Syria: Short-term external debt

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 Syria

Short-term debt, percent of total external debt

 Latest value 12.76
 Year 2023
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2008 - 2023
 Average 11.48
 Min - Max 7.66 - 13.37
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2023 is 12.76 percent, an increase from 12.71 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 17.39 percent, based on data from 167 countries. Historically, the average for Syria from 2008 to 2023 is 11.48 percent. The minimum value, 7.66 percent, was reached in 2012 while the maximum of 13.37 percent was recorded in 2009. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Syria: Short-term external debt
 2023 12.76
 2022 12.71
 2021 12.17
 2020 12.81
 2019 12.40
 2018 11.96
 2017 12.00
 2016 11.34




Definition: External debt with of public and private domestic borrowers to non-residents with maturity of twelve months of less as percent of total external debt. Source: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.

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