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CodeDT.TDS.DPPG.XP.ZS
Indicator NamePublic and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)
Short definitionPublic and publicly guaranteed debt service to exports of goods, services, and income. Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.
Long definitionPublic and publicly guaranteed debt service to exports of goods, services, and income. Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.
SourceInternational Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/debt-statistics
TopicEconomic Policy & Debt: External debt: Debt ratios & other items
DatasetWDI
Unit of measurePercent
PeriodicityAnnual
Reference period1970-2023
Aggregation methodWeighted average
Statistical concept and methodologyMethodology: Countries that report to the World Bank’s Debtor Reporting System (DRS) submit their public and publicly guaranteed debt (PPG) and private debt with a public guarantee on a loan-by-loan basis. The World Bank Debt Data Team then compiles this information to produce this indicator.
License URLhttps://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses#cc-by
License TypeCC BY-4.0
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