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Nicaragua: External debt stocks, total

15.49Bcurrent USD · 2024+41.3% 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 Nicaragua from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202415,490,530,047.6
202315,360,449,736.8
202215,131,422,389.3
202114,824,686,632.9
202013,840,341,958.2
201913,682,755,037.4
201813,016,798,421.6
201712,741,482,690.8
201612,218,682,282.7
201511,513,227,717.4
201410,965,052,288.8
201310,255,435,645
20129,154,589,728.9
20117,938,152,810.7
20107,017,467,446.6
20095,923,375,456.1
20084,718,042,360.2
20074,113,792,029.7
20064,190,303,477.1
20055,011,294,159
20045,096,750,020.7
20036,854,198,401.8
20026,440,411,044
20016,387,014,039
20006,822,420,902
19996,409,337,546.3
19986,379,424,177.2
19976,321,398,617.4
19966,174,328,565
199510,591,398,107.2
199412,406,061,120.5
199311,657,293,343.5
199211,407,262,916.9
199111,128,234,987.6
199010,976,880,083.2
19899,875,552,769.9
19888,811,780,896
19878,091,567,355.3
19866,895,951,891.5
19855,880,204,932.9
19844,912,584,153.2
19834,202,530,072.2
19823,037,458,636.8
19812,561,916,287.3
19802,273,188,106.6
19791,615,169,381.3
19781,525,327,856.3
19771,355,890,701.5
1976962,314,691.1
1975871,394,018.7
1974675,465,603.5
1973498,244,781.6
1972354,332,865.6
1971295,916,932.6
1970242,870,748.6

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks-total (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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