Short-term external debt - Country rankings
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Short-term debt, percent of total external debt, 2019 - Country rankings:
The average for 2019 based on 121 countries was 11.41 percent.The highest value was in Somalia: 59.16 percent and the lowest value was in Burkina Faso: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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59.16
57.01
41.23
36.73
34.29
33.25
32.92
31.72
29.34
29.03
28.76
28.76
27.93
26.48
25.04
24.43
24.37
23.79
22.26
20.79
20.58
20.46
20.17
19.04
18.63
17.77
17.43
17.05
16.13
15.79
15.77
15.54
15.04
14.90
14.71
13.92
13.86
13.42
13.33
13.27
12.74
12.56
12.40
12.21
12.13
11.92
11.73
11.55
11.28
11.14
10.32
10.32
10.06
10.00
9.81
9.45
9.35
9.25
8.89
8.19
7.99
7.72
7.47
7.28
6.92
6.81
6.72
6.55
6.35
6.27
6.18
6.12
6.05
5.65
5.35
5.27
5.06
5.00
4.49
4.46
4.36
4.30
4.23
4.07
3.94
3.89
3.72
3.50
3.50
3.37
3.32
3.18
3.02
3.01
3.01
2.94
2.81
2.71
2.59
2.44
2.13
1.75
1.69
1.03
0.80
0.74
0.71
0.59
0.31
0.31
0.04
0.04
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
14.8
29.6
44.4
59.16
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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