03_Official bilateral loans, total by country
The data show the outstanding debt on loans, other than direct export credits, extended by governments which are members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC). In addition to straightforward loans, official bilateral loans include loans repayable in kind, and eligible loans in Associated Financing packages.
Countries reporting
162
Highest
32.55 billion
India
Lowest
0
Tonga
Median
258.50 million
Years covered
28
1996–2023
Data points
3,734
What the numbers show
03_Official bilateral loans, total is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 32.55 billion in India; the lowest is 0 in Tonga.
The median across all reporting countries is 258.50 million, and the mean is 1.39 billion.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Aruba (up 10,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).
03_Official bilateral loans, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 32.55 billion | 2023 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 14.79 billion | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 3 | Vietnam | 14.55 billion | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 13.37 billion | 2023 | up 462.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Philippines | 9.93 billion | 2023 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 6 | China | 9.43 billion | 2023 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 7 | Egypt | 7.46 billion | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 8 | Morocco | 7.32 billion | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 6.48 billion | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 10 | Iraq | 5.86 billion | 2023 | up 265.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Colombia | 5.36 billion | 2023 | up 483.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Turkey | 4.92 billion | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 13 | Myanmar | 4.28 billion | 2023 | up 81.9% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 4.14 billion | 2023 | up 75.4% | falling |
| 15 | Mexico | 3.82 billion | 2023 | up 111.5% | falling |
| 16 | Jordan | 3.74 billion | 2023 | up 84.2% | rising |
| 17 | Tunisia | 3.73 billion | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 3.34 billion | 2023 | up 140.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Kenya | 3.15 billion | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 3.02 billion | 2023 | up 248.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Cambodia | 2.82 billion | 2023 | up 325.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Ukraine | 2.59 billion | 2023 | up 973.4% | volatile |
| 23 | South Korea | 2.40 billion | 2003 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 24 | Russia | 2.29 billion | 2003 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Thailand | 2.20 billion | 2023 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Senegal | 2.13 billion | 2023 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Mozambique | 2.08 billion | 2023 | up 81.0% | falling |
| 28 | Ecuador | 1.92 billion | 2023 | up 287.7% | rising |
| 29 | Georgia | 1.89 billion | 2023 | up 203.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Nigeria | 1.78 billion | 2023 | up 1,299.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Peru | 1.74 billion | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.63 billion | 2023 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Israel | 1.58 billion | 2003 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 34 | Cameroon | 1.55 billion | 2023 | up 203.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 1.54 billion | 2023 | up 125.4% | rising |
| 36 | Mongolia | 1.45 billion | 2023 | up 117.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Tanzania | 1.35 billion | 2023 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Malaysia | 1.14 billion | 2023 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 1.07 billion | 2023 | down 78.1% | rising |
| 40 | Serbia | 1.07 billion | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 41 | New Caledonia | 1.06 billion | 2003 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 42 | Ghana | 1.02 billion | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 43 | Armenia | 999.00 million | 2023 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 898.00 million | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Angola | 838.00 million | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 46 | Mauritius | 836.00 million | 2023 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Poland | 827.00 million | 2003 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Bolivia | 806.00 million | 2023 | up 394.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Ethiopia | 790.00 million | 2023 | up 141.6% | rising |
| 50 | Cape Verde | 782.00 million | 2023 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 51 | El Salvador | 750.00 million | 2023 | up 71.6% | falling |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 720.00 million | 2023 | up 129.3% | rising |
| 53 | Uganda | 668.00 million | 2023 | up 297.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Albania | 653.00 million | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 55 | Laos | 644.00 million | 2023 | up 125.2% | volatile |
| 56 | French Polynesia | 614.00 million | 2003 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 57 | Gabon | 580.00 million | 2023 | up 224.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Panama | 567.00 million | 2023 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 59 | Sudan | 515.00 million | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 497.00 million | 2023 | up 203.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Nepal | 492.00 million | 2023 | up 151.0% | falling |
| 62 | Nicaragua | 481.00 million | 2023 | up 48.0% | falling |
| 63 | Guatemala | 463.00 million | 2023 | up 77.4% | falling |
| 64 | Honduras | 462.00 million | 2023 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 65 | Madagascar | 450.00 million | 2023 | up 1,451.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Chile | 436.00 million | 2017 | up 66.4% | falling |
| 67 | Somalia | 421.00 million | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 68 | Burkina Faso | 412.00 million | 2023 | up 209.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Argentina | 403.00 million | 2023 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Paraguay | 381.00 million | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 70 | Rwanda | 381.00 million | 2023 | up 1,805.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Namibia | 372.00 million | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Netherlands Antilles | 365.00 million | 2003 | — | rising |
| 74 | Mali | 336.00 million | 2023 | up 295.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 303.00 million | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 300.00 million | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 77 | Syria | 290.00 million | 2023 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 278.00 million | 2003 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 79 | Romania | 276.00 million | 2003 | up 109.1% | rising |
| 80 | Slovakia | 263.00 million | 2003 | up 112.1% | rising |
| 81 | Congo | 259.00 million | 2023 | up 516.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Moldova | 258.00 million | 2023 | up 360.7% | rising |
| 83 | Croatia | 257.00 million | 2010 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Niger | 257.00 million | 2023 | up 277.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | 249.00 million | 2003 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 243.00 million | 2023 | down 66.3% | flat |
| 87 | Oman | 234.00 million | 2008 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 193.00 million | 2023 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 89 | Fiji | 176.00 million | 2023 | up 1,500.0% | volatile |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 175.00 million | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Uruguay | 167.00 million | 2017 | up 63.7% | falling |
| 92 | Benin | 161.00 million | 2023 | up 1,510.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Guinea | 160.00 million | 2023 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Yemen | 160.00 million | 2023 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 95 | Lebanon | 147.00 million | 2023 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Botswana | 141.00 million | 2023 | up 386.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Qatar | 140.00 million | 2003 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 98 | Mayotte | 136.00 million | 2010 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 99 | Zambia | 125.00 million | 2023 | up 346.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Chad | 118.00 million | 2023 | up 2,850.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Togo | 118.00 million | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 102 | Lithuania | 111.00 million | 2003 | unchanged | falling |
| 103 | Algeria | 109.00 million | 2023 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Aruba | 104.00 million | 2003 | up 10,300.0% | rising |
| 105 | Bhutan | 103.00 million | 2023 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Montenegro | 100.00 million | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 107 | Cuba | 88.00 million | 2023 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Mauritania | 85.00 million | 2023 | down 73.8% | flat |
| 109 | Sao Tome and Principe | 84.00 million | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Czechia | 79.00 million | 2003 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 110 | Jamaica | 79.00 million | 2023 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 75.00 million | 2023 | up 435.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 74.00 million | 2023 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Guinea-Bissau | 68.00 million | 2023 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Venezuela | 67.00 million | 2023 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Burundi | 59.00 million | 2008 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 116 | Maldives | 59.00 million | 2023 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Sierra Leone | 50.00 million | 2023 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 119 | North Korea | 47.00 million | 2005 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 120 | Singapore | 45.00 million | 2003 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 121 | Latvia | 43.00 million | 2003 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 121 | Vanuatu | 43.00 million | 2023 | up 760.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Liberia | 39.00 million | 2023 | up 129.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Malawi | 30.00 million | 2023 | up 1,400.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Eritrea | 28.00 million | 2023 | down 71.4% | rising |
| 126 | East Timor | 27.00 million | 2023 | up 1,250.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Slovenia | 26.00 million | 2003 | down 72.6% | falling |
| 128 | Afghanistan | 24.00 million | 2023 | down 85.3% | falling |
| 128 | Eswatini | 24.00 million | 2023 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 130 | Solomon Islands | 22.00 million | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Suriname | 20.00 million | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Samoa | 20.00 million | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Djibouti | 18.00 million | 2023 | down 87.4% | rising |
| 134 | Haiti | 15.00 million | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Seychelles | 11.00 million | 2017 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Cyprus | 10.00 million | 2003 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 136 | Dominica | 10.00 million | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Equatorial Guinea | 10.00 million | 2018 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Hungary | 8.00 million | 2003 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Belarus | 7.00 million | 2023 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Iran | 6.00 million | 2023 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Turkmenistan | 6.00 million | 2023 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Malta | 5.00 million | 2003 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.00 million | 2021 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Lesotho | 3.00 million | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Guyana | 2.00 million | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.00 million | 2012 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Saint Lucia | 2.00 million | 2022 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.00 million | 2001 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Comoros | 1.00 million | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Cayman Islands | 1.00 million | 2002 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.00 million | 2010 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.00 million | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Belize | 0 | 2012 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Barbados | 0 | 2001 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Central African Republic | 0 | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Estonia | 0 | 2003 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Gambia | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Grenada | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2003 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | South Sudan | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Tonga | 0 | 2008 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
The data show the outstanding debt on loans, other than direct export credits, extended by governments which are members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC). In addition to straightforward loans, official bilateral loans include loans repayable in kind, and eligible loans in Associated Financing packages.