The CIA World Factbook Edition 1994 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 1994 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section, under the heading “External debt”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1994 edition
234
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).

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Entries with Debt - external in each edition

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World

1 entry

World

  • $1 trillion for less developed countries (1993 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$26 billion (1994)

Angola

$8 billion (1993 est.)

Benin

$1 billion (December 1990 est.)

Botswana

$344 million (December 1991)

Burkina now Burkina Faso

$865 million (December 1991 est.)

Burundi

$970 million (1991)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$156 million (1991)

Cameroon

$6 billion (1991)

Central African Republic

$859 million (1991)

Chad

$492 million (December 1990 est.)

Comoros

$160 million (1992 est.)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

$9.2 billion (May 1992 est.)

Congo now Republic of the Congo

$4.1 billion (1991)

Cote d'Ivoire

$17.3 billion (1993 est.)

Djibouti

$355 million (December 1990)

Egypt

$32 billion (March 1993 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

$260 million (1992 est)

Eritrea

$NA

Swaziland now Eswatini

$240 million (1992)

Ethiopia

$3.48 billion (1991)

Gabon

$4.4 billion (1991)

The Gambia

$336 million (December 1990 est.)

Ghana

$4.6 billion (1992 est.)

Guinea

2.5 billion (1992)

Guinea-Bissau

$462 million (December 1990 est.)

Kenya

$7 billion (1992 est.)

Lesotho

$428 million (1991)

Liberia

$2.1 billion (September 1993 est.)

Libya

  • $3.5 billion excluding military debt (1991 est.)

Madagascar

$4.4 billion (1991)

Malawi

$1.8 billion (December 1991 est.)

Mali

$2.6 billion (1991 est.)

Mauritania

$1.9 billion (1992 est.)

Mauritius

$991 million (1992 est.)

Mayotte

$NA

Morocco

$21.3 billion (1992)

Mozambique

$5 billion (1992 est.)

Namibia

  • about $220 million (1992 est.)

Niger

$1.2 billion (December 1991 est.)

Nigeria

$29.5 billion (1992)

Reunion

$NA

Rwanda

$845 million (1991 est.)

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

$NA

Sao Tome and Principe

$163.6 million (1992)

Senegal

$2.9 billion (1990)

Seychelles

$201 million (1992 est.)

Sierra Leone

$633 million (FY92 est.)

Somalia

$1.9 billion (1989)

South Africa

$17 billion (1993 est.)

Sudan

$17 billion (June 1993 est.)

Tanzania

$6.44 billion (1992)

Togo

$1.3 billion (1991)

Tunisia

$7.7 billion (1993 est.)

Uganda

$1.9 billion (1991 est.)

Western Sahara

$NA

Zambia

$7.6 billion (1991)

Zimbabwe

$3.5 billion (December 1992 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$480 million (1990 est.)

Iceland

$3.9 billion (1992 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

$2.3 billion (March 1991 est.)

Armenia

$NA

Azerbaijan

$NA

Bangladesh

$13.5 billion (June 1993)

Bhutan

$141 million (June 1993)

China

$80 billion (1993 est.)

Georgia

  • $100 million to $200 million (1993 est.)

India

$90.1 billion (March 1993)

Japan

$NA

Kazakhstan

$1.5 billion debt to Russia

Korea, North now North Korea

$8 billion (1992 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

$42 billion (1992)

Kyrgyzstan

$NA

Maldives

$148 million (1993 est.)

Mongolia

$16.8 billion (yearend 1990); 98.6% with USSR

Nepal

$2 billion (FY93 est.)

Pakistan

$24 billion (1993 est.)

Russia

$81.5 billion (mid-year 1993 est.)

Sri Lanka

$5.2 billion (1991)

Tajikistan

$NA

Turkmenistan

NEGL

Uzbekistan

$NA

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$NA

Antigua and Barbuda

$250 million (1990 est.)

Aruba

$81 million (1987)

The Bahamas

$1.2 billion (December 1990)

Barbados

$652 million (1991 est.)

Belize

$143.7 million (1991)

British Virgin Islands

$4.5 million (1985)

Cayman Islands

$15 million (1986)

Costa Rica

$3.2 billion (1991)

Cuba

$6.8 billion (convertible currency, July 1989)

Dominica

$92.8 million (1992)

Dominican Republic

$4.7 billion (1993 est.)

El Salvador

$2.6 billion (December 1992)

Grenada

$109 million (1992)

Guadeloupe

$NA

Guatemala

$2.2 billion ( 1992 est.)

Haiti

$838 million (December 1990)

Honduras

$2.8 billion (1990)

Jamaica

$4.5 billion (1992 est.)

Martinique

$NA

Montserrat

$2.05 million (1987)

Netherlands Antilles

$701 million (December 1987)

Nicaragua

$10.5 billion ( 1992)

Panama

$6.1 billion (year-end 1993 est.)

Puerto Rico

$NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$43.3 million (1992)

Saint Lucia

$96.4 million (1992 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$62.6 million (1992)

Trinidad and Tobago

$2 billion (1993)

Turks and Caicos Islands

$NA

Virgin Islands

$NA

Europe

45 entries

Albania

$724 million (1993 est.)

