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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1986

1986, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1986 covers 97 countries. Iran is highest, at 58.920; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 7.214. Against 1985, 91 values changed (35 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1986

HighestIran

58.920

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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
IranIRNSouthern Asia58.920
VanuatuVUTMelanesia54.832
LebanonLBNWestern Asia52.986
GuyanaGUYSouth America40.013
ChinaCHNEastern Asia25.616
GabonGABMiddle Africa24.652
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa20.008
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa19.305
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia19.278
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia19.081
PeruPERSouth America18.506
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa18.457
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa18.057
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa17.858
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa16.572
BeninBENWestern Africa16.495
JordanJORWestern Asia15.804
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia15.321
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia15.067
SudanSDNNorthern Africa14.981
NicaraguaNICCentral America14.765
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia14.559
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa13.917
BoliviaBOLSouth America13.356
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia12.458

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Iran58.920
  2. Vanuatu54.832
  3. Lebanon52.986
  4. Guyana40.013
  5. China25.616

Lowest

  1. Kosovoshared0.000
  2. Samoashared0.000
  3. Vietnamshared0.000
  4. Timor-Lesteshared0.000
  5. Mauritiusshared0.000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 7.214. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 91values changed, of 97 in both
  • 35 · 56rose · fell
  • 6unchanged

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 1986.

  • 91 distinct values among 97

    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 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 (1986). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1986

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1986?

Iran, at 58.920, of the 97 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1986 cover?

97.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1986?

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, 1986 the newest?

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

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