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Brazil - Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP) 30.31

World Bank · updated 2026-10-03 · 175 economies tracked

Latest value

30.31 (2025)

Global rank

##17 of 175 economies

Share of global total

0.2%

Growth since 1990

1.15×

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

1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher

#1#14#27#40#53#66#7919901995200020052010201520202025#19#172023 overtook Mali2025 overtook Congo, Dem. Rep.
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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Brazil climbed from #19 to #17 (overtook Mali). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Brazil ↓

Key Events — Brazil

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1992
Fell 19 places in global rank auto
1994
Real Plan curated

New currency ends hyperinflation and stabilises the economy.

1999
Fell 18 places in global rank auto
2002
Emerging-market crisis curated

Currency and debt fears peak ahead of the 2002 election.

2015
Deep recession curated

GDP contracts for two consecutive years amid political turmoil.

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Pandemic and commodity shock hit output hard.

2023
Overtook Mali in global rank auto
2025
Overtook Congo, Dem. Rep. in global rank auto

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

World Bank · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1990200020102020202515.4625.4735.4945.5

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