Data for 1989

Debt Service on External Debt, 1989

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 1989
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1989, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 1989 covers 86 countries. Algeria is highest, at 69.1028; Saint Lucia is lowest, at 2.0600. The middle country reads 20.7148. Against 1988, 85 values changed (28 up, 57 down), 1 country joined.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 1989

HighestAlgeria

69.1028

LowestSaint Lucia

2.0600

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

86countries
1measure
1989the 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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	69.1028
2	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	67.6477
3	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	67.6306
4	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	62.7825
5	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	54.2277
6	Colombia`COL`South America	51.7138
7	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	50.7696
8	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	50.2364
9	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	47.5923
10	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	40.7819
11	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.7298
12	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.6940
13	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.5678
14	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.6399
15	Brazil`BRA`South America	36.5421
16	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	36.4846
17	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	36.4304
18	Argentina`ARG`South America	36.4297
19	Ecuador`ECU`South America	35.8600
20	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.2266
21	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.5025
22	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	33.2268
23	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.9523
24	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.7776
25	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	32.0301
26	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.5000
27	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.9167
28	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	30.2748
29	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	30.1932
30	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.6446
31	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	29.1468
32	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	27.9268
33	Niger`NER`Western Africa	27.7557
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	26.8262
35	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	26.1494
36	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	24.8504
37	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.7504
38	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.6929
39	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	23.8788
40	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	22.4766
41	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.1561
42	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.4325
43	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21.2139
44	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	20.2156
45	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.7222
46	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	18.6743
47	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	18.4961
48	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	17.2863
49	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	16.7790
50	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	16.3657
51	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	16.2011
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16.0985
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	15.9101
54	Honduras`HND`Central America	15.6786
55	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	15.6682
56	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.1909
57	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.1586
58	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.9001
59	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.3159
60	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	11.6111
61	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.4586
62	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	11.3648
63	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.6946
64	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	9.5387
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.5240
66	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.2145
67	Peru`PER`South America	8.9532
68	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.8118
69	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	8.5014
70	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.4033
71	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.8798
72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7.5433
73	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	6.3076
74	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.8687
75	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5.4794
76	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	5.1816
77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4.6620
78	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4.3849
79	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.1885
80	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3.8327
81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.3394
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3.3108
83	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.2540
84	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3.1305
85	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	2.5466
86	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.0600

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Algeria69.1028
2Myanmar67.6477
3Uganda67.6306
4São Tomé and Príncipe62.7825
5Guinea-Bissau54.2277

Lowest

86Saint Lucia2.0600
85Vanuatu2.5466
84Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3.1305
83Tonga3.2540
82Iran3.3108

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 20.7148. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
85values changed, of 85 in both
28 · 57rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe21.3720 → 62.7825+41.4104
Somalia9.2057 → 47.5923+38.3867
Myanmar58.9339 → 67.6477+8.7138
Morocco32.3613 → 40.7298+8.3685
Laos13.5479 → 20.2156+6.6678

Fell most

Bolivia54.9307 → 33.5025−21.4282
Honduras37.0790 → 15.6786−21.4004
Sudan29.8611 → 11.6111−18.2500
Republic of the Congo46.0683 → 27.9268−18.1416
Paraguay26.5708 → 9.5240−17.0468

+ Angola

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

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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 1989.
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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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1989). Debt Service on External Debt, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/1989

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