World Bank · Debt
Nepal: Debt service on external debt, total
536.99Mcurrent USD · 2024+135.6% since 2014
Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Nepal from 1970 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 536,987,093.3 | |
| 2023 | 467,058,755.3 | |
| 2022 | 340,830,660 | |
| 2021 | 293,507,260.4 | |
| 2020 | 278,018,481 | |
| 2019 | 282,907,347.3 | |
| 2018 | 244,260,827.7 | |
| 2017 | 253,742,878.7 | |
| 2016 | 239,405,932.3 | |
| 2015 | 226,334,189.2 | |
| 2014 | 227,970,376.3 | |
| 2013 | 221,629,948.6 | |
| 2012 | 223,276,024.2 | |
| 2011 | 197,296,421.5 | |
| 2010 | 188,073,284.2 | |
| 2009 | 176,702,629.2 | |
| 2008 | 163,912,794.9 | |
| 2007 | 147,290,421.8 | |
| 2006 | 141,973,309.1 | |
| 2005 | 120,322,940.6 | |
| 2004 | 118,632,150.5 | |
| 2003 | 115,663,394.9 | |
| 2002 | 102,337,790.4 | |
| 2001 | 94,764,825 | |
| 2000 | 102,890,483.3 | |
| 1999 | 108,148,585.4 | |
| 1998 | 88,369,537.2 | |
| 1997 | 92,322,471.2 | |
| 1996 | 78,355,580.1 | |
| 1995 | 84,864,740 | |
| 1994 | 79,023,698.9 | |
| 1993 | 66,050,882.6 | |
| 1992 | 63,610,442.7 | |
| 1991 | 63,100,537.1 | |
| 1990 | 67,106,341.5 | |
| 1989 | 62,052,532.4 | |
| 1988 | 47,955,853.5 | |
| 1987 | 34,804,139.2 | |
| 1986 | 27,286,309 | |
| 1985 | 22,789,624.3 | |
| 1984 | 19,116,392.8 | |
| 1983 | 19,586,816.3 | |
| 1982 | 18,201,273.9 | |
| 1981 | 11,555,050 | |
| 1980 | 7,800,988.3 | |
| 1979 | 6,511,697.1 | |
| 1978 | 12,848,237.3 | |
| 1977 | 4,640,202.9 | |
| 1976 | 1,890,736.6 | |
| 1975 | 1,838,286.9 | |
| 1974 | 946,788.9 | |
| 1973 | 632,292.4 | |
| 1972 | 439,163.4 | |
| 1971 | 359,556.8 | |
| 1970 | 2,711,026.3 |
Source
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