Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%) in Pakistan
Pakistan: Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%) was 0.8% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP in Pakistan, 1994–2020
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Pakistan stood at 0.8%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 112.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Pakistan peaked at 0.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2000.
That places Pakistan 81st out of 90 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%) in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.3% | — |
| 1995 | 0.2% | -15.5% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | +55.8% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -54.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +182.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -10.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +83.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +13.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +5.5% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 0.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.4%, 31% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 0.8% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8.9%, 8% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%) in Pakistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +182.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More financial sector data for Pakistan
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 0.0006 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 0.0005 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 0.0006 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Pakistan?
- Outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Pakistan was 0.8% in 2020, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest outstanding international private debt securities to gdp recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest outstanding international private debt securities to gdp recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2000.
- How does Pakistan rank for outstanding international private debt securities to gdp?
- Pakistan ranks 81st out of 90 countries with data for 2020.
- Is outstanding international private debt securities to gdp rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 112.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan data come from?
- The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Amount of private international debt securities (amounts outstanding), as a share of GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes and money market instruments placed on international markets. (Table 12A (international debt amount: all issuers) - Table 12D (international debt amount: governments)) / GDP. End of year data (i.e. December data) are considered for debt securities. The figures are deflated using the following methodology: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is the level intenational private debt, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. GDP is from World Development Indicators.End-of period CPI is taken from IFS line 64M..ZF month of December (or if not available Q4). Average annual CPI is constructed from the monthly CPI figure taken from IFS line 64..ZF.