Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods, services and primary income (%) by country
Countries reporting
126
Highest
37.0%
Pakistan
Lowest
0.3%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Median
7.6%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
3,187
What the numbers show
Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods, services and primary income (%) is currently reported for 126 countries. The highest value is 37.0% in Pakistan; the lowest is 0.3% in Iran (Islamic Republic of).
The median across all reporting countries is 7.6%, and the mean is 8.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 123.
Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 110,879.0%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 87.9%).
Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods, services and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 37.0% | 2023 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 2 | Argentina | 34.8% | 2023 | up 331.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Angola | 29.6% | 2023 | up 300.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Kenya | 27.4% | 2023 | up 524.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Egypt | 27.1% | 2023 | up 270.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Jamaica | 21.7% | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 7 | Senegal | 19.4% | 2023 | up 239.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.8% | 2023 | up 1,456.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Benin | 18.5% | 2023 | up 498.3% | volatile |
| 10 | El Salvador | 18.4% | 2023 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 18.0% | 2023 | up 204.2% | falling |
| 12 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.8% | 2023 | up 342.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.8% | 2023 | up 342.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Dominica | 17.2% | 2023 | up 103.5% | rising |
| 14 | Caribbean | 5.2% | 2023 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Cameroon | 17.2% | 2023 | up 835.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Somalia | 16.9% | 2023 | up 23,338.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Tunisia | 16.9% | 2023 | up 102.1% | rising |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 16.2% | 2023 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 19 | Bhutan | 16.0% | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 20 | Gabon | 15.4% | 2021 | up 294.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Yemen | 14.5% | 2016 | up 410.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 14.3% | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Niger | 14.1% | 2023 | up 250.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Cabo Verde | 13.5% | 2023 | up 196.5% | rising |
| 25 | United Republic of Tanzania | 13.4% | 2023 | up 429.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 12.6% | 2023 | up 471.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Mongolia | 12.5% | 2023 | up 147.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Comoros | 11.6% | 2023 | up 2,039.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Ecuador | 11.4% | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 11.2% | 2023 | up 718.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Tonga | 11.0% | 2023 | up 95.0% | falling |
| 32 | Jordan | 11.0% | 2023 | up 127.3% | rising |
| 33 | Burundi | 10.9% | 2023 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.7% | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 35 | Uganda | 10.5% | 2023 | up 540.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 10.3% | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Polynesia | 10.2% | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 38 | Rwanda | 10.1% | 2023 | up 238.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Samoa | 9.8% | 2023 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Malawi | 9.7% | 2023 | up 209.4% | falling |
| 41 | Central African Republic | 9.7% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 42 | Montenegro | 9.7% | 2023 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Mauritius | 9.6% | 2023 | up 1,285.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Honduras | 9.6% | 2023 | up 204.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Nepal | 9.4% | 2023 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 46 | Belarus | 9.1% | 2023 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Mauritania | 9.1% | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 48 | Togo | 8.9% | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 49 | North Macedonia | 8.8% | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 50 | Indonesia | 8.8% | 2023 | up 57.4% | falling |
| 51 | Republic of Moldova | 8.7% | 2023 | up 192.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Republic of Moldova | 8.7% | 2023 | up 192.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.5% | 2023 | up 242.8% | falling |
| 54 | Maldives | 8.4% | 2023 | up 247.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Ukraine | 8.4% | 2023 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 56 | South Africa | 8.1% | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 8.0% | 2023 | up 52.0% | falling |
| 58 | Congo | 7.9% | 2023 | up 75.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Chad | 7.9% | 2023 | up 154.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 7.8% | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 61 | Liberia | 7.8% | 2023 | up 730.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Brazil | 7.7% | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.6% | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 64 | Nigeria | 7.6% | 2023 | up 1,815.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Gambia | 7.5% | 2023 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 66 | Nicaragua | 7.1% | 2023 | up 211.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 7.0% | 2023 | up 202.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Belize | 7.0% | 2023 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6.8% | 2023 | up 17.1% | flat |
| 69 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6.8% | 2023 | up 17.1% | flat |
| 71 | Myanmar | 6.8% | 2023 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Paraguay | 6.7% | 2023 | up 258.4% | falling |
| 73 | Türkiye | 6.6% | 2023 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Türkiye | 6.6% | 2023 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Suriname | 6.5% | 2023 | up 129.2% | falling |
| 76 | Mozambique | 6.2% | 2023 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Grenada | 6.2% | 2023 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 78 | Albania | 6.0% | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Peru | 6.0% | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Morocco | 5.9% | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Mali | 5.6% | 2023 | up 73.2% | falling |
| 82 | Haiti | 5.6% | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Madagascar | 5.6% | 2023 | up 163.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Lesotho | 5.6% | 2023 | up 90.6% | falling |
| 85 | Armenia | 5.5% | 2023 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Philippines | 5.2% | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 87 | Guatemala | 5.1% | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 5.1% | 2023 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 89 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.0% | 2023 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Serbia | 4.9% | 2023 | down 64.5% | rising |
| 91 | Vanuatu | 4.8% | 2023 | up 220.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Fiji | 4.7% | 2023 | up 153.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Georgia | 4.5% | 2023 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 4.3% | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 95 | Eswatini | 4.3% | 2023 | up 138.8% | rising |
| 96 | Burkina Faso | 4.1% | 2023 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 4.1% | 2023 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Mexico | 4.1% | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 99 | Iraq | 3.9% | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 100 | Papua New Guinea | 3.8% | 2023 | up 161.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Melanesia | 3.7% | 2023 | up 141.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Zambia | 3.7% | 2023 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 3.5% | 2023 | up 483.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Botswana | 3.4% | 2023 | up 69.1% | rising |
| 105 | Sudan | 2.9% | 2022 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 106 | India | 2.8% | 2023 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Ghana | 2.7% | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Afghanistan | 2.2% | 2020 | up 552.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Guinea | 2.2% | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Solomon Islands | 2.2% | 2023 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 2.1% | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Timor-Leste | 2.0% | 2023 | up 110,879.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Timor-Leste | 2.0% | 2023 | up 110,879.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Lebanon | 1.9% | 2023 | down 87.9% | falling |
| 115 | Cambodia | 1.8% | 2023 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 116 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.6% | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Kosovo | 1.6% | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 118 | China | 1.5% | 2023 | up 211.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Thailand | 1.5% | 2023 | up 84.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Viet Nam | 1.2% | 2023 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Viet Nam | 1.2% | 2023 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Djibouti | 0.8% | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Guyana | 0.8% | 2023 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Algeria | 0.4% | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.3% | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Africa 20.1%
- Middle Africa 17.1%
- South America 11.9%
- Eastern Africa 11.6%
- Africa 10.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 10.3%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 9.7%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 9.4%
- Western Africa 8.6%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 7.9%
- Central Asia 7.8%
- Southern Africa 7.8%
- Central and Southern Asia 5.4%
- Southern Asia 5.1%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 5.0%
- Central America 4.6%