Data for 1984

Debt Service on External Debt, 1984

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 1984
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1984, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 1984 covers 84 countries. Bolivia is highest, at 63.881; Saint Lucia is lowest, at 1.114. The middle country reads 21.787. Against 1983, 81 values changed (51 up, 30 down), 3 countries joined.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 1984

HighestBolivia

63.881

LowestSaint Lucia

1.114

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

84countries
1measure
1984the year it describes
84distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Debt Service on External Debt, 1984, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Debt Service on External Debt, 1984: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Bolivia`BOL`South America	63.881
2	Argentina`ARG`South America	63.615
3	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.592
4	Brazil`BRA`South America	45.595
5	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	41.818
6	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.035
7	Ecuador`ECU`South America	37.972
8	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	37.708
9	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	37.550
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.019
11	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	35.884
12	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	34.796
13	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.719
14	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	33.208
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	33.045
16	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	32.944
17	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.827
18	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	31.068
19	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	31.004
20	Colombia`COL`South America	30.915
21	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	30.337
22	Peru`PER`South America	30.162
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.375
24	Niger`NER`Western Africa	27.045
25	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.647
26	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	26.159
27	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.009
28	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	25.735
29	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	25.706
30	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	25.430
31	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	25.287
32	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	25.206
33	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	24.982
34	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.725
35	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	24.593
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	24.295
37	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.714
38	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.709
39	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	22.593
40	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22.532
41	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	21.876
42	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	21.797
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.776
44	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.721
45	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21.707
46	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	21.034
47	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	20.737
48	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.645
49	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.610
50	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.410
51	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	20.188
52	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.951
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	19.682
54	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.343
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	17.632
56	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.367
57	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	16.272
58	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.235
59	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15.292
60	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13.259
61	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	13.105
62	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.773
63	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	12.425
64	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	12.360
65	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.587
66	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11.090
67	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	10.986
68	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.859
69	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.197
70	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	7.959
71	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.827
72	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.919
73	Belize`BLZ`Central America	6.666
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	6.492
75	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6.283
76	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.189
77	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4.164
78	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.119
79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.712
80	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.613
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3.601
82	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.330
83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.621
84	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.114

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Bolivia63.881
2Argentina63.615
3Mexico46.592
4Brazil45.595
5Myanmar41.818

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 21.787. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
81values changed, of 81 in both
51 · 30rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Comoros6.443 → 26.009+19.566
Maldives9.599 → 22.593+12.994
Bolivia51.860 → 63.881+12.020
Papua New Guinea30.051 → 40.035+9.985
Nigeria23.611 → 32.944+9.334

Fell most

Morocco52.884 → 35.884−17.000
Côte d’Ivoire49.937 → 37.550−12.387
Zimbabwe36.908 → 26.159−10.749
Dominican Republic30.252 → 19.682−10.571
Niger37.135 → 27.045−10.090

+ Belize

+ Laos

+ Mozambique

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1984.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 84 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1984). Debt Service on External Debt, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/1984

0643 held

Other years

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Debt Service on External Debt, 1983
81 countries
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86 countries
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Debt Service on External Debt: every year
43 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions