Slovakia: External debt

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 Slovakia

External debt, percent of GDP

 Latest value 96.34
 Year 2024
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2003 - 2024
 Average 83.60
 Min - Max 53.42 - 126.45
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 96.34 percent, a decline from 97.4 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 132.26 percent, based on data from 119 countries. Historically, the average for Slovakia from 2003 to 2024 is 83.6 percent. The minimum value, 53.42 percent, was reached in 2003 while the maximum of 126.45 percent was recorded in 2020. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Slovakia: External debt
 2024 96.34
 2023 97.40
 2022 103.95
 2021 124.91
 2020 126.45
 2019 111.98
 2018 109.40
 2017 117.69




Definition: The total debt of public and private borrowers held by non-residents as percent of GDP. 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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