Data for 2017

Debt Service on External Debt, 2017

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2017
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2017, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2017 covers 115 countries. Lebanon is highest, at 70.13; Somalia is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 11.14. Against 2016, 115 values changed (54 up, 61 down), 2 left.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2017

HighestLebanon

70.13

LowestSomalia

0.00

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

115countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
115distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	70.13
2	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.76
3	Argentina`ARG`South America	51.73
4	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	51.62
5	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	48.79
6	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	45.40
7	Colombia`COL`South America	40.91
8	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	40.33
9	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.36
10	Brazil`BRA`South America	34.77
11	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30.65
12	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	29.75
13	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	29.72
14	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.44
15	Ecuador`ECU`South America	29.19
16	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.28
17	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	26.98
18	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.41
19	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	26.09
20	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25.43
21	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.92
22	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	23.10
23	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	22.56
24	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	22.24
25	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	21.87
26	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	21.63
27	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	21.15
28	Peru`PER`South America	20.91
29	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.90
30	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.06
31	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17.75
32	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17.10
33	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17.03
34	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.00
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	16.98
36	Suriname`SUR`South America	16.52
37	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.73
38	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	15.58
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15.50
40	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.39
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	15.38
42	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.92
43	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	14.60
44	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	14.39
45	Mexico`MEX`Central America	14.28
46	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.92
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.48
48	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.82
49	Honduras`HND`Central America	12.79
50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.71
51	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	12.46
52	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.40
53	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.30
54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	12.26
55	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.92
56	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	11.78
57	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.40
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11.14
59	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.11
60	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	10.96
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10.68
62	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.48
63	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	10.29
64	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.10
65	India`IND`Southern Asia	10.08
66	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.06
67	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	10.03
68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	10.02
69	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9.90
70	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	9.79
71	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.62
72	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	8.95
73	Niger`NER`Western Africa	8.72
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.48
75	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	7.59
76	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.40
77	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.02
78	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.93
79	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.91
80	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.52
81	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.43
82	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.29
83	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6.22
84	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5.84
85	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.80
86	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.77
87	Guyana`GUY`South America	5.71
88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5.10
89	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.85
90	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4.69
91	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.60
92	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	4.45
93	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.36
94	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.35
95	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4.17
96	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	4.06
97	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.05
98	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.94
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.70
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.69
101	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.66
102	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.35
103	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.15
104	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.95
105	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.94
106	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.44
107	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.29
108	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	2.15
109	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.74
110	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.72
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.27
112	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.60
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.47
114	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.20
115	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lebanon70.13
2Mongolia53.76
3Argentina51.73
4El Salvador51.62
5Kazakhstan48.79

Lowest

115Somalia0.00
114Timor-Leste0.20
113Iran0.47
112Algeria0.60
111Haiti1.27

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 11.14. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
115values changed, of 115 in both
54 · 61rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

El Salvador20.06 → 51.62+31.56
Mongolia25.74 → 53.76+28.02
Argentina34.93 → 51.73+16.80
Nicaragua35.81 → 45.40+9.60
Colombia33.15 → 40.91+7.76

Fell most

Montenegro37.83 → 18.06−19.77
Suriname34.35 → 16.52−17.83
Papua New Guinea44.84 → 28.28−16.56
Brazil51.05 → 34.77−16.29
Zimbabwe30.59 → 15.50−15.09

− Republic of the Congo

− Yemen

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 2017.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 115 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2017). Debt Service on External Debt, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2017

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