Foreign debt rose 7.79% to USD 100,819 bil in Pakistan in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign debt in Pakistan reached an all time high of USD 100,819 bil in 2019 and an all time low of USD 3,407 bil in 1970. When compared to Pakistan's main peers, foreign debt in Afghanistan amounted to USD 2,662 bil, USD 2,114,163 bil in China, USD 560,035 bil in India and USD 4,834 bil in Iran in 2019.
Pakistan has been ranked 17th within the group of 110 countries we follow in terms of foreign debt, 2 places below 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | USD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19,127 | 23,359 | 28,103 | 27,790 | 27,468 | ||
| Japan | USD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | USD bil | 5,144 | 5,181 | 5,868 | 6,090 | 6,637 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | USD bil | 7,004 | 8,167 | 8,650 | 8,160 | 6,516 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | USD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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