Data for 2002

Debt Service on External Debt, 2002

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2002
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2002, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2002 covers 96 countries. Brazil is highest, at 71.534; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.731. The middle country reads 11.630. Against 2001, 94 values changed (49 up, 45 down), 2 countries joined.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2002

HighestBrazil

71.534

LowestMyanmar

0.731

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

96countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
96distinct 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Brazil`BRA`South America	71.534
2	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	60.096
3	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.642
4	Colombia`COL`South America	45.786
5	Ecuador`ECU`South America	42.543
6	Belize`BLZ`Central America	39.026
7	Peru`PER`South America	37.179
8	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	36.281
9	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	34.887
10	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	34.108
11	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.622
12	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.121
13	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	25.225
14	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	25.088
15	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	24.810
16	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.551
17	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.487
18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.245
19	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	23.074
20	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	22.371
21	Mexico`MEX`Central America	20.966
22	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.925
23	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	20.479
24	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19.793
25	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	19.697
26	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	18.881
27	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17.205
28	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.956
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	16.671
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	16.597
31	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	16.352
32	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	15.976
33	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.484
34	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	15.339
35	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	14.955
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.655
37	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.325
38	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	14.312
39	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.145
40	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.883
41	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	13.487
42	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	13.364
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.317
44	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12.608
45	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.147
46	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12.138
47	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.870
48	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	11.752
49	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.508
50	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11.486
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11.449
52	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	10.965
53	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10.803
54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.322
55	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.294
56	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10.284
57	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.181
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.854
59	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	9.800
60	Guyana`GUY`South America	9.649
61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9.347
62	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	8.931
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.592
64	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.402
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7.989
66	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	7.969
67	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.956
68	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	7.733
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7.728
70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.721
71	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.666
72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.503
73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.457
74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.417
75	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7.274
76	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6.913
77	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.110
78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.076
79	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	5.978
80	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.937
81	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.730
82	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	5.553
83	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.323
84	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.257
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.058
86	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4.410
87	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.374
88	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.315
89	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.747
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.954
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.798
92	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.693
93	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.676
94	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.207
95	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.842
96	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.731

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brazil71.534
2Burundi60.096
3Türkiye48.642
4Colombia45.786
5Ecuador42.543

Lowest

96Myanmar0.731
95Cambodia0.842
94Republic of the Congo1.207
93Eswatini1.676
92Vanuatu1.693

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 11.630. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
94values changed, of 94 in both
49 · 45rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Belize22.344 → 39.026+16.682
Peru24.997 → 37.179+12.182
Laos8.987 → 19.697+10.711
Burundi50.775 → 60.096+9.321
Morocco27.029 → 34.108+7.079

Fell most

Sierra Leone112.753 → 13.487−99.266
Argentina49.581 → 16.597−32.984
Nicaragua35.949 → 17.205−18.744
Angola33.123 → 16.956−16.168
Kyrgyzstan31.153 → 20.479−10.674

+ Lebanon

+ Tajikistan

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

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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 2002.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 96 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2002). Debt Service on External Debt, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2002

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How it has moved, charted by country

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