Data for 1998

Debt Service on External Debt, 1998

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 1998
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1998, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 1998 covers 95 countries. Brazil is highest, at 80.76; Vanuatu is lowest, at 0.84. The middle country reads 14.06. Against 1997, 95 values changed (53 up, 42 down), 3 left.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 1998

HighestBrazil

80.76

LowestVanuatu

0.84

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

95countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
95distinct 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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Brazil`BRA`South America	80.76
2	Argentina`ARG`South America	51.80
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	44.49
4	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	42.34
5	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	41.42
6	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.51
7	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	34.19
8	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	33.50
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	32.26
10	Colombia`COL`South America	31.68
11	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.88
12	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.62
13	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27.84
14	Peru`PER`South America	27.29
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.40
16	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	25.67
17	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.93
18	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.77
19	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	23.39
20	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	23.10
21	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	22.76
22	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.46
23	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	22.16
24	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	22.02
25	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	21.93
26	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21.91
27	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	21.15
28	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	21.03
29	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20.80
30	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	19.97
31	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19.72
32	Guyana`GUY`South America	19.24
33	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	18.98
34	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	18.83
35	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	18.43
36	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	18.15
37	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18.07
38	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	18.00
39	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	17.13
40	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	17.01
41	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	16.80
42	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.22
43	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	15.33
44	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14.86
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	14.85
46	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	14.76
47	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	14.43
48	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	14.06
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	13.91
50	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.77
51	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	13.28
52	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	13.07
53	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13.01
54	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.55
55	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.26
56	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	12.23
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	12.17
58	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	12.06
59	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	11.94
60	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	11.25
61	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	10.95
62	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.42
63	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10.23
64	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.21
65	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	9.87
66	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.79
67	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9.60
68	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9.05
69	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8.98
70	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.55
71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.14
72	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.09
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7.74
74	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.37
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7.24
76	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	6.99
77	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	6.74
78	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.31
79	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	6.00
80	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.75
81	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.65
82	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.06
83	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.64
84	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	4.15
85	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.66
86	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3.07
87	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.92
88	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.83
89	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.60
90	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.28
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.24
92	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.21
93	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2.20
94	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.95
95	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.84

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brazil80.76
2Argentina51.80
3Sierra Leone44.49
4Burundi42.34
5Angola41.42

Lowest

95Vanuatu0.84
94Cambodia0.95
93Djibouti2.20
92Fiji2.21
91Eswatini2.24

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.06. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −3countries joined / left
95values changed, of 95 in both
53 · 42rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Angola19.23 → 41.42+22.19
Brazil59.85 → 80.76+20.91
Georgia6.10 → 23.39+17.29
Sierra Leone31.94 → 44.49+12.55
Burundi30.33 → 42.34+12.02

Fell most

Mexico47.34 → 21.91−25.43
Pakistan40.55 → 24.93−15.62
Madagascar32.12 → 18.00−14.12
Iran31.15 → 18.07−13.09
Peru39.27 → 27.29−11.98

− Gambia

− Guinea-Bissau

− Turkmenistan

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 1998.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 95 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1998). Debt Service on External Debt, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/1998

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