Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) by country
Multilateral debt service is the repayment of principal and interest to the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral agencies. public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of...
Countries reporting
123
Highest
100.0%
Afghanistan
Lowest
0.0%
Syria
Median
37.9%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
6,320
What the numbers show
Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) is currently reported for 123 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0.0% in Syria.
The median across all reporting countries is 37.9%, and the mean is 43.6%.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Algeria (up 35,275.8%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 100.0%).
Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 100.0% | 2024 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 1 | Yemen | 100.0% | 2024 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Lebanon | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1,550.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Botswana | 99.0% | 2024 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 5 | Moldova | 95.2% | 2024 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 6 | East Timor | 93.7% | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 7 | Liberia | 91.7% | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Nicaragua | 89.4% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 9 | Kosovo | 83.5% | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 9 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 83.5% | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 11 | Ukraine | 83.3% | 2024 | up 158.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Sao Tome and Principe | 82.3% | 2024 | up 624.9% | rising |
| 13 | Nepal | 80.4% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 14 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.4% | 2024 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 15 | Solomon Islands | 78.0% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 77.2% | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 17 | Algeria | 75.8% | 2024 | up 35,275.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 75.0% | 2024 | up 1,932.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Madagascar | 74.6% | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.3% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 71.4% | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Bolivia | 71.3% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 23 | Malawi | 71.0% | 2024 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Fiji | 70.2% | 2024 | up 190.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Gambia | 69.5% | 2024 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 26 | Georgia | 68.7% | 2024 | up 216.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Burundi | 68.5% | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 28 | Suriname | 68.1% | 2023 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Lesotho | 67.1% | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Niger | 67.0% | 2024 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Eswatini | 64.9% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 32 | Albania | 64.1% | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 33 | Grenada | 61.9% | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 34 | Mauritania | 59.5% | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 35 | Mali | 59.3% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 36 | Rwanda | 59.2% | 2024 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Armenia | 58.7% | 2024 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 58.4% | 2024 | up 409.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Guyana | 58.4% | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Paraguay | 58.0% | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 41 | Honduras | 57.7% | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 42 | Guatemala | 57.6% | 2024 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 53.1% | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Belize | 52.5% | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 45 | Papua New Guinea | 52.0% | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Sudan | 51.2% | 2024 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Cape Verde | 50.8% | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 48 | North Macedonia | 47.7% | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 49 | Djibouti | 47.2% | 2024 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 50 | Guinea-Bissau | 47.2% | 2024 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 47.2% | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.8% | 2024 | down 28.8% | flat |
| 53 | Ethiopia | 45.6% | 2024 | up 262.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Uganda | 39.7% | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Morocco | 39.3% | 2024 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 56 | Ecuador | 39.2% | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 57 | India | 39.1% | 2024 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 58 | Vietnam | 39.0% | 2024 | up 100.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Comoros | 38.3% | 2024 | down 61.7% | rising |
| 60 | Jordan | 38.3% | 2024 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Saint Lucia | 38.0% | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 37.9% | 2024 | up 293.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Samoa | 37.0% | 2024 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Tunisia | 36.6% | 2024 | down 37.0% | rising |
| 65 | Argentina | 35.6% | 2024 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Jamaica | 35.6% | 2024 | up 80.6% | rising |
| 67 | Ghana | 34.3% | 2024 | up 214.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 34.1% | 2024 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Togo | 33.8% | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Philippines | 33.2% | 2024 | up 137.5% | flat |
| 71 | Nigeria | 32.5% | 2024 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Egypt | 32.3% | 2024 | up 81.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Peru | 31.6% | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Somalia | 30.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Vanuatu | 30.7% | 2024 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | 30.5% | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Dominica | 30.2% | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 78 | Bhutan | 29.6% | 2024 | up 78.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Cambodia | 29.1% | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 80 | Pakistan | 29.1% | 2024 | down 49.9% | rising |
| 81 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 28.6% | 2010 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Tanzania | 27.7% | 2024 | down 21.9% | flat |
| 83 | Senegal | 27.6% | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Gabon | 27.4% | 2024 | up 117.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 27.4% | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Eritrea | 27.2% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 87 | Cameroon | 26.9% | 2024 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Guinea | 26.7% | 2024 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Zambia | 26.4% | 2024 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Kenya | 25.9% | 2024 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 25.5% | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 24.6% | 2024 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 93 | El Salvador | 24.5% | 2024 | down 56.7% | rising |
| 94 | Maldives | 24.2% | 2024 | up 197.1% | rising |
| 95 | Mongolia | 23.4% | 2024 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Thailand | 23.0% | 2024 | up 875.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Benin | 21.0% | 2024 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Myanmar | 19.9% | 2024 | up 90.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Chad | 19.1% | 2024 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Serbia | 18.7% | 2024 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Montenegro | 18.1% | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Mozambique | 18.1% | 2024 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Iraq | 17.4% | 2024 | up 380.5% | rising |
| 104 | Laos | 16.9% | 2024 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Colombia | 15.9% | 2024 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 15.6% | 2024 | up 2,371.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Cote d'Ivoire | 15.2% | 2024 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 14.9% | 2024 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Iran | 14.1% | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Tonga | 13.9% | 2024 | down 74.3% | rising |
| 111 | Belarus | 13.4% | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Turkey | 13.4% | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 113 | Indonesia | 12.8% | 2024 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Brazil | 11.9% | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Congo | 10.6% | 2024 | up 253.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Mexico | 10.4% | 2024 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 117 | South Africa | 10.1% | 2024 | up 192.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Mauritius | 8.6% | 2024 | down 81.0% | rising |
| 119 | China | 7.5% | 2024 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Angola | 5.0% | 2024 | up 924.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Haiti | 0.8% | 2024 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Russia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Syria | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 44.6%
- South Asia 41.2%
- IDA only 40.1%
- Lower middle income 33.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 32.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 25.3%
- Low & middle income 21.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 21.2%
- Middle income 21.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 19.3%
- Upper middle income 15.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 13.1%
About this data
Multilateral debt service is the repayment of principal and interest to the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral agencies. public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity.