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DEFINITION
Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Exports of goods, services and income includes workers' remittances.
Economy Statistics > Short-term debt > % of exports of goods, services and income (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Samoa :
370.3 %
2005 ...
#2
Somalia :
289.41 %
1989 ...
#3
São Tomé and Príncipe :
119.51 %
2002 ...
#4
Sudan :
104.7 %
2005 ...
#5
Latvia :
90.31 %
2005 ...
#6
Uruguay :
69.09 %
2005 ...
#7
Liberia :
60.88 %
1987 ...
#8
Mauritania :
58.3 %
1998 ...
#9
Burma :
48.22 %
2004 ...
#10
Turkmenistan :
43.92 %
1997 ...
#11
Tanzania :
41.29 %
2005 ...
#12
Saint Lucia :
38.16 %
2005 ...
#13
Argentina :
38.06 %
2005 ...
#14
Burundi :
37.38 %
2005 ...
#15
Seychelles :
36.65 %
2005 ...
#16
Turkey :
35.6 %
2005 ...
#17
Mauritius :
34.91 %
2005 ...
#18
Estonia :
34.42 %
2005 ...
#19
Lithuania :
34.05 %
2005 ...
#20
Slovakia :
30.81 %
2003 ...
#21
Moldova :
29.14 %
2005 ...
#22
Ukraine :
26.59 %
2005 ...
#23
Guinea :
26.54 %
2004 ...
#24
Kazakhstan :
25.64 %
2005 ...
#25
Sierra Leone :
25.57 %
2005 ...
#26
Malawi :
25.54 %
2002 ...
#27
Mozambique :
24.87 %
2005 ...
#28
Central African Republic :
24.72 %
1994 ...
#29
Equatorial Guinea :
23.89 %
1996 ...
#30
Indonesia :
23.74 %
2005 ...
#31
Bulgaria :
22.68 %
2005 ...
#32
Nicaragua :
21.66 %
2005 ...
#33
Colombia :
21.46 %
2005 ...
#34
Togo :
21.29 %
2004 ...
#35
Croatia :
21.03 %
2005 ...
#36
Zimbabwe :
20.95 %
1994 ...
#37
El Salvador :
20.76 %
2005 ...
#38
Costa Rica :
20.34 %
2005 ...
#39
Burkina Faso :
19.91 %
2001 ...
#40
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
19.88 %
2005 ...
#41
Tunisia :
19.16 %
2005 ...
#42
Belarus :
19.09 %
2005 ...
#43
Guatemala :
19.02 %
2005 ...
#44
Romania :
18.99 %
2005 ...
#45
Trinidad and Tobago :
18.83 %
2004 ...
#46
Lebanon :
17.28 %
2005 ...
#47
Brazil :
17.13 %
2005 ...
#48
Armenia :
17.03 %
2005 ...
#49
China :
16.82 %
2005 ...
#50
Venezuela :
16.72 %
2005 ...
#51
Comoros :
16.46 %
1995 ...
#52
Madagascar :
16.38 %
2005 ...
#53
Hungary :
16.33 %
2005 ...
#54
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
16.11 %
2005 ...
#55
Egypt :
16.1 %
2005 ...
#56
Congo, Republic of the :
15.03 %
2005 ...
#57
Poland :
14.97 %
2005 ...
#58
Peru :
14.93 %
2005 ...
#59
Ghana :
14.64 %
2005 ...
#60
Chad :
13.8 %
1994 ...
#61
Chile :
13.77 %
2005 ...
#62
South Africa :
13.66 %
2005 ...
#63
Ecuador :
12.68 %
2005 ...
#64
Eritrea :
12.23 %
2000 ...
#65
Thailand :
12.02 %
2005 ...
#66
Paraguay :
11.99 %
2005 ...
#67
Mongolia :
11.74 %
2004 ...
#68
Cameroon :
11.52 %
2003 ...
#69
Maldives :
11.28 %
2005 ...
#70
Philippines :
10.78 %
2005 ...
#71
Jamaica :
10.32 %
2005 ...
#72
Gambia, The :
10.2 %
2005 ...
#73
Sri Lanka :
10.19 %
2005 ...
#74
Guinea-Bissau :
10.04 %
2004 ...
#75
Iran :
9.98 %
2000 ...
#76
Cape Verde :
9.81 %
2005 ...
#77
Angola :
9.57 %
2005 ...
#78
Algeria :
9.51 %
1991 ...
#79
Ethiopia :
9.41 %
2005 ...
#80
Guyana :
9.2 %
2005 ...
#81
Kenya :
9.08 %
2005 ...
#82
Albania :
8.98 %
2005 ...
#83
Russia :
8.41 %
2005 ...
#84
Oman :
8.37 %
2005 ...
#85
Zambia :
8.31 %
2000 ...
#86
Côte d'Ivoire :
8.05 %
2005 ...
#87
Syria :
7.94 %
2005 ...
#88
Honduras :
7.78 %
2005 ...
#89
Rwanda :
7.42 %
2005 ...
#90
Malaysia :
7.3 %
2005 ...
#91
Dominican Republic :
7 %
2005 ...
#92
Vietnam :
6.95 %
2005 ...
#93
Dominica :
6.63 %
2005 ...
#94
Cambodia :
6.58 %
2005 ...
#95
Jordan :
6.12 %
2005 ...
#96
Djibouti :
6.09 %
1995 ...
#97
Gabon :
5.89 %
2004 ...
#98
Vanuatu :
5.85 %
2005 ...
#99
Papua New Guinea :
5.4 %
2005 ...
#100
Pakistan :
5.13 %
2005 ...
#101
Bolivia :
5.07 %
2005 ...
#102
Tajikistan :
4.85 %
2005 ...
#103
India :
4.66 %
2003 ...
#104
Bangladesh :
4.66 %
2005 ...
#105
Uganda :
4.35 %
2005 ...
#106
Yemen :
4.3 %
2005 ...
#107
Panama :
4.07 %
2005 ...
#108
Grenada :
3.69 %
2005 ...
#109
Swaziland :
3.64 %
2005 ...
#110
Macedonia, Republic of :
3.48 %
2005 ...
#111
Nigeria :
3.26 %
2005 ...
#112
Mali :
2.86 %
2004 ...
#113
Morocco :
2.83 %
2005 ...
#114
Benin :
2.74 %
2004 ...
#115
Mexico :
2.57 %
2005 ...
#116
Barbados :
2.36 %
1997 ...
#117
Solomon Islands :
2.09 %
1999 ...
#118
Georgia :
2.07 %
2005 ...
#119
Azerbaijan :
2.06 %
2005 ...
#120
Kyrgyzstan :
1.88 %
2005 ...
#121
Nepal :
1.84 %
2005 ...
#122
Haiti :
1.61 %
2005 ...
#123
Fiji :
1.56 %
1999 ...
#124
Niger :
1.49 %
2004 ...
#125
Senegal :
1.26 %
2004 ...
#126
Belize :
0.91 %
2005 ...
#127
Tonga :
0.88 %
2002 ...
#128
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
0.84 %
2005 ...
#129
Lesotho :
0.74 %
2005 ...
#130
Botswana :
0.6 %
2005