The CIA World Factbook Edition 1995 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 1995 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 1995 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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World

1 entry

World

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

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$26 billion (1994)

Angola

$11.7 billion (1994 est.)

Benin

$1 billion (December 1990 est.)

Botswana

$344 million (December 1991)

Burkina now Burkina Faso

$865 million (December 1991 est.)

Burundi

$1.05 billion (1994 est.)

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 billion (1993)

Cote D'ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

$17.3 billion (1993 est.)

Djibouti

$227 million (1993 est.)

Egypt

$31.2 billion (December 1994 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

$260 million (1992 est)

Eritrea

$NA

Swaziland now Eswatini

$240 million (1992)

Ethiopia

$3.7 billion (1993 est.)

Gabon

$3.3 billion (1993 est.)

The Gambia

$286 million (FY92/93 est.)

Ghana

$4.6 billion (December 1993 est.)

Guinea

$462 million (December 1990 est.)

Guinea-bissau now Guinea-Bissau

2.5 billion (1992)

Kenya

$7 billion (1994 est.)

Lesotho

$512 million (1993)

Liberia

$2.1 billion (September 1993 est.)

Libya

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

Madagascar

$4.3 billion (1993 est.)

Malawi

$1.8 billion (December 1993 est.)

Mali

$2.6 billion (1991 est.)

Mauritania

$1.9 billion (1992 est.)

Mauritius

$996.8 million (1993 est.)

Mayotte

$NA

Morocco

$20.5 billion (1994 est.)

Mozambique

$5 billion (1992 est.)

Namibia

  • about $385 million (1994 est.)

Niger

$1.2 billion (December 1991 est.)

Nigeria

$29.5 billion (1992)

Reunion

$NA

Rwanda

$873 million (1993 est.)

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

$NA

Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe

$237 million (1993)

Senegal

$2.9 billion (1990)

Seychelles

$181 million (1993 est.)

Sierra Leone

$1.15 billion (yearend 1993)

Somalia

$1.9 billion (1989)

South Africa

$18 billion (1994 est.)

Sudan

$17 billion (June 1993 est.)

Tanzania

$6.7 billion (1993)

Togo

$1.3 billion (1991)

Tunisia

$7.7 billion (1993 est.)

Uganda

$2.9 billion (1993 est.)

Western Sahara

$NA

Zambia

$7.3 billion (1993)

Zimbabwe

$3.5 billion (December 1992 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$297.1 million (1993)

Iceland

$2.5 billion (1993 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

$2.3 billion (March 1991 est.)

Armenia

$NA

Azerbaijan

$NA

Bangladesh

$13.5 billion (June 1993)

Bhutan

$141 million (October 1994)

China

$100 billion (1994 est.)

Georgia

NA (T'bilisi owes about $400 million to Turkmenistan for natural gas as of January 1995)

India

$89.2 billion (November 1994)

Japan

$NA

Kazakhstan

less than $1 billion debt to Russia

Korea, North now North Korea

$8 billion (1992 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

$44.1 billion (1993)

Kyrgyzstan

$NA

Maldives

$130 million (1993 est.)

Mongolia

$NA

Nepal

$2 billion (1993 est.)

Pakistan

$24 billion (1993 est.)

Russia

$95 billion-$100 billion (yearend 1994)

Sri Lanka

$7.2 billion (1993 est.)

Tajikistan

$NA

Turkmenistan

NEGL

Uzbekistan

$NA

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$NA

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

$250 million (1990 est.)

Aruba

$81 million (1987)

The Bahamas

$455 million (December 1993)

Barbados

$652 million (1991 est.)

Belize

$158 million (1992)

British Virgin Islands

$4.5 million (1985)

Cayman Islands

$15 million (1986)

Costa Rica

$3.2 billion (1991)

Cuba

$10.8 billion (convertible currency, December 1993)

Dominica

$92.8 million (1992)

Dominican Republic

$4.3 billion (1994 est.)

El Salvador

$2.6 billion (December 1992)

Grenada

$89.9 million (1993)

Guadeloupe

$NA

Guatemala

$2.2 billion ( 1992 est.)

Haiti

$871 million (September 1994)

Honduras

$4 billion (1994 est.)

Jamaica

$3.6 billion (1994 est.)

Martinique

$NA

Montserrat

$2.05 million (1987)

Netherlands Antilles

$672 million (December 1991)

Nicaragua

$11 billion (1993)

Panama

$6.7 billion (yearend 1993 est.)

Puerto Rico

$NA

Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

$43.3 million (1992)

Saint Lucia

$96.4 million (1992 est.)

