Total External Liabilities

Total External Liabilities measures the stock of financial obligations that residents of a country owe to nonresidents, including direct investment in the domestic economy, portfolio investment, loans, deposits and other liabilities. It captures the economy's total commitments to the rest of the world. Published in the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Latin Macro Watch (LMW), this indicator helps researchers, policymakers and analysts assess external indebtedness and financial integration across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Coverage

Total External Liabilities is available for 14 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 1995 to 2025. Values can be expressed as a share of GDP or in millions of USD, in level, end-of-period and period-average variants. Transformations include month-over-month, quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year growth rates (MoM %, QoQ %, YoY %).

Sources

The series is compiled from national central banks and statistical agencies, including Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco de la República de Colombia, INDEC - Argentina and Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) de Chile, alongside the Consejo Monetario Centroamericano for Central American economies.

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Format	CSV
Language	en
Country	Argentina Bahamas Trinidad & Tobago Belize Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia El Salvador Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Panama Uruguay Venezuela Barbados Paraguay Peru Suriname
Data notes	What does Total External Liabilities measure? It measures the stock of financial obligations that residents owe to nonresidents, including direct investment in the domestic economy, portfolio investment, loans, deposits and other liabilities. How many countries and which time period are covered? The indicator covers 14 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean from 1995 to 2025, at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency. What units and transformations are available? Values are available as a share of GDP or in millions of USD, in level, end-of-period and period-average variants, with MoM %, QoQ % and YoY % growth rates. Where does the data come from? The data is compiled from national central banks and statistical agencies, including Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), INDEC - Argentina and Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) de Chile. How does this relate to Total External Assets? Total external liabilities are typically analysed together with total external assets; their difference indicates a country's net international investment position vis-à-vis the rest of the world. How do I cite this indicator? Cite it as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Total External Liabilities". data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset.