Data for 1997

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1997

1997, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1997 covers 115 countries. Belarus is highest, at 54.953; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 9.194. Against 1996, 112 values changed (73 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1997

HighestBelarus

54.953

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

115countries
1measure
1997the year it describes
112distinct values4 decimals, as published
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1997, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

BelarusBLREastern Europe	54.953
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	43.618
BelizeBLZCentral America	40.439
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	38.652
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	36.966
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	35.673
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	35.240
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	34.481
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	32.552
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	29.019
IranIRNSouthern Asia	28.672
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	28.303
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	26.768
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	25.302
ArgentinaARGSouth America	24.942
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	24.105
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	23.263
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	22.510
PeruPERSouth America	21.969
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	21.713
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	21.577
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	21.418
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	21.239
ParaguayPRYSouth America	20.627
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	19.683
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	19.421
MexicoMEXCentral America	18.718
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	18.467
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	17.992
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	17.919
ColombiaCOLSouth America	17.842
FijiFJIMelanesia	17.800
BrazilBRASouth America	17.514
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	17.406
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	17.049
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	14.546
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	14.277
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	13.705
NicaraguaNICCentral America	13.244
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	12.733
KenyaKENEastern Africa	12.318
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	12.113
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	11.924
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11.902
GuineaGINWestern Africa	11.659
DominicaDMACaribbean	11.417
EcuadorECUSouth America	11.266
GabonGABMiddle Africa	11.255
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	11.125
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	10.727
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	10.672
JordanJORWestern Asia	10.162
HaitiHTICaribbean	10.001
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	9.991
HondurasHNDCentral America	9.859
UkraineUKREastern Europe	9.781
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	9.230
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	9.194
MaliMLIWestern Africa	8.711
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	8.558
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	8.246
BoliviaBOLSouth America	8.083
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	7.788
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	7.117
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	6.960
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	6.902
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	6.842
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	6.770
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	6.761
BeninBENWestern Africa	6.601
GuyanaGUYSouth America	6.432
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	6.217
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	5.947
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	5.811
NigerNERWestern Africa	5.780
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	5.607
SenegalSENWestern Africa	5.582
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	5.365
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	5.035
YemenYEMWestern Asia	4.849
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	4.737
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	4.633
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	4.207
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	4.178
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	4.086
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	4.002
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	3.873
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	3.446
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	3.368
TogoTGOWestern Africa	3.271
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	3.151
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	3.115
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	2.646
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	2.462
TongaTONPolynesia	1.749
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	1.672
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	1.617
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	1.572
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	1.479
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	1.475
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	1.227
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	1.177
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	1.055
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.788
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.787
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.594
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.525
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.370
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.034
SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.012
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.004
EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.000
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.000
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.000
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.000

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Belarus54.953
Liberia43.618
Belize40.439
Eswatini38.652
Sudan36.966

Lowest

Kosovoshared0.000
Timor-Lesteshared0.000
Mauritiusshared0.000
Eritreashared0.000
Laos0.004

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 9.194. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
112values changed, of 115 in both
73 · 39rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Eswatini0.878 → 38.652+37.774
Belize11.043 → 40.439+29.397
Serbia17.403 → 32.552+15.148
Uzbekistan3.821 → 14.277+10.456
Vanuatu10.443 → 18.467+8.025

Fell most

Côte d’Ivoire29.735 → 17.049−12.686
Turkmenistan37.898 → 28.303−9.595
Madagascar12.561 → 4.002−8.559
Grenada14.794 → 6.842−7.952
Paraguay28.503 → 20.627−7.876

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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

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 1997.
112 distinct values among 115
Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 4 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 115 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1997). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1997

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