Lao PDR external debt for 2023 was 20.35 billion US dollars, a 6.39% increase from 2022.
Lao PDR external debt for 2022 was 19.13 billion US dollars, a 1.63% decline from 2021.
Lao PDR external debt for 2021 was 19.45 billion US dollars, a 8.47% decline from 2020.
Lao PDR external debt for 2020 was 21.24 billion US dollars, a 10.58% increase from 2019.
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. Data are in current U.S. dollars. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Lao PDR External Debt | Historical Data | 1970 - 2023.