Average grant element on new external debt commitments, official (%) - Terms - External debt - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators



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The grant element of a loan is the grant equivalent expressed as a percentage of the amount committed. It is used as a measure of the overall cost of borrowing. To obtain the average, the grant elements for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. The grant equivalent of a loan is its commitment (present) value, less the discounted present value of its contractual debt service; conventionally, future service payments are discounted at 10 percent. Commitments cover the total amount of loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies.
Average grant element on new external debt commitments, official (%) - Terms - External debt - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Angola83.07
2Zambia82.27
3Tanzania81.40
4Mozambique80.56
5Uganda80.55
6Afghanistan80.52
7Moldova80.38
8Nigeria80.36
9Mongolia80.24
10Bhutan79.61
11Malawi79.08
12Ethiopia78.67
13Dominica78.32
14St. Lucia78.17
15Cameroon78.07
16Grenada77.91
17Nepal76.58
18Sierra Leone75.81
19Bangladesh75.36
20Mali74.40
21Burkina Faso73.78
22Chad73.65
23Niger72.83
24Armenia71.85
25Laos70.92
26Cambodia69.40
27Kenya68.78
28Benin68.59
29Low income68.58
30Georgia66.64
31Sub-Saharan Africa66.04
32Yemen64.83
33Tajikistan64.55
34Samoa64.35
35Albania63.83
36Vietnam63.52
37India63.50
38Madagascar63.17
39Swaziland63.17
40Nicaragua62.66
41South Asia62.37
42Burundi61.45
43Haiti61.27
44Papua New Guinea60.30
45Guyana60.25
46Rwanda59.21
47Lesotho59.04
48Ghana58.98
49Kyrgyzstan58.33
50Cape Verde57.18
51Sri Lanka56.13
52Uzbekistan55.51
53Pakistan54.24
54Indonesia53.93
55Vanuatu53.10
56Mauritania53.09
57East Asia & Pacific52.97
58Djibouti52.97
59Dominican Republic52.68
60Senegal52.22
61Lower middle income51.30
62Tunisia51.05
63Sudan50.98
64Honduras50.68
65Low & middle income50.12
66Philippines49.85
67Gabon48.89
68Mexico48.45
69Republic of the Congo46.84
70Azerbaijan46.52
71Ukraine46.29
72Middle income46.25
73Paraguay45.60
74Colombia44.67
75Jordan44.58
76China44.44
77Argentina44.31
78Peru44.19
79Romania43.07
80Latin America & Caribbean42.99
81Latvia42.91
82Egypt42.59
83Middle East & North Africa42.48
84Venezuela42.18
85Bolivia41.14
86Belize41.13
87Jamaica40.32
88Upper middle income40.20
89Brazil39.99
90Kazakhstan39.78
91Europe & Central Asia39.54
92Ecuador39.11
93Uruguay39.03
94Poland38.68
95Turkey38.17
96Maldives36.39
97Mauritius35.04
98Panama34.75
99Costa Rica34.32
100Guatemala34.16
101Morocco33.62
102Bulgaria33.41
103Bosnia and Herzegovina31.88
104Lebanon29.15
105Serbia27.70
106Macedonia26.97
107Chile24.49
108Montenegro23.36
109Seychelles21.82
110Belarus19.97
111El Salvador18.02
112Eritrea14.30
113Solomon Islands0
114Somalia0
115Guinea-Bissau0
116Sao Tome and Principe0
117Togo0
118Thailand0
119Burma0
120Turkmenistan0
121Gambia0
122Guinea0
123Central African Republic0
124Lithuania0
125Fiji0
126Liberia0
127Botswana0
128Russia0
129Iran0
130St. Vincent and the Grenadines0
131Algeria0
132Malaysia0
133St. Kitts and Nevis0
134Comoros0
135Ivory Coast0
136South Africa0
137Democratic Republic of the Congo0
138Tonga0
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