Present value of external debt (% of GNI)

Definition: Present value of debt is the sum of short-term external debt plus the discounted sum of total debt service payments due on public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term external debt over the life of existing loans. The GNI denominator is a three-year average.

Description: The map below shows how Present value of external debt (% of GNI) varies by country. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the world is Seychelles, with a value of 172.60. The country with the lowest value in the world is Turkmenistan, with a value of 2.16.

Source: World Bank, Global Development Finance.

See also: Country ranking, Time series comparison

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