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$74.9 million (1993)

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

$2 billion (1994)

Turks And Caicos Islands now Turks and Caicos Islands

$NA

Virgin Islands

$NA

Europe

45 entries

Albania

$920 million (1994 est.)

Andorra

$NA

Austria

$21.5 billion (1994 est.)

Belarus

$1.5 billion (July 1994 est.)

Belgium

$31.3 billion (1992 est.)

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

$NA

Bulgaria

$12 billion (1994)

Croatia

$2.9 billion (September 1994)

Czech Republic now Czechia

$8.7 billion (October 1994)

Denmark

$40.9 billion (1994 est.)

Estonia

$650 million (end of 1991)

Faroe Islands

$1.2 billion (1993 est.)

Finland

$30 billion (December 1993)

France

$300 billion (1993 est.)

Germany

$NA

Gibraltar

$318 million (1987)

Greece

$26.9 billion (1993)

Guernsey

$NA

Hungary

$27 billion (September 1994)

Ireland

$20 billion (1994 est.)

Man, Isle Of now Isle of Man

$NA

Italy

$67 billion (1993 est.)

Jersey

$NA

Latvia

$NA

Liechtenstein

$NA

Lithuania

$NA

Luxembourg

$800 million (1994 est.)

Malta

$603 million (1992)

Moldova

$300 million (as of 11 December 1994)

Monaco

$NA

Netherlands

$0

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of now North Macedonia

$840 million (1992)

Norway

$NA

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

$4.4 billion (1994)

San Marino

$NA

Serbia And Montenegro now Serbia and Montenegro

$4.2 billion (1993 est.)

Slovakia

  • $4.2 billion hard currency indebtedness (1994 est.)

Slovenia

$2.1 billion (1994)

Spain

$90 billion (1993 est.)

Sweden

$NA

Switzerland

$NA

Ukraine

$7.5 billion (yearend 1994)

United Kingdom

$16.2 billion (June 1992)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

$2.6 billion (1993)

Cyprus

$2.4 billion (1993)

Gaza Strip

$NA

Iran

$30 billion (December 1993)

Iraq

$50 billion (1989 est.), excluding debt of about $35 billion owed to Gulf Arab states

Israel

$25.9 billion (November 1994 est.)

Jordan

$6 billion (March 1995 est.)

Kuwait

$7.2 billion (December 1989 est.)

note: external debt has grown substantially in 1991 and 1992 to pay for restoration of war damage

Lebanon

$765 million (1994 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

$66.6 billion (1994)

United Arab Emirates

$11.6 billion (1994 est.)

West Bank

$NA

Yemen

$7 billion (1993)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$NA

Canada

$243 billion (1993)

Mexico

$128 billion (1994 est.)

Saint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

United States

$NA

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

$NA

Australia

$147.2 billion (1994)

Cook Islands

$124 million (1994)

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

$38.5 billion (September 1994)

Niue

$NA

Norfolk Island

$NA

Northern Mariana Islands

$NA

Palau

  • about $100 million (1989)

Papua New Guinea

$3.2 billion (1992)

Pitcairn Islands

$NA

Western Samoa now Samoa

$141 million (June 1993)

Solomon Islands

$128 million (1988 est.)

Tokelau

$0

Tonga

$47.5 million (FY90/91)

Tuvalu

$NA

Vanuatu

$40 million (yearend 1992)

Wallis And Futuna now Wallis and Futuna

$NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$73 billion (April 1994)

Bolivia

$4.2 billion (January 1995)

Brazil

$134 billion (1994)

Chile

$20 billion (1994 est.)

Colombia

$12.6 billion (1994 est.)

Ecuador

$13.2 billion (yearend 1993 est.)

Falkland Islands (islas Malvinas) now Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

French Guiana

$1.2 billion (1988)

Guyana

$2.2 billion (1994 est.)

Paraguay

$1.4 billion (yearend 1993 est.)

Peru

$22.4 billion (1994 est.)

Suriname

$180 million (March 1993 est.)

Uruguay

$4.2 billion (1993)

Venezuela

$40.1 billion (1994)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

$0

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$5.4 billion (FY93/94 est.)

Cambodia

$383 million to OECD members (1993)

Christmas Island

$NA

Cocos (keeling) Islands now Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

Hong Kong

  • none (1993)

Indonesia

$87 billion (1994)

Laos

$NA

Macau

$91 million (1985)

Malaysia

$35.5 billion (1994 est.)

Philippines

$40 billion (1994 est.)

Singapore

$20 million (1993 est.)

Taiwan

$620 million (1992 est.)

Thailand

$64.3 billion (1994 est.)

Vietnam

$4 billion Western countries; $4.5 billion CEMA debts primarily to Russia;

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1995, “Debt - external”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/debt-external/1995.

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