The CIA World Factbook Edition 1999 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 1999 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 1999 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 (1998 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$31.4 billion (1998 est.)

Angola

$13 billion (1998 est.)

Benin

$1.6 billion (1996 est.)

Botswana

$610 million (1997)

Burkina Faