Short-term debt (percentage of total external debt) - Lao PDR
Value & RankThe Short-term debt (percentage of total external debt) of Lao PDR is 0.74 (% of total external debt) with a global rank of 109.
Lao PDR compared to other CountriesThe Short-term debt (percentage of total external debt) of Lao PDR is similar to that of Mali, Sierra Leone, Papua New Guinea, Burundi, Solomon Islands, Uganda, Malawi, Tajikistan, Ethiopia, Cape Verde with a respective Short-term debt (percentage of total external debt) of 1.26, 1.25, 1.23, 1.06, 0.88, 0.70, 0.61, 0.43, 0.35, 0.12 (% of total external debt) and a global rank of 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114.Last 11 years averageLao PDR had an average Short-term debt (percentage of total external debt) of 1.65 (% of total external debt) in the last 11 years from (2001 to 2012).
Lao PDR during the Great RecessionLao PDR's Short-term debt (percentage of total external debt) had a positive growth of 17.7% during the Great RecessionLao PDR since the end of the Great RecessionLao PDR's Short-term debt (percentage of total external debt) had a negative growth (decline) of 78.7% since the end of the Great Recession
Lao PDR compared to other CountriesThe Short-term debt (percentage of total external debt) of Lao PDR is similar to that of Mali, Sierra Leone, Papua New Guinea, Burundi, Solomon Islands, Uganda, Malawi, Tajikistan, Ethiopia, Cape Verde with a respective Short-term debt (percentage of total external debt) of 1.26, 1.25, 1.23, 1.06, 0.88, 0.70, 0.61, 0.43, 0.35, 0.12 (% of total external debt) and a global rank of 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114.Last 11 years averageLao PDR had an average Short-term debt (percentage of total external debt) of 1.65 (% of total external debt) in the last 11 years from (2001 to 2012).
Lao PDR during the Great RecessionLao PDR's Short-term debt (percentage of total external debt) had a positive growth of 17.7% during the Great RecessionLao PDR since the end of the Great RecessionLao PDR's Short-term debt (percentage of total external debt) had a negative growth (decline) of 78.7% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 0.01 |
1992 | 0.01 |
1996 | 0.00 |
1997 | 0.00 |
1998 | 0.01 |
1999 | 0.01 |
2000 | 0.25 |
2001 | 0.04 |
2002 | 0.26 |
2003 | 0.04 |
2005 | 1.89 |
2006 | 2.95 |
2007 | 4.41 |
2008 | 3.20 |
2009 | 3.47 |
2010 | 0.32 |
2011 | 1.01 |
2012 | 0.74 |
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Mali | 104 | 1.26 |
Sierra Leone | 105 | 1.25 |
Papua New Guinea | 106 | 1.23 |
Burundi | 107 | 1.06 |
Solomon Islands | 108 | 0.88 |
Lao PDR | 109 | 0.74 |
Uganda | 110 | 0.70 |
Malawi | 111 | 0.61 |
Tajikistan | 112 | 0.43 |
Ethiopia | 113 | 0.35 |
Cape Verde | 114 | 0.12 |
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Datasource: Workbank - World Development Indicators