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external debt

total debt a country owes to foreign creditors
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external debt

Summary

external debt ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (651 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • external debt is a type of debt[2].
  • external debt's total debt is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}[3].
  • external debt's has list is recorded as list of countries by external debt[4].

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Definition and Type

external debt is a type of debt[2].

Why It Matters

external debt ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (651 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → debts-external
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: debts-external, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919091|debts external (#289919091)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  2. 11w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0402157-zahranicni-dluh
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0402157-zahranicni-dluh, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 13w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → debt
    Subclass of → —
    Has list → list of countries by external debt
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543229405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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