Average Interest Rates on New External Public Debt Commitments

World Bank data provides the average interest rate on new public and publicly guaranteed external loans contracted annually. Figures are calculated by weighting the interest rates of all such loans by their respective loan amounts. The dataset is compiled by the International Debt Statistics team under the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI).

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in the average interest rate on new public debt over time to assess borrowing costs for governments.
• Comparing interest rates across countries or regions to identify disparities in access to favorable financing.
• Correlating annual interest rate figures with other economic indicators like GDP growth or credit ratings.
• Modeling debt service projections using historical interest rate data for new loan commitments.

Strengths

• Data is derived from official International Debt Statistics, an authoritative source for external debt data.
• Calculations use a weighted average methodology based on loan amounts, providing a representative rate.

Limitations

• Specific row count, time range, and geographic coverage are not provided in the input.
• The dataset scope is limited to public and publicly guaranteed debt, excluding purely private external debt.

Provenance

Source

International Debt Statistics: DSSI, World Bank

Collection Method

Calculated from reported terms of all new public and publicly guaranteed external loans contracted during a year.

Geography

Likely global coverage for countries reporting external debt statistics, but specific scope is unknown.