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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1985

1985, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1985 covers 97 countries. Iran is highest, at 60.86; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 8.08. Against 1984, 90 values changed (40 up, 50 down), 1 country joined.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1985

HighestIran

60.86

Lowest8 countries share it

0.00

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, 1985, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 97 countries · select a heading to sort

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1985: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
IranIRNSouthern Asia60.86
VanuatuVUTMelanesia57.10
LebanonLBNWestern Asia53.64
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa48.41
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia40.93
GuyanaGUYSouth America40.53
ChinaCHNEastern Asia38.44
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia34.38
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa26.77
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa22.32
GabonGABMiddle Africa21.72
ColombiaCOLSouth America21.45
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia18.29
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia18.24
JordanJORWestern Asia17.53
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa17.28
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa17.15
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia16.48
BeninBENWestern Africa16.15
SudanSDNNorthern Africa15.31
PeruPERSouth America15.01
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa14.93
NicaraguaNICCentral America14.50
GambiaGMBWestern Africa14.45
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia13.73

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Iran60.86
  2. Vanuatu57.10
  3. Lebanon53.64
  4. Tanzania48.41
  5. Maldives40.93

Lowest

  1. Kosovoshared0.00
  2. Vietnamshared0.00
  3. Timor-Lesteshared0.00
  4. Mauritiusshared0.00
  5. Saint Luciashared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 8.08. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 90values changed, of 96 in both
  • 40 · 50rose · fell
  • 6unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Tonga

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 1985.

  • 90 distinct values among 97

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 8 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 97 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 (1985). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1985

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1985?

Iran, at 60.86, of the 97 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1985 cover?

97.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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