Public Debt in Foreign Currency

Public Debt in Foreign Currency refers to the outstanding stock of public debt denominated in foreign currencies, contracted by the non-financial public sector with both resident and non-resident creditors. It includes loans, bonds, and other financial instruments issued or payable in foreign currency, and reflects the government's exposure to exchange-rate risk and external financial vulnerabilities. This indicator is part of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Latin Macro Watch for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Coverage

The series is available for 1 country in Latin America and the Caribbean at annual and quarterly frequency, covering 2000 to 2025. Values are provided in millions of USD, as a share of GDP (% of GDP) with average-of-period and end-of-period variants, on a year-to-date (YTD) basis, and on a fiscal-year (Q4–Q3 aggregation) basis, with quarter-over-quarter (QoQ %) and year-over-year (YoY %) transformations.

Sources

Data are compiled from the Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas de Uruguay. The Latin Macro Watch standardizes these national debt statistics so analysts, researchers, and policymakers can study foreign-currency public debt and exchange-rate exposure from a single source on data.iadb.org.

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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 Public Debt in Foreign Currency measure? It measures the outstanding stock of public debt denominated in foreign currencies, contracted by the non-financial public sector. It reflects exposure to exchange-rate risk and external financial vulnerabilities. How many countries and which frequencies and periods are covered? The series is available for 1 country in Latin America and the Caribbean at annual and quarterly frequency, covering 2000 to 2025. What units and transformations are available? Values are available in millions of USD, as a share of GDP (with average-of-period and end-of-period variants), on a year-to-date (YTD) basis, and on a fiscal-year (Q4–Q3) basis, with quarter-over-quarter (QoQ %) and year-over-year (YoY %) transformations. Where does the data come from? Data are compiled from the Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas de Uruguay and standardized by the IDB Latin Macro Watch. What are typical uses of this indicator? Analysts use it to assess exchange-rate risk, study the currency composition of public debt, evaluate external vulnerabilities, and support debt-sustainability analysis. How do I cite this indicator? Cite it as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Public Debt in Foreign Currency". data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset.