Data for 2003

Interest Payments on External Debt, 2003

Name: Interest Payments on External Debt, 2003
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2003, 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, 2003 covers 111 countries. Lebanon is highest, at 8.7632; Somalia is lowest, at 0.0108. The middle country reads 0.9694. Against 2002, 111 values changed (39 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Interest Payments on External Debt · Data for 2003

HighestLebanon

8.7632

LowestSomalia

0.0108

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

111countries
1measure
2003the year it describes
111distinct values16 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8.7632
2	Belize`BLZ`Central America	5.5037
3	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.0347
4	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.8106
5	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.6170
6	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.5788
7	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.1241
8	Brazil`BRA`South America	3.0250
9	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.0052
10	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.7383
11	Colombia`COL`South America	2.6777
12	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2.6058
13	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.5348
14	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.5215
15	Peru`PER`South America	2.4739
16	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.3546
17	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.3229
18	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2.3216
19	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.3058
20	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.2667
21	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2.2574
22	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.1979
23	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.9811
24	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.9455
25	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.8805
26	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.7581
27	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.7230
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.7066
29	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.6968
30	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.6425
31	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.6227
32	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.5464
33	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.5330
34	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.5276
35	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.4506
36	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.3452
37	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.3374
38	Honduras`HND`Central America	1.2997
39	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.2699
40	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.2019
41	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.2013
42	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1.1332
43	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.1277
44	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.1038
45	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.0880
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.0808
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.0702
48	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.0673
49	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.0635
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.0622
51	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1.0432
52	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.0321
53	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.0292
54	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.0068
55	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.9918
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.9694
57	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.9472
58	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.9430
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.9383
60	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.9204
61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.9162
62	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.9063
63	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.8711
64	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.8533
65	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.8049
66	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.7732
67	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.7671
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.7609
69	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.7461
70	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.6955
71	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.6795
72	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.6099
73	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.5805
74	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.5431
75	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.5349
76	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.5324
77	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.5263
78	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.5253
79	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.5252
80	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.5228
81	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.4904
82	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.4894
83	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.4490
84	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.4370
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.4332
86	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.4315
87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.4281
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.4078
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.4054
90	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.4042
91	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.3948
92	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.3905
93	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.3753
94	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.3444
95	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.3393
96	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.3292
97	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.3231
98	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.3086
99	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.3081
100	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.2900
101	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.2786
102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.2702
103	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.2503
104	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.1842
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.1815
106	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.1684
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.1336
108	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.1116
109	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.0601
110	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.0212
111	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.0108

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lebanon8.7632
2Belize5.5037
3Ecuador4.0347
4Zambia3.8106
5Grenada3.6170

Lowest

111Somalia0.0108
110Myanmar0.0212
109Central African Republic0.0601
108Liberia0.1116
107Togo0.1336

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.9694. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

+0 / −0countries joined / left
111values changed, of 111 in both
39 · 72rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lebanon5.9620 → 8.7632+2.8013
Zambia1.5746 → 3.8106+2.2360
Belize4.1797 → 5.5037+1.3240
Gambia1.1046 → 1.9811+0.8765
Republic of the Congo0.4622 → 1.1277+0.6655

Fell most

DR Congo3.4650 → 1.0635−2.4015
Côte d’Ivoire2.8511 → 1.0880−1.7630
Guyana4.5616 → 3.1241−1.4375
Turkmenistan2.2745 → 0.9472−1.3273
Gabon3.4942 → 2.3058−1.1885

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 2003.
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Every one of the 111 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2003). Interest Payments on External Debt, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt-interest/2003

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