## External Debt Statistics

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [External Debt Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2025/edsxol25-151)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 25.151
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2025 - April 15, 2026 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: French
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Overview and logistics
- Title: External Debt Statistics (EDSx)
- Session No.: OL 25.151
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2025 - April 15, 2026 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: French
- Status: Deadline passed

### Target audience and qualifications
- Intended audience:
  - Those interested in learning the fundamentals of compiling international accounts—specifically compilation of external debt statistics (EDS) and/or international investment position (IIP) statistics.
  - Open to those who compile, or plan to compile, EDS/IIP and to the general public.
- Recommended qualifications:
  - Some knowledge of economics and statistics or equivalent experience is helpful.
  - Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

### Course description and scope
- Presented by the Statistics Department (IMF).
- Purpose:
  - Provide participants with a thorough understanding of the international standards for the compilation of EDS presented in the 2013 EDS: Guide for Compilers and Users (2013 EDS Guide).
- Core coverage:
  - Basic concepts, definitions, and classifications relevant to EDS.
  - Principal accounting rules, including valuation and time of recording, relevant for compilation of the EDS.
  - Briefing on basic concepts of the debt sustainability analysis framework.

### Course objectives (learning outcomes)
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the international accounts framework of external sector statistics.
- Apply the methods for the measurement of external debt from the viewpoint of the debtor and their accounting principles.
- Review the presentation of EDS.
- Define the debt reorganization and review the four types of debt reorganization.
- Comprehend the objective of debt sustainability analysis framework as well as factors that affect economy’s debt sustainability.

### Related training context (IMF training offerings - illustrative list in source)
- Examples of other IMF training offerings (titles, languages, dates, formats, locations provided in source):
  - Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS) — English (French, Portuguese) | January 18-29, 2027 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius
  - Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A) — English (Arabic) | December 13-17, 2026 | In-person Training | Kuwait City, Kuwait
  - Fiscal Sustainability (FS) — English (Arabic) | November 9-20, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  - Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC) — English (French, Portuguese) | November 9-13, 2026 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius
  - Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC) — English (Arabic) | December 7-18, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2025/edsxol25-151_