Data for 2019

Debt Service on External Debt, 2019

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2019
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2019, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2019 covers 117 countries. Mongolia is highest, at 127.581; Somalia is lowest, at 0.054. The middle country reads 11.697. Against 2018, 115 values changed (63 up, 52 down), 2 countries joined.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2019

HighestMongolia

127.581

LowestSomalia

0.054

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

117countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
117distinct values16 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	127.581
2	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	86.041
3	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	80.287
4	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	67.754
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	53.470
6	Argentina`ARG`South America	50.833
7	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	49.479
8	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	48.874
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.486
10	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.427
11	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.995
12	Ecuador`ECU`South America	35.812
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.633
14	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	33.243
15	Colombia`COL`South America	32.965
16	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.802
17	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	31.733
18	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.218
19	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	30.971
20	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.236
21	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	29.916
22	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	28.936
23	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	28.499
24	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	26.780
25	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	25.645
26	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	25.618
27	Suriname`SUR`South America	23.693
28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	22.547
29	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.487
30	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	21.186
31	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.809
32	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	19.772
33	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.739
34	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	19.517
35	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	19.215
36	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.733
37	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.156
38	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17.964
39	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	17.412
40	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	16.709
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	16.580
42	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	15.085
43	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.314
44	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.242
45	Peru`PER`South America	14.123
46	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.032
47	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.968
48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.696
49	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	13.553
50	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	13.477
51	Mexico`MEX`Central America	13.302
52	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.145
53	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	12.711
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.699
55	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.377
56	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	12.173
57	Honduras`HND`Central America	11.996
58	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.760
59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.697
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11.600
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	11.369
62	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	10.512
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10.494
64	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.452
65	Bolivia`BOL`South America	10.365
66	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.052
67	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	10.023
68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	9.899
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.755
70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	9.695
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	9.621
72	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.534
73	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.495
74	Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.367
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.366
76	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.239
77	India`IND`Southern Asia	9.002
78	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.851
79	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	8.352
80	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	8.272
81	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.254
82	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8.109
83	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	8.018
84	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7.655
85	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.441
86	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.179
87	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6.903
88	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.753
89	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.752
90	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.620
91	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	6.525
92	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	6.379
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.094
94	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	6.057
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5.906
96	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.974
97	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.815
98	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4.494
99	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	4.087
100	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4.027
101	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3.759
102	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.682
103	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.552
104	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.413
105	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.053
106	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.016
107	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.995
108	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.974
109	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.681
110	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.508
111	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.278
112	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.525
113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.522
114	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.492
115	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.433
116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.423
117	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.054

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mongolia127.581
2Jamaica86.041
3Lebanon80.287
4El Salvador67.754
5Brazil53.470

Lowest

117Somalia0.054
116Iran0.423
115Timor-Leste0.433
114Algeria0.492
113Haiti1.522

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 11.697. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
115values changed, of 115 in both
63 · 52rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Jamaica23.831 → 86.041+62.210
Mongolia96.476 → 127.581+31.105
El Salvador45.533 → 67.754+22.221
Brazil33.309 → 53.470+20.161
Zambia13.698 → 32.802+19.104

Fell most

Burkina Faso63.158 → 49.479−13.679
Albania20.676 → 11.600−9.076
Colombia40.785 → 32.965−7.820
North Macedonia17.100 → 9.695−7.404
Nicaragua38.503 → 31.218−7.285

+ Central African Republic

+ Republic of the Congo

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 2019.
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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World Bank Group (2019). Debt Service on External Debt, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2019

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