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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1978

1978, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1978 covers 86 countries. Lebanon is highest, at 71.96; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 12.54. Against 1977, 77 values changed (38 up, 39 down), 2 countries joined.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 1978

HighestLebanon

71.96

Lowest8 countries share it

0.00

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1978, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 86 countries · select a heading to sort

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1978: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
LebanonLBNWestern Asia71.96
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia56.40
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia48.37
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa48.05
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia41.64
NigerNERWestern Africa41.09
ColombiaCOLSouth America36.45
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia35.86
BelizeBLZCentral America33.02
El SalvadorSLVCentral America32.95
NicaraguaNICCentral America32.80
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa29.69
EcuadorECUSouth America29.30
GhanaGHAWestern Africa28.68
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa28.52
GuatemalaGTMCentral America28.47
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa26.34
ArgentinaARGSouth America25.38
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa25.21
BeninBENWestern Africa21.90
PeruPERSouth America21.27
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa20.17
GambiaGMBWestern Africa20.15
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa19.00
JordanJORWestern Asia18.85

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Lebanon71.96
  2. Maldives56.40
  3. Türkiye48.37
  4. Nigeria48.05
  5. Thailand41.64

Lowest

  1. Kosovoshared0.00
  2. Samoashared0.00
  3. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.00
  4. Timor-Lesteshared0.00
  5. São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.54. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 77values changed, of 84 in both
  • 38 · 39rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Maldives+ Solomon Islands

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.

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 1978.

  • 79 distinct values among 86

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 8 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 86 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1978). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/1978

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1978?

Lebanon, at 71.96, of the 86 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1978 cover?

86.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1978?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Short-Term Share of External Debt, 1978 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2024.

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