Data for 1996

Debt Service on External Debt, 1996

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 1996
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1996, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 1996 covers 94 countries. Sierra Leone is highest, at 59.4897; Cambodia is lowest, at 0.9104. The middle country reads 13.3586. Against 1995, 91 values changed (42 up, 49 down), 3 countries joined, 2 left.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 1996

HighestSierra Leone

59.4897

LowestCambodia

0.9104

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

94countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
94distinct values15 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	59.4897
2	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	53.9559
3	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51.0437
4	Brazil`BRA`South America	43.6948
5	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	41.6386
6	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	40.6501
7	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.4436
8	Argentina`ARG`South America	39.4413
9	Colombia`COL`South America	39.1651
10	Peru`PER`South America	38.0984
11	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	37.1487
12	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.6368
13	Honduras`HND`Central America	31.4297
14	Bolivia`BOL`South America	31.2219
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	30.8579
16	India`IND`Southern Asia	27.6158
17	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	27.5693
18	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	27.2481
19	Ecuador`ECU`South America	26.5431
20	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26.5258
21	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	26.0394
22	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	25.8976
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.3521
24	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	22.7118
25	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	22.3896
26	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	21.1229
27	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	20.7448
28	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	20.2765
29	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.0850
30	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	19.8066
31	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	19.7763
32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	19.0314
33	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	18.8491
34	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	18.8489
35	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	18.4286
36	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	18.2020
37	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17.8385
38	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	16.3428
39	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.1934
40	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15.9083
41	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	15.0596
42	Niger`NER`Western Africa	14.6970
43	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	14.5967
44	Guyana`GUY`South America	14.4023
45	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.8064
46	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.6775
47	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13.5803
48	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	13.1370
49	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	13.0916
50	Belize`BLZ`Central America	12.7702
51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12.6454
52	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	12.5732
53	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	12.5434
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.5838
55	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.9018
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10.7216
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	10.6291
58	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	10.5149
59	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	10.1959
60	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	9.6603
61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9.5357
62	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	9.2729
63	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	8.8032
64	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	8.1940
65	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.0587
66	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7.6883
67	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.0671
68	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.8174
69	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	6.6756
70	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	6.6442
71	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	6.5755
72	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6.4031
73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	6.3789
74	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	6.1494
75	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5.7640
76	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5.6363
77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5.5893
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	5.4384
79	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.4198
80	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	5.2436
81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.7911
82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4.6599
83	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4.5895
84	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.1180
85	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.8684
86	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.5865
87	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3.4765
88	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.1234
89	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.6033
90	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.3032
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.2011
92	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1.2184
93	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.1812
94	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.9104

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sierra Leone59.4897
2Burundi53.9559
3Mexico51.0437
4Brazil43.6948
5Ethiopia41.6386

Lowest

94Cambodia0.9104
93Vanuatu1.1812
92Azerbaijan1.2184
91Fiji2.2011
90Belarus2.3032

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 13.3586. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −2countries joined / left
91values changed, of 91 in both
42 · 49rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Burundi27.6471 → 53.9559+26.3088
Ethiopia18.4969 → 41.6386+23.1416
Peru18.1605 → 38.0984+19.9379
Mexico39.2235 → 51.0437+11.8202
Jordan16.6891 → 25.8976+9.2085

Fell most

Haiti54.6822 → 16.1934−38.4888
Nicaragua46.7490 → 33.6368−13.1122
Guinea-Bissau52.4028 → 40.6501−11.7527
Guinea24.7927 → 15.0596−9.7331
Malawi24.9400 → 15.9083−9.0317

+ North Macedonia

+ Turkmenistan

+ Vietnam

− Comoros

− Eritrea

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 1996.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 94 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1996). Debt Service on External Debt, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/1996

0643 held

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