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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1980

1980, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1980 covers 86 countries. Lebanon is highest, at 57.614; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 11.288. Against 1979, 81 values changed (39 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1980

HighestLebanon

57.614

Lowest6 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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
LebanonLBNWestern Asia57.614
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia43.382
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa39.751
ArgentinaARGSouth America38.003
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa33.778
ColombiaCOLSouth America32.751
MexicoMEXCentral America28.073
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia27.757
GuatemalaGTMCentral America26.383
JordanJORWestern Asia25.998
EcuadorECUSouth America25.782
BelizeBLZCentral America25.379
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean23.078
El SalvadorSLVCentral America22.070
PeruPERSouth America21.859
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa21.050
NicaraguaNICCentral America20.775
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa19.517
KenyaKENEastern Africa18.908
BrazilBRASouth America18.809
NigerNERWestern Africa18.396
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa18.025
HondurasHNDCentral America17.308
GambiaGMBWestern Africa17.018
FijiFJIMelanesia16.780

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Lebanon57.614
  2. Philippines43.382
  3. Nigeria39.751
  4. Argentina38.003
  5. Tanzania33.778

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

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 81values changed, of 86 in both
  • 39 · 42rose · fell
  • 5unchanged

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 1980.

  • 81 distinct values among 86

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 6 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 (1980). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1980

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1980?

Lebanon, at 57.614, of the 86 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1980 cover?

86.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1980?

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, 1980 the newest?

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

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