Data for 2008

Debt Service on External Debt, 2008

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2008
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2008, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2008 covers 111 countries. Liberia is highest, at 119.68; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.40. The middle country reads 7.67. Against 2007, 109 values changed (37 up, 72 down), 2 countries joined.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2008

HighestLiberia

119.68

LowestAfghanistan

0.40

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

111countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
111distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	119.68
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	44.51
3	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.66
4	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.40
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.56
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	23.63
7	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.99
8	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	21.05
9	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.86
10	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20.23
11	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	19.54
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	18.99
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	18.96
14	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	18.61
15	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	17.89
16	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	17.71
17	Colombia`COL`South America	17.40
18	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.89
19	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16.86
20	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	16.73
21	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	16.56
22	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	15.98
23	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	15.56
24	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	15.46
25	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	15.07
26	Peru`PER`South America	14.56
27	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14.48
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14.46
29	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.31
30	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13.85
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.33
32	Bolivia`BOL`South America	12.90
33	Mexico`MEX`Central America	12.48
34	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	12.34
35	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.32
36	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	12.04
37	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.00
38	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.99
39	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.98
40	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11.88
41	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.85
42	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11.41
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	11.00
44	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	10.11
45	India`IND`Southern Asia	9.66
46	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	9.43
47	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.96
48	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8.85
49	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	8.79
50	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	8.75
51	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	8.72
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.42
53	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8.27
54	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8.10
55	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7.98
56	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.67
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7.47
58	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.39
59	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6.94
60	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6.77
61	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.73
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6.39
63	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	6.07
64	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5.95
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.90
66	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	5.69
67	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	5.41
68	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.38
69	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.32
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.29
71	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4.89
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.77
73	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.68
74	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	4.63
75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.37
76	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4.25
77	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.17
78	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.79
79	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.43
80	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.42
81	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.29
82	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.12
83	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.03
84	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3.01
85	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.98
86	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.93
87	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.91
88	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.86
89	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2.71
90	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.65
91	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.62
92	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.59
93	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.57
94	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.55
95	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2.53
96	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.34
97	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.23
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.07
99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.01
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.98
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.70
102	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.50
103	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.45
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.44
105	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.37
106	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.29
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.18
108	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1.02
109	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.89
110	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.81
111	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.40

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Liberia119.68
2Kazakhstan44.51
3Serbia31.66
4Türkiye30.40
5Gabon28.56

Lowest

111Afghanistan0.40
110Cambodia0.81
109Nigeria0.89
108Azerbaijan1.02
107Botswana1.18

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 7.67. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
109values changed, of 109 in both
37 · 72rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Gabon12.25 → 28.56+16.31
Togo1.58 → 15.98+14.40
Georgia5.96 → 16.73+10.76
Jordan10.52 → 20.86+10.34
Bhutan4.85 → 11.85+7.00

Fell most

Belize78.95 → 16.89−62.06
Mozambique38.73 → 18.61−20.12
São Tomé and Príncipe31.92 → 12.00−19.92
Comoros34.03 → 15.46−18.57
Peru27.87 → 14.56−13.31

+ Afghanistan

+ Syria

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 2008.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 111 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2008). Debt Service on External Debt, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2008

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