Data for 1990
Debt Service on External Debt, 1990
1990, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Debt Service on External Debt, 1990 covers 86 countries. Uganda is highest, at 81.36; Saint Lucia is lowest, at 2.21. The middle country reads 18.31. Against 1989, 85 values changed (31 up, 54 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.
Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 1990
HighestUganda
81.36LowestSaint Lucia
2.21Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Debt Service on External Debt, 1990, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 86 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UGAEastern Africa | 81.36 |
| 2 | DZANorthern Africa | 65.08 |
| 3 | MDGEastern Africa | 45.88 |
| 4 | BDIEastern Africa | 43.41 |
| 5 | COLSouth America | 43.11 |
| 6 | BOLSouth America | 39.37 |
| 7 | ETHEastern Africa | 38.98 |
| 8 | GHAWestern Africa | 38.79 |
| 9 | HNDCentral America | 38.32 |
| 10 | PNGMelanesia | 37.18 |
| 11 | ARGSouth America | 37.14 |
| 12 | CIVWestern Africa | 35.44 |
| 13 | KENEastern Africa | 35.41 |
| 14 | STPMiddle Africa | 34.85 |
| 15 | COGMiddle Africa | 34.57 |
| 16 | BGDSouthern Asia | 34.16 |
| 17 | TURWestern Asia | 33.80 |
| 18 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 33.48 |
| 19 | ECUSouth America | 33.21 |
| 20 | INDSouthern Asia | 32.96 |
| 21 | TZAEastern Africa | 32.89 |
| 22 | GNBWestern Africa | 32.28 |
| 23 | MRTWestern Africa | 30.71 |
| 24 | MWIEastern Africa | 29.32 |
| 25 | EGYNorthern Africa | 28.59 |
| 26 | JAMCaribbean | 28.57 |
| 27 | MARNorthern Africa | 28.41 |
| 28 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 27.55 |
| 29 | PAKSouthern Asia | 27.22 |
| 30 | TUNNorthern Africa | 27.01 |
| 31 | MOZEastern Africa | 26.19 |
| 32 | JORWestern Asia | 24.37 |
| 33 | ZWEEastern Africa | 23.25 |
| 34 | BRASouth America | 22.64 |
| 35 | NGAWestern Africa | 22.60 |
| 36 | GMBWestern Africa | 22.23 |
| 37 | MEXCentral America | 21.77 |
| 38 | SLVCentral America | 21.66 |
| 39 | SENWestern Africa | 21.09 |
| 40 | CMRMiddle Africa | 20.52 |
| 41 | GINWestern Africa | 20.15 |
| 42 | BGREastern Europe | 19.44 |
| 43 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 18.77 |
| 44 | NERWestern Africa | 17.84 |
| 45 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 16.92 |
| 46 | LKASouthern Asia | 16.13 |
| 47 | GTMCentral America | 15.43 |
| 48 | MLIWestern Africa | 15.33 |
| 49 | NPLSouthern Asia | 15.00 |
| 50 | ZMBEastern Africa | 14.73 |
| 51 | RWAEastern Africa | 14.26 |
| 52 | CAFMiddle Africa | 13.21 |
| 53 | DOMCaribbean | 12.45 |
| 54 | TGOWestern Africa | 12.31 |
| 55 | HTICaribbean | 11.88 |
| 56 | SLBMelanesia | 11.84 |
| 57 | CHNEastern Asia | 11.69 |
| 58 | YEMWestern Asia | 11.07 |
| 59 | PERSouth America | 11.05 |
| 60 | WSMPolynesia | 10.62 |
| 61 | SLEWestern Africa | 10.12 |
| 62 | BENWestern Africa | 9.86 |
| 63 | SDNNorthern Africa | 9.71 |
| 64 | BFAWestern Africa | 9.35 |
| 65 | FJIMelanesia | 9.18 |
| 66 | CPVWestern Africa | 9.08 |
| 67 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 8.60 |
| 68 | MUSEastern Africa | 8.50 |
| 69 | PRYSouth America | 8.46 |
| 70 | AGOMiddle Africa | 8.14 |
| 71 | BLZCentral America | 7.17 |
| 72 | DMACaribbean | 6.63 |
| 73 | GABMiddle Africa | 6.39 |
| 74 | SWZSouthern Africa | 5.39 |
| 75 | NICCentral America | 5.00 |
| 76 | MDVSouthern Asia | 4.80 |
| 77 | TONPolynesia | 4.43 |
| 78 | BWASouthern Africa | 4.35 |
| 79 | GRDCaribbean | 4.33 |
| 80 | TCDMiddle Africa | 4.31 |
| 81 | LSOSouthern Africa | 4.20 |
| 82 | VCTCaribbean | 3.26 |
| 83 | IRNSouthern Asia | 3.24 |
| 84 | COMEastern Africa | 2.91 |
| 85 | VUTMelanesia | 2.29 |
| 86 | LCACaribbean | 2.21 |
02In 1990
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Uganda81.36
- 2
Algeria65.08
- 3
Madagascar45.88
- 4
Burundi43.41
- 5
Colombia43.11
Lowest
- 86
Saint Lucia2.21
- 85
Vanuatu2.29
- 84
Comoros2.91
- 83
Iran3.24
- 82
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3.26
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 18.31. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031989 → 1990
Since 1989
What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +1 / −1countries joined / left
- 85values changed, of 85 in both
- 31 · 54rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Honduras15.68 → 38.32+22.65
Uganda67.63 → 81.36+13.73
Mauritania21.21 → 30.71+9.49
Gambia14.16 → 22.23+8.08
Burundi36.43 → 43.41+6.98
Fell most
Myanmar67.65 → 18.77−48.87
São Tomé and Príncipe62.78 → 34.85−27.93
Guinea-Bissau54.23 → 32.28−21.95
Brazil36.54 → 22.64−13.90
Mexico34.23 → 21.77−12.46
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.
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 1990.
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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The publisher’s original
World Bank Group’s own file, on its own site.
DT.TDS.DECT.EX.ZS
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 (1990). Debt Service on External Debt, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/1990
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07Questions
Debt Service on External Debt, 1990: questions and answers
Which country has the highest external debt service in Debt Service on External Debt, 1990?
Uganda, at 81.36, of the 86 countries in the file.
What year does Debt Service on External Debt, 1990 describe?
1990.
How many countries does Debt Service on External Debt, 1990 cover?
86.
Where can I download Debt Service on External Debt, 1990?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Debt Service on External Debt, 1990 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Debt Service on External Debt, 2024.