18_International debt securities, short term, per unit of GDP by country
18_International debt securities, short term divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
140
Highest
21.66 units per US$ of GDP
Cayman Islands
Lowest
0 units per US$ of GDP
Zambia
Median
0.0119 units per US$ of GDP
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
3,974
What the numbers show
18_International debt securities, short term, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 140 countries. The highest value is 21.66 units per US$ of GDP in Cayman Islands; the lowest is 0 units per US$ of GDP in Zambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0119 units per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.2434 units per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 10,246.6%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
18_International debt securities, short term, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 21.66 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 2 | Marshall Islands | 3.56 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 139.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 1.92 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 4 | Bermuda | 1.31 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Liberia | 0.6615 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 6 | Macao | 0.4438 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,629.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Bahamas | 0.3665 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 36.0% | falling |
| 8 | Netherlands | 0.2574 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 0.2552 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Finland | 0.201 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 0.1824 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 12 | Sweden | 0.1718 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 13 | Curacao | 0.1592 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Singapore | 0.1566 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Lebanon | 0.1459 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 207.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Mauritius | 0.1315 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 299.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Ireland | 0.1269 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Laos | 0.1069 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Austria | 0.0925 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 20 | Canada | 0.0893 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 21 | Bahrain | 0.0861 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Cyprus | 0.086 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Denmark | 0.079 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0761 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Australia | 0.0735 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 26 | Seychelles | 0.0708 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Panama | 0.0649 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 237.8% | volatile |
| 28 | France | 0.0625 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.3% | rising |
| 29 | Norway | 0.0601 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 30 | Montenegro | 0.0586 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Germany | 0.0577 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.1% | rising |
| 32 | Namibia | 0.0497 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Fiji | 0.0473 units per US$ of GDP | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Jamaica | 0.0462 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 110.3% | volatile |
| 35 | New Zealand | 0.0457 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 591.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Benin | 0.044 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Albania | 0.0439 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Jordan | 0.0406 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 129.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Spain | 0.0404 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 40 | South Korea | 0.0392 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 41 | Mozambique | 0.0385 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Latvia | 0.0366 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Italy | 0.0364 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Iceland | 0.0352 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Oman | 0.0342 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 10,246.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Gabon | 0.0327 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Qatar | 0.0296 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Lithuania | 0.027 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 0.0263 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Greece | 0.0258 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Liechtenstein | 0.0248 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Peru | 0.0244 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 248.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Chile | 0.0237 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 147.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0231 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 520.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Japan | 0.0224 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 187.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Egypt | 0.0209 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 451.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 0.0198 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Turkey | 0.0195 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 109.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Belgium | 0.018 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.1% | flat |
| 60 | Portugal | 0.0178 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Ghana | 0.0163 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Venezuela | 0.0161 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Estonia | 0.0146 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 4,764.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Philippines | 0.0145 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 117.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Mexico | 0.0131 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 136.4% | falling |
| 66 | Cameroon | 0.0127 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Slovakia | 0.0124 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Angola | 0.0123 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 0.012 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 162.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Hungary | 0.012 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 71 | Israel | 0.0118 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 305.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Indonesia | 0.0116 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 302.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0113 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,206.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Belarus | 0.0105 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Switzerland | 0.0104 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Slovenia | 0.0102 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Czechia | 0.0101 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Malaysia | 0.01 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Tanzania | 0.0098 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 80 | United States | 0.009 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 81 | Morocco | 0.009 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,444.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Nigeria | 0.0088 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Colombia | 0.0087 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Kuwait | 0.0083 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 85 | South Africa | 0.0069 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0068 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 813.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Ethiopia | 0.0067 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Georgia | 0.0066 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Costa Rica | 0.0061 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Paraguay | 0.0061 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Mongolia | 0.006 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Poland | 0.0059 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Uruguay | 0.0059 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 0.005 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 259.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Romania | 0.0043 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Uzbekistan | 0.0041 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | China | 0.0033 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 198.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Ecuador | 0.0031 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Russia | 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 100 | India | 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Brazil | 0.0017 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Argentina | 0.0014 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Pakistan | 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Bangladesh | 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Thailand | 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Botswana | 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Iraq | 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Malta | 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Vietnam | 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Myanmar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Aruba | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Armenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Belize | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Bolivia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Barbados | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Cuba | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Grenada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Guatemala | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Honduras | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Croatia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Iran | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Kenya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Moldova | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Maldives | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | North Macedonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 111 | French Polynesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Rwanda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Senegal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | El Salvador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Serbia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Suriname | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Togo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Tunisia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Ukraine | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Zambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
18_International debt securities, short term divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
18_International debt securities, short term ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- 18_International debt securities, short term BIS
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
18_International debt securities, short term divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.