The CIA World Factbook Edition 1998 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 1998 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section, under the heading “Debt-external”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1998 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

  • $2 trillion for less developed countries (1997 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$33 billion (1997 est.)

Angola

$12.5 billion (1996 est.)

Benin

$1.7 billion (1995 est.)

Botswana

$619 million (1996)

Burkina Faso

$715 million (December 1996)

Burundi

$1.1 billion (1995 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$202 million (1996)

Cameroon

$10 billion (1996 est.)

Central African Republic

$890 million (1994 est.)

Chad

$875 million (1995 est.)

Comoros

$219 million (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

$13.8 billion (1995 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

$5.3 billion (1996)

Cote d'Ivoire

$16.1 billion (1996 est.)

Djibouti

$276 million (1996 est.)

Egypt

$30.5 billion (1996/97 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

$254 million (1996 est.)

Eritrea

$162 million (1995 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

$194 million (1995)

Ethiopia

$5.2 billion (1995)

Gabon

$3.9 billion (1996)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

$426 million (1995 est.)

Ghana

$5.2 billion (1996 est.)

Guinea

$3 billion (1997 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

$953 million (1996 est.)

Kenya

$7 billion (1994 est.)

Lesotho

$517 million (FY95/96 est.)

Liberia

$2 billion (1997 est.)

Libya

  • $2.6 billion excluding military debt (1995 est.)

Madagascar

$4.4 billion (1996 est.)

Malawi

$2.3 billion (1996 est.)

Mali

$2.8 billion (1995)

Mauritania

$2.5 billion (1995)

Mauritius

$1.2 billion (1996 est.)

Mayotte

$NA

Morocco

$23.4 billion (1996 est.)

Mozambique

$5.7 billion (December 1997)

Namibia

$315 million (1996 est.)

Niger

$1.3 billion (1996 est.)

Nigeria

$34 billion (1997 est.)

Reunion

$NA

Rwanda

$1 billion (December 1995)

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

$NA

Sao Tome and Principe

$266 million (1996)

Senegal

$3.7 billion (1996)

Seychelles

$170 million (1994 est.)

Sierra Leone

$1.1 billion (1996)

Somalia

$2.6 billion (1994 est.)

South Africa

$23.5 billion (1997 est.)

Sudan

$20.3 billion (1996 est.)

Tanzania

$7.9 billion (1997 est.)

Togo

$1.4 billion (1995)

Tunisia

$10.6 billion (1997 est.)

Uganda

$3.5 billion (1996 est.)

Western Sahara

$NA

Zambia

$7.2 billion (1996 est.)

Zimbabwe

$4.8 billion (1996)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$243 million (1995)

Iceland

$2.2 billion (1996 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

$2.3 billion (March 1991 est.)

Armenia

  • $820 million (of which $75 million to Russia) (1997 est.)

Azerbaijan

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

Bangladesh

$17.1 billion (1996)

Bhutan

$129 million (FY94/95)

China

$131 billion (1997 est.)

Georgia

$1.3 billion (1996 est.)

India

$90.7 billion (1997)

Japan

$NA

Kazakhstan

$3.3 billion (1996)

Korea, North now North Korea

$12 billion (1996 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

$154 billion (1998 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

$746 million (1996)

Maldives

$179 million (1996 est.)

Mongolia

$500 million (1996 est.)

Nepal

$2.6 billion (1997 est.)

Pakistan

$33 billion (1997 est.)

Russia

$135 billion (yearend 1996)

Sri Lanka

$9.4 billion (1996)

Tajikistan

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

Turkmenistan

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

Uzbekistan

  • $2.3 billion (of which $510 million to Russia) (1996 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$8.5 million (1996 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

$225 million (1996 est.)

Aruba

$669 million (December 1995)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

$381.7 million (1997)

Barbados

$359 million (December 1996)

Belize

$217 million (1996)

British Virgin Islands

$4.5 million (1985)

Cayman Islands

$NA

Costa Rica

$3.2 billion (October 1996 est.)

Cuba

$10.5 billion (convertible currency, 1996); another $20 billion owed to Russia (1996)

Dominica

$110 million (1996 est.)

Dominican Republic

$3.6 billion (1997)

El Salvador

$2.6 billion (yearend 1997)

Grenada

$97 million (1996 est.)

Guadeloupe

$NA

Guatemala

$3.38 billion (1996 est.)

Haiti

$781 million (1995 est.)

Honduras

$4.1 billion (1995)

Jamaica

$3.2 billion (1997 est.)

Martinique

$180 million (1994)

Montserrat

$10.2 million (December 1994)

Netherlands Antilles

$1.95 billion (December 1995)

Nicaragua

$6 billion (1996 est.)

Panama

$7.26 billion (1996 est.)

Puerto Rico

$NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$56 million (1995 est.)

