During the pandemic, multilateral organizations like the World Bank contributed an extraordinary level of support to LMICs. Those commitments expanded the ability of these countries to respond to…

With the global economic challenges that followed the COVID-19 pandemic, combined debt stock of low- and middle-income countries rose by 5.6%, from $8.6 trillion in 2020 to $9 trillion in 2021.…

The recently published International Debt Statistics 2022 highlighted the rise in external debt stocks of low- and middle-income countries at end-2020, reflecting mainly the ongoing COVID-19…

The International Debt Statistics (IDS) 2022 report, published today, features external debt statistics and analysis for the 123 low- and middle-income countries that report to the World Bank Debt…

View from the creditor perspective the World Bank (mostly IDA) was South Asian countries single largest creditor, with claims of US$35 billion at end 2019, equivalent to 47% of debt owed to…

For the first time in its almost half a century of existence, this year’s publication of the World Bank’s International Debt Statistics (IDS) added an additional dimension to the data – the…

The International Debt Statistics 2021 report, published today, features external debt statistics and analysis for the 120 low- and middle-income countries that report to the World Bank Debt…

With the increasing demand for accurate and transparent debt data, understanding what data is available and how to access it has never been more important. That is why we’re sharing Part 2 of our…

For the first time, the Debt team at the World Bank Development Economics Data Group (DECDG) will publish online a new series of Debt Reports, at regular intervals, over the course of the year.…

Have you ever wanted to know how much money governments borrow and who exactly owes what? Well you're in luck, because the International Debt Statistics 2020 (IDS2020) has not just the latest…