Pakistan PK: External Debt: INT: PPG: Official Creditors: Bilateral: Concessional data was reported at 326.712 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 321.857 USD mn for 2015. Pakistan PK: External Debt: INT: PPG: Official Creditors: Bilateral: Concessional data is updated yearly, averaging 173.793 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 385.230 USD mn in 2010 and a record low of 15.802 USD mn in 1971. Pakistan PK: External Debt: INT: PPG: Official Creditors: Bilateral: Concessional data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: External Debt: Disbursements and Interest Payment. Bilateral debt includes loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. Concessional debt is defined as loans with an original grant element of 25 percent or more. The grant element of a loan is the grant equivalent expressed as a percentage of the amount committed. It is used as a measure of the overall cost of borrowing. The grant equivalent of a loan is its commitment (present) value, less the discounted present value of its contractual debt service; conventionally, future service payments are discounted at 10 percent. Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

External Debt in Pakistan decreased to 131069 USD Million in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 133683 USD Million in the third quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Pakistan External Debt - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Pakistan External Debt: excl Military & IMF: LT: Paris Club: Australia data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2014. Pakistan External Debt: excl Military & IMF: LT: Paris Club: Australia data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Jun 1999 (Median) to 2015, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 493.000 USD mn in 1999 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2015. Pakistan External Debt: excl Military & IMF: LT: Paris Club: Australia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by State Bank of Pakistan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.JB013: External Debt by Country.

Pakistan PK: External Debt: DIS: PPG: Private Creditors: Others data was reported at 130.000 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 504.900 USD mn for 2015. Pakistan PK: External Debt: DIS: PPG: Private Creditors: Others data is updated yearly, averaging 45.285 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 504.900 USD mn in 2015 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2014. Pakistan PK: External Debt: DIS: PPG: Private Creditors: Others data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: External Debt: Disbursements and Interest Payment. Public and publicly guaranteed other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. Disbursements are drawings by the borrower on loan commitments during the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Pakistan PK: External Debt: Total Debt Service: % of GNI data was reported at 1.427 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.310 % for 2015. Pakistan PK: External Debt: Total Debt Service: % of GNI data is updated yearly, averaging 3.393 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.629 % in 1997 and a record low of 1.310 % in 2015. Pakistan PK: External Debt: Total Debt Service: % of GNI data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

Graph and download economic data for Amount Outstanding Due within One Year of International Debt Securities for General Government Sector, Nationality of Issuer in Pakistan (DISCONTINUED) (IDS1MNIAOGGPK) from Q4 1998 to Q2 2015 about Pakistan, 1-year, sector, debt, securities, and government.

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Pakistan PK: External Debt: NTR: Net Transfers: Long-Term data was reported at 4.559 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.533 USD bn for 2015. Pakistan PK: External Debt: NTR: Net Transfers: Long-Term data is updated yearly, averaging 381.546 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.591 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of -1.419 USD bn in 2003. Pakistan PK: External Debt: NTR: Net Transfers: Long-Term data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers. Net transfers are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Pakistan PK: Total Reserves: % of Total External Debt data was reported at 30.300 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 30.457 % for 2015. Pakistan PK: Total Reserves: % of Total External Debt data is updated yearly, averaging 13.048 % from Dec 1971 (Median) to 2016, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.609 % in 2007 and a record low of 4.382 % in 1996. Pakistan PK: Total Reserves: % of Total External Debt data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank.WDI: Foreign Reserves. International reserves to total external debt stocks.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

Pakistan PK: External Debt: DIS: PPG: International Development Association (IDA) data was reported at 727.565 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 856.850 USD mn for 2016. Pakistan PK: External Debt: DIS: PPG: International Development Association (IDA) data is updated yearly, averaging 190.400 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.622 USD bn in 2015 and a record low of 23.324 USD mn in 1975. Pakistan PK: External Debt: DIS: PPG: International Development Association (IDA) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Disbursements and Interest Payment. Public and publicly guaranteed debt outstanding from the International Development Association (IDA) is concessional. Concessional debt is defined as loans with an original grant element of 25 percent or more. The grant element of a loan is the grant equivalent expressed as a percentage of the amount committed. It is used as a measure of the overall cost of borrowing. The grant equivalent of a loan is its commitment (present) value, less the discounted present value of its contractual debt service; conventionally, future service payments are discounted at 10 percent. Disbursements are drawings by the borrower on loan commitments during the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Pakistan External Debt: excl MI: LT: Paris Club: New Zealand (ANZ) data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2014. Pakistan External Debt: excl MI: LT: Paris Club: New Zealand (ANZ) data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Jun 2006 (Median) to 2015, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.000 USD mn in 2006 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2015. Pakistan External Debt: excl MI: LT: Paris Club: New Zealand (ANZ) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by State Bank of Pakistan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.JB013: External Debt by Country.

