Short-Term External Debt

Middle East Ranking

percent of international reservesSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Turkey	148.04	2020	1	116.55
2	Jordan	67.36	2016	2	62.19
3 ↑	Iran	62.06	1982	7	2.03
4 ↓	Lebanon	23.93	2020	3	9.51
5 ↑	Yemen	4.85	2013	6	2.27
6 ↓	Afghanistan	4.43	2020	4	4.94
7 ↓	Syria	2.73	2010	5	4.15

Definition of Short-Term External Debt

Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Total reserves includes gold.