Average Grace Periods for Public and Publicly Guaranteed External Debt

Grace period data measures the time from loan signature to first principal repayment for sovereign and publicly guaranteed external debt. Averages are calculated by weighting individual loan grace periods by their respective loan amounts. The data is compiled by the International Debt Statistics: DSSI team at the World Bank.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between average grace period and country creditworthiness using the weighted loan amount metric.
• Comparing grace period terms across different public debtors, including national governments and autonomous public bodies.
• Modeling future debt service obligations for countries based on historical grace period data for public and publicly guaranteed loans.
• Assessing the impact of loan guarantee policies by comparing grace periods for public debt versus publicly guaranteed private debt.

Strengths

• Data covers public and publicly guaranteed external debt obligations, a critical component of sovereign debt analysis.
• Averages are calculated using a weighted methodology based on loan amounts, providing a more accurate aggregate measure.

Limitations

• The specific number of countries, loans, or rows of data is unknown, limiting assessment of sample size.
• The temporal coverage and update frequency are unspecified, making it difficult to determine data recency.

Provenance

Source

International Debt Statistics: DSSI (World Bank).

Collection Method

Calculated from loan-level data, weighting grace periods by loan amounts.

Geography

Likely global coverage for countries with external debt, but specific countries are unspecified.