Data for 2012

Debt Service on External Debt, 2012

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2012
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2012, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2012 covers 114 countries. Lebanon is highest, at 51.778; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 7.413. Against 2011, 113 values changed (74 up, 39 down), 1 country joined.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2012

HighestLebanon

51.778

LowestTimor-Leste

0.008

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

114countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
114distinct values17 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	51.778
2	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.603
3	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.946
4	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	38.767
5	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	37.383
6	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	33.671
7	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	31.350
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	29.167
9	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.772
10	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	26.359
11	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.584
12	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23.590
13	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	21.685
14	Colombia`COL`South America	21.068
15	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19.154
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	18.929
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	18.701
18	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17.430
19	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	17.211
20	Mexico`MEX`Central America	17.146
21	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	16.474
22	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	16.327
23	Brazil`BRA`South America	15.731
24	Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.658
25	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15.500
26	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.497
27	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	15.448
28	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	15.036
29	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.884
30	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	14.394
31	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14.287
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.067
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13.903
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.770
35	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.454
36	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13.229
37	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12.525
38	Peru`PER`South America	12.323
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	11.843
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11.603
41	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.974
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.260
43	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10.114
44	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.971
45	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9.669
46	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	9.601
47	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9.528
48	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.370
49	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.194
50	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.984
51	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	8.798
52	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8.599
53	Guyana`GUY`South America	8.556
54	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.394
55	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8.379
56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7.855
57	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7.546
58	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	7.280
59	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.148
60	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.143
61	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7.052
62	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.714
63	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6.641
64	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.558
65	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.544
66	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	6.299
67	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.151
68	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.036
69	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.008
70	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.002
71	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5.823
72	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.684
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5.464
74	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	5.429
75	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.417
76	Bolivia`BOL`South America	5.248
77	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.202
78	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.818
79	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4.650
80	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4.577
81	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.497
82	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.181
83	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.997
84	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.625
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.612
86	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.553
87	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3.420
88	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.352
89	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.135
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.123
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.085
92	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2.707
93	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.518
94	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.498
95	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.493
96	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.451
97	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.294
98	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.057
99	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.051
100	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.761
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.671
102	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.651
103	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.602
104	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.418
105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.361
106	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.226
107	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.196
108	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.082
109	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.886
110	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.852
111	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.599
112	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.506
113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.487
114	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.008

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lebanon51.778
2Nicaragua42.603
3Mauritius40.946
4Serbia38.767
5Jamaica37.383

Lowest

114Timor-Leste0.008
113Haiti0.487
112Iran0.506
111Afghanistan0.599
110Nigeria0.852

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 7.413. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
113values changed, of 113 in both
74 · 39rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe5.337 → 33.671+28.334
Nicaragua16.503 → 42.603+26.099
Mongolia5.369 → 26.359+20.990
Mauritius20.615 → 40.946+20.331
Comoros3.805 → 13.229+9.424

Fell most

Benin18.605 → 3.997−14.607
Kazakhstan33.931 → 24.584−9.347
Papua New Guinea16.043 → 7.052−8.992
Philippines17.245 → 9.194−8.051
Tajikistan20.129 → 12.525−7.604

+ Timor-Leste

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 2012.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 114 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2012). Debt Service on External Debt, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2012

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