Short-term external debt - Country rankings
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Short-term debt, percent of total external debt, 2018 - Country rankings:
The average for 2018 based on 120 countries was 11.68 percent.The highest value was in Iran: 62.6 percent and the lowest value was in Burkina Faso: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2018. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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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.
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