Short-term external debt - Country rankings
(measure: percent; Source: The World Bank)
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Short-term external debt - Country rankings:
The average for 2017 was 12.1 percent.The highest value was in China: 60.26 percent and the lowest value was in Nigeria: 0 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.
Short-term debt, percent of total external debt, 2017
(percent, Source: The World Bank, TheGlobalEconomy.com)
(percent, Source: The World Bank, TheGlobalEconomy.com)
Definition: Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt.
Short-term external debt in the European union Short-term external debt in Europe Short-term external debt in Asia Short-term external debt in Africa Short-term external debt in North America Short-term external debt in South America Short-term external debt in Australia 