Data for 2015

Debt Service on External Debt, 2015

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2015
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2015, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2015 covers 117 countries. Jamaica is highest, at 87.922; Somalia is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 10.296. Against 2014, 115 values changed (85 up, 30 down), 2 countries joined.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2015

HighestJamaica

87.922

LowestSomalia

0.004

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

117countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
117distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	87.922
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.393
3	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.685
4	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	55.390
5	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	55.191
6	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	40.136
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	39.779
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38.414
9	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	35.185
10	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	34.607
11	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	33.529
12	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	32.919
13	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	31.041
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	30.809
15	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30.557
16	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	29.863
17	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	28.265
18	Colombia`COL`South America	27.598
19	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	25.991
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.379
21	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24.785
22	Argentina`ARG`South America	24.733
23	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	24.175
24	Ecuador`ECU`South America	23.628
25	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	23.249
26	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	22.994
27	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	21.596
28	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	21.419
29	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20.801
30	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	19.151
31	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18.945
32	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	18.613
33	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	18.580
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	18.370
35	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.341
36	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.293
37	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	18.104
38	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	17.991
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	16.800
40	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16.405
41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.851
42	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	14.896
43	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	14.677
44	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.475
45	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.153
46	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.139
47	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	13.913
48	Peru`PER`South America	13.404
49	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12.717
50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.645
51	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.638
52	Mexico`MEX`Central America	12.539
53	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12.250
54	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	12.047
55	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	11.536
56	India`IND`Southern Asia	11.206
57	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.650
58	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.576
59	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10.296
60	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	9.994
61	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	9.987
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.899
63	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	9.785
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.406
65	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.126
66	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9.094
67	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8.964
68	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.718
69	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	8.577
70	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.442
71	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	8.330
72	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	8.094
73	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7.493
74	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7.459
75	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	7.398
76	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.382
77	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7.357
78	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	7.199
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7.092
80	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7.024
81	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	6.980
82	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.610
83	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.359
84	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.178
85	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.575
86	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.468
87	Guyana`GUY`South America	5.303
88	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	5.139
89	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.065
90	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.001
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.903
92	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4.813
93	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4.785
94	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.420
95	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.382
96	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.076
97	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.930
98	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.779
99	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.500
100	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.444
101	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3.336
102	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.327
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.319
104	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.300
105	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3.257
106	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2.857
107	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.428
108	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.383
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.056
110	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.043
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.996
112	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.991
113	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.723
114	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.240
115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.912
116	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.058
117	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.004

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Jamaica87.922
2Kazakhstan70.393
3Lebanon58.685
4Ukraine55.390
5Burkina Faso55.191

Lowest

117Somalia0.004
116Timor-Leste0.058
115Iran0.912
114Djibouti1.240
113Algeria1.723

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.296. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
115values changed, of 115 in both
85 · 30rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Jamaica33.567 → 87.922+54.354
Kazakhstan39.434 → 70.393+30.959
Ukraine29.706 → 55.390+25.684
Burkina Faso37.199 → 55.191+17.992
South Africa8.566 → 25.991+17.425

Fell most

Nicaragua54.819 → 30.557−24.261
Serbia41.401 → 22.994−18.407
Sri Lanka38.232 → 20.801−17.431
Chad15.394 → 2.383−13.011
São Tomé and Príncipe13.865 → 2.857−11.009

+ Iraq

+ Suriname

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 2015.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 117 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2015). Debt Service on External Debt, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2015

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