Data for 2018

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. A higher value is the worse result.

121countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
118distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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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.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

ChinaCHNEastern Asia	62.1392
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	57.2715
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	43.2178
DominicaDMACaribbean	42.2952
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	40.6127
IranIRNSouthern Asia	37.2990
JordanJORWestern Asia	36.0543
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	34.3890
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	31.3347
BeninBENWestern Africa	30.1014
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	28.5917
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	26.5647
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	26.1418
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	25.5969
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	25.2250
BelarusBLREastern Europe	24.5720
ArgentinaARGSouth America	24.3930
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	23.8035
FijiFJIMelanesia	23.2070
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	22.9621
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	22.8567
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	21.6172
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	20.2828
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	20.1453
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	19.9402
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	19.8706
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	17.4649
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	17.3899
UkraineUKREastern Europe	17.2478
TogoTGOWestern Africa	16.3120
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	16.1916
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	15.8062
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	15.4592
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	15.4478
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	14.8030
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	14.6896
PeruPERSouth America	14.5456
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	14.4913
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	14.1413
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	13.5887
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	13.5449
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	13.3622
ParaguayPRYSouth America	13.3151
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	12.6259
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	12.5099
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	12.4907
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	12.4080
BrazilBRASouth America	11.9842
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	11.9602
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	11.3442
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	11.2172
ColombiaCOLSouth America	11.1810
SenegalSENWestern Africa	10.9369
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	10.5701
NicaraguaNICCentral America	10.5685
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	10.4056
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	10.3974
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	10.3229
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	10.2820
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	10.2142
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	9.8610
HaitiHTICaribbean	9.8007
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	9.4774
MexicoMEXCentral America	9.3248
SurinameSURSouth America	9.0775
KenyaKENEastern Africa	8.1006
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	8.0781
GuyanaGUYSouth America	7.7288
HondurasHNDCentral America	7.6482
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	7.2756
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	6.9621
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	6.8647
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	6.5858
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	6.2360
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	5.6014
BoliviaBOLSouth America	5.3063
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	5.2605
GuineaGINWestern Africa	5.1934
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	5.1907
YemenYEMWestern Asia	5.1437
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	4.9115
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	4.5827
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	4.5658
EritreaERIEastern Africa	4.2678
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	4.1272
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	3.9373
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	3.9116
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	3.7485
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	3.6445
SamoaWSMPolynesia	3.6443
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	3.4604
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	3.4122
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	3.3502
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	2.8838
GabonGABMiddle Africa	2.7171
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	2.6596
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	2.6171
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	2.5307
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	2.5258
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	2.5110
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2.4145
EcuadorECUSouth America	2.3952
MaliMLIWestern Africa	2.3695
IraqIRQWestern Asia	2.0919
NigerNERWestern Africa	1.9103
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	1.8731
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	1.7186
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	1.6386
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	1.1211
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.9845
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.9758
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.8512
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.4622
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.2692
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.1626
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.0446
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.0347
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.0000
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.0000
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.0000
TongaTONPolynesia	0.0000

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

China62.1392
Somalia57.2715
Mauritius43.2178
Dominica42.2952
Algeria40.6127

Lowest

Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.0000
Tongashared0.0000
Liberiashared0.0000
Burkina Fasoshared0.0000
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

Somalia29.1673 → 57.2715+28.1042
Bosnia and Herzegovina2.1860 → 22.8567+20.6707
Benin19.1984 → 30.1014+10.9030
Botswana6.2235 → 14.1413+7.9178
Solomon Islands8.6362 → 13.5887+4.9525

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

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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.
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A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 121 countries has every column.

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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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