Short-term external debt - Country rankings

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Short-term debt, percent of total external debt, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 13 countries was 9.09 percent. The highest value was in Uruguay: 18.7 percent and the lowest value was in Guatemala: 0.31 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Short-term external debt, 2024 Global rank Available data
Uruguay 18.7 1 2003 - 2024
Brazil 14.17 2 1990 - 2024
Argentina 11.88 3 1990 - 2024
Peru 11.64 4 1990 - 2024
Honduras 11.27 5 1990 - 2024
Mexico 10.61 6 1990 - 2024
El Salvador 10.57 7 1990 - 2024
Colombia 9.99 8 1990 - 2024
Chile 7.99 9 2003 - 2024
Nicaragua 7.35 10 1990 - 2024
Bolivia 3.05 11 1990 - 2024
Ecuador 0.64 12 1990 - 2024
Guatemala 0.31 13 1990 - 2024


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Definition: External debt with of public and private domestic borrowers to non-residents with maturity of twelve months of less as percent of total external debt. Source: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.

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1. Uruguay
2. Brazil
3. Argentina
4. Peru
5. Honduras
6. Mexico
7. El Salvador
8. Colombia
9. Chile
10. Nicaragua
11. Bolivia
12. Ecuador
13. Guatemala
18.70
14.17
11.88
11.64
11.27
10.61
10.57
9.99
7.99
7.35
3.05
0.64
0.31
0
4.7
9.4
14
18.7


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