Data for 2024

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2024

Name: Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2024
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2024, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2024 covers 118 countries. Mauritius is highest, at 54.78; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 9.38. Against 2023, 116 values changed (66 up, 50 down), 1 left.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 2024

HighestMauritius

54.78

Lowest5 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

118countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
114distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	54.78
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	53.97
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	41.79
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	39.37
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	38.11
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	36.17
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	35.58
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.59
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	30.49
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	29.02
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	28.26
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	27.90
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	27.54
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	27.22
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	26.62
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.46
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	24.77
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.67
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	22.13
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	22.10
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	21.51
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	21.34
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	21.30
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	20.48
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	20.44
Argentina`ARG`South America	20.05
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.87
India`IND`Southern Asia	19.48
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	18.80
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	17.35
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.45
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.17
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.47
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	15.29
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	14.99
Brazil`BRA`South America	13.92
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.68
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	13.67
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13.24
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.95
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12.49
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.39
Honduras`HND`Central America	12.32
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	12.09
Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.88
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	11.70
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11.58
Peru`PER`South America	11.23
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11.04
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.61
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10.56
Mexico`MEX`Central America	10.35
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	10.24
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9.93
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.89
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.76
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.69
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	9.47
Colombia`COL`South America	9.44
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	9.31
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.97
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.69
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.11
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	8.06
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7.78
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.46
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7.41
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	7.21
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7.01
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.00
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	6.70
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	6.66
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	6.24
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.18
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.15
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.03
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5.64
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4.90
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	4.78
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4.68
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	4.17
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.15
Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.04
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.84
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3.81
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3.75
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.41
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.40
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.69
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.53
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2.44
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.23
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.01
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.92
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.82
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1.79
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.74
Guyana`GUY`South America	1.73
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.53
Ecuador`ECU`South America	1.04
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.96
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.94
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.93
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.88
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.84
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.65
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.63
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.57
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.56
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.43
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.26
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.18
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.06
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Mauritius54.78
China53.97
Somalia41.79
Tunisia39.37
Jordan38.11

Lowest

Tongashared0.00
Liberiashared0.00
Comorosshared0.00
Bhutanshared0.00
Burkina Fasoshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 9.38. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
116values changed, of 118 in both
66 · 50rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Somalia22.63 → 41.79+19.16
Vanuatu11.16 → 22.10+10.94
Republic of the Congo2.87 → 9.76+6.89
Tajikistan6.11 → 12.49+6.37
Laos0.78 → 6.15+5.37

Fell most

Botswana13.29 → 6.24−7.05
Moldova26.47 → 21.30−5.18
Grenada6.27 → 1.82−4.45
Tanzania13.17 → 9.31−3.86
Morocco14.59 → 11.04−3.55

− Suriname

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 2024.
114 distinct values among 118
Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 5 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 118 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2024). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/2024

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