Ethiopia External Debt

Current and historical external debt data for Ethiopia, including latest value (24.26), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Ethiopia
UNIT: percent of GNI
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
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UPDATED: 2026-06-13 04:01:56
Economy Data Rating
Ethiopia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 18.2 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 12 / 20
External stability 12.8 / 15
Financial robustness 4.5 / 15
Structural stability n/a
Future capacity 5.8 / 10
Demographic capacity n/a
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: 75% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1970–2022 19702022
1970 2022
Selected year: 2022 · Value: n/a 2022

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

1970–2022
24.26 percent of GNI
28.91 percent of GNI
30.34 percent of GNI
24 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2022
external debt rate reference line

Countries by external debt

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 101.27
Jordan 90.13
Tunisia 77.7
Kazakhstan 62.6
Serbia 62.25
Nigeria 60.04
Bulgaria 55.14
Colombia 49.2

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
South Africa 44.83
Egypt 41.98
Morocco 44.72
China 13
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

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-13 04:01:56

Ethiopia Snapshot

country profile
Population 132.06 m
GDP 149.74 bn
Debt/GDP 31.45%
Inflation 21.04%
Unemployment 3.32%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Low income

Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia. 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: ethiopia external debt rate, external debt data ethiopia, ethiopia external debt statistics, ethiopia percent of gni.