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Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in foreign currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Interest payments on external debt, total (INT, current US$) - Interest - External debt - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Low & middle income154,300,627,000
2Middle income151,348,829,000
3Upper middle income108,072,041,000
4Europe & Central Asia64,387,101,000
5Latin America & Caribbean46,433,150,000
6Lower middle income43,276,788,000
7East Asia & Pacific23,988,115,000
8Russia22,557,160,000
9Brazil15,826,781,000
10Turkey13,053,614,000
11Mexico10,580,251,000
12Poland9,455,923,000
13China9,246,065,000
14South Asia9,170,733,000
15India7,405,631,000
16Indonesia5,577,154,000
17Middle East & North Africa5,388,084,000
18Sub-Saharan Africa4,933,444,000
19Kazakhstan4,399,608,000
20Romania4,109,526,000
21Argentina4,090,489,000
22Philippines3,977,999,000
23Ukraine3,837,646,000
24Venezuela3,124,445,000
25Colombia3,066,102,000
26Low income2,951,798,000
27Malaysia2,514,582,000
28Chile2,023,344,000
29Thailand1,885,491,000
30South Africa1,765,293,000
31Peru1,713,389,000
32Latvia1,627,895,000
33Lebanon1,617,178,000
34Bulgaria1,560,797,000
35Serbia1,210,661,000
36Pakistan1,062,981,000
37Lithuania1,043,308,000
38Ecuador995,725,000
39Tunisia951,965,000
40Egypt934,145,000
41Guatemala772,349,000
42Panama765,423,000
43Morocco752,327,000
44Jamaica693,115,000
45Iran620,506,000
46Uruguay575,591,000
47Vietnam568,518,000
48Dominican Republic561,091,000
49Liberia520,417,000
50El Salvador514,595,000
51Angola510,956,000
52Costa Rica470,018,000
53Belarus348,592,000
54Sri Lanka333,806,000
55Bosnia and Herzegovina295,659,000
56Democratic Republic of the Congo291,886,000
57Bangladesh265,947,000
58Nigeria249,863,000
59Jordan232,134,000
60Ivory Coast220,733,000
61Algeria193,998,000
62Macedonia184,272,000
63Bolivia179,335,000
64Gabon166,899,000
65Paraguay164,853,000
66Ghana146,011,000
67Uzbekistan130,134,000
68Cameroon119,455,000
69Kenya111,953,000
70Azerbaijan111,939,000
71Honduras90,621,000
72Moldova86,874,000
73Sudan85,895,000
74Armenia85,829,000
75Nicaragua80,134,000
76Yemen78,544,000
77Albania76,513,000
78Georgia70,239,000
79Laos67,392,000
80Republic of the Congo63,199,000
81Zambia55,952,000
82Senegal55,088,000
83Togo54,070,000
84Belize50,344,000
85Kyrgyzstan43,732,000
86Benin43,038,000
87Tanzania42,336,000
88Papua New Guinea41,577,000
89Ethiopia39,761,000
90Seychelles39,361,000
91Montenegro39,038,000
92Bhutan38,025,000
93Guinea37,412,000
94Burma36,401,000
95Nepal35,262,000
96Tajikistan29,233,000
97Turkmenistan28,909,000
98Mauritania25,556,000
99Mozambique25,247,000
100Mali24,587,000
101Mauritius23,328,000
102St. Lucia23,213,000
103Mongolia22,951,000
104Cambodia22,674,000
105Uganda21,732,000
106Maldives21,179,000
107Haiti20,413,000
108Swaziland19,135,000
109Chad18,698,000
110Burkina Faso17,065,000
111St. Kitts and Nevis16,890,000
112Fiji16,127,000
113Malawi15,942,000
114Madagascar13,093,000
115Burundi11,032,000
116Guyana10,569,000
117Gambia10,131,000
118Grenada9,051,000
119Eritrea8,882,000
120St. Vincent and the Grenadines8,860,000
121Botswana8,399,000
122Lesotho7,985,000
123Afghanistan7,902,000
124Rwanda7,713,000
125Djibouti7,287,000
126Niger7,092,000
127Central African Republic6,645,000
128Cape Verde6,602,000
129Dominica6,159,000
130Solomon Islands4,346,000
131Comoros4,226,000
132Guinea-Bissau3,806,000
133Samoa3,452,000
134Sierra Leone3,220,000
135Tonga1,698,000
136Vanuatu1,688,000
137Somalia1,657,000
138Sao Tome and Principe695,000
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