Data for 1997

Debt Service on External Debt, 1997

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 1997
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1997, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 1997 covers 98 countries. Brazil is highest, at 59.847; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.227. The middle country reads 12.510. Against 1996, 94 values changed (45 up, 49 down), 4 countries joined.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 1997

HighestBrazil

59.847

LowestEritrea

0.227

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

98countries
1measure
1997the year it describes
98distinct 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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.847
2	Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.341
3	Argentina`ARG`South America	44.175
4	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	40.546
5	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.366
6	Peru`PER`South America	39.272
7	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	39.097
8	Ecuador`ECU`South America	35.656
9	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.247
10	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	32.120
11	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.937
12	Bolivia`BOL`South America	31.852
13	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	31.154
14	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	30.327
15	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	30.324
16	Colombia`COL`South America	30.003
17	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	29.059
18	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.301
19	Honduras`HND`Central America	25.170
20	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	24.687
21	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	22.603
22	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	22.470
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	22.297
24	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	22.111
25	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	21.216
26	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.516
27	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.271
28	Niger`NER`Western Africa	20.195
29	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20.171
30	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	20.154
31	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19.372
32	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19.228
33	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	19.170
34	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	18.750
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.792
36	Guyana`GUY`South America	17.319
37	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.233
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17.130
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.563
40	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15.517
41	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	15.334
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14.754
43	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.579
44	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14.390
45	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	13.099
46	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.825
47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.762
48	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.640
49	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.613
50	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12.407
51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.041
52	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.016
53	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11.758
54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.737
55	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.718
56	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	11.397
57	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.355
58	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.529
59	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10.248
60	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	10.240
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10.040
62	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	9.965
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9.685
64	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.476
65	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	9.248
66	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8.953
67	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.930
68	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.712
69	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8.435
70	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	7.839
71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7.838
72	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7.683
73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7.628
74	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.459
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.040
76	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	6.993
77	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.737
78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.639
79	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	6.612
80	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	6.531
81	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.338
82	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	6.181
83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.098
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.988
85	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5.436
86	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	5.147
87	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	5.055
88	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3.838
89	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.738
90	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3.132
91	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.825
92	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.493
93	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.430
94	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.324
95	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.694
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.394
97	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.873
98	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.227

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brazil59.847
2Mexico47.341
3Argentina44.175
4Pakistan40.546
5Nicaragua40.366

Lowest

98Eritrea0.227
97Cambodia0.873
96Vanuatu1.394
95Fiji1.694
94Eswatini2.324

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.510. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
94values changed, of 94 in both
45 · 49rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar10.515 → 32.120+21.605
Brazil43.695 → 59.847+16.152
Turkmenistan10.196 → 22.111+11.916
Albania4.660 → 14.754+10.094
Pakistan30.858 → 40.546+9.688

Fell most

Ethiopia41.639 → 9.965−31.673
Sierra Leone59.490 → 31.937−27.553
Guinea-Bissau40.650 → 15.334−25.316
Burundi53.956 → 30.327−23.629
Republic of the Congo20.745 → 7.683−13.062

+ Eritrea

+ Georgia

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Zambia

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 1997.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 98 countries has every column.

05The files

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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

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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 (1997). Debt Service on External Debt, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/1997

0643 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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