The CIA World Factbook Edition 1996 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 1996 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its Economy section, under the heading “External debt”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1996 edition
233
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

  • $2 trillion for less developed countries (1995 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$26 billion (1994)

Angola

$12 billion (1995 est.)

Benin

$1.5 billion (1993 est.)

Botswana

$691 million (1994)

Burkina Faso

$1 billion (December 1993 est.)

Burundi

$1.05 billion (1994 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$156 million (1991)

Cameroon

$6.6 billion (1993)

Central African Republic

$904.3 million (1993 est.)

Chad

$757 million (December 1993 )

Comoros

$160 million (1992 est.)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

$11.3 billion (December 1993 est.)

Congo now Republic of the Congo

$5 billion (1993)

Cote d'Ivoire

$19 billion (1993)

Djibouti

$227 million (1993 est.)

Egypt

$33.6 billion (FY93/94 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

$268 million (1993 est.)

Eritrea

$NA

Swaziland now Eswatini

$240 million (1992)

Ethiopia

$3.7 billion (1993 est.)

Gabon

$3.8 billion (1993 )

The Gambia

$386 million (1993 est.)

Ghana

$4.6 billion (December 1993 est.)

Guinea

$3.02 billion (1994)

Guinea-Bissau

$692 million (December 1993 est.)

Kenya

$7 billion (1994 est.)

Lesotho

$512 million (1993)

Liberia

$1.9 billion (1993 est.)

Libya

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

Madagascar

$4.3 billion (1993 est.)

Malawi

$1.95 billion (December 1994 est.)

Mali

$2.8 billion (1995 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

$1.41 billion (1995 est.)

Nigeria

$32.5 billion (1993)

Reunion

$NA

Rwanda

$873 million (1993 est.)

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

$NA

Sao Tome and Principe

$250 million (1995 est.)

Senegal

$3.8 billion (1993)

Seychelles

$181 million (1993 est.)

Sierra Leone

$1.4 billion (yearend 1993)

Somalia

$1.9 billion (1989)

South Africa

$22 billion (1995 est.)

Sudan

$18 billion (yearend 1995 est.)

Tanzania

$6.7 billion (1993)

Togo

$1.3 billion (1991)

Tunisia

$7.7 billion (1993 est.)

Uganda

$3.2 billion (1994)

Western Sahara

$NA

Zambia

$7 billion (1995 est.)

Zimbabwe

$4.4 billion (1994)

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

  • $850 million (of which $75 million to Russia) (1995 est.)

Azerbaijan

$100 million (of which $75 million to Russia)

Bangladesh

$15.7 billion (1995 est.)

Bhutan

$141 million (October 1994)

China

$92 billion (1994 est.)

Georgia

  • $1.2 billion (of which $135 million to Russia) (1995 est.)

India

$97.9 billion (March 1995)

Japan

$NA

Kazakstan now Kazakhstan

$2.5 billion (of which $1.3 billion to Russia)

Korea, North now North Korea

$8 billion (1992 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

$77 billion (1995 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

  • $480 million (of which $115 million to Russia) (1995 est.)

Maldives

$137.5 million (1994 est.)

Mongolia

$473.7 million (1994)

Nepal

$2.3 billion (FY94/95 est.)

Pakistan

$26 billion (1995 est.)

Russia

$130 billion (yearend 1995)

Sri Lanka

$8.8 billion (1994 est.)

Tajikistan

  • $635 million (of which $250 million to Russia) (1995 est.)

Turkmenistan

  • $400 million (of which $275 million to Russia) (1995 est.)

Uzbekistan

$1.285 billion (of which $510 million to Russia)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$NA

Antigua and Barbuda

$377 million (1995 est.)

Aruba

$669 million (December 1995)

The Bahamas

$407.8 million (December 1994)

Barbados

$408 million (1995 est.)

Belize

$167.5 million (1992)

British Virgin Islands

$4.5 million (1985)

Cayman Islands

$15 million (1986)

Costa Rica

$4 billion (1995 est.)

Cuba

$9.1 billion (convertible currency,1995); another $20 billion owed to Russia (1995)

Dominica

$92.8 million (1992)

Dominican Republic

$4.6 billion (1994)

El Salvador

$2.6 billion (December 1992)

Grenada

$89.1 million (1995 est.)

Guadeloupe

$NA

Guatemala

$3.1 billion (1995 est.)

Haiti

$827 million (September 1995 est.)

Honduras

$3.7 billion (1994)

Jamaica

$3.6 billion (1994 est.)

Martinique

$180 million (1994)

Montserrat

$10.2 million (December 1994)

Netherlands Antilles

$1.95 billion (December 1995)

Nicaragua

$11.7 billion (1994)

Panama

$6.7 billion (yearend 1993 est.)

Puerto Rico

$NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$45.3 million (1994 est.)

