World Bank · Debt
Malawi: Short-term debt (% of total external debt)
2.01percent · 2024+55.5% 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 Malawi from 1970 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.014 | |
| 2023 | 0.382 | |
| 2022 | 2.717 | |
| 2021 | 4.534 | |
| 2020 | 6.025 | |
| 2019 | 2.813 | |
| 2018 | 1.121 | |
| 2017 | 2.483 | |
| 2016 | 2.382 | |
| 2015 | 0.736 | |
| 2014 | 1.295 | |
| 2013 | 1.344 | |
| 2012 | 1.614 | |
| 2011 | 3.131 | |
| 2010 | 4.212 | |
| 2009 | 5.854 | |
| 2008 | 8.444 | |
| 2007 | 7.02 | |
| 2006 | 8.04 | |
| 2005 | 1.35 | |
| 2004 | 1.112 | |
| 2003 | 1.854 | |
| 2002 | 4.167 | |
| 2001 | 1.391 | |
| 2000 | 2.752 | |
| 1999 | 2.445 | |
| 1998 | 1.31 | |
| 1997 | 1.055 | |
| 1996 | 4.327 | |
| 1995 | 1.943 | |
| 1994 | 0.608 | |
| 1993 | 0.584 | |
| 1992 | 2.866 | |
| 1991 | 1.788 | |
| 1990 | 3.746 | |
| 1989 | 3.391 | |
| 1988 | 3.665 | |
| 1987 | 6.92 | |
| 1986 | 6.921 | |
| 1985 | 7.9 | |
| 1984 | 4.773 | |
| 1983 | 8.18 | |
| 1982 | 9.887 | |
| 1981 | 6.086 | |
| 1980 | 13.992 | |
| 1979 | 17.19 | |
| 1978 | 12.612 | |
| 1977 | 14.982 | |
| 1976 | 0 | |
| 1975 | 0 | |
| 1974 | 0 | |
| 1973 | 0 | |
| 1972 | 0 | |
| 1971 | 0 | |
| 1970 | 0 |
Source
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- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
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- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Mali
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- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
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- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
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- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
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- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
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- Sri Lanka
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- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
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- Tonga
- Tunisia
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