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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1971

1971, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1971 covers 82 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 32.202; 36 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.164. Against 1970, 46 values changed (30 up, 16 down), 2 countries joined.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1971

HighestNigeria

32.202

Lowest36 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, 1971, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 82 countries · select a heading to sort

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1971: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa32.202
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa28.774
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia28.581
EcuadorECUSouth America27.523
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia27.522
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia26.535
ColombiaCOLSouth America25.684
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa23.360
GuatemalaGTMCentral America20.082
NicaraguaNICCentral America19.938
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa19.593
PeruPERSouth America16.512
BoliviaBOLSouth America14.466
KenyaKENEastern Africa14.461
YemenYEMWestern Asia14.340
MexicoMEXCentral America14.133
SudanSDNNorthern Africa13.385
GabonGABMiddle Africa12.368
BrazilBRASouth America11.947
ArgentinaARGSouth America10.812
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia10.055
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa9.755
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe8.924
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia8.858
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa7.359

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Nigeria32.202
  2. Côte d’Ivoire28.774
  3. Türkiye28.581
  4. Ecuador27.523
  5. Thailand27.522

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 0.164. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 46values changed, of 80 in both
  • 30 · 16rose · fell
  • 34unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Iran+ Yemen

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 1971.

  • 47 distinct values among 82

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 36 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 82 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

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 (1971). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1971

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1971?

Nigeria, at 32.202, of the 82 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1971 cover?

82.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1971?

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, 1971 the newest?

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

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