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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1982

1982, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1982 covers 95 countries. Iran is highest, at 57.671; 10 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 9.093. Against 1981, 86 values changed (39 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1982

HighestIran

57.671

Lowest10 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, 1982, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 95 countries · select a heading to sort

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1982: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
IranIRNSouthern Asia57.671
LebanonLBNWestern Asia52.170
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia46.390
ArgentinaARGSouth America37.730
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa37.240
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia35.347
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa31.052
MexicoMEXCentral America30.378
ColombiaCOLSouth America29.696
EcuadorECUSouth America28.064
ChinaCHNEastern Asia27.512
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia24.849
JordanJORWestern Asia22.962
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa21.136
PeruPERSouth America20.936
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean20.433
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa18.551
BrazilBRASouth America18.515
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa17.673
GabonGABMiddle Africa17.289
GuyanaGUYSouth America16.652
ParaguayPRYSouth America16.360
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa15.596
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa14.418
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia14.387

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Iran57.671
  2. Lebanon52.170
  3. Philippines46.390
  4. Argentina37.730
  5. Tanzania37.240

Lowest

  1. Kosovoshared0.000
  2. Vanuatushared0.000
  3. Vietnamshared0.000
  4. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
  5. Timor-Lesteshared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 9.093. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 86values changed, of 95 in both
  • 39 · 47rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

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 1982.

  • 86 distinct values among 95

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 10 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 95 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 (1982). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1982

0655 held

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1982: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1982?

Iran, at 57.671, of the 95 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1982 describe?

1982.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1982 cover?

95.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1982?

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, 1982 the newest?

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

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