Saint Lucia

$222.7 million (1995 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$74.9 million (1993)

Trinidad and Tobago

$2 billion (1994)

Turks and Caicos Islands

$NA

Virgin Islands

$NA

Europe

45 entries

Albania

$977 million (1994 est.)

Andorra

$NA

Austria

$28.7 billion (1995 est.)

Belarus

$2 billion (September 1995 est.)

Belgium

$31.3 billion (1992 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$NA

Bulgaria

$10.4 billion (1995)

Croatia

$3.15 billion (September 1995)

Czech Republic now Czechia

$14.9 billion (June 1995)

Denmark

$40.9 billion (1994 est.)

Estonia

$270 million (January 1996)

Faroe Islands

$1.2 billion (1993 est.)

Finland

$30 billion (December 1993)

France

$300 billion (1993 est.)

Germany

$NA

Gibraltar

$318 million (1987)

Greece

$31.2 billion (1995 est.)

Guernsey

$NA

Hungary

$32.7 billion (October 1995)

Ireland

$19.5 billion (1994 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

Italy

$67 billion (1993 est.)

Jersey

$NA

Latvia

$NA

Liechtenstein

$NA

Lithuania

$895 million

Luxembourg

$800 million (1994 est.)

Malta

$603 million (1992)

Moldova

$550 million (of which $250 million to Russia)

Monaco

$NA

Netherlands

0

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

$737.1 million (1994)

Norway

$NA

Poland

$42.1 billion (yearend 1995 est.)

Portugal

$11.8 billion (1995 est.)

Romania

$4.7 billion (1995)

San Marino

$NA

Serbia and Montenegro

$4.2 billion (1993 est.)

Slovakia

  • $4.6 billion hard currency indebtedness (1995 est.)

Slovenia

$2.9 billion (1995)

Spain

$90 billion (1993 est.)

Sweden

$66.5 billion (1994)

Switzerland

$NA

Ukraine

$8.8 billion (including $4.5 billion to Russia) (late 1995 est.)

United Kingdom

$16.2 billion (June 1992)

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

$2.6 billion (1993)

Gaza Strip

$NA

Iran

$30 billion (1995 est.)

Iraq

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

Israel

$18.5 billion (1995 est.)

Jordan

$6.9 billion (1995 est.)

Kuwait

$NA

Lebanon

$1.2 billion (July 1995)

Oman

$3 billion (1993)

Qatar

$1.5 billion (1993 est.)

Saudi Arabia

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

Syria

$21.2 billion (1995 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

$73.8 billion (1995 est.)

United Arab Emirates

$11.6 billion (1994 est.)

West Bank

$NA

Yemen

$8 billion (1996)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$NA

Canada

$233 billion (1994)

Mexico

$155 billion (1995 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

United States

$NA

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

$NA

Australia

$147.2 billion (1994)

Cook Islands

$160 million (1994)

Fiji

$670 million (1994 est.)

French Polynesia

$NA

Guam

$NA

Kiribati

$2 million (December 1989 est.)

Marshall Islands

$170 million (1994)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

$129 million

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 (1995)

Pitcairn Islands

$NA

Western Samoa now Samoa

$141 million (June 1993)

Solomon Islands

$128 million (1988 est.)

Tokelau

0

Tonga

$48.4 million (FY93/94)

Tuvalu

$NA

Vanuatu

$38.2 million (yearend 1993)

Wallis and Futuna

$NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$90 billion (December 1995)

Bolivia

$4.4 billion (November 1995)

Brazil

$94 billion (1995 est.)

Chile

$21.1 billion (1995 est.)

Colombia

$14 billion (1995 est.)

Ecuador

$12.6 billion (1995 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

French Guiana

$1.2 billion (1988)

Guyana

$2.2 billion (1994 est.)

Paraguay

$1.38 billion (yearend 1995)

Peru

$22.4 billion (1994 est.)

Suriname

$180 million (March 1993 est.)

Uruguay

$4.95 billion (1995)

Venezuela

$40.1 billion (1994)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

0

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$5.5 billion (FY94/95 est.)

Cambodia

$383 million to OECD members (1993)

Christmas Island

$NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

Hong Kong

  • none (1995)

Indonesia

$97.6 billion (1995 est.)

Laos

$2 billion (1995 est.)

Macau

$0 (1995)

Malaysia

$27.4 billion (1995 est.)

Philippines

$41 billion (1995 est.)

Singapore

$3.2 million (1994)

Taiwan

$620 million (1992 est.)

Thailand

$53.7 billion (1994)

Vietnam

  • $7.3 billion Western countries;
  • $4.5 billion CEMA debts primarily to Russia;
  • $9 billion to $18 billion nonconvertible debt (former CEMA, Iraq, Iran)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1996, “Debt - external”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/debt-external/1996.

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