China vs India: External debt stocks, short-term

China
1.31 trillion DOD, current US$
in 2024
India
139.57 billion DOD, current US$
in 2024
China rank
1st
India rank
3rd

External debt stocks, short-term over time

  • China
  • India
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How they compare

China currently reports 1.31 trillion DOD, current US$ against 139.57 billion DOD, current US$ in India, a difference of 1.17 trillion DOD, current US$.

That makes China's figure about 9.4 times India's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was India ahead.

Globally, China ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd 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.