424,896,488.5
198644,909,442,697.3
198538,934,813,159.4
198432,763,961,315.2
198330,649,492,455
198226,942,860,601.2
198122,480,074,709.1
198020,723,360,696.4
197918,190,384,895.1
197816,520,249,175.3
197715,414,657,569.6
197614,586,390,285.7
197513,865,614,018.8
197412,696,953,185.8
197310,965,917,520.3
197210,029,268,976.8
19719,328,742,281.7
19708,425,121,119.4

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

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