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Nepal: External debt stocks, total
10.15Bcurrent USD · 2024+155.0% 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 Nepal from 1970 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10,152,157,325.7 | |
| 2023 | 9,982,808,324 | |
| 2022 | 9,183,774,214.5 | |
| 2021 | 8,820,883,327.7 | |
| 2020 | 7,905,810,313 | |
| 2019 | 6,515,787,783.1 | |
| 2018 | 5,510,938,186.4 | |
| 2017 | 4,963,402,939.1 | |
| 2016 | 4,297,388,214 | |
| 2015 | 4,142,916,401.3 | |
| 2014 | 3,980,972,649 | |
| 2013 | 4,012,919,215.7 | |
| 2012 | 3,809,914,765.9 | |
| 2011 | 3,826,237,147.3 | |
| 2010 | 3,787,483,271.7 | |
| 2009 | 3,777,036,974.1 | |
| 2008 | 3,696,697,651.9 | |
| 2007 | 3,613,195,511.4 | |
| 2006 | 3,402,732,071.5 | |
| 2005 | 3,189,016,423 | |
| 2004 | 3,366,391,763.1 | |
| 2003 | 3,213,264,260.6 | |
| 2002 | 2,997,587,654.6 | |
| 2001 | 2,740,752,757.6 | |
| 2000 | 2,874,494,832.4 | |
| 1999 | 3,027,783,792.6 | |
| 1998 | 2,668,527,138.8 | |
| 1997 | 2,413,357,113.7 | |
| 1996 | 2,397,938,028 | |
| 1995 | 2,409,751,198.5 | |
| 1994 | 2,320,287,857.8 | |
| 1993 | 2,003,093,150.2 | |
| 1992 | 1,798,082,304.9 | |
| 1991 | 1,765,142,177.1 | |
| 1990 | 1,626,688,626.5 | |
| 1989 | 1,355,746,933.8 | |
| 1988 | 1,165,294,504.9 | |
| 1987 | 985,839,696.3 | |
| 1986 | 743,794,136.3 | |
| 1985 | 589,788,225.3 | |
| 1984 | 470,288,696.6 | |
| 1983 | 452,414,309.5 | |
| 1982 | 352,779,239 | |
| 1981 | 278,427,656.7 | |
| 1980 | 204,459,231 | |
| 1979 | 146,346,992.4 | |
| 1978 | 112,579,824.5 | |
| 1977 | 100,529,800 | |
| 1976 | 49,578,186.8 | |
| 1975 | 34,017,048.9 | |
| 1974 | 27,553,349.5 | |
| 1973 | 20,103,243.4 | |
| 1972 | 12,304,770.9 | |
| 1971 | 9,157,279.6 | |
| 1970 | 3,800,810.8 |
Source
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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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