## Figure 1-18. Low-Income Country External Borrowing and Vulnerabilities

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Figure 1-18. Low-Income Country External Borrowing and Vulnerabilities](https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2017/october/chapter-1/csv-data/figure1-18.csv)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2017/october/chapter-1/csv-data/figure1-18.csv.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2017/october/chapter-1/csv-data/figure1-18.csv.json)

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### Dataset scope and structure
- Worksheet name: csv
- Row count: 24
- Column count: 30
- The dataset conveys multiple components presented in the source figure, including:
  - "1. International Sovereign Issuance of Low-Income Countries by Region"
  - "3. Interest to Revenues and Public Debt 2012-18"
  - "4. Sovereign International Bond Servicing Needs"
- Units indicated in the dataset:
  - "(Billions of US dollars)" for international sovereign issuance series
  - "(Percent of GDP)" for public gross debt and related metrics
- Year columns sampled include: "2009", "2010", "2011", "2012", "2013", "2014", "2015", "2016", "2017YTD"
- Projected years shown in a servicing needs panel: "2018", "2019", "2020", "2021", "2022", "2023", "2024"

### International sovereign issuance by region (sample rows)
- Column header label: "1. International Sovereign Issuance of Low-Income Countries by Region"
- Africa issuance values by year (Billions of US dollars, as listed in sample rows):
  - 2009: "0.20"
  - 2010: "0.00"
  - 2011: "0.98"
  - 2012: "0.74"
  - 2013: "2.72"
  - 2014: "7.08"
  - 2015: "3.93"
  - 2016: "0.75"
  - 2017YTD: "4.85"
- Asia issuance values by year (Billions of US dollars, as listed in sample rows):
  - 2009: "0.07"
  - 2010: "0.99"
  - 2011: "0.00"
  - 2012: "1.50"
  - 2013: "0.00"
  - 2014: "1.00"
  - 2015: "0.16"
  - 2016: "0.50"
  - 2017YTD: "0.83"

### Interest, revenues, and public debt indicators (sample labels and values)
- Label: "Public interest expenses to revenues (percent)"
- Label: "Public gross debt (percent of GDP)"
- Within the sampled rows for the interest/debt panel, column headers and sample numeric series for "Interest" and projected servicing needs:
  - Series label: "Interest"
  - Projected sovereign international bond servicing needs by year (listed under "Interest" in sample rows):
    - 2018: "2.18"
    - 2019: "2.10"
    - 2020: "2.04"
    - 2021: "1.87"
    - 2022: "1.76"
    - 2023: "1.55"
    - 2024: "1.16"
- Temporal labels present in the panel:
  - Historical years: "2012", "2018" (appearing in header rows for the interest and debt panels)

### Notable labeling and empty cells in sample extract
- Several leading rows and cells are empty (blank strings) in the sample rows provided.
- Multiple column headers are split across the worksheet to align subpanels; the dataset encodes three main figure panels in a single worksheet as shown in the header rows:
  - Panel 1 header: "1. International Sovereign Issuance of Low-Income Countries by Region"
  - Panel 3 header: "3. Interest to Revenues and Public Debt 2012-18"
  - Panel 4 header: "4. Sovereign International Bond Servicing Needs"

*Source: figure1-18.csv (worksheet: csv) — IMF dataset extract provided in the prompt*

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2017/october/chapter-1/csv-data/figure1-18.csv_