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Eritrea – External Debt to GNI

Name: Eritrea External Debt to GNI
Creator: World Bank
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Total external debt stocks as a share of gross national income. Indicates the sustainability of a country's external borrowing relative to its income. · World Bank

51.48% −14.59pp from 2010 G20 rank: 81st · all-time high: 76.24% (2003)

APA

Eritrea External Debt to GNI. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/eritrea/external-debt-to-gni

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_eritrea_external-debt-to-gni,
  title = {Eritrea External Debt to GNI},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/eritrea/external-debt-to-gni},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2012	no data yet
2013	no data yet
2014	no data yet
2015	no data yet
2016	no data yet
2017	no data yet
2018	no data yet
2019	no data yet
2020	no data yet
2021	no data yet
2022	no data yet
2023	no data yet
2024	no data yet
2025	no data yet
2026	soon
2027	projection soon
2011	51.48%	−14.59pp	81st
2010	66.08%	+8.99pp	96th
2009	57.08%	−15.83pp	86th
2008	72.91%	+4.50pp	105th
2007	68.41%	−0.01pp	95th
2006	68.42%	−1.11pp	91st
2005	69.53%	+0.02pp	84th
2004	69.51%	−6.73pp	75th
2003	76.24%	+1.47pp	80th
2002	74.77%	+17.06pp	79th
2001	57.71%	+11.06pp	52nd
2000	46.64%	+7.31pp	37th
1999	39.33%	+19.84pp	27th
1998	19.49%	+8.45pp	10th
1997	11.04%	+4.59pp	3rd
1996	6.46%	+0.19pp	1st
1995	6.27%	+0.80pp	1st
1994	5.46%	–	1st

Show all years (1994–2011)

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +182.3% GDP growth 7.9% C/A balance 0.7%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

United Arab Emirates 2024

Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid

Over the last decade, Eritrea's external debt to gni averaged 67.44%. The 2011 figure of 51.48% is below this long-run average.