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Pakistan: External debt stocks, total
129.72Bcurrent USD · 2024+101.8% since 2014
Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Pakistan from 1970 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 129,717,513,746.7 | |
| 2023 | 131,021,002,940.1 | |
| 2022 | 127,601,482,349.2 | |
| 2021 | 130,752,452,005.8 | |
| 2020 | 117,948,502,847.7 | |
| 2019 | 110,097,413,225.2 | |
| 2018 | 100,120,484,567.5 | |
| 2017 | 93,080,292,741.6 | |
| 2016 | 75,132,689,979.4 | |
| 2015 | 68,673,371,108.6 | |
| 2014 | 64,281,642,245.6 | |
| 2013 | 60,219,473,309 | |
| 2012 | 63,876,676,495.3 | |
| 2011 | 65,010,917,821.7 | |
| 2010 | 63,407,877,831.5 | |
| 2009 | 56,926,359,340.6 | |
| 2008 | 50,112,215,045.1 | |
| 2007 | 42,532,926,374.9 | |
| 2006 | 37,659,231,394.5 | |
| 2005 | 34,521,383,741.9 | |
| 2004 | 36,879,998,439.8 | |
| 2003 | 36,987,109,546.7 | |
| 2002 | 34,301,743,105.4 | |
| 2001 | 32,359,125,649.3 | |
| 2000 | 33,101,002,264.3 | |
| 1999 | 34,182,506,198.9 | |
| 1998 | 32,302,604,020.2 | |
| 1997 | 30,087,535,063.7 | |
| 1996 | 29,841,837,480.8 | |
| 1995 | 30,231,991,090.7 | |
| 1994 | 27,381,870,429.1 | |
| 1993 | 24,538,518,425.4 | |
| 1992 | 24,916,921,216.9 | |
| 1991 | 23,363,317,172.7 | |
| 1990 | 20,663,375,831.9 | |
| 1989 | 18,348,188,708.1 | |
| 1988 | 17,065,165,352.3 | |
| 1987 | 16,797,670,141.1 | |
| 1986 | 14,954,407,650.6 | |
| 1985 | 13,464,882,307 | |
| 1984 | 12,227,885,011.6 | |
| 1983 | 12,026,223,274.4 | |
| 1982 | 11,703,994,182.1 | |
| 1981 | 10,580,767,699.9 | |
| 1980 | 9,931,198,662.3 | |
| 1979 | 8,918,890,624.5 | |
| 1978 | 8,329,288,878.1 | |
| 1977 | 7,564,124,307 | |
| 1976 | 6,802,351,667.8 | |
| 1975 | 5,752,876,894.9 | |
| 1974 | 5,121,326,329.1 | |
| 1973 | 4,566,895,944.2 | |
| 1972 | 4,072,098,744.3 | |
| 1971 | 3,795,844,722.3 | |
| 1970 | 3,406,742,576 |
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