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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1970

1970, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1970 covers 80 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 32.223; 39 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.007.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1970

HighestNigeria

32.223

Lowest39 countries share it

0.000

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1970, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 80 countries · select a heading to sort

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1970: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa32.223
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa28.644
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia28.546
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia27.484
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia26.548
EcuadorECUSouth America26.360
ColombiaCOLSouth America25.759
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa22.269
GuatemalaGTMCentral America20.217
NicaraguaNICCentral America19.764
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa19.668
PeruPERSouth America16.546
SudanSDNNorthern Africa15.713
KenyaKENEastern Africa14.457
MexicoMEXCentral America14.118
BoliviaBOLSouth America12.709
GabonGABMiddle Africa12.521
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa12.161
BrazilBRASouth America11.932
ArgentinaARGSouth America10.843
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia10.092
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa9.849
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe8.800
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia8.722
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa7.294

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Nigeria32.223
  2. Côte d’Ivoire28.644
  3. Türkiye28.546
  4. Thailand27.484
  5. Philippines26.548

Lowest

  1. Kosovoshared0.000
  2. Samoashared0.000
  3. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
  4. Timor-Lesteshared0.000
  5. Eswatinishared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.007. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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 1970.

  • 42 distinct values among 80

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 39 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 80 countries has every column.

04The files

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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1970). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1970

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06Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1970?

Nigeria, at 32.223, of the 80 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1970 cover?

80.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1970?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1970 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2024.

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