Data for 2001

Debt Service on External Debt, 2001

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2001
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2001, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2001 covers 94 countries. Sierra Leone is highest, at 112.75; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.63. The middle country reads 11.74. Against 2000, 92 values changed (42 up, 50 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2001

HighestSierra Leone

112.75

LowestMyanmar

0.63

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

94countries
1measure
2001the 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	112.75
2	Brazil`BRA`South America	71.15
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	50.78
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	49.58
5	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42.37
6	Colombia`COL`South America	39.70
7	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.27
8	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.95
9	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.54
10	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.48
11	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	33.12
12	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	32.34
13	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	31.15
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	28.36
15	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	28.14
16	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27.03
17	Mexico`MEX`Central America	26.96
18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	25.38
19	Peru`PER`South America	25.00
20	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	23.96
21	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	23.11
22	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22.34
23	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	20.91
24	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	19.52
25	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	18.88
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.45
27	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	18.34
28	India`IND`Southern Asia	17.93
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	17.50
30	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17.38
31	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	16.24
32	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.88
33	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.84
34	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14.52
35	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	14.43
36	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	14.31
37	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.20
38	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.94
39	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	13.89
40	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	13.74
41	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.15
42	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	13.14
43	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	12.93
44	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12.70
45	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	12.32
46	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.93
47	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	11.85
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.64
49	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	11.47
50	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	11.34
51	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	11.24
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.80
53	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10.15
54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10.06
55	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.04
56	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	9.82
57	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9.64
58	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.53
59	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.99
60	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.93
61	Niger`NER`Western Africa	8.45
62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	8.41
63	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.17
64	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.16
65	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	8.04
66	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	8.03
67	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.87
68	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.82
69	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7.72
70	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.53
71	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	7.35
72	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.17
73	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	7.16
74	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7.10
75	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.06
76	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	7.00
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.85
78	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.71
79	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.52
80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	6.04
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.83
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.81
83	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.21
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4.82
85	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.62
86	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.30
87	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.24
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4.02
89	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.35
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.87
91	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.71
92	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.27
93	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.86
94	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.63

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sierra Leone112.75
2Brazil71.15
3Burundi50.78
4Argentina49.58
5Türkiye42.37

Lowest

94Myanmar0.63
93Cambodia0.86
92Vanuatu1.27
91Botswana1.71
90Fiji1.87

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 11.74. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −1countries joined / left
92values changed, of 92 in both
42 · 50rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone76.35 → 112.75+36.40
Angola20.93 → 33.12+12.19
Philippines22.94 → 33.48+10.54
Burundi40.86 → 50.78+9.92
Colombia30.57 → 39.70+9.13

Fell most

Brazil86.65 → 71.15−15.51
Argentina64.28 → 49.58−14.70
Ecuador50.96 → 38.27−12.69
Mauritius16.98 → 5.81−11.17
Cameroon20.73 → 11.93−8.80

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Tonga

− 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 2001.
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 (2001). Debt Service on External Debt, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2001

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