Foreign debt rose 7.49% to USD 560,035 bil in India in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign debt in India reached an all time high of USD 560,035 bil in 2019 and an all time low of USD 8,425 bil in 1970. When compared to India's main peers, foreign debt in Bangladesh amounted to USD 57,088 bil, USD 2,114,163 bil in China, USD 100,819 bil in Pakistan and USD 56,095 bil in Sri Lanka in 2019.
India has been ranked 3rd within the group of 110 countries we follow in terms of foreign debt, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Debt (USD) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Afghanistan | USD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,597 | 2,596 | 2,752 | 2,679 | 2,662 | |||||||||||
| Bangladesh | USD bil | 38,695 | 41,554 | 51,041 | 57,089 | 62,427 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | USD bil | 2,011 | 2,290 | 2,608 | 2,552 | 2,704 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | USD bil | 1,333,769 | 1,413,904 | 1,704,594 | 1,961,562 | 2,114,162 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | USD bil | 478,826 | 455,502 | 511,473 | 521,030 | 560,871 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | USD bil | 6,456 | 6,058 | 6,819 | 5,774 | 4,855 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | USD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaysia | USD bil | 190,951 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Maldives | USD bil | 1,006 | 1,222 | 1,516 | 2,340 | 2,679 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | USD bil | 10,220 | 10,112 | 10,783 | 10,729 | 11,178 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | USD bil | 68,614 | 75,052 | 91,662 | 99,224 | 107,883 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | USD bil | 492,191 | 535,225 | 519,203 | 477,785 | 485,793 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | USD bil | 43,925 | 46,661 | 50,766 | 52,920 | 56,118 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | USD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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