Data for 2015
Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2015
2015, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2015 covers 121 countries. China is highest, at 61.6481; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 10.5227. Against 2014, 116 values changed (43 up, 73 down), 2 countries joined.
Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 2015
HighestChina
61.6481Lowest6 countries share it
0.0000Shaded 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, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 121 countries · select a heading to sort
| 61.6481 | |
| 51.6611 | |
| 46.1233 | |
| 40.2628 | |
| 39.0260 | |
| 35.9036 | |
| 35.7424 | |
| 35.1282 | |
| 33.5438 | |
| 31.2801 | |
| 30.7489 | |
| 29.9924 | |
| 29.6635 | |
| 28.9810 | |
| 28.6149 | |
| 28.4020 | |
| 26.1153 | |
| 24.2055 | |
| 23.8005 | |
| 23.3170 | |
| 21.7451 | |
| 21.7263 | |
| 21.2299 | |
| 19.8843 | |
| 19.6460 | |
| 19.0052 | |
| 18.9451 | |
| 18.6719 | |
| 17.3010 | |
| 17.2733 | |
| 17.1025 | |
| 17.0337 | |
| 16.8792 | |
| 16.3148 | |
| 15.7881 | |
| 15.4344 | |
| 15.3886 | |
| 15.3536 | |
| 15.0763 | |
| 14.6540 | |
| 14.4820 | |
| 14.2291 | |
| 13.9823 | |
| 13.7305 | |
| 13.6387 | |
| 13.0454 | |
| 12.9298 | |
| 12.4836 | |
| 12.4058 | |
| 12.2802 | |
| 12.1677 | |
| 12.0355 | |
| 11.8955 | |
| 11.7422 | |
| 11.4056 | |
| 11.1242 | |
| 11.0823 | |
| 10.8209 | |
| 10.6647 | |
| 10.5541 | |
| 10.5227 | |
| 10.4717 | |
| 10.4300 | |
| 10.0974 | |
| 9.8715 | |
| 9.6322 | |
| 9.4272 | |
| 8.8707 | |
| 8.4344 | |
| 7.9838 | |
| 7.5150 | |
| 7.0347 | |
| 6.8222 | |
| 6.7809 | |
| 6.6257 | |
| 6.4288 | |
| 6.1933 | |
| 6.0812 | |
| 6.0028 | |
| 5.7920 | |
| 5.7343 | |
| 5.5471 | |
| 4.9572 | |
| 4.5578 | |
| 4.3051 | |
| 4.1421 | |
| 4.1138 | |
| 4.1015 | |
| 4.0911 | |
| 4.0092 | |
| 3.8238 | |
| 3.7379 | |
| 3.6489 | |
| 3.4715 | |
| 3.1525 | |
| 3.0576 | |
| 3.0087 | |
| 2.9352 | |
| 2.7910 | |
| 2.6900 | |
| 2.6217 | |
| 2.1805 | |
| 2.0978 | |
| 1.5260 | |
| 1.1839 | |
| 1.1727 | |
| 0.9691 | |
| 0.8677 | |
| 0.7356 | |
| 0.5539 | |
| 0.3321 | |
| 0.3264 | |
| 0.0422 | |
| 0.0315 | |
| 0.0001 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 |
02In 2015
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
China61.6481
Timor-Leste51.6611
Mauritius46.1233
Jordan40.2628
Algeria39.0260
Lowest
Tongashared0.0000
Turkmenistanshared0.0000
Liberiashared0.0000
Côte d’Ivoireshared0.0000
Bhutanshared0.0000
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.5227. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032014 → 2015
Since 2014
What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +2 / −0countries joined / left
- 116values changed, of 119 in both
- 43 · 73rose · fell
- 3unchanged
Rose most
Iran7.4201 → 31.2801+23.8600
Argentina22.0368 → 33.5438+11.5070
Bangladesh11.7690 → 17.1025+5.3335
Mauritius41.8870 → 46.1233+4.2363
Afghanistan6.8807 → 11.0823+4.2016
Fell most
Vanuatu39.7351 → 15.0763−24.6588
Guyana39.2422 → 19.0052−20.2370
Timor-Leste68.3262 → 51.6611−16.6651
Grenada12.3719 → 3.1525−9.2194
Türkiye34.4374 → 26.1153−8.3221
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 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 2015.
116 distinct values among 121
Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 6 countries share 0.0000. 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 121 countries has every column.
05The files
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- .csv
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The publisher’s original
World Bank Group’s own file, on its own site.
DT.DOD.DSTC.ZS
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 (2015). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/2015
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07Questions
Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2015: questions and answers
Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2015?
China, at 61.6481, of the 121 countries in the file.
What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2015 describe?
2015.
How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2015 cover?
121.
Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2015?
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, 2015 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2024.