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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1977

1977, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1977 covers 84 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 68.686; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 12.488. Against 1976, 76 values changed (69 up, 7 down), 1 country joined.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1977

HighestNigeria

68.686

Lowest8 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, 1977, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 84 countries · select a heading to sort

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1977: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa68.686
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia53.203
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia37.794
ColombiaCOLSouth America37.535
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa37.058
EcuadorECUSouth America34.437
GuatemalaGTMCentral America34.245
BelizeBLZCentral America33.867
NicaraguaNICCentral America31.633
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia30.159
NigerNERWestern Africa30.064
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa27.685
El SalvadorSLVCentral America26.545
LebanonLBNWestern Asia26.327
ArgentinaARGSouth America23.330
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa23.062
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa22.923
NepalNPLSouthern Asia22.879
PeruPERSouth America22.525
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa22.182
FijiFJIMelanesia21.720
GhanaGHAWestern Africa21.027
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa18.579
GambiaGMBWestern Africa18.453
KenyaKENEastern Africa18.265

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Nigeria68.686
  2. Türkiye53.203
  3. Thailand37.794
  4. Colombia37.535
  5. Egypt37.058

Lowest

  1. Kosovoshared0.000
  2. Samoashared0.000
  3. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
  4. Timor-Lesteshared0.000
  5. São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.488. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 76values changed, of 83 in both
  • 69 · 7rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

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 1977.

  • 77 distinct values among 84

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 8 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 84 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 (1977). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1977

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1977: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1977?

Nigeria, at 68.686, of the 84 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1977 describe?

1977.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1977 cover?

84.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1977?

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, 1977 the newest?

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

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