South Asia - Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI)

Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI) in South Asia was 1.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 2.89 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.56 in 2011.

Definition: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity.

Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1970 1.86
1971 0.94
1972 1.01
1973 0.88
1974 0.82
1975 0.92
1976 0.95
1977 0.89
1978 0.89
1979 0.88
1980 0.80
1981 0.78
1982 0.83
1983 1.06
1984 1.05
1985 1.16
1986 1.48
1987 1.39
1988 1.43
1989 1.69
1990 1.92
1991 2.21
1992 2.24
1993 2.48
1994 2.84
1995 2.89
1996 2.51
1997 2.72
1998 2.34
1999 1.86
2000 2.05
2001 1.83
2002 2.27
2003 2.71
2004 1.52
2005 1.78
2006 0.80
2007 0.95
2008 1.28
2009 0.68
2010 0.57
2011 0.56
2012 0.57
2013 0.70
2014 0.83
2015 0.78
2016 1.04
2017 0.76
2018 1.03
2019 0.92
2020 1.15

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: External debt