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Argentina - Private External Debt Stocks (% of GDP) 6.11

World Bank · updated 2026-10-03 · 162 economies tracked

Latest value

6.11 (2025)

Global rank

##20 of 162 economies

Share of global total

0.1%

Growth since 1990

2.43×

Ranking Race — Private External Debt Stocks (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher

#1#13#25#37#49#61#7319901995200020052010201520202025#44#202022 overtook Morocco2025 overtook Samoa
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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Argentina climbed from #44 to #20 (overtook Morocco). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Argentina ↓

Key Events — Argentina

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2001
Sovereign default curated

Largest default in history; peso peg abandoned.

2002
Fell 15 places in global rank auto
2003
Commodity boom rebound curated

Strong recovery driven by commodity exports.

2018
Currency crisis curated

IMF bailout as the peso loses half its value.

2022
Overtook Morocco in global rank auto
2025
Overtook Samoa in global rank auto
2025
Climbed 20 places in global rank auto

Private External Debt Stocks (% of GDP), 1990-2025

World Bank · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
199020002010202020251.689.5917.5125.42

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