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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2008

2008, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2008 covers 119 countries. Jordan is highest, at 62.2069; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 10.8600. Against 2007, 114 values changed (45 up, 69 down), 1 country joined.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 2008

HighestJordan

62.2069

Lowest4 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, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 119 countries · select a heading to sort

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
JordanJORWestern Asia62.2069
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean61.4521
BelarusBLREastern Europe49.8781
ChinaCHNEastern Asia48.4412
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa44.4656
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa42.2761
IranIRNSouthern Asia41.1751
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia40.4624
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa40.3153
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe40.0772
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe36.4597
BulgariaBGREastern Europe34.5489
SudanSDNNorthern Africa32.9842
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia30.6637
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe30.5416
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa30.4778
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa30.3176
BeninBENWestern Africa28.8875
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa27.6827
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe27.3626
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe26.9997
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia25.1181
NicaraguaNICCentral America24.3714
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa24.1949
GuyanaGUYSouth America23.8048

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Jordan62.2069
  2. Saint Lucia61.4521
  3. Belarus49.8781
  4. China48.4412
  5. Liberia44.4656

Lowest

  1. Samoashared0.0000
  2. Tongashared0.0000
  3. Timor-Lesteshared0.0000
  4. Mauritiusshared0.0000
  5. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0752

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.8600. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 114values changed, of 118 in both
  • 45 · 69rose · fell
  • 4unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Syria

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 2008.

  • 116 distinct values among 119

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 119 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 (2008). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/2008

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2008?

Jordan, at 62.2069, of the 119 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2008 cover?

119.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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