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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1976

1976, 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, 1976 covers 83 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 32.259; 27 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.396. Against 1975, 58 values changed (40 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1976

HighestNigeria

32.259

Lowest27 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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa32.259
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa28.669
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia28.561
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia27.519
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia26.542
ColombiaCOLSouth America25.753
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa23.930
NicaraguaNICCentral America21.824
GuatemalaGTMCentral America20.194
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa19.772
EcuadorECUSouth America19.768
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa19.715
PeruPERSouth America16.686
BoliviaBOLSouth America14.644
KenyaKENEastern Africa14.465
MexicoMEXCentral America14.280
SudanSDNNorthern Africa13.972
YemenYEMWestern Asia13.828
GabonGABMiddle Africa12.558
BrazilBRASouth America11.966
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa11.249
ArgentinaARGSouth America10.735
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia9.871
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe9.065
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia8.711

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Nigeria32.259
  2. Côte d’Ivoire28.669
  3. Türkiye28.561
  4. Thailand27.519
  5. Philippines26.542

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.000
  2. Kosovoshared0.000
  3. Samoashared0.000
  4. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
  5. Timor-Lesteshared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.396. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 58values changed, of 83 in both
  • 40 · 18rose · fell
  • 25unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Benin4.429 → 3.528−0.901
  • Haiti0.667 → 0.000−0.667
  • Ghana0.806 → 0.432−0.374
  • Guyana0.496 → 0.282−0.214
  • Ecuador19.922 → 19.768−0.154

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 1976.

  • 57 distinct values among 83

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 27 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.

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1976). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1976

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