Data for 1988

Debt Service on External Debt, 1988

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 1988
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1988, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 1988 covers 85 countries. Algeria is highest, at 80.259; Saint Lucia is lowest, at 1.432. The middle country reads 24.608. Against 1987, 85 values changed (42 up, 43 down), 1 left.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 1988

HighestAlgeria

80.259

LowestSaint Lucia

1.432

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

85countries
1measure
1988the year it describes
85distinct 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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	80.259
2	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.684
3	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.046
4	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	58.934
5	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	56.917
6	Bolivia`BOL`South America	54.931
7	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	52.515
8	Colombia`COL`South America	47.597
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	46.068
10	Brazil`BRA`South America	45.934
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	44.912
12	Argentina`ARG`South America	44.503
13	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.919
14	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	41.647
15	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	41.600
16	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	40.440
17	Ecuador`ECU`South America	40.072
18	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.991
19	Mexico`MEX`Central America	38.911
20	Honduras`HND`Central America	37.079
21	Niger`NER`Western Africa	34.938
22	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.557
23	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	33.439
24	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	33.286
25	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32.387
26	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.361
27	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.098
28	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	31.924
29	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	31.923
30	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.454
31	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.888
32	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	30.652
33	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	30.365
34	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	29.861
35	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	29.222
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	29.103
37	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	29.027
38	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	28.533
39	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27.832
40	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27.084
41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26.571
42	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	25.897
43	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.608
44	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	24.347
45	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.416
46	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	22.724
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	22.167
48	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.141
49	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21.802
50	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.372
51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20.202
52	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	18.935
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.070
54	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	17.032
55	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.631
56	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15.105
57	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.149
58	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	13.783
59	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.653
60	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.548
61	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13.320
62	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.991
63	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	11.811
64	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11.054
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.141
66	Peru`PER`South America	9.675
67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.634
68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	9.372
69	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9.206
70	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.151
71	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	8.569
72	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.289
73	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	8.090
74	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.471
75	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	6.693
76	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5.780
77	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.602
78	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5.071
79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4.243
80	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.240
81	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.182
82	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.013
83	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.866
84	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.579
85	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.432

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Algeria80.259
2Uganda75.684
3Guinea-Bissau61.046
4Myanmar58.934
5Ghana56.917

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 24.608. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
85values changed, of 85 in both
42 · 43rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uganda47.930 → 75.684+27.753
Algeria56.222 → 80.259+24.037
Bolivia34.335 → 54.931+20.595
Nigeria14.131 → 30.365+16.234
Ghana45.802 → 56.917+11.114

Fell most

Somalia39.453 → 9.206−30.247
Argentina74.533 → 44.503−30.031
São Tomé and Príncipe39.249 → 21.372−17.877
Myanmar71.621 → 58.934−12.687
Morocco42.421 → 32.361−10.060

− Liberia

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 1988.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 85 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1988). Debt Service on External Debt, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/1988

0643 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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