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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1974

1974, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of a country’s external debt that falls due within a year. Short-term debt has to be repaid or rolled over quickly, so a high share leaves a borrower exposed if lenders stop lending or interest rates rise.

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1974 covers 83 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 32.266; 28 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.181. Against 1973, 55 values changed (31 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1974

HighestNigeria

32.266

Lowest28 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, 1974, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 83 countries · select a heading to sort

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1974: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa32.266
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa28.606
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia28.557
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia27.485
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa26.924
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia26.533
ColombiaCOLSouth America25.633
EcuadorECUSouth America23.988
NicaraguaNICCentral America21.319
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa19.560
GuatemalaGTMCentral America19.364
PeruPERSouth America16.578
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa14.751
BoliviaBOLSouth America14.503
KenyaKENEastern Africa14.401
MexicoMEXCentral America14.247
YemenYEMWestern Asia13.852
SudanSDNNorthern Africa13.463
GabonGABMiddle Africa12.500
BrazilBRASouth America12.028
ArgentinaARGSouth America10.758
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa10.062
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia9.878
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe9.041
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia8.805

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Nigeria32.266
  2. Côte d’Ivoire28.606
  3. Türkiye28.557
  4. Thailand27.485
  5. Egypt26.924

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.000
  2. Kosovoshared0.000
  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 0.181. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 55values changed, of 83 in both
  • 31 · 24rose · fell
  • 28unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1974.

  • 56 distinct values among 83

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 28 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 83 countries has every column.

05The 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 (1974). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1974

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