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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.

01Values only

The table

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.

Showing 25 of 115 countries · select a heading to sort

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
BelarusBLREastern Europe54.953
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa43.618
BelizeBLZCentral America40.439
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa38.652
SudanSDNNorthern Africa36.966
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa35.673
LebanonLBNWestern Asia35.240
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia34.481
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe32.552
GuatemalaGTMCentral America29.019
IranIRNSouthern Asia28.672
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia28.303
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa26.768
El SalvadorSLVCentral America25.302
ArgentinaARGSouth America24.942
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia24.105
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia23.263
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa22.510
PeruPERSouth America21.969
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean21.713
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean21.577
ChinaCHNEastern Asia21.418
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia21.239
ParaguayPRYSouth America20.627
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa19.683

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Belarus54.953
  2. Liberia43.618
  3. Belize40.439
  4. Eswatini38.652
  5. Sudan36.966

Lowest

  1. Kosovoshared0.000
  2. Timor-Lesteshared0.000
  3. Mauritiusshared0.000
  4. Eritreashared0.000
  5. 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

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 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.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 115 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 (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

0655 held

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1997?

Belarus, at 54.953, of the 115 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1997 cover?

115.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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