Data for 2022

Debt Service on External Debt, 2022

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2022
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2022, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2022 covers 115 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 59.1580; Iran is lowest, at 0.1624. The middle country reads 11.8874. Against 2021, 115 values changed (43 up, 72 down), 1 left.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2022

HighestMozambique

59.1580

LowestIran

0.1624

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

115countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
115distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	59.1580
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	51.1629
3	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	42.0463
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	35.3252
5	Colombia`COL`South America	33.8040
6	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.1501
7	Argentina`ARG`South America	31.6826
8	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	30.3800
9	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	29.9270
10	Brazil`BRA`South America	29.9040
11	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	29.8347
12	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	28.7068
13	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.7166
14	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	23.5992
15	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	23.3914
16	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	23.3262
17	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.1349
18	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	23.1153
19	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	22.6105
20	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	22.1221
21	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.1571
22	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	20.9961
23	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	20.9944
24	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.5831
25	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	20.5130
26	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20.2896
27	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.6812
28	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.6242
29	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.3034
30	Niger`NER`Western Africa	18.1867
31	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	18.1306
32	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	18.1042
33	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	18.0772
34	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17.5796
35	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	17.5364
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.1084
37	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	16.8391
38	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	16.6877
39	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	16.4065
40	Bolivia`BOL`South America	16.2751
41	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	16.1949
42	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	15.4930
43	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	15.0028
44	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	14.9742
45	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.7499
46	Suriname`SUR`South America	14.7146
47	Ecuador`ECU`South America	14.4395
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.1863
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14.1773
50	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.0825
51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	14.0645
52	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13.6272
53	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	13.5353
54	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	13.4199
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.9117
56	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	12.0373
57	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.9651
58	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	11.8874
59	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11.7472
60	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	11.6978
61	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.4917
62	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	11.3336
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11.2721
64	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11.2392
65	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	10.9848
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10.5559
67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	10.5202
68	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.2137
69	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.1165
70	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.1123
71	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.0246
72	Peru`PER`South America	9.5873
73	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.1999
74	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9.1852
75	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.1446
76	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9.1360
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.6120
78	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.5880
79	India`IND`Southern Asia	8.2666
80	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.0468
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7.9409
82	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.9156
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7.9037
84	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	7.6602
85	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	7.6288
86	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	7.3322
87	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	7.1970
88	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.0282
89	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.7659
90	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	6.7655
91	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.1223
92	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6.0842
93	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.9005
94	Belize`BLZ`Central America	5.5715
95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.1141
96	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4.9265
97	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.5578
98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4.3554
99	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.8813
100	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.8308
101	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3.6109
102	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3.2880
103	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3.0941
104	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2.9562
105	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.7256
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.5203
107	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.4132
108	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.3506
109	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.9296
110	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.3140
111	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.2228
112	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.0741
113	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.7793
114	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.4266
115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.1624

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mozambique59.1580
2Kazakhstan51.1629
3Pakistan42.0463
4Mongolia35.3252
5Colombia33.8040

Lowest

115Iran0.1624
114Algeria0.4266
113Timor-Leste0.7793
112Somalia1.0741
111Guyana1.2228

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 11.8874. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
115values changed, of 115 in both
43 · 72rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guatemala10.3884 → 21.1571+10.7686
Burkina Faso7.5888 → 17.5796+9.9908
Ghana13.3672 → 22.1221+8.7549
Pakistan33.9308 → 42.0463+8.1155
Republic of the Congo6.3745 → 13.6272+7.2527

Fell most

Belize58.9327 → 5.5715−53.3612
Mozambique103.7322 → 59.1580−44.5742
Sudan45.2183 → 2.9562−42.2621
El Salvador67.8810 → 32.1501−35.7309
Lebanon62.5192 → 28.7068−33.8124

− Gabon

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 2022.
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 (2022). Debt Service on External Debt, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2022

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