China vs India: Debt service on external debt, total

China
352.50 billion TDS, current US$
in 2024
India
91.62 billion TDS, current US$
in 2024
China rank
1st
India rank
3rd

Debt service on external debt, total over time

  • China
  • India
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How they compare

China currently reports 352.50 billion TDS, current US$ against 91.62 billion TDS, current US$ in India, a difference of 260.88 billion TDS, current US$.

That makes China's figure about 3.8 times India's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was China ahead.

Globally, China ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd of 121 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$)
Unit
TDS, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
133 places, 6,429 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

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.