Andorra

$NA

Austria

$16.2 billion (1993 est.)

Belarus

$NA

Belgium

$31.3 billion (1992 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$NA

Bulgaria

$12 billion (1993)

Croatia

$2.6 billion (December 1993)

Czech Republic now Czechia

$8.6 billion (October 1993)

Denmark

$40 billion (1992 est.)

Estonia

$650 million (end of 1991)

Faroe Islands

$1.3 billion (1991)

Finland

$30 billion (December 1993)

France

$300 billion (1993 est.)

Germany

$NA

Gibraltar

$318 million (1987)

Greece

$23.1 billion (1992)

Guernsey

$NA

Hungary

$24.7 billion (November 1993)

Ireland

$17.6 billion (1992)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

Italy

$67 billion (1993 est.)

Jersey

$NA

Latvia

$NA

Liechtenstein

$NA

Lithuania

$NA

Luxembourg

$131.6 million (1989 est.)

Malta

$118 million (1990)

Moldova

$325 million (end of 1993)

Monaco

$NA

Netherlands

$0

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia now North Macedonia

$840 million (1992)

Norway

$6.5 billion (1992 est.)

Poland

  • $47 billion (1993);
  • note - Poland's Western government creditors promised in 1991 to forgive 30% of Warsaw's $35 billion official debt immediately and to forgive another 20% in 1994;
  • foreign banks agreed in early 1994 to forgive 45% of their $12 billion debt claim

Portugal

$20 billion (1993 est.)

Romania

$4 billion (1993)

San Marino

$NA

Serbia and Montenegro

$4.2 billion (1993 est.)

Slovakia

$3.2 billion hard currency indebtedness (31 December 1993)

Slovenia

$1.9 billion

Spain

$90 billion (1993 est.)

Sweden

$19.5 billion (1992 est.)

Switzerland

$NA

Ukraine

$NA

United Kingdom

$16.2 billion (June 1992)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

$2.6 billion (1993)

Cyprus

$1.6 billion (1992)

Gaza Strip

$NA

Iran

$30 billion (December 1993)

Iraq

$45 billion (1989 est.), excluding debt of about $35 billion owed to Arab Gulf states

Israel

$24.8 billion (December 1993 est.)

Jordan

$6.8 billion (December 1993 est.)

Kuwait

$7.2 billion (December 1989 est.)

Lebanon

$700 million (1993 est.)

Oman

$3 billion (1993)

Qatar

$1.5 billion (1993 est.)

Saudi Arabia

$18.9 billion (December 1989 est., includes short-term trade credits)

Syria

$19.4 billion (1993 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

$59.4 billion (1993)

United Arab Emirates

$11 billion (1993 est.)

West Bank

$NA

Yemen

$7 billion (1993)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$NA

Canada

$435 billion (1993)

Mexico

$125 billion (1993 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

United States

$NA

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

$NA

Australia

$141.1 billion (1993)

Cook Islands

$NA

Fiji

$670 million (1994 est.)

French Polynesia

$NA

Guam

$NA

Kiribati

$2 million (December 1989 est.)

Marshall Islands

$NA

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

$NA

Nauru

$33.3 million

New Caledonia

$NA

New Zealand

$35.3 billion (March 1993)

Niue

$NA

Norfolk Island

$NA

Northern Mariana Islands

$0

Pacific Islands (Palau), Trust Territory of the now Palau

  • about $100 million (1989)

Papua New Guinea

$2.2 billion (April 1991)

Pitcairn Islands

$NA

Western Samoa now Samoa

$83 million (December 1990 est.)

Solomon Islands

$128 million (1988 est.)

Tokelau

$0

Tonga

$47.5 million (FY91)

Tuvalu

$NA

Vanuatu

$38 million (1991)

Wallis and Futuna

$NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$73 billion (April 1994)

Bolivia

$3.8 billion (January 1994)

Brazil

$119 billion (1993)

Chile

$19.7 billion (1993 est.)

Colombia

$17 billion (1992)

Ecuador

$12.7 billion (1992)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

French Guiana

$1.2 billion (1988)

Guyana

$1.9 billion including arrears (1992 est)

Paraguay

$1.2 billion (1993 est.)

Peru

$22 billion (1993 est.)

Suriname

$180 million (March 1993 est.)

Uruguay

$4.2 billion (1993)

Venezuela

$28.5 billion (1993)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

$0

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$4 billion (1992)

Cambodia

total outstanding bilateral official debt to OECD members $248 million (yearend 1991), plus 840 million ruble debt to former CEMA countries

Christmas Island

$NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

Hong Kong

  • none (1993)

Indonesia

$100 billion (1994 est.)

Laos

$1.1 billion (1990 est.)

Macau

$91 million (1985)

Malaysia

$18.4 billion (1993 est.)

Philippines

$34.1 billion (September 1993)

Singapore

$0; Singapore is a net creditor

Taiwan

$620 million (1992 est.)

Thailand

$33.4 billion (1991)

Vietnam

  • $3.4 billion Western countries;
  • $4.5 billion CEMA debts primarily to Russia;
  • $700 million commercial debts (1993 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1994, “Debt - external”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/debt-external/1994.

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