Data for 2009

Debt Service on External Debt, 2009

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2009
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2009, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2009 covers 112 countries. Ecuador is highest, at 49.521; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.488. The middle country reads 6.977. Against 2008, 111 values changed (83 up, 28 down), 1 country joined.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2009

HighestEcuador

49.521

LowestAfghanistan

0.488

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

112countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
112distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.521
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	46.572
3	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.196
4	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	42.769
5	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42.096
6	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	40.514
7	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	38.987
8	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	34.952
9	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.058
10	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.469
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	27.200
12	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	25.520
13	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	24.215
14	Brazil`BRA`South America	23.671
15	Colombia`COL`South America	21.465
16	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.172
17	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	20.959
18	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.984
19	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	19.975
20	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	19.567
21	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	18.601
22	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	18.112
23	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	17.405
24	Belize`BLZ`Central America	17.128
25	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	16.923
26	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.859
27	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	16.654
28	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	16.594
29	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16.472
30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15.640
31	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	15.402
32	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.283
33	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	15.072
34	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14.610
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.706
36	Peru`PER`South America	13.426
37	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12.923
38	Mexico`MEX`Central America	12.805
39	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	12.684
40	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	12.374
41	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11.712
42	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	11.437
43	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10.609
44	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10.446
45	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	10.413
46	Bolivia`BOL`South America	10.327
47	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.086
48	Honduras`HND`Central America	9.973
49	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.884
50	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.696
51	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.984
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8.796
53	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	7.766
54	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7.359
55	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	7.165
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.102
57	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.853
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	6.831
59	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.776
60	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6.570
61	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	6.553
62	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6.510
63	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6.457
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6.376
65	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.175
66	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	6.155
67	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.042
68	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.018
69	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.984
70	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5.942
71	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	5.812
72	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	5.727
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.724
74	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.720
75	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5.626
76	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.349
77	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5.309
78	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5.143
79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.123
80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.695
81	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.601
82	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.465
83	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4.240
84	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4.211
85	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4.123
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.903
87	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.748
88	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3.644
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.463
90	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.150
91	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.087
92	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.079
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.911
94	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.860
95	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.789
96	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.788
97	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.694
98	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.596
99	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.495
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.343
101	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.139
102	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.114
103	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.093
104	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.073
105	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.997
106	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.757
107	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.716
108	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1.565
109	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.092
110	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.044
111	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.985
112	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.488

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Ecuador49.521
2Kazakhstan46.572
3Lebanon44.196
4Mauritius42.769
5Türkiye42.096

Lowest

112Afghanistan0.488
111Cambodia0.985
110Botswana1.044
109Nigeria1.092
108Azerbaijan1.565

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.977. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
111values changed, of 111 in both
83 · 28rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ecuador11.882 → 49.521+37.639
Lebanon17.891 → 44.196+26.305
Tajikistan5.952 → 28.058+22.106
Kosovo4.625 → 25.520+20.895
Mauritius22.990 → 42.769+19.780

Fell most

Liberia119.680 → 5.812−113.868
Gabon28.562 → 6.175−22.387
Jordan20.859 → 5.942−14.917
Togo15.983 → 4.240−11.743
Papua New Guinea15.564 → 11.712−3.852

+ Zimbabwe

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 2009.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 112 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2009). Debt Service on External Debt, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2009

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