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India: Interest payments on external debt, short-term

8.03Bcurrent USD · 2025+647.9% since 2015

Interest payments on short-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for India from 1979 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20258,027,042,000
20248,741,962,000
20237,519,647,000
20222,950,183,000
20211,190,835,000
20201,707,975,000
20193,552,287,000
20183,436,737,000
20172,208,814,000
20161,464,545,000
20151,073,228,000
20141,055,731,000
20131,148,732,000
20121,435,483,000
2011840,625,000
2010700,336,000
2009578,716,000
20081,562,766,000
20071,781,889,000
2006423,913,000
2005313,600,000
2004197,865,000
200364,097,000
2002146,000,000
2001112,075,000
2000184,750,000
1999209,300,000
1998327,261,000
1997349,250,000
1996268,000,000
1995385,000,000
1994312,000,000
1993367,000,000
1992398,640,000
1991826,000,000
1990898,621,000
1989569,606,000
1988436,974,000
1987429,021,000
1986355,975,000
1985326,036,000
1984388,529,000
1983260,784,000
1982227,011,000
1981196,532,000
1980133,991,000
197973,009,000

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments on external debt, short-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-external-debt-short-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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