Debt service to exports (%) by country

What this measures

Debt service, the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services, is expressed as a percentage of exports of goods and services--all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, net exports of goods under merchanting, nonmonetary gold, and services. This series differs from the standard debt to exports series in that it covers only long-term public and publicly guaranteed debt and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.

Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.

Ranking

Regions and income groups

More economic policy & debt indicators

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• Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)
• Primary income payments (BoP, current US$)
• Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP)
• Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP)
• Goods imports (current US$, BoP)
• Service imports (current US$, BoP)
• Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$)
• Imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP)
• Transport services (% of service imports, BoP)
• Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)
• Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$)

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Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, DT.TDS.DPPF.XP.ZS, CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.