{
  "id": "trd-extdebt-044",
  "question": "How much external debt does India have?",
  "topic": "Trade & money",
  "unit": "US$ bn",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "India's gross external debt at the end of March each year, in US dollars: what residents (government, banks, companies and others) owe to non-residents, compiled by the RBI and the Ministry of Finance. The latest year is provisional.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "RBI press release of 29 June 2026, India's External Debt as at the end of March 2026; RBI, Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 145",
    "url": "https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=63041",
    "table": "HBS 2025-26 Table 145, X. Gross External Debt Position, US$ million, end-March",
    "licence": "RBI website terms of use"
  },
  "released": "2026-06-29",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": "2027-06-30",
  "processing": "US$ million divided by 1,000 to give US$ billion.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Reserve Bank of India and Ministry of Finance",
    "survey": "India's External Debt (quarterly); Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 145",
    "frequency": "Quarterly; end-March figures each June, revised in later releases",
    "measures": "Gross external debt at end-March: what residents (government, banks, companies and others) owe to non-residents",
    "notes": [
      "A stronger US dollar lowers the dollar value of debt held in rupees and other currencies (valuation effect).",
      "Short-term debt is debt with an original maturity of up to one year; the RBI also reports debt by residual maturity."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "Mar 2012",
      "start": "2012-03",
      "end": "2012-03",
      "value": 360.766
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2013",
      "start": "2013-03",
      "end": "2013-03",
      "value": 409.374
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2014",
      "start": "2014-03",
      "end": "2014-03",
      "value": 446.178
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2015",
      "start": "2015-03",
      "end": "2015-03",
      "value": 474.675
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2016",
      "start": "2016-03",
      "end": "2016-03",
      "value": 484.791
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2017",
      "start": "2017-03",
      "end": "2017-03",
      "value": 471.012
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2018",
      "start": "2018-03",
      "end": "2018-03",
      "value": 529.278
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2019",
      "start": "2019-03",
      "end": "2019-03",
      "value": 543.135
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2020",
      "start": "2020-03",
      "end": "2020-03",
      "value": 558.315
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2021",
      "start": "2021-03",
      "end": "2021-03",
      "value": 573.41
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2022",
      "start": "2022-03",
      "end": "2022-03",
      "value": 618.767
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2023",
      "start": "2023-03",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 623.928
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2024",
      "start": "2024-03",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 668.883
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2025",
      "start": "2025-03",
      "end": "2025-03",
      "value": 736.419
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2026",
      "start": "2026-03",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 762.766
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/trd-extdebt-044/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/trd-extdebt-044/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/trd-extdebt-044/versions.csv"
}