Data for 1998

Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998

Name: Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1998, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is what a country pays its foreign creditors in interest each year, as a share of its national income. Where external debt stocks show how much is owed, this shows what the debt costs — money that leaves the country before any of it is repaid.

Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998 covers 110 countries. Guyana is highest, at 9.26366; Somalia is lowest, at 0.00649. The middle country reads 1.12494. Against 1997, 110 values changed (60 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Interest Payments on External Debt · Data for 1998

HighestGuyana

9.26366

LowestSomalia

0.00649

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

110countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
110distinct values17 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998, 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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Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Guyana`GUY`South America	9.26366
2	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7.89281
3	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.93469
4	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5.78196
5	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5.33470
6	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4.51951
7	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	4.46907
8	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.33882
9	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4.31242
10	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.11960
11	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.96312
12	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.81865
13	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.65317
14	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.54205
15	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.19083
16	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.05595
17	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.79049
18	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.70919
19	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.68692
20	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2.64202
21	Peru`PER`South America	2.53576
22	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2.51993
23	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2.46669
24	Belize`BLZ`Central America	2.33139
25	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2.17778
26	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.17189
27	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.12231
28	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.10488
29	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.08327
30	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.08030
31	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.05464
32	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2.01591
33	Colombia`COL`South America	2.01588
34	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.00336
35	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.89191
36	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.86817
37	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.82896
38	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.74623
39	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.68547
40	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.66469
41	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1.65631
42	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.61310
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.47611
44	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.45799
45	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.43363
46	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.40795
47	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.40060
48	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.39329
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.37500
50	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.29453
51	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.25080
52	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.23543
53	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.23257
54	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.20772
55	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1.14584
56	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.10404
57	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.10374
58	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.08996
59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.05734
60	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.03156
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.02231
62	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.99525
63	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.99365
64	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.96418
65	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.93914
66	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.93755
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.93393
68	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.91360
69	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.90215
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.88052
71	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.84272
72	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.84224
73	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.84147
74	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.78746
75	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.77091
76	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.76855
77	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.76678
78	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.75735
79	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.73501
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.70807
81	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.69959
82	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.67299
83	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.64191
84	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.63368
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.62913
86	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.58020
87	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.56373
88	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.55208
89	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.53738
90	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.53491
91	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.49279
92	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.47708
93	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.47450
94	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.47360
95	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.47281
96	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.45939
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.43077
98	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.42941
99	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.37342
100	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.36710
101	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.34003
102	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.32149
103	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.31915
104	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.31003
105	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.14661
106	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.13386
107	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.11928
108	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.09373
109	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.02526
110	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00649

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Guyana9.26366
2Indonesia7.89281
3Côte d’Ivoire5.93469
4Jordan5.78196
5Zimbabwe5.33470

Lowest

110Somalia0.00649
109Sudan0.02526
108Liberia0.09373
107Comoros0.11928
106Cambodia0.13386

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.12494. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

+0 / −0countries joined / left
110values changed, of 110 in both
60 · 50rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia3.21220 → 7.89281+4.68062
Zimbabwe3.73643 → 5.33470+1.59828
Angola2.89042 → 4.46907+1.57865
Guyana7.99761 → 9.26366+1.26606
Côte d’Ivoire4.73756 → 5.93469+1.19713

Fell most

Republic of the Congo3.98292 → 1.68547−2.29745
Gabon5.66451 → 4.33882−1.32569
Madagascar2.25488 → 1.23543−1.01945
Bolivia2.76377 → 2.00336−0.76041
Pakistan2.05895 → 1.43363−0.62532

04Caveats

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One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1998.
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Every one of the 110 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1998). Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt-interest/1998

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