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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1979

1979, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1979 covers 86 countries. Lebanon is highest, at 61.255; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 12.392. Against 1978, 79 values changed (40 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1979

HighestLebanon

61.255

Lowest7 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, 1979, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 86 countries · select a heading to sort

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1979: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
LebanonLBNWestern Asia61.255
BelizeBLZCentral America52.902
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia46.944
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia40.018
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa36.560
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia35.216
ColombiaCOLSouth America33.218
ArgentinaARGSouth America32.635
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa29.945
El SalvadorSLVCentral America28.548
GuatemalaGTMCentral America26.353
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa25.440
EcuadorECUSouth America24.777
GambiaGMBWestern Africa24.633
NicaraguaNICCentral America24.306
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia22.754
BeninBENWestern Africa21.552
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa21.435
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa21.120
HondurasHNDCentral America20.726
JordanJORWestern Asia20.399
BoliviaBOLSouth America20.268
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean18.978
MexicoMEXCentral America18.672
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa18.158

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Lebanon61.255
  2. Belize52.902
  3. Maldives46.944
  4. Philippines40.018
  5. Nigeria36.560

Lowest

  1. Kosovoshared0.000
  2. Samoashared0.000
  3. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
  4. Timor-Lesteshared0.000
  5. Mauritiusshared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.392. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 79values changed, of 86 in both
  • 40 · 39rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

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 1979.

  • 79 distinct values among 86

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 7 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 86 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 (1979). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1979

0655 held

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1979?

Lebanon, at 61.255, of the 86 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1979 cover?

86.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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