Data for 2016

Debt Service on External Debt, 2016

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2016
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2016, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2016 covers 117 countries. Lebanon is highest, at 65.5250; Somalia is lowest, at 0.0041. The middle country reads 12.8053. Against 2015, 117 values changed (73 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2016

HighestLebanon

65.5250

LowestSomalia

0.0041

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

117countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
117distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	65.5250
2	Brazil`BRA`South America	51.0550
3	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	45.6795
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	44.8449
5	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	40.2566
6	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.0756
7	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	37.8337
8	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	37.4797
9	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	36.7531
10	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	36.4254
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	35.8367
12	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.8053
13	Argentina`ARG`South America	34.9280
14	Suriname`SUR`South America	34.3510
15	Colombia`COL`South America	33.1505
16	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	33.0972
17	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.5852
18	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	30.1609
19	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.4411
20	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.1452
21	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27.2904
22	Ecuador`ECU`South America	26.5363
23	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	26.0424
24	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	25.7389
25	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	25.0616
26	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23.5128
27	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	23.4340
28	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	23.0422
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	22.8149
30	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	20.9350
31	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	20.3189
32	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20.0649
33	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.5115
34	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	18.9089
35	Mexico`MEX`Central America	18.8534
36	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.6014
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	18.5032
38	Peru`PER`South America	17.7042
39	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	17.5596
40	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	17.3741
41	India`IND`Southern Asia	17.2634
42	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	17.1503
43	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.0721
44	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	15.9800
45	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.8009
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	15.2354
47	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.0234
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.7940
49	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.5635
50	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14.5630
51	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	14.1833
52	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.6253
53	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.4120
54	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13.3925
55	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	12.9944
56	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.9729
57	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.8678
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	12.8249
59	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	12.8053
60	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	12.2521
61	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12.0643
62	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	11.5051
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	11.1736
64	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11.0788
65	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.8677
66	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.8254
67	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.4918
68	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10.4509
69	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.4412
70	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	10.3199
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	9.6925
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.5047
73	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9.4076
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9.2993
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.2195
76	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.7507
77	Niger`NER`Western Africa	8.3213
78	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7.8282
79	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6.9188
80	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.8108
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.6779
82	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.3850
83	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6.3369
84	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5.5792
85	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.5195
86	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.5033
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5.3838
88	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.2962
89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5.2622
90	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.1420
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	5.1212
92	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.0557
93	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4.9246
94	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.9210
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	4.7392
96	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.3334
97	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.2776
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.1554
99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.0687
100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.9382
101	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.9284
102	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.8474
103	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3.5949
104	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.5942
105	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.0401
106	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.8772
107	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.7384
108	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2.5544
109	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.4030
110	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.3120
111	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.2214
112	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2.1476
113	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	2.1299
114	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.9797
115	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.0140
116	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.1242
117	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.0041

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lebanon65.5250
2Brazil51.0550
3Kazakhstan45.6795
4Papua New Guinea44.8449
5Jamaica40.2566

Lowest

117Somalia0.0041
116Timor-Leste0.1242
115Algeria1.0140
114Botswana1.9797
113Vanuatu2.1299

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.8053. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
117values changed, of 117 in both
73 · 44rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Papua New Guinea12.7168 → 44.8449+32.1281
Ghana7.3819 → 26.0424+18.6605
Suriname18.3411 → 34.3510+16.0099
Tajikistan12.2501 → 28.1452+15.8950
Uganda1.9911 → 17.3741+15.3830

Fell most

Jamaica87.9216 → 40.2566−47.6650
Ukraine55.3904 → 23.4340−31.9564
Kazakhstan70.3931 → 45.6795−24.7135
Mauritius32.9187 → 12.8249−20.0938
Burkina Faso55.1913 → 35.8367−19.3546

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

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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 2016.
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.

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2016). Debt Service on External Debt, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2016

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