Data for 1991

Debt Service on External Debt, 1991

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 1991
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1991, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 1991 covers 87 countries. Nicaragua is highest, at 156.86; Vanuatu is lowest, at 1.49. The middle country reads 17.64. Against 1990, 85 values changed (39 up, 46 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 1991

HighestNicaragua

156.86

LowestVanuatu

1.49

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

87countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
87distinct 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	156.86
2	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	74.80
3	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	71.69
4	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	68.64
5	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46.88
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	40.44
7	Colombia`COL`South America	39.81
8	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	37.86
9	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	36.08
10	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.72
11	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	34.65
12	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	34.38
13	Argentina`ARG`South America	33.78
14	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	32.95
15	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.61
16	Ecuador`ECU`South America	32.37
17	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.03
18	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	30.90
19	Honduras`HND`Central America	30.76
20	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30.63
21	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	30.61
22	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	28.79
23	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	28.13
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	27.69
25	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.46
26	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	27.22
27	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	27.19
28	Peru`PER`South America	27.08
29	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.53
30	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.26
31	Niger`NER`Western Africa	25.45
32	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	24.87
33	Mexico`MEX`Central America	24.63
34	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.51
35	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.50
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	23.43
37	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	23.25
38	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	22.66
39	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	22.63
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.12
41	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	22.06
42	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	20.85
43	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18.56
44	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	17.64
45	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.45
46	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.17
47	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	15.92
48	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	15.69
49	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14.86
50	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	14.74
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.05
52	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.92
53	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	13.60
54	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.11
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	13.01
56	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	11.98
57	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	11.93
58	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11.65
59	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	11.52
60	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	10.75
61	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.68
62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10.45
63	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.72
64	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9.47
65	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.00
66	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.32
67	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8.20
68	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.83
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.57
70	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	6.44
71	Belize`BLZ`Central America	6.37
72	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.18
73	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	5.80
74	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5.57
75	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4.69
76	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4.51
77	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.50
78	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.31
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4.30
80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	4.19
81	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4.11
82	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.00
83	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.97
84	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.53
85	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.45
86	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.01
87	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.49

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Nicaragua156.86
2Uganda74.80
3Algeria71.69
4Guinea-Bissau68.64
5Zambia46.88

Lowest

87Vanuatu1.49
86Eswatini3.01
85Botswana3.45
84Saint Lucia3.53
83Grenada3.97

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 17.64. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −1countries joined / left
85values changed, of 85 in both
39 · 46rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Nicaragua5.00 → 156.86+151.85
Guinea-Bissau32.28 → 68.64+36.35
Zambia14.73 → 46.88+32.14
Peru11.05 → 27.08+16.02
Comoros2.91 → 15.69+12.78

Fell most

Madagascar45.88 → 32.95−12.93
Bulgaria19.44 → 6.57−12.87
Burundi43.41 → 30.61−12.80
Ghana38.79 → 28.13−10.66
Papua New Guinea37.18 → 27.19−9.99

+ Albania

+ Djibouti

− São Tomé and Príncipe

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 1991.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 87 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1991). Debt Service on External Debt, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/1991

0643 held

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