External Debt (Percentage of GDP) - Samoa
Value & RankThe External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of Samoa is 62.1 (% of GDP) with a global rank of 62.
Samoa compared to other CountriesThe External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of Samoa is similar to that of Cape Verde, Lao PDR, Jordan, Belize, Lithuania, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, El Salvador, Kazakhstan with a respective External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of 67.9, 66.2, 64.7, 64.0, 63.3, 61.5, 60.8, 59.0, 58.5, 58.4 (% of GDP) and a global rank of 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67.Last 10 years averageSamoa had an average External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of 50.4 (% of GDP) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Samoa during the Great RecessionSamoa's External Debt - % of GDP had a positive growth of 28.7% during the Great RecessionSamoa since the end of the Great RecessionSamoa's External Debt - % of GDP had a positive growth of 32.2% since the end of the Great Recession
Samoa compared to other CountriesThe External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of Samoa is similar to that of Cape Verde, Lao PDR, Jordan, Belize, Lithuania, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, El Salvador, Kazakhstan with a respective External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of 67.9, 66.2, 64.7, 64.0, 63.3, 61.5, 60.8, 59.0, 58.5, 58.4 (% of GDP) and a global rank of 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67.Last 10 years averageSamoa had an average External Debt (Percentage of GDP) of 50.4 (% of GDP) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Samoa during the Great RecessionSamoa's External Debt - % of GDP had a positive growth of 28.7% during the Great RecessionSamoa since the end of the Great RecessionSamoa's External Debt - % of GDP had a positive growth of 32.2% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 101.6 |
1992 | 99.9 |
1993 | 118.5 |
1994 | 78.5 |
1995 | 79.9 |
1996 | 68.9 |
1997 | 54.6 |
1998 | 59.9 |
1999 | 83.3 |
2000 | 82.2 |
2001 | 55.7 |
2002 | 57.8 |
2003 | 55.8 |
2004 | 47.3 |
2005 | 42.4 |
2006 | 36.5 |
2007 | 47.3 |
2008 | 41.5 |
2009 | 47.0 |
2010 | 58.5 |
2011 | 58.3 |
2012 | 62.1 |
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Cape Verde | 57 | 67.9 |
Lao PDR | 58 | 66.2 |
Jordan | 59 | 64.7 |
Belize | 60 | 64.0 |
Lithuania | 61 | 63.3 |
Samoa | 62 | 62.1 |
Lebanon | 63 | 61.5 |
Puerto Rico | 64 | 60.8 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65 | 59.0 |
El Salvador | 66 | 58.5 |
Kazakhstan | 67 | 58.4 |
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Data Source:
Compiled from multiple sources
Compiled from multiple sources