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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1989

1989, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1989 covers 98 countries. Iran is highest, at 71.3486; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 8.1138. Against 1988, 95 values changed (56 up, 39 down), 1 country joined.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1989

HighestIran

71.3486

Lowest3 countries share it

0.0000

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, 1989, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 98 countries · select a heading to sort

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1989: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
IranIRNSouthern Asia71.3486
LebanonLBNWestern Asia64.8864
VanuatuVUTMelanesia31.3375
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa27.1373
SudanSDNNorthern Africa26.2771
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia25.9679
PeruPERSouth America25.6338
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa23.6484
NicaraguaNICCentral America20.9725
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa19.5434
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia18.5627
GabonGABMiddle Africa18.0552
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa17.9030
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa17.2643
YemenYEMWestern Asia16.9499
GuyanaGUYSouth America16.0026
BrazilBRASouth America15.6736
ChinaCHNEastern Asia15.3719
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia15.1031
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa14.9111
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa14.3745
TogoTGOWestern Africa13.9164
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia13.8176
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia13.8008
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia13.4304

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Iran71.3486
  2. Lebanon64.8864
  3. Vanuatu31.3375
  4. Liberia27.1373
  5. Sudan26.2771

Lowest

  1. Kosovoshared0.0000
  2. Timor-Lesteshared0.0000
  3. Solomon Islandsshared0.0000
  4. Laos0.0001
  5. Djibouti0.0004

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 8.1138. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 95values changed, of 97 in both
  • 56 · 39rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Guyana40.2050 → 16.0026−24.2024
  • Vanuatu42.9451 → 31.3375−11.6076
  • Benin12.9404 → 6.6148−6.3256
  • Cameroon16.9908 → 11.1725−5.8183
  • China20.7498 → 15.3719−5.3779
+ Angola

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 1989.

  • 96 distinct values among 98

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 3 countries share 0.0000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 98 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 (1989). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1989

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1989: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1989?

Iran, at 71.3486, of the 98 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1989 describe?

1989.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1989 cover?

98.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1989?

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, 1989 the newest?

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

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