Croatia: Short-term external debt

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 Croatia

Short-term debt, percent of total external debt

 Latest value 32.00
 Year 2024
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1999 - 2024
 Average 17.17
 Min - Max 3.95 - 42.59
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 32 percent, a decline from 42.59 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 23.55 percent, based on data from 104 countries. Historically, the average for Croatia from 1999 to 2024 is 17.17 percent. The minimum value, 3.95 percent, was reached in 1999 while the maximum of 42.59 percent was recorded in 2023. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Croatia: Short-term external debt
 2024 32.00
 2023 42.59
 2022 28.31
 2021 23.42
 2020 19.65
 2019 17.26
 2018 18.58
 2017 16.93




Definition: External debt with of public and private domestic borrowers to non-residents with maturity of twelve months of less as percent of total external debt. Source: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.

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