Brazil vs China: External debt stocks, short-term

Brazil
84.28 billion DOD, current US$
in 2024
China
1.31 trillion DOD, current US$
in 2024
Brazil rank
4th
China rank
1st

External debt stocks, short-term over time

  • Brazil
  • China
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How they compare

China currently reports 1.31 trillion DOD, current US$ against 84.28 billion DOD, current US$ in Brazil, a difference of 1.22 trillion DOD, current US$.

That makes China's figure about 15.5 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Brazil ahead.

Globally, Brazil ranks 4th and China ranks 1st of 121 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
External debt stocks, short-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, 6,256 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.