China vs India: External debt stocks, long-term

China
1.07 trillion DOD, current US$
in 2024
India
555.31 billion DOD, current US$
in 2024
China rank
1st
India rank
2nd

External debt stocks, long-term over time

  • China
  • India
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How they compare

China currently reports 1.07 trillion DOD, current US$ against 555.31 billion DOD, current US$ in India, a difference of 511.44 billion DOD, current US$.

That makes China's figure about 1.9 times India's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was India ahead.

Globally, China ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 121 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$)
Unit
DOD, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
133 places, 6,432 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.