Data for 1998
Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998
1998, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998 covers 110 countries. Guyana is highest, at 9.26366; Somalia is lowest, at 0.00649. The middle country reads 1.12494. Against 1997, 110 values changed (60 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.
Interest Payments on External Debt · Data for 1998
HighestGuyana
9.26366LowestSomalia
0.00649Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 110 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9.26366 | |
| 2 | 7.89281 | |
| 3 | 5.93469 | |
| 4 | 5.78196 | |
| 5 | 5.33470 | |
| 6 | 4.51951 | |
| 7 | 4.46907 | |
| 8 | 4.33882 | |
| 9 | 4.31242 | |
| 10 | 4.11960 | |
| 11 | 3.96312 | |
| 12 | 3.81865 | |
| 13 | 3.65317 | |
| 14 | 3.54205 | |
| 15 | 3.19083 | |
| 16 | 3.05595 | |
| 17 | 2.79049 | |
| 18 | 2.70919 | |
| 19 | 2.68692 | |
| 20 | 2.64202 | |
| 21 | 2.53576 | |
| 22 | 2.51993 | |
| 23 | 2.46669 | |
| 24 | 2.33139 | |
| 25 | 2.17778 | |
| 26 | 2.17189 | |
| 27 | 2.12231 | |
| 28 | 2.10488 | |
| 29 | 2.08327 | |
| 30 | 2.08030 | |
| 31 | 2.05464 | |
| 32 | 2.01591 | |
| 33 | 2.01588 | |
| 34 | 2.00336 | |
| 35 | 1.89191 | |
| 36 | 1.86817 | |
| 37 | 1.82896 | |
| 38 | 1.74623 | |
| 39 | 1.68547 | |
| 40 | 1.66469 | |
| 41 | 1.65631 | |
| 42 | 1.61310 | |
| 43 | 1.47611 | |
| 44 | 1.45799 | |
| 45 | 1.43363 | |
| 46 | 1.40795 | |
| 47 | 1.40060 | |
| 48 | 1.39329 | |
| 49 | 1.37500 | |
| 50 | 1.29453 | |
| 51 | 1.25080 | |
| 52 | 1.23543 | |
| 53 | 1.23257 | |
| 54 | 1.20772 | |
| 55 | 1.14584 | |
| 56 | 1.10404 | |
| 57 | 1.10374 | |
| 58 | 1.08996 | |
| 59 | 1.05734 | |
| 60 | 1.03156 | |
| 61 | 1.02231 | |
| 62 | 0.99525 | |
| 63 | 0.99365 | |
| 64 | 0.96418 | |
| 65 | 0.93914 | |
| 66 | 0.93755 | |
| 67 | 0.93393 | |
| 68 | 0.91360 | |
| 69 | 0.90215 | |
| 70 | 0.88052 | |
| 71 | 0.84272 | |
| 72 | 0.84224 | |
| 73 | 0.84147 | |
| 74 | 0.78746 | |
| 75 | 0.77091 | |
| 76 | 0.76855 | |
| 77 | 0.76678 | |
| 78 | 0.75735 | |
| 79 | 0.73501 | |
| 80 | 0.70807 | |
| 81 | 0.69959 | |
| 82 | 0.67299 | |
| 83 | 0.64191 | |
| 84 | 0.63368 | |
| 85 | 0.62913 | |
| 86 | 0.58020 | |
| 87 | 0.56373 | |
| 88 | 0.55208 | |
| 89 | 0.53738 | |
| 90 | 0.53491 | |
| 91 | 0.49279 | |
| 92 | 0.47708 | |
| 93 | 0.47450 | |
| 94 | 0.47360 | |
| 95 | 0.47281 | |
| 96 | 0.45939 | |
| 97 | 0.43077 | |
| 98 | 0.42941 | |
| 99 | 0.37342 | |
| 100 | 0.36710 | |
| 101 | 0.34003 | |
| 102 | 0.32149 | |
| 103 | 0.31915 | |
| 104 | 0.31003 | |
| 105 | 0.14661 | |
| 106 | 0.13386 | |
| 107 | 0.11928 | |
| 108 | 0.09373 | |
| 109 | 0.02526 | |
| 110 | 0.00649 |
02In 1998
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
031997 → 1998
Since 1997
What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 110values changed, of 110 in both
- 60 · 50rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Indonesia3.21220 → 7.89281+4.68062
Zimbabwe3.73643 → 5.33470+1.59828
Angola2.89042 → 4.46907+1.57865
Guyana7.99761 → 9.26366+1.26606
Côte d’Ivoire4.73756 → 5.93469+1.19713
Fell most
Republic of the Congo3.98292 → 1.68547−2.29745
Gabon5.66451 → 4.33882−1.32569
Madagascar2.25488 → 1.23543−1.01945
Bolivia2.76377 → 2.00336−0.76041
Pakistan2.05895 → 1.43363−0.62532
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.
One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1998.
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 110 countries has every column.
05The files
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The publisher’s original
World Bank Group’s own file, on its own site.
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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
World Bank Group (1998). Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt-interest/1998
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07Questions
Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998: questions and answers
Which country has the highest interest on external debt in Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998?
Guyana, at 9.26366, of the 110 countries in the file.
What year does Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998 describe?
1998.
How many countries does Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998 cover?
110.
Where can I download Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Interest Payments on External Debt, 1998 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Interest Payments on External Debt, 2024.