Data for 1986

Debt Service on External Debt, 1986

1986, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Debt Service on External Debt, 1986 covers 86 countries. Guinea-Bissau is highest, at 84.60; Saint Lucia is lowest, at 1.12. The middle country reads 28.10. Against 1985, 85 values changed (54 up, 31 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Debt Service on External Debt · Data for 1986

HighestGuinea-Bissau

84.60

LowestSaint Lucia

1.12

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

86countries
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1986the year it describes
86distinct values14 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Debt Service on External Debt, 1986, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Debt Service on External Debt, 1986: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	84.60
2	ArgentinaARGSouth America	83.13
3	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	67.26
4	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	65.66
5	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	58.80
6	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	54.60
7	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	53.70
8	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	52.26
9	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	52.08
10	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	50.99
11	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	47.99
12	BrazilBRASouth America	46.48
13	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	46.24
14	MexicoMEXCentral America	45.76
15	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	44.47
16	EcuadorECUSouth America	43.41
17	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	42.26
18	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	40.96
19	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	40.72
20	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	39.69
21	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	38.60
22	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	38.54
23	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	38.04
24	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	37.46
25	BoliviaBOLSouth America	37.45
26	KenyaKENEastern Africa	35.61
27	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	35.59
28	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	35.45
29	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	34.44
30	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	34.30
31	ColombiaCOLSouth America	34.08
32	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	33.37
33	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	33.25
34	SamoaWSMPolynesia	32.31
35	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	31.98
36	JordanJORWestern Asia	31.39
37	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	31.14
38	HondurasHNDCentral America	30.66
39	NigerNERWestern Africa	30.56
40	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	30.12
41	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	29.75
42	TogoTGOWestern Africa	29.27
43	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	28.32
44	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	27.88
45	ParaguayPRYSouth America	27.87
46	SenegalSENWestern Africa	27.83
47	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	26.94
48	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	26.61
49	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	26.11
50	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	25.25
51	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	24.50
52	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	22.33
53	MaliMLIWestern Africa	22.27
54	PeruPERSouth America	21.49
55	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	18.32
56	HaitiHTICaribbean	17.28
57	GabonGABMiddle Africa	16.65
58	BeninBENWestern Africa	16.15
59	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	15.60
60	NicaraguaNICCentral America	15.32
61	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	15.09
62	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	14.42
63	GuineaGINWestern Africa	12.65
64	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	12.62
65	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	12.10
66	FijiFJIMelanesia	11.48
67	BelizeBLZCentral America	10.99
68	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	10.64
69	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	9.85
70	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	9.70
71	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	9.09
72	DominicaDMACaribbean	8.49
73	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	8.43
74	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	8.41
75	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	8.32
76	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	7.59
77	IranIRNSouthern Asia	7.13
78	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	6.87
79	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	5.57
80	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	5.39
81	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	4.70
82	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	4.25
83	TongaTONPolynesia	3.72
84	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	3.47
85	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	1.97
86	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	1.12

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Guinea-Bissau84.60
2Argentina83.13
3Myanmar67.26
4Somalia65.66
5Algeria58.80

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 28.10. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
85values changed, of 85 in both
54 · 31rose · fell
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Rose most

Somalia15.65 → 65.66+50.02
Zambia15.72 → 52.08+36.35
Guinea-Bissau51.97 → 84.60+32.63
Sudan17.97 → 44.47+26.50
Sierra Leone14.88 → 39.69+24.81

Fell most

São Tomé and Príncipe29.80 → 9.85−19.94
Bolivia50.30 → 37.45−12.85
Chad17.52 → 5.39−12.13
Mauritius23.67 → 14.42−9.24
Colombia43.06 → 34.08−8.99

+ Guinea

− Guyana

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

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 1986.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 86 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1986). Debt Service on External Debt, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/debt-service/1986

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