World Bank · Debt

Pakistan: Interest payments on external debt, total

4.81Bcurrent USD · 2025+327.4% since 2015

Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Pakistan from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20254,805,103,627
20245,404,564,448
20235,063,142,994.5
20223,563,971,592.7
20212,431,705,232.4
20202,578,504,081.2
20193,077,569,951.8
20182,636,448,603
20171,823,030,758.4
20161,345,018,712.4
20151,124,282,255.1
2014824,142,055.8
2013848,194,041.2
2012946,721,836.1
20111,047,020,188.3
20101,041,489,791.9
20091,005,725,010.4
20081,082,876,663.7
20071,146,511,887.4
2006887,677,166.9
2005764,368,203.3
2004766,547,496.8
2003851,804,394.3
2002840,014,625.5
2001869,700,432
2000996,500,685.4
19991,055,382,842.1
1998858,071,178.2
19971,240,454,897.9
19961,197,317,468.3
19951,199,710,076.2
1994989,888,263.6
1993862,945,593.1
1992878,838,502.7
1991867,157,362.9
1990826,623,072
1989771,490,373.9
1988680,388,130.4
1987640,870,379.5
1986562,628,966
1985523,443,634.5
1984558,265,426.1
1983512,832,816.8
1982445,435,368
1981385,367,885.9
1980377,215,274.3
1979245,112,576.8
1978211,360,129.5
1977172,388,675.4
1976157,444,133.8
1975121,361,627.7
197490,597,740.4
197384,727,355
197276,054,511.8
197160,247,012.1
197080,499,900.1

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →

Cite or download

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

CSV, all countriesJSON, PakistanAPI and MCP

Interest payments on external debt, total in other countries

Rank Pakistan against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.

Pakistan: Interest payments on external debt, total (1970–2025) · Interva