World Bank · Debt
India: Short-term debt (% of total external debt)
19.48percent · 2024+4.1% since 2014
Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. 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. Annual figures for India from 1970 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19.48 | |
| 2023 | 19.627 | |
| 2022 | 20.775 | |
| 2021 | 18.733 | |
| 2020 | 18.325 | |
| 2019 | 19.033 | |
| 2018 | 19.94 | |
| 2017 | 19.08 | |
| 2016 | 18.425 | |
| 2015 | 17.034 | |
| 2014 | 18.704 | |
| 2013 | 21.699 | |
| 2012 | 23.779 | |
| 2011 | 23.341 | |
| 2010 | 19.436 | |
| 2009 | 18.182 | |
| 2008 | 19.295 | |
| 2007 | 17.688 | |
| 2006 | 15.732 | |
| 2005 | 7.274 | |
| 2004 | 5.551 | |
| 2003 | 5.322 | |
| 2002 | 3.871 | |
| 2001 | 2.756 | |
| 2000 | 3.423 | |
| 1999 | 3.942 | |
| 1998 | 4.402 | |
| 1997 | 5.365 | |
| 1996 | 7.158 | |
| 1995 | 5.382 | |
| 1994 | 4.356 | |
| 1993 | 3.97 | |
| 1992 | 7.223 | |
| 1991 | 8.332 | |
| 1990 | 10.236 | |
| 1989 | 10.175 | |
| 1988 | 10.724 | |
| 1987 | 10.619 | |
| 1986 | 11.013 | |
| 1985 | 11.193 | |
| 1984 | 11.207 | |
| 1983 | 10.891 | |
| 1982 | 8.897 | |
| 1981 | 7.104 | |
| 1980 | 6.133 | |
| 1979 | 3.837 | |
| 1978 | 3.941 | |
| 1977 | 2.803 | |
| 1976 | 3.421 | |
| 1975 | 3.411 | |
| 1974 | 3.442 | |
| 1973 | 3.447 | |
| 1972 | 3.49 | |
| 1971 | 3.409 | |
| 1970 | 3.359 |
Source
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- Albania
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- Benin
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- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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- Chad
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- Comoros
- Congo
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- Côte d'Ivoire
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- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
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- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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