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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2015

2015, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of a country’s external debt that falls due within a year. Short-term debt has to be repaid or rolled over quickly, so a high share leaves a borrower exposed if lenders stop lending or interest rates rise.

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2015 covers 121 countries. China is highest, at 61.6481; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 10.5227. Against 2014, 116 values changed (43 up, 73 down), 2 countries joined.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 2015

HighestChina

61.6481

Lowest6 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, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 121 countries · select a heading to sort

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2015: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia61.6481
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia51.6611
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa46.1233
JordanJORWestern Asia40.2628
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa39.0260
DominicaDMACaribbean35.9036
BeninBENWestern Africa35.7424
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia35.1282
ArgentinaARGSouth America33.5438
IranIRNSouthern Asia31.2801
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa30.7489
BelarusBLREastern Europe29.9924
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe29.6635
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa28.9810
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa28.6149
FijiFJIMelanesia28.4020
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia26.1153
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe24.2055
SudanSDNNorthern Africa23.8005
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa23.3170
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa21.7451
BulgariaBGREastern Europe21.7263
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe21.2299
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe19.8843
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa19.6460

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China61.6481
  2. Timor-Leste51.6611
  3. Mauritius46.1233
  4. Jordan40.2628
  5. Algeria39.0260

Lowest

  1. Tongashared0.0000
  2. Turkmenistanshared0.0000
  3. Liberiashared0.0000
  4. Côte d’Ivoireshared0.0000
  5. Bhutanshared0.0000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.5227. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 116values changed, of 119 in both
  • 43 · 73rose · fell
  • 3unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Iraq+ Suriname

04Caveats

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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, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2015.

  • 116 distinct values among 121

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 6 countries share 0.0000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 121 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2015). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/2015

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