TOKYO -- Developing countries are under rising pressure from their debt loads as new flows of credit from China and the private sector dry up.
Low- and middle-income countries' balance of external debt reached $8.84 trillion in 2023, according to the World Bank. They spent a record $1.36 trillion that year on debt servicing, but their stock of debt still increased because the interest burden rose.
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