Data for 2023

Debt Service on External Debt, 2023

Name: Debt Service on External Debt, 2023
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2023, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 2023 covers 114 countries. El Salvador is highest, at 83.07; Iran is lowest, at 0.33. The middle country reads 12.43. Against 2022, 114 values changed (70 up, 44 down), 1 left.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 2023

HighestEl Salvador

83.07

LowestIran

0.33

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

114countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
114distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	83.07
2	Brazil`BRA`South America	53.54
3	Argentina`ARG`South America	51.36
4	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	50.26
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	46.16
6	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	43.60
7	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	42.24
8	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	38.04
9	Colombia`COL`South America	36.72
10	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	34.50
11	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	33.45
12	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	32.61
13	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	31.63
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.39
15	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	30.24
16	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	29.97
17	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	27.40
18	Suriname`SUR`South America	25.06
19	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.12
20	Ecuador`ECU`South America	22.89
21	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	22.75
22	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	21.11
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.91
24	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	20.85
25	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.74
26	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.28
27	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.15
28	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20.05
29	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	19.52
30	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	19.14
31	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	19.09
32	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.93
33	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.10
34	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	17.81
35	Peru`PER`South America	17.11
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.10
37	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17.00
38	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	16.50
39	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.24
40	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	16.13
41	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.07
42	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	15.61
43	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	15.56
44	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	15.39
45	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.32
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15.28
47	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	15.17
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	15.08
49	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	14.34
50	Bolivia`BOL`South America	14.21
51	Niger`NER`Western Africa	14.10
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	13.53
53	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.30
54	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13.29
55	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	12.81
56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	12.74
57	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.59
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	12.26
59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	12.21
60	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	12.04
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11.96
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11.87
63	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	11.83
64	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.67
65	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	11.54
66	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	11.24
67	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	11.10
68	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	11.09
69	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	11.05
70	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.96
71	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.74
72	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	10.35
73	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	10.30
74	India`IND`Southern Asia	10.16
75	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	10.13
76	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.09
77	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.71
78	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9.65
79	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	9.64
80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.56
81	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.42
82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.20
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9.10
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.92
85	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.54
86	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.46
87	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.45
88	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8.22
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.15
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	7.86
91	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.54
92	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7.49
93	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.35
94	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.99
95	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	6.59
96	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6.36
97	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.10
98	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.86
99	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	5.66
100	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.54
101	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.46
102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	5.08
103	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4.88
104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	4.66
105	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3.99
106	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.67
107	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.65
108	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.58
109	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2.06
110	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.64
111	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.63
112	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.23
113	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.76
114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.33

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1El Salvador83.07
2Brazil53.54
3Argentina51.36
4Kazakhstan50.26
5Mozambique46.16

Lowest

114Iran0.33
113Algeria0.76
112Somalia1.23
111DR Congo1.63
110Djibouti1.64

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.43. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
114values changed, of 114 in both
70 · 44rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

El Salvador32.15 → 83.07+50.92
Brazil29.90 → 53.54+23.64
Argentina31.68 → 51.36+19.68
Jamaica22.61 → 38.04+15.43
Zimbabwe6.08 → 19.52+13.43

Fell most

Mozambique59.16 → 46.16−13.00
Samoa20.51 → 10.35−10.16
Guatemala21.16 → 13.30−7.86
Gambia14.75 → 7.49−7.26
Jordan23.12 → 16.24−6.88

− Sudan

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 2023.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 114 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2023). Debt Service on External Debt, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/2023

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