In 2018, the estimated average inflation rate in Pakistan amounted to about 3.93 percent compared to the previous year, a slight drop from 2017, but an ever sharper one compared to four years earlier. Over the next few years, forecasts estimate it to level off at around 6.5 percent.

Pakistan‘s more or less fragile economy

Pakistan is one of the most populous countries in the worldwith a large Muslim population and a rather low urbanization rate, which means that the majority of Pakistanis live in rural areas. However, the majority of the country's GDP is generated by the services sector, which also employs most of the workforce. As of now, Pakistan’s economic growth seems stable, but that wasn’t always the case.

Stable growth ahead?

Like many others, Pakistan’s economy suffered during the 2009 financial crisis, and while it has recovered today, inflation was still over 10 percent in 2012. GDP slumped during that time as well, but now, ten years later, it has almost tripled and seems to be on an upward trend. Although its GDP generation now mainly relies on services, Pakistan still exports agricultural goods like cotton. However, the country still struggles with an increasing trade deficit and thus rising national debt – two factors that could hinder economic growth in the future.

Pakistan PK: External Debt: INT: Interest Payments: Total data was reported at 1.339 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.097 USD bn for 2015. Pakistan PK: External Debt: INT: Interest Payments: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 826.623 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.339 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of 60.243 USD mn in 1971. Pakistan PK: External Debt: INT: Interest Payments: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: External Debt: Disbursements and Interest Payment. Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Pakistan External Debt: excl Military & IMF: LT: Paris Club: Norway data was reported at 15.000 USD mn in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.000 USD mn for 2014. Pakistan External Debt: excl Military & IMF: LT: Paris Club: Norway data is updated yearly, averaging 30.000 USD mn from Jun 1999 (Median) to 2015, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 50.000 USD mn in 2002 and a record low of 15.000 USD mn in 2015. Pakistan External Debt: excl Military & IMF: LT: Paris Club: Norway data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by State Bank of Pakistan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.JB013: External Debt by Country.

Pakistan PK: External Debt: Stocks: % of GNI data was reported at 24.106 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 22.867 % for 2015. Pakistan PK: External Debt: Stocks: % of GNI data is updated yearly, averaging 42.525 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 70.269 % in 1973 and a record low of 22.867 % in 2015. Pakistan PK: External Debt: Stocks: % of GNI data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Total external debt stocks to gross national income. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

Pakistan Debt Servicing: MF: As % of GDP: Interest on Foreign Debt data was reported at 0.400 % in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.400 % for 2016. Pakistan Debt Servicing: MF: As % of GDP: Interest on Foreign Debt data is updated yearly, averaging 0.700 % from Jun 1991 (Median) to 2017, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.400 % in 2002 and a record low of 0.300 % in 2015. Pakistan Debt Servicing: MF: As % of GDP: Interest on Foreign Debt data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.F020: Debt Servicing.

Pakistan External Debt: excl Military & IMF: LT: OTH Bilateral: Qata data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2014. Pakistan External Debt: excl Military & IMF: LT: OTH Bilateral: Qata data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Jun 1999 (Median) to 2015, with 17 observations. Pakistan External Debt: excl Military & IMF: LT: OTH Bilateral: Qata data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by State Bank of Pakistan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.JB013: External Debt by Country.

Pakistan PK: External Debt: TDS: Multilateral Debt Service data was reported at 1.542 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.408 USD bn for 2015. Pakistan PK: External Debt: TDS: Multilateral Debt Service data is updated yearly, averaging 793.821 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.051 USD bn in 2004 and a record low of 41.948 USD mn in 1970. Pakistan PK: External Debt: TDS: Multilateral Debt Service data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Public and publicly guaranteed multilateral loans include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments actually made in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Pakistan PK: External Debt: NFL: Public and Publicly Guaranteed (PPG): Official Creditors data was reported at 1.567 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.492 USD bn for 2015. Pakistan PK: External Debt: NFL: Public and Publicly Guaranteed (PPG): Official Creditors data is updated yearly, averaging 734.460 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.682 USD bn in 2009 and a record low of -599.268 USD mn in 2004. Pakistan PK: External Debt: NFL: Public and Publicly Guaranteed (PPG): Official Creditors data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers. Public and publicly guaranteed debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Pakistan PK: External Debt: NFL: Net Flows: Public and Publicly Guaranteed data was reported at 3.868 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.507 USD bn for 2015. Pakistan PK: External Debt: NFL: Net Flows: Public and Publicly Guaranteed data is updated yearly, averaging 753.281 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.419 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of -374.729 USD mn in 2004. Pakistan PK: External Debt: NFL: Net Flows: Public and Publicly Guaranteed data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers. Public and publicly guaranteed long-term debt are aggregated. Public debt is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;