Data for 2018

Debt Service on External Debt, 2018

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2018
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2018, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2018 covers 115 countries. Mongolia is highest, at 96.476; Somalia is lowest, at 0.005. The middle country reads 11.715. Against 2017, 115 values changed (66 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2018

HighestMongolia

96.476

LowestSomalia

0.005

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

115countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	96.476
2	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	72.589
3	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	63.158
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	51.548
5	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	49.784
6	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.533
7	Colombia`COL`South America	40.785
8	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	38.503
9	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.055
10	Ecuador`ECU`South America	35.601
11	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	33.479
12	Brazil`BRA`South America	33.309
13	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	32.733
14	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	28.562
15	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	28.535
16	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	27.339
17	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	26.690
18	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	25.136
19	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.441
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.332
21	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	23.922
22	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23.831
23	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.700
24	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	22.627
25	Suriname`SUR`South America	22.059
26	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	21.915
27	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	21.681
28	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	21.492
29	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.414
30	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	21.090
31	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.782
32	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	20.676
33	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	19.591
34	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	19.456
35	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19.094
36	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	17.417
37	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17.100
38	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	16.322
39	Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.117
40	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	15.259
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	14.460
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.257
43	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.065
44	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14.007
45	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.959
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	13.950
47	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.910
48	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.698
49	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	13.319
50	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	13.185
51	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	13.175
52	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.753
53	Peru`PER`South America	12.745
54	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.316
55	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.253
56	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	12.191
57	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.848
58	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	11.715
59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.683
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	11.622
61	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.418
62	India`IND`Southern Asia	11.398
63	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	10.625
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.526
65	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	10.487
66	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9.856
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.713
68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.520
69	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.286
70	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.064
71	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.857
72	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	8.844
73	Guyana`GUY`South America	8.651
74	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.458
75	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8.289
76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	8.253
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8.249
78	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.985
79	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7.856
80	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.266
81	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.232
82	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.224
83	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.084
84	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.850
85	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.795
86	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.662
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5.993
88	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	5.959
89	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5.927
90	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.683
91	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4.901
92	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.899
93	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4.790
94	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	4.727
95	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.587
96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.378
97	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.361
98	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	4.287
99	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4.208
100	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4.199
101	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.175
102	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4.002
103	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.324
104	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.942
105	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.747
106	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.735
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.361
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.156
109	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.015
110	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.586
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.297
112	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.477
113	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.317
114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.167
115	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.005

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mongolia96.476
2Lebanon72.589
3Burkina Faso63.158
4Argentina51.548
5Kazakhstan49.784

Lowest

115Somalia0.005
114Iran0.167
113Timor-Leste0.317
112Algeria0.477
111Haiti1.297

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 11.715. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
115values changed, of 115 in both
66 · 49rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia53.762 → 96.476+42.714
Burkina Faso40.328 → 63.158+22.830
Montenegro18.060 → 32.733+14.673
Sri Lanka21.869 → 36.055+14.186
South Africa13.478 → 24.332+10.854

Fell most

Guatemala29.747 → 8.249−21.498
Ghana30.645 → 19.094−11.551
Peru20.907 → 12.745−8.163
Nicaragua45.405 → 38.503−6.902
Uzbekistan12.819 → 5.959−6.860

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 2018.
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.

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2018). Debt Service on External Debt, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2018

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