China vs Mexico: External debt stocks, total

China
2.42 trillion DOD, current US$
in 2024
Mexico
591.25 billion DOD, current US$
in 2024
China rank
1st
Mexico rank
4th

External debt stocks, total over time

  • China
  • Mexico
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How they compare

China currently reports 2.42 trillion DOD, current US$ against 591.25 billion DOD, current US$ in Mexico, a difference of 1.83 trillion DOD, current US$.

That makes China's figure about 4.1 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Mexico ahead.

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

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About this data

Indicator
External debt stocks, total (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, 6,444 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.