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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2018

2018, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2018 covers 121 countries. China is highest, at 62.1392; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 9.8610. Against 2017, 118 values changed (64 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 2018

HighestChina

62.1392

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia62.1392
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa57.2715
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa43.2178
DominicaDMACaribbean42.2952
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa40.6127
IranIRNSouthern Asia37.2990
JordanJORWestern Asia36.0543
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe34.3890
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia31.3347
BeninBENWestern Africa30.1014
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe28.5917
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa26.5647
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa26.1418
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe25.5969
SudanSDNNorthern Africa25.2250
BelarusBLREastern Europe24.5720
ArgentinaARGSouth America24.3930
BulgariaBGREastern Europe23.8035
FijiFJIMelanesia23.2070
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa22.9621
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe22.8567
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia21.6172
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia20.2828
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa20.1453
IndiaINDSouthern Asia19.9402

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China62.1392
  2. Somalia57.2715
  3. Mauritius43.2178
  4. Dominica42.2952
  5. Algeria40.6127

Lowest

  1. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.0000
  2. Tongashared0.0000
  3. Liberiashared0.0000
  4. Burkina Fasoshared0.0000
  5. Lesotho0.0347

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 9.8610. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 118values changed, of 121 in both
  • 64 · 54rose · fell
  • 3unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iran61.5761 → 37.2990−24.2771
  • Eswatini20.8271 → 1.8731−18.9540
  • Albania21.9252 → 9.4774−12.4478
  • Thailand38.6481 → 31.3347−7.3134
  • Nigeria26.8208 → 19.8706−6.9502

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 2018.

  • 118 distinct values among 121

    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 121 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 (2018). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/2018

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2018?

China, at 62.1392, of the 121 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2018 cover?

121.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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