Ethiopia vs Malaysia: Central government debt, total

Ethiopia
846.21 billion current LCU
in 2019
Malaysia
1.25 trillion current LCU
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
39th
Malaysia rank
37th

Central government debt, total over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Malaysia
0250.0B500.0B750.0B1.0T1.2T199020072024

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 1.25 trillion current LCU against 846.21 billion current LCU in Ethiopia, a difference of 401.40 billion current LCU.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.5 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, Ethiopia ranks 39th and Malaysia ranks 37th of 83 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Central government debt, total (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
83 places, 1,590 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.