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Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2020

2020, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2020 covers 121 countries. China is highest, at 53.1431; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 8.7292. Against 2019, 119 values changed (39 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Short-Term Share of External Debt · Data for 2020

HighestChina

53.1431

Lowest3 countries share it

0.0000

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, 2020, 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

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia53.1431
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa50.5306
IranIRNSouthern Asia38.0360
JordanJORWestern Asia37.0248
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia34.6500
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa34.4453
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa33.5294
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe31.1417
DominicaDMACaribbean29.6253
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa29.5755
SudanSDNNorthern Africa25.9514
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia25.9085
BulgariaBGREastern Europe25.3390
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa25.3276
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe25.1139
BelarusBLREastern Europe24.1229
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia21.4959
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa21.1352
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa21.0337
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe20.9136
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia20.5466
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe19.8782
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa18.9128
IndiaINDSouthern Asia18.3251
UkraineUKREastern Europe18.1068

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China53.1431
  2. Mauritius50.5306
  3. Iran38.0360
  4. Jordan37.0248
  5. Thailand34.6500

Lowest

  1. Tongashared0.0000
  2. Liberiashared0.0000
  3. Burkina Fasoshared0.0000
  4. Burundi0.0398
  5. Bhutan0.0449

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 8.7292. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 121 in both
  • 39 · 80rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2020.

  • 119 distinct values among 121

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 3 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

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 (2020). Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/short-term-external-debt/2020

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07Questions

Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest short-term external debt in Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2020?

China, at 53.1431, of the 121 countries in the file.

What year does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2020 cover?

121.

Where can I download Short-Term Share of External Debt, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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