Saint Lucia

$131 million (1996)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

NA

Trinidad and Tobago

$1.9 billion (1996 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

$NA

Virgin Islands

$NA

Europe

45 entries

Albania

$645 million (1996)

Andorra

$NA

Austria

$29.4 billion (1996 est.)

Belarus

$970 million (December 1997 est.)

Belgium

$31.3 billion (1992 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$3.5 billion (yearend 1995 est.)

Bulgaria

$10 billion (1997 est.)

Croatia

$5.904 billion (October 1997)

Czech Republic now Czechia

$20.7 billion (1996)

Denmark

$44 billion (1996 est.)

Estonia

$270 million (January 1996)

Faroe Islands

$767 million (1995 est.)

Finland

$30 billion (December 1993)

France

$117.6 billion (1996 est.)

Germany

$NA

Gibraltar

$NA

Greece

$33 billion (1997 est.)

Guernsey

$NA

Hungary

$27.6 billion (1996 est.)

Ireland

$14 billion (1996)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

Italy

$45 billion (1996 est.)

Jersey

$NA

Latvia

$NA

Liechtenstein

$0 (1996)

Lithuania

$895 million

Luxembourg

$NA

Malta

$134 million (1996)

Moldova

  • more than $1 billion (1997)

Monaco

$NA

Netherlands

$0

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

$1.06 billion (June 1997)

Norway

$NA

Poland

$43 billion (1997 est.)

Portugal

$13.1 billion (1997 est.)

Romania

$10 billion (1997 est.)

San Marino

$NA

Serbia and Montenegro

$11.2 billion (1995 est.)

Slovakia

$9.5 billion (1997 est.)

Slovenia

$4.5 billion (1996 est.)

Spain

$90 billion (1993 est.)

Sweden

$66.5 billion (1994)

Switzerland

$NA

Ukraine

$9.6 billion (including $2.1 billion to Russia) (yearend 1997 est.)

United Kingdom

$16.2 billion (June 1992)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

$3.2 billion (1995)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
$1.56 billion (1997)

Gaza Strip

$NA

Iran

$21.9 billion (1996 est.)

Iraq

  • very heavy relative to GDP but amount unknown (1996)

Israel

$18.7 billion (1997)

Jordan

$7.3 billion (1997 est.)

Kuwait

$8 billion (1995 est.)

Lebanon

$2.3 billion (1997 est.)

Oman

$3 billion (1997 est.)

Qatar

$11 billion (1997 est.)

Saudi Arabia

$NA

Syria

$20 billion (1997 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

$84.5 billion (September 1997)

United Arab Emirates

$14 billion (1996 est.)

West Bank

$51 million (1995)

Yemen

$8 billion (1996)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$NA

Canada

$253 billion (1996)

Mexico

$162 billion (1997 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

United States

$862 billion (1995 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

$NA

Australia

$150 billion (December 1996)

Cook Islands

$160 million (1994)

Fiji

$333.8 million (1996 est.)

French Polynesia

$NA

Guam

$NA

Kiribati

$7.2 million (1996 est.)

Marshall Islands

$128 million (FY95/96)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

$129 million

Nauru

$33.3 million

New Caledonia

$NA

New Zealand

$28.5 billion (FY95/96 est.)

Niue

$NA

Norfolk Island

$NA

Northern Mariana Islands

$NA

Palau

  • about $100 million (1989)

Papua New Guinea

$3.2 billion (1995)

Pitcairn Islands

$NA

Samoa

$169.4 million (1996 est.)

Solomon Islands

$100 million (1995 est.)

Tokelau

$0

Tonga

$70 million (1995)

Tuvalu

$NA

Vanuatu

$63 million (1996 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

$NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$115 billion (1997 est.)

Bolivia

$4.2 billion (1997)

Brazil

$192.9 billion (December 1997)

Chile

$26.7 billion (1997 est.)

Colombia

$17.1 billion (1997 est.)

Ecuador

$12.5 billion (1997)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

French Guiana

$1.2 billion (1988)

Guyana

$1.5 billion (1996 est.)

Paraguay

$1.3 billion (1996)

Peru

$25.7 billion (1996 est.)

Suriname

$216 million (1996 est.)

Uruguay

$4.6 billion (1996 est.)

Venezuela

$26.5 billion (1996)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

$0

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$5.3 billion (FY94/95 est.)

Cambodia

$2.2 billion (1996 est.)

Christmas Island

$NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

Hong Kong

  • none (1996)

Indonesia

$136 billion (yearend 1997 est.)

Laos

$1.2 billion (1996)

Macau

$0 (1996)

Malaysia

$27.5 billion (1995 est.)

Philippines

$45.4 billion (December 1997)

Singapore

$NA

Taiwan

$80 million (1997 est.)

Thailand

$90 billion (1997)

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 1998, “Debt - external”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/debt-external/1998.

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