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Nepal: External debt stocks (% of GNI)

23.27percent · 2024+34.9% 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 Nepal from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202423.275
202324.038
202222.171
202123.762
202023.37
201918.865
201816.535
201716.961
201617.298
201516.77
201417.26
201317.986
201217.433
201117.65
201023.488
200929.037
200829.182
200734.639
200637.342
200539.115
200446.426
200350.828
200249.605
200145.45
200052.128
199960.008
199854.873
199748.988
199652.942
199554.685
199456.887
199354.613
199252.661
199144.868
199044.686
198938.386
198833.45
198733.347
198626.091
198522.51
198417.935
198318.388
198214.652
198112.181
198010.44
19797.87
19786.987
19777.241
19763.4
19752.159
19742.262
19732.068
19721.202
19711.037
19700.439

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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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