Poland: External debt in foreign currencies
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| Poland |
External debt in foreign currencies, percent of total |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 69.92 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 2010 - 2024 |
| Average | 65.91 |
| Min - Max | 63.32 - 69.92 |
| Source | The World Bank |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2024 is 69.92 percent, an increase from 67.73 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 74.10 percent, based on data from 43 countries. Historically, the average for Poland from 2010 to 2024 is 65.91 percent. The minimum value, 63.32 percent, was reached in 2017 while the maximum of 69.92 percent was recorded in 2024.
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| Recent values | Poland: External debt in foreign currencies |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 69.92 |
| 2023 | 67.73 |
| 2022 | 67.43 |
| 2021 | 66.48 |
| 2020 | 65.30 |
| 2019 | 63.36 |
| 2018 | 63.52 |
| 2017 | 63.32 |
Total external debt, public and private, denominated in foreign currencies 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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|---|---|---|---|
| Terms of trade | 99.80 | 2024 | percent |
| Trade openness | 97.03 | 2025 | percent |
| Financial openness | 1.028 | 2022 | index points |
| Exports, percent of GDP | 49.95 | 2025 | percent |
| Exports, billion dollars | 517.23 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Growth of exports | 4.48 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, percent of GDP | 47.08 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, billion dollars | 487.51 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | 1.93 | 2025 | percent |
| Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars | 20.94 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Portfolio investment inflows, equities | -3,605.00 | 2025 | million dollars (current) |
| Current account, percent of GDP | -0.87 | 2025 | percent |
| Current account, in dollars | -9.87 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Current Account, quarterly | -3.36 | 6/2026 | percent |
| Trade balance, percent of GDP | 2.87 | 2025 | percent |
| Trade balance, in dollars | 29.18 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Reserves | 271.81 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Remittances, percent of GDP | 0.91 | 2025 | percent |
| Remittances | 9,461.00 | 2025 | million U.S. dollars |
| Net errors and omissions | -10,916.00 | 2025 | million USD |
| External debt | 50.45 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term external debt | 17.80 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term debt to reserves | 36.81 | 2024 | percent |
| External debt in foreign currencies | 69.92 | 2024 | percent |