Data for 1985

Debt Service on External Debt, 1985

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 1985
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1985, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 1985 covers 86 countries. Argentina is highest, at 60.327; Saint Lucia is lowest, at 1.205. The middle country reads 24.828. Against 1984, 84 values changed (56 up, 28 down), 2 countries joined.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 1985

HighestArgentina

60.327

LowestSaint Lucia

1.205

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

86countries
1measure
1985the year it describes
86distinct 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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Argentina`ARG`South America	60.327
2	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	54.720
3	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	51.967
4	Bolivia`BOL`South America	50.298
5	Mexico`MEX`Central America	45.248
6	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.224
7	Colombia`COL`South America	43.061
8	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	42.283
9	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	41.677
10	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	40.535
11	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40.303
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	39.843
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	39.448
14	Brazil`BRA`South America	39.344
15	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	38.993
16	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	38.679
17	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.666
18	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	36.365
19	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	34.825
20	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	34.463
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34.404
22	Niger`NER`Western Africa	33.961
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	33.220
24	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	32.780
25	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.506
26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	32.010
27	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	31.916
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	30.226
29	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	29.796
30	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	29.046
31	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	29.032
32	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	28.913
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	28.355
34	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	28.197
35	Peru`PER`South America	28.058
36	Guyana`GUY`South America	27.969
37	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	27.919
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	27.537
39	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.205
40	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	25.548
41	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.449
42	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	25.360
43	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	25.091
44	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	24.565
45	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.150
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.666
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	23.579
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.972
49	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	22.285
50	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	22.154
51	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	21.722
52	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	20.426
53	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	19.513
54	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	17.974
55	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17.592
56	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	17.516
57	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15.724
58	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	15.655
59	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	15.646
60	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	14.880
61	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.367
62	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	14.288
63	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	14.220
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.389
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11.715
66	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	11.619
67	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	11.466
68	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	11.244
69	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	11.204
70	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10.655
71	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10.520
72	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.276
73	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.228
74	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	9.685
75	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9.205
76	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.603
77	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	8.373
78	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.049
79	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	6.740
80	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	5.350
81	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4.489
82	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	4.034
83	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3.986
84	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.448
85	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.575
86	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.205

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Argentina60.327
2Myanmar54.720
3Guinea-Bissau51.967
4Bolivia50.298
5Mexico45.248

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 24.828. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
84values changed, of 84 in both
56 · 28rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mozambique7.827 → 34.463+26.636
Guinea-Bissau28.375 → 51.967+23.591
Tanzania24.593 → 38.993+14.399
Myanmar41.818 → 54.720+12.901
Chad5.189 → 17.516+12.327

Fell most

Comoros26.009 → 10.655−15.354
Bolivia63.881 → 50.298−13.582
Maldives22.593 → 11.244−11.349
Sierra Leone25.430 → 14.880−10.550
Zambia24.982 → 15.724−9.258

+ Burundi

+ Tonga

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 1985.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 86 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1985). Debt Service on External Debt, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/1985

0643 held

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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

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