The World Bank Has a Cool New Interactive Tool Showing How Much DSSI-Eligible Countries Pay to Service Their Debts

The World Bank released a new interactive database that details how much each of the DSSI-eligible countries will pay in 2020 and 2021 to service their bilateral debts. As the world’s preeminent bilateral creditor, it’s not surprising that the largest boxes on the graph represent China’s outsized presence in emerging market debt.

Access the tool on the World Bank blog.

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