The CIA World Factbook Edition 1990 Economy

Debt - external In 36 editions of 36.

Debt - external was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1990 edition carries it in 216 entries, in its Economy section, under the heading “External debt”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1990 edition
216
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Debt - external” (1997 to 2025), “External debt” (1990 to 1996), “Debt--external” (1999) and “Debt-external” (1998).

the entry has the field in that editionnot in that editionthe open editionEach entry below ends in its editions with Debt - external, 1990 to 2025. Point at a year above to follow it down; choose one in a row to read that edition’s text there.

Entries with Debt - external in each edition

19902000201020202025

Select a bar to open that edition.

World

1 entry

World

  • $1,008 billion for less developed countries (1988 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

$26.2 billion (December 1989)

Angola

$3.0 billion (1989)

Benin

$1.0 billion (December 1989 est.)

Botswana

$700 million (December 1989 est.)

Burkina now Burkina Faso

$969 million (December 1988)

Burundi

$795 million (December 1989 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$140 million (December 1988)

Cameroon

$4.9 billion (December 1989 est.)

Central African Republic

$660 million (December 1989)

Chad

$360 million (December 1989)

Comoros

$238 million (December 1988)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

$8.6 billion (December 1989 est.)

Congo now Republic of the Congo

$4.5 billion (December 1988)

Ivory Coast now Cote d'Ivoire

$14.7 billion (1989 est.)

Djibouti

$250 million (December 1988)

Egypt

$45 billion (December 1989)

Equatorial Guinea

$191 million (December 1988)

Swaziland now Eswatini

$275 million (December 1987)

Ethiopia

$2.6 billion (1988)

Gabon

$2.0 billion (October 1989)

The Gambia

$330 million (December 1989 est.)

Ghana

$3.0 billion (December 1989 est.)

Guinea

$1.6 billion (December 1988)

Guinea-Bissau

$465 million (December 1989 est.)

Kenya

$6.2 billion (December 1989 est.)

Lesotho

$235 million (December 1988)

Liberia

$1.7 billion (December 1989 est.)

Libya

  • $2.1 billion, excluding military debt (December 1988)

Madagascar

$3.6 billion (1989)

Malawi

$1.4 billion (December 1989 est.)

Mali

$2.1 billion (December 1988 est.)

Mauritania

$2.3 billion (December 1989)

Mauritius

$670 million (December 1989)

Mayotte

$NA

Morocco

$22.2 billion (1989)

Mozambique

$4.4 billion (1988)

Namibia

about $27 million at independence; under a 1971 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling, Namibia may not be liable for debt incurred during its colonial period

Niger

$1.8 billion (December 1989 est.)

Nigeria

  • $32 billion, medium and long-term (December 1989 est.)

Reunion

NA

Rwanda

$645 million (December 1989 est.)

St. Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

$NA

Sao Tome and Principe

$95 million (1988)

Senegal

$3.8 billion (1988)

Seychelles

$178 million (December 1988)

Sierra Leone

$805 million (1989 est.)

Somalia

$2.8 billion (1989 est.)

South Africa

$21.2 billion (1988 est.)

Sudan

$11.6 billion (December 1989 est.)

Tanzania

$4.5 billion (December 1989 est.)

Togo

$1.3 billion (December 1988)

Tunisia

$7.6 billion (December 1989)

Uganda

$1.4 billion (1989 est.)

Western Sahara

$NA

Zambia

$6.9 billion (December 1989)

Zimbabwe

$2.96 billion (December 1989 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$445 million (1988)

Iceland

$1.8 billion (1988)

Asia

13 entries

Afghanistan

$1.8 billion (December 1989 est.)

Bangladesh

$10.4 billion (December 1989)

Bhutan

$70.1 million (FY89 est.)

China

$51 billion (1989 est.)

India

$48.7 billion (1989)

Japan

$NA

Korea, North now North Korea

$2.5 billion hard currency (1989)

Korea, South now South Korea

$30.5 billion (September 1989)

Maldives

$70 million (December 1988)

Mongolia

$NA

Nepal

$1.3 billion (December 1989 est.)

Pakistan

$17.4 billion (1989)

Sri Lanka

$5.6 billion (1989)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$NA

Antigua and Barbuda

$245.4 million (1987)

Aruba

$81 million (1987)

The Bahamas

$1.5 billion (September 1988)

Barbados

$635 million (December 1989 est.)

Belize

$140 million (December 1988)

British Virgin Islands

$4.5 million (1985)

Cayman Islands

$15 million (1986)

Costa Rica

$4.5 billion (1989)

Cuba

$6.8 billion (convertible currency, July 1989)

Dominica

$63.6 million (December 1987)

Dominican Republic

$3.6 billion (1989) est.

El Salvador

$1.7 billion (December 1989)

Grenada

$108 million (1989 est.)

Guadeloupe

$NA

Guatemala

$3.0 billion (December 1989 est.)

Haiti

$820 million (December 1988)

Honduras

$3.2 billion (December 1989)

Jamaica

$4.4 billion (1989 est.)

Martinique

$NA

Montserrat

$3.7 million (1985)

Netherlands Antilles

$701.2 million (December 1987)

Nicaragua

$8 billion (year end 1988)

Panama

$5.2 billion (November 1989 est.)

Puerto Rico

$NA

St. Kitts and Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

$27.6 million (1988)

St. Lucia now Saint Lucia

$39.5 million (December 1987)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$35 million (July 1987)

Trinidad and Tobago

$2.02 billion (December 1987)

Turks and Caicos Islands

$NA

Virgin Islands

$NA

Europe

36 entries

Albania

$NA

Andorra

$NA

Austria

$12.4 billion (December 1987)

Belgium

$27.5 billion (1988)

Bulgaria

$10 billion (1989)

Czechoslovakia

  • $7.4 billion, hard currency indebtedness (1989)

Denmark

$41.1 billion (1989 est.)

Faroe Islands

$NA

Finland

$5.3 billion (1989)

France

$59.3 billion (December 1987)

German Democratic Republic

$20.6 billion (1989)

Germany, Federal Republic of now Germany

$500 million (June 1988)

Gibraltar

$NA

Greece

$20.0 billion (December 1988)

Guernsey

$NA

Hungary

$19.6 billion (1989)

Ireland

$16.1 billion (1988)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

Italy

NA

Jersey

$NA

Liechtenstein

$NA

Luxembourg

$131.6 million (1989 est.)

Malta

  • $90 million, medium and long-term (December 1987)

Monaco

$NA

Netherlands

none

Norway

$18.3 billion (December 1989)

Poland

$40 billion (1989 est.)

Portugal

$17.2 billion (1988)

Romania

none (mid-1989)

San Marino

$NA

Soviet Union

$27.3 billion (1988)

Spain

$32.7 billion (1988)

Sweden

$17.9 billion (1988)

Switzerland

$NA

United Kingdom

$15.7 billion (1988)

Yugoslavia

  • $17.0 billion, medium and long term (1989)

Middle East

18 entries

Bahrain

$1.1 billion (December 1989 est.)

Cyprus

$2.8 billion (1988)

Gaza Strip

$NA

Iran

  • $4-5 billion (1989)

Iraq

$40 billion (1988 est.), excluding debt to Persian Gulf Arab states

Israel

$16.4 billion (March 1989)

Jordan

$8.3 billion (December 1989)

Kuwait

$7.2 billion (December 1989 est.)

Lebanon

$935 million (December 1988)

Oman

$3.1 billion (December 1989 est.)

Qatar

$1.1 billion (December 1989 est.)

Saudi Arabia

$18.9 billion (December 1989 est.)

Syria

$5.3 billion in hard currency (1989 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

$36.3 billion (November 1989)

United Arab Emirates

$11.0 billion (December 1989 est.)

West Bank

$NA

Yemen Arab Republic

$3.5 billion (December 1989 est.)

Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of now People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

$2.25 billion (December 1989 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

NA

Canada

$247 billion (1987)

Mexico

$95.1 billion (1989)

St. Pierre and Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

United States

$532 billion (December 1988)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

$NA

Australia

$111.6 billion (September 1989)

Cook Islands

$NA

Fiji

$398 million (December 1989 est.)

French Polynesia

$NA

Guam

$NA

Kiribati

$2.0 million (December 1987 est.)

Marshall Islands

$NA

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

$NA

Nauru

$33.3 million

New Caledonia

$NA

New Zealand

$17.0 billion (1989)

Niue

$NA

Norfolk Island

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

$NA

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the now Palau

$NA

Papua New Guinea

$2.5 billion (December 1988)

Pitcairn Islands

$NA

Western Samoa now Samoa

$75 million (December 1988 est.)

Solomon Islands

$128 million (1988 est.)

Tokelau

none

Tonga

$31.8 million (1987)

Tuvalu

$NA

Vanuatu

$57 million (1988)

Wallis and Futuna

$NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$60 billion (December 1989)

Bolivia

$5.7 billion (December 1989)

Brazil

$109 billion (December 1989)

Chile

$16.3 billion (December 1989)

Colombia

$17.5 billion (1989)

Ecuador

$10.9 billion (1989)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

French Guiana

$1.2 billion (1988)

Guyana

  • $1.8 billion, including arrears (December 1988)

Paraguay

$2.9 billion (1989 est.)

Peru

$17.7 billion (December 1989)

Suriname

$65 million (1989 est.)

Uruguay

$6 billion (1988)

Venezuela

$33.6 billion (1988)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

none

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$5.6 billion (December 1989 est.)

Cambodia

$600 million (1989)

Christmas Island

$NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

Hong Kong

$9.6 billion (December 1988)

Indonesia

  • $55.0 billion, medium and long-term (1989 est.)

Laos

$964 million (1989 est.)

Macau

$91 million (1985)

Malaysia

$16.3 billion (1989 est.)

Philippines

$27.8 billion (1988)

Singapore

$5.2 billion (December 1988)

Taiwan

$1.0 billion (December 1989 est.)

Thailand

$18.5 billion (December 1989 est.)

Vietnam

$16 billion (1989)

Cite this page

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1990, “Debt - external”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/debt-external/1990.

How to cite