Lao PDR - External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$)

The latest value for External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$) in Lao PDR was $16,106,460,000 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $16,106,460,000 in 2020 and $8,345,624 in 1970.

Definition: Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1970 $8,345,624
1971 $15,632,740
1972 $18,801,080
1973 $32,604,010
1974 $41,004,960
1975 $44,176,270
1976 $107,985,600
1977 $172,586,300
1978 $247,713,000
1979 $297,544,200
1980 $335,385,400
1981 $376,431,100
1982 $415,775,400
1983 $438,467,800
1984 $508,037,100
1985 $608,908,100
1986 $859,783,900
1987 $1,154,250,000
1988 $1,325,337,000
1989 $1,465,790,000
1990 $1,759,968,000
1991 $1,852,017,000
1992 $1,889,064,000
1993 $1,950,491,000
1994 $2,024,355,000
1995 $2,094,644,000
1996 $2,191,110,000
1997 $2,259,817,000
1998 $2,396,827,000
1999 $2,494,123,000
2000 $2,474,064,000
2001 $2,534,508,000
2002 $3,103,480,000
2003 $2,447,964,000
2004 $2,893,716,000
2005 $3,178,903,000
2006 $3,662,011,000
2007 $4,779,023,000
2008 $5,468,837,000
2009 $6,084,334,000
2010 $6,409,856,000
2011 $6,942,286,000
2012 $7,284,233,000
2013 $7,310,177,000
2014 $8,743,399,000
2015 $10,872,790,000
2016 $12,745,030,000
2017 $13,879,270,000
2018 $14,903,080,000
2019 $16,046,100,000
2020 $16,106,460,000

Development Relevance: External indebtedness affects a country's creditworthiness and investor perceptions. Nonreporting countries might have outstanding debt with the World Bank, other international financial institutions, or private creditors. Total debt service is contrasted with countries' ability to obtain foreign exchange through exports of goods, services, primary income, and workers' remittances. Debt ratios are used to assess the sustainability of a country's debt service obligations, but no absolute rules determine what values are too high. Empirical analysis of developing countries' experience and debt service performance shows that debt service difficulties become increasingly likely when the present value of debt reaches 200 percent of exports. Still, what constitutes a sustainable debt burden varies by country. Countries with fast-growing economies and exports are likely to be able to sustain higher debt levels.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data on external debt are gathered through the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS). Long term debt data are compiled using the countries report on public and publicly guaranteed borrowing on a loan-by-loan basis and private non guaranteed borrowing on an aggregate basis. These data are supplemented by information from major multilateral banks and official lending agencies in major creditor countries. Short-term debt data are gathered from the Quarterly External Debt Statistics (QEDS) database, jointly developed by the World Bank and the IMF and from creditors through the reporting systems of the Bank for International Settlements. Debt data are reported in the currency of repayment and compiled and published in U.S. dollars. End-of-period exchange rates are used for the compilation of stock figures (amount of debt outstanding), and projected debt service and annual average exchange rates are used for the flows. Exchange rates are taken from the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Debt repayable in multiple currencies, goods, or services and debt with a provision for maintenance of the value of the currency of repayment are shown at book value.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: External debt