Data for 2006
Debt Service on External Debt, 2006
2006, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Debt Service on External Debt, 2006 covers 106 countries. Brazil is highest, at 38.3299; Liberia is lowest, at 0.4113. The middle country reads 8.0508. Against 2005, 105 values changed (41 up, 64 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.
Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2006
HighestBrazil
38.3299LowestLiberia
0.4113Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Debt Service on External Debt, 2006, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 106 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRASouth America | 38.3299 |
| 2 | TURWestern Asia | 33.2805 |
| 3 | COLSouth America | 32.8175 |
| 4 | KAZCentral Asia | 32.5710 |
| 5 | MUSEastern Africa | 31.9079 |
| 6 | STPMiddle Africa | 31.6828 |
| 7 | SLVCentral America | 31.6267 |
| 8 | ARGSouth America | 31.5113 |
| 9 | ECUSouth America | 30.7283 |
| 10 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 27.6086 |
| 11 | LBNWestern Asia | 26.7229 |
| 12 | NERWestern Africa | 26.4675 |
| 13 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 25.7492 |
| 14 | DZANorthern Africa | 22.4792 |
| 15 | MKDSouthern Europe | 21.0603 |
| 16 | MOZEastern Africa | 20.9702 |
| 17 | BDIEastern Africa | 20.4256 |
| 18 | MEXCentral America | 19.5526 |
| 19 | UKREastern Europe | 18.9959 |
| 20 | MDAEastern Europe | 17.7200 |
| 21 | BLZCentral America | 17.5868 |
| 22 | BGREastern Europe | 17.0258 |
| 23 | MARNorthern Africa | 16.9183 |
| 24 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 16.6686 |
| 25 | JAMCaribbean | 16.1312 |
| 26 | GTMCentral America | 15.8387 |
| 27 | TUNNorthern Africa | 15.6891 |
| 28 | CMRMiddle Africa | 15.2403 |
| 29 | GINWestern Africa | 15.2165 |
| 30 | DOMCaribbean | 15.1800 |
| 31 | GMBWestern Africa | 14.7026 |
| 32 | VCTCaribbean | 13.7518 |
| 33 | AGOMiddle Africa | 13.2244 |
| 34 | RUSEastern Europe | 13.1963 |
| 35 | PERSouth America | 13.1483 |
| 36 | GNBWestern Africa | 12.5381 |
| 37 | UZBCentral Asia | 11.6519 |
| 38 | NGAWestern Africa | 11.5792 |
| 39 | JORWestern Asia | 11.2744 |
| 40 | PAKSouthern Asia | 10.9065 |
| 41 | LKASouthern Asia | 10.8346 |
| 42 | GEOWestern Asia | 10.6788 |
| 43 | NPLSouthern Asia | 10.1945 |
| 44 | DMACaribbean | 9.7822 |
| 45 | BOLSouth America | 9.6962 |
| 46 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 9.4014 |
| 47 | CODMiddle Africa | 9.1797 |
| 48 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 9.0117 |
| 49 | HTICaribbean | 8.9671 |
| 50 | MWIEastern Africa | 8.8791 |
| 51 | INDSouthern Asia | 8.6352 |
| 52 | TONPolynesia | 8.5795 |
| 53 | ALBSouthern Europe | 8.2267 |
| 54 | HNDCentral America | 7.8748 |
| 55 | SLEWestern Africa | 7.8361 |
| 56 | NICCentral America | 7.7980 |
| 57 | DJIEastern Africa | 7.6777 |
| 58 | KGZCentral Asia | 7.6442 |
| 59 | BIHSouthern Europe | 7.4382 |
| 60 | LCACaribbean | 7.2986 |
| 61 | SENWestern Africa | 7.2276 |
| 62 | KENEastern Africa | 7.1364 |
| 63 | PNGMelanesia | 7.1070 |
| 64 | PRYSouth America | 6.8326 |
| 65 | ARMWestern Asia | 6.7330 |
| 66 | GRDCaribbean | 6.6140 |
| 67 | CPVWestern Africa | 6.4294 |
| 68 | BENWestern Africa | 6.3441 |
| 69 | EGYNorthern Africa | 6.3385 |
| 70 | MRTWestern Africa | 6.3318 |
| 71 | GHAWestern Africa | 6.2756 |
| 72 | BFAWestern Africa | 6.2394 |
| 73 | ETHEastern Africa | 5.9285 |
| 74 | COMEastern Africa | 5.9110 |
| 75 | TJKCentral Asia | 5.9000 |
| 76 | MDVSouthern Asia | 5.7008 |
| 77 | UGAEastern Africa | 5.5608 |
| 78 | BGDSouthern Asia | 5.4569 |
| 79 | SDNNorthern Africa | 5.0215 |
| 80 | WSMPolynesia | 4.5588 |
| 81 | GUYSouth America | 4.4103 |
| 82 | MLIWestern Africa | 4.3618 |
| 83 | IRNSouthern Asia | 4.0141 |
| 84 | MDGEastern Africa | 3.6473 |
| 85 | BLREastern Europe | 3.4495 |
| 86 | ZMBEastern Africa | 3.1830 |
| 87 | LSOSouthern Africa | 3.0577 |
| 88 | TGOWestern Africa | 3.0426 |
| 89 | YEMWestern Asia | 2.8917 |
| 90 | CIVWestern Africa | 2.8367 |
| 91 | BTNSouthern Asia | 2.7922 |
| 92 | CHNEastern Asia | 2.6331 |
| 93 | TZAEastern Africa | 2.5280 |
| 94 | MNGEastern Asia | 2.4683 |
| 95 | SLBMelanesia | 2.4644 |
| 96 | VUTMelanesia | 2.1223 |
| 97 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 2.1216 |
| 98 | SWZSouthern Africa | 2.0421 |
| 99 | AZEWestern Asia | 2.0146 |
| 100 | COGMiddle Africa | 1.3804 |
| 101 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 1.2229 |
| 102 | BWASouthern Africa | 0.9670 |
| 103 | FJIMelanesia | 0.9066 |
| 104 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.5725 |
| 105 | XKXSouthern Europe | 0.4414 |
| 106 | LBRWestern Africa | 0.4113 |
02In 2006
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
032005 → 2006
Since 2005
What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +1 / −1countries joined / left
- 105values changed, of 105 in both
- 41 · 64rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Niger6.7220 → 26.4675+19.7455
Argentina19.7246 → 31.5113+11.7867
Mauritius20.5124 → 31.9079+11.3955
Algeria11.9101 → 22.4792+10.5691
North Macedonia12.5384 → 21.0603+8.5219
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.
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 2006.
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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DT.TDS.DECT.EX.ZS
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 (2006). Debt Service on External Debt, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2006
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How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Debt Service on External Debt, 2006: questions and answers
Which country has the highest external debt service in Debt Service on External Debt, 2006?
Brazil, at 38.3299, of the 106 countries in the file.
What year does Debt Service on External Debt, 2006 describe?
2006.
How many countries does Debt Service on External Debt, 2006 cover?
106.
Where can I download Debt Service on External Debt, 2006?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Debt Service on External Debt, 2006 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Debt Service on External Debt, 2024.