Pakistan's external debt almost doubled in ten years to over $135 billion: World Bank

Live, Pakistan's external debt nearly doubled in ten years to over $135 billion: World Bank According to the World Bank's International Debt Report 2026, $107.76 billion of the total debt includes public and government-guaranteed debt, while $17.58 billion is also included in private sector debt that is not guaranteed by the government.

The World Bank has revealed in a report that Pakistan's total external debt has almost doubled in the last ten years to reach $135.1 billion in 2025.

The World Bank's International Debt Report 2026 has stated that Pakistan's external debt was 68 billion 673 million dollars in 2015, which increased to 135 billion 107 million dollars in 2025.

This total debt includes 107 billion 76 million dollars of government and government guaranteed loans, while 17 billion 58 billion dollars of private sector debt is also included which was not guaranteed by the government.

Apart from this, the volume of short-term loans was 10 billion 45 million dollars. According to the report, 56 billion 83 billion dollars of Pakistan's public debt is owed to multinational financial institutions, 42 billion 43 billion dollars to other countries, and 7 billion 80 billion dollars to private creditors.