Data for 2005

Debt Service on External Debt, 2005

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2005
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2005, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2005 covers 106 countries. Brazil is highest, at 45.989; Kosovo is lowest, at 0.397. The middle country reads 9.225. Against 2004, 100 values changed (37 up, 63 down), 6 countries joined.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2005

HighestBrazil

45.989

LowestKosovo

0.397

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

106countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
106distinct 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Brazil`BRA`South America	45.989
2	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	40.519
3	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	40.148
4	Colombia`COL`South America	39.982
5	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.547
6	Ecuador`ECU`South America	37.104
7	Belize`BLZ`Central America	36.849
8	Peru`PER`South America	30.365
9	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	25.981
10	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	25.272
11	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	24.941
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.738
13	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	24.294
14	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	22.469
15	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.906
16	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.512
17	Argentina`ARG`South America	19.725
18	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19.125
19	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	18.469
20	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	18.060
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	17.777
22	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	16.397
23	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.853
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	15.664
25	Mexico`MEX`Central America	15.168
26	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.076
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	14.930
28	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	14.811
29	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14.771
30	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	14.193
31	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	13.740
32	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	13.697
33	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	13.630
34	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	13.577
35	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.660
36	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.538
37	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12.526
38	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	12.502
39	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	12.140
40	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11.910
41	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.847
42	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	10.790
43	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.754
44	Honduras`HND`Central America	10.067
45	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.008
46	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	9.987
47	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	9.959
48	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	9.790
49	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	9.761
50	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	9.574
51	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.520
52	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.429
53	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.312
54	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9.139
55	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.078
56	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.909
57	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.455
58	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8.437
59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8.243
60	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	8.064
61	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.947
62	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.942
63	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.899
64	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.613
65	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7.524
66	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.485
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7.344
68	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	7.319
69	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7.115
70	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.871
71	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.867
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6.793
73	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	6.769
74	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.722
75	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6.626
76	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	6.323
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.213
78	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.913
79	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5.714
80	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	5.586
81	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.564
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.554
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.542
84	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	5.110
85	Guyana`GUY`South America	5.009
86	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.476
87	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4.350
88	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.957
89	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.950
90	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.522
91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3.509
92	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.385
93	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3.065
94	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.020
95	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.906
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.562
97	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.478
98	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.254
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.879
100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.642
101	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.934
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.893
103	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.726
104	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.648
105	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.520
106	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.397

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brazil45.989
2Burundi40.519
3Kazakhstan40.148
4Colombia39.982
5Türkiye37.547

Lowest

106Kosovo0.397
105Liberia0.520
104Myanmar0.648
103Cambodia0.726
102Fiji0.893

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 9.225. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
100values changed, of 100 in both
37 · 63rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Peru18.723 → 30.365+11.642
Nigeria4.841 → 16.397+11.555
Bulgaria15.899 → 25.272+9.374
Russia9.361 → 14.193+4.832
Cameroon15.619 → 19.125+3.506

Fell most

Burundi134.803 → 40.519−94.284
Belize61.854 → 36.849−25.005
São Tomé and Príncipe40.075 → 25.981−14.095
Pakistan26.433 → 12.526−13.907
Zambia22.252 → 10.008−12.244

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ DR Congo

+ Algeria

+ Mozambique

+ Mauritania

+ Uzbekistan

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 2005.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 106 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2005). Debt Service on External Debt, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2005

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