Somalia vs Upper middle income: Short-term debt (% of total external debt)
Short-term debt (% of total external debt) over time
- Somalia
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Upper middle income currently reports 29.3% against 20.8% in Somalia, a difference of 8.5%.
That makes Upper middle income's figure about 1.4 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Somalia ranks 28th and Upper middle income ranks 2nd of 123 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.8% | 15.6% | 13.8% | Upper middle income |
| 1980s | 6.1% | 16.5% | 10.4% | Upper middle income |
| 1990s | 19.5% | 19.7% | 0.1% | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 26.3% | 20.1% | 6.2% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 34.2% | 32.1% | 2.1% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 29.2% | 29.2% | 0.1% | Upper middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher short-term debt, Somalia or Upper middle income?
- Upper middle income, at 29.3% against 20.8% in Somalia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in short-term debt between Somalia and Upper middle income?
- 8.5%, with Upper middle income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Upper middle income?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Somalia and Upper middle income rank globally for short-term debt?
- Somalia ranks 28th and Upper middle income ranks 2nd of 123 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Short-term debt (% of total external debt). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.