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National debt of the Philippines

overview about the external debt of the Philippines

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ7185304 ↗
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The national debt of the Philippines is the total debt, or unpaid borrowed funds, carried by the national government of the Philippines. As of the end of October 2024, the total national debt of the Philippines amounts to ₱15.1889 trillion ($273.9 billion).

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“National debt of the Philippines” enters the record as overview about the external debt of the Philippines. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what National, debt and Philippines can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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