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Economy > Debt service: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Total debt service (% of exports of goods and services). Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF. Exports of goods and services includes income and workers' remittances.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Sierra Leone 102.05 2001
2 Brazil 75.44 2001
3 Argentina 66.3 2001
4 Lebanon 50.87 2001
5 Madagascar 43.27 2001
6 Guinea-Bissau 41.06 2001
7 Turkey 39.99 2001
8 Burundi 39.81 2001
9 Hungary 37.17 2001
10 Uruguay 36.29 2001
11 Colombia 36.13 2001
12 Turkmenistan 31.79 1998
13 Kazakhstan 31.37 2001
14 Bolivia 31.12 2001
15 Lithuania 30.95 2001
16 Kyrgyzstan 29.82 2001
17 Chile 28.13 2001
18 Poland 27.97 2001
19 Croatia 27.93 2001
20 Mexico 26.47 2001
21 Angola 26.46 2001
22 Nicaragua 26.21 2001
23 Uzbekistan 25.92 2001
24 Pakistan 25.76 2001
Emerging markets average (profile) 25.13 2001
25 Belize 25.09 2001
26 Thailand 25.07 2001
27 Indonesia 23.56 2001
28 Sao Tome and Principe 22.94 2001
29 Mauritania 22.75 2001
30 Peru 22.02 2001
31 Ecuador 21.42 2001
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 21 2001
32 Algeria 19.5 2001
33 Moldova 19.4 2001
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.08 2001
35 Romania 18.84 2001
36 Ethiopia 18.67 2001
37 Philippines 18.57 2001
38 Morocco 17.8 2001
39 Bulgaria 17.37 2001
40 Slovakia 16.78 2001
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 15.58 2001
41 Kenya 15.35 2001
South and Central Asia average (profile) 14.86 2001
42 Russia 14.52 2001
43 Jamaica 14.26 2001
44 Oman 14.21 2001
45 Gabon 13.92 2001
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 13.91 2001
Former French colonies average (profile) 13.65 2001
46 Latvia 13.65 2001
47 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.54 2001
48 Cote d'Ivoire 13.51 2001
49 Senegal 13.31 2001
50 Panama 12.91 2001
51 Republic of Macedonia 12.88 2001
52 Tunisia 12.85 2001
53 Ghana 12.73 2001
54 Dominica 12.68 2001
55 Papua New Guinea 12.67 2001
56 Cameroon 12.55 2001
57 Lesotho 12.36 2001
58 Guinea 12.34 2001
South Asia average (profile) 12.02 2001
59 Nigeria 11.96 2001
60 Central African Republic 11.95 2001
61 India 11.7 2001
62 Zambia 11.69 2001
63 South Africa 11.62 2001
64 Burkina Faso 11.46 2001
65 Rwanda 11.35 2001
=66 Czech Republic 11.2 2001
=66 Honduras 11.2 2001
68 Samoa 10.81 2000
=69 Jordan 10.73 2001
=69 Paraguay 10.73 2001
71 Ukraine 10.61 2001
72 Tanzania 10.29 2001
73 Sri Lanka 9.67 2001
74 Tajikistan 9.09 2001
75 Costa Rica 9.05 2001
=76 Georgia 9 2001
=76 Guatemala 9 2001
78 Mali 8.79 2001
79 Armenia 8.35 2001
80 Chad 7.91 2001
81 Benin 7.89 2001
82 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.86 2001
83 China 7.85 2001
84 Malawi 7.82 2001
85 Mongolia 7.66 2001
86 Estonia 7.43 2001
87 Uganda 7.39 2001
88 Bangladesh 7.3 2001
89 Saint Lucia 7.13 2001
=90 Mauritius 6.9 2001
=90 Solomon Islands 6.9 2000
92 Zimbabwe 6.83 2001
93 Niger 6.77 2001
94 Vietnam 6.7 2001
95 Togo 6.65 2001
96 Guyana 6.63 2001
97 El Salvador 6.34 2001
=98 Dominican Republic 5.97 2001
=98 Malaysia 5.97 2001
100 Grenada 5.77 2000
101 Djibouti 5.5 2000
102 Azerbaijan 5.25 2001
103 Haiti 5.18 2001
104 Cape Verde 5.16 2001
105 Nepal 4.89 2001
106 Trinidad and Tobago 4.74 2001
107 Maldives 4.61 2001
108 Barbados 4.06 2000
109 The Gambia 3.78 2001
110 Comoros 3.58 2001
111 Malta 3.49 2001
112 Mozambique 3.41 2001
113 Syria 3.39 2001
114 Bhutan 3.31 2001
115 Burma 3.13 2001
116 Tonga 2.81 2001
117 Belarus 2.8 2001
118 Swaziland 2.74 2001
119 Seychelles 2.64 2001
120 Sudan 2.26 2001
121 Albania 2.24 2001
122 Fiji 2.05 2001
123 Eritrea 1.96 2001
124 Botswana 1.72 2001
125 Cambodia 1.27 2001
126 Vanuatu 1.05 2001
127 Liberia 0.55 2001
128 Equatorial Guinea 0.12 2001

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Economy > Debt service: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Economy > Debt service

  • Brazil ranked first for debt service amongst Emerging markets in 2001.
  • Sierra Leone ranked first for debt service amongst Hot countries in 2001.
  • Argentina ranked first for debt service amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2001.
  • Lebanon ranked first for debt service amongst Former French colonies in 2001.
  • Madagascar ranked second for debt service amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2001.
  • Burundi ranked first for debt service amongst Landlocked countries in 2001.
  • Turkey ranked third for debt service amongst Muslim countries in 2001.
  • Turkmenistan ranked first for debt service amongst Former Soviet republics in 1998.
  • Hungary ranked first for debt service amongst Eastern Europe in 2001.
  • Pakistan ranked second for debt service amongst Former British colonies in 2001.
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