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Vanuatu: Interest payments on external debt, short-term

4.91Mcurrent USD · 2025+645.7% since 2015

Interest payments on short-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Vanuatu from 1983 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20254,907,000
20247,189,000
20233,108,000
2022733,000
2021414,000
2020633,000
20191,400,000
20181,492,000
20171,503,000
2016541,000
2015658,000
2014888,000
2013862,000
2012744,000
20111,193,000
2010638,000
2009713,000
2008840,000
2007782,000
2006471,000
2005822,000
20041,040,000
2003375,000
2002330,000
200164,000
2000338,000
1999274,000
1998523,000
1997784,000
1996300,000
1995300,000
1994240,000
1993134,000
199270,000
1991393,000
1990725,000
1989713,000
19881,085,000
1987820,000
1986625,000
1985760,000
1984787,000
1983764,000

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments on external debt, short-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-external-debt-short-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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