Upper middle income - Total debt service

Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in Upper middle income was 16.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 31.60 in 1982, while its lowest value was 8.63 in 2011.

Definition: Total debt service to exports of goods, services and primary income. Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.

Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1982 31.60
1983 27.90
1984 25.93
1985 25.65
1986 27.65
1987 23.52
1988 24.35
1989 21.00
1990 17.13
1991 16.82
1992 17.46
1993 17.36
1994 16.25
1995 17.70
1996 20.41
1997 24.08
1998 24.18
1999 30.33
2000 26.66
2001 25.07
2002 22.77
2003 18.77
2004 14.37
2005 14.34
2006 13.01
2007 10.48
2008 10.25
2009 13.06
2010 9.92
2011 8.63
2012 9.07
2013 9.46
2014 9.98
2015 13.17
2016 15.64
2017 14.51
2018 14.75
2019 16.23
2020 16.75

Total debt service (% of GNI)

Total debt service (% of GNI) in Upper middle income was 4.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 6.39 in 1999, while its lowest value was 2.45 in 2011.

Definition: Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.

Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1978 5.06
1979 5.36
1981 5.06
1982 5.77
1983 5.60
1984 5.62
1985 5.13
1986 5.10
1987 4.96
1991 3.59
1992 3.15
1993 3.16
1994 3.05
1995 3.46
1996 4.09
1997 4.48
1998 4.69
1999 6.39
2000 6.15
2001 5.73
2002 5.48
2003 5.40
2004 4.43
2005 4.58
2006 4.31
2007 3.42
2008 3.31
2009 3.48
2010 2.80
2011 2.45
2012 2.52
2013 2.57
2014 2.68
2015 3.37
2016 3.84
2017 3.64
2018 3.77
2019 4.06
2020 4.02

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: External debt