Afghanistan External Debt

Afghanistan external debt data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 19.89 percent of.
COUNTRY: Afghanistan
UNIT: percent of GNI
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
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UPDATED: 2026-09-28 05:29:55
Economy Data Rating
Afghanistan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
47 / 100
Elevated risk
Fiscal stability 19.2 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 7.6 / 20
External stability 7 / 15
Financial robustness 4.5 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 5.7 / 10
Demographic capacity 5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 73% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2006–2023 2006– 2023
2006 2023
Selected year: 2023 · Value: n/a 2023

Afghanistan · total external debt stocks as a percentage of gni.

2006–2023
19.89 percent of GNI
23.34 percent of GNI
16.62 percent of GNI
46 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2023
external debt rate reference line

Countries by external debt

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Lebanon 331.65
Mongolia 181.86
Laos 115.4
Bhutan 114.5
Ukraine 101.27
Jordan 90.13
Georgia 79.68
Tunisia 77.7

Interpretation

short note

This external-sector indicator helps assess cross-border flows, reserves and external vulnerability.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
China 13
India 18.58
Indonesia 30.97
Brazil 28.66

Related indicators

internal links
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: DT.DOD.DECT.GN.ZS

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Afghanistan Snapshot

country profile
GDP 17.78 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation -6.6%
Unemployment 13.35%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Low income

Afghanistan External Debt: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is External Debt for Afghanistan. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: afghanistan external debt rate, external debt data afghanistan, afghanistan external debt statistics, afghanistan percent of gni, total external debt stocks as a percentage of gni..