Data for 2020

Debt Service on External Debt, 2020

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2020
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2020, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2020 covers 117 countries. Lebanon is highest, at 106.63; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.41. The middle country reads 15.74. Against 2019, 117 values changed (80 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2020

HighestLebanon

106.63

LowestTimor-Leste

0.41

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

117countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	106.63
2	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	82.03
3	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	66.90
4	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	64.08
5	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	51.15
6	Colombia`COL`South America	50.77
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	50.35
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	45.63
9	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.10
10	Argentina`ARG`South America	43.10
11	Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.06
12	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40.74
13	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.42
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	39.52
15	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	38.73
16	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	38.01
17	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	36.82
18	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.26
19	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	35.56
20	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.46
21	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	33.32
22	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.62
23	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	29.73
24	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	29.25
25	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.02
26	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	27.69
27	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	27.36
28	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	27.27
29	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	26.45
30	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	26.28
31	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	26.11
32	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	25.83
33	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.38
34	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24.29
35	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	23.87
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.83
37	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	23.81
38	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	23.38
39	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	22.82
40	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	22.72
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.49
42	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	22.18
43	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	21.67
44	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.26
45	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.86
46	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	19.99
47	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	19.50
48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	19.14
49	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	18.76
50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	18.68
51	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.67
52	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	18.00
53	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	17.52
54	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.46
55	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	17.23
56	Peru`PER`South America	17.05
57	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.45
58	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	16.14
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	15.74
60	Bolivia`BOL`South America	15.56
61	India`IND`Southern Asia	15.05
62	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.62
63	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	14.19
64	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.06
65	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13.92
66	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.84
67	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13.65
68	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	13.55
69	Niger`NER`Western Africa	13.29
70	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	13.09
71	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	12.73
72	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	12.22
73	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12.20
74	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.15
75	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12.13
76	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	11.28
77	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	11.14
78	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.02
79	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.76
80	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	10.72
81	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.46
82	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.98
83	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	9.97
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.24
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.19
86	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	8.79
87	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	8.74
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8.69
89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8.31
90	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7.80
91	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.45
92	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.28
93	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7.04
94	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	6.54
95	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.44
96	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.38
97	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.87
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5.39
99	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5.36
100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5.16
101	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.03
102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	4.97
103	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.91
104	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.80
105	Guyana`GUY`South America	4.67
106	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.00
107	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.90
108	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.75
109	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2.88
110	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.70
111	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.67
112	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.93
113	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.88
114	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.55
115	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.68
116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.62
117	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.41

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lebanon106.63
2El Salvador82.03
3Somalia66.90
4Kazakhstan64.08
5Jamaica51.15

Lowest

117Timor-Leste0.41
116Iran0.62
115Algeria0.68
114Guinea1.55
113Djibouti1.88

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 15.74. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
117values changed, of 117 in both
80 · 37rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Somalia0.05 → 66.90+66.85
Lebanon80.29 → 106.63+26.34
Dominican Republic17.41 → 40.42+23.01
Montenegro25.62 → 45.10+19.49
Gabon9.90 → 29.02+19.12

Fell most

Mongolia127.58 → 33.32−94.26
Jamaica86.04 → 51.15−34.89
Ghana36.00 → 12.73−23.26
Kenya38.43 → 24.29−14.14
Zimbabwe30.24 → 18.68−11.56

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 2020.
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 (2020). Debt Service on External Debt, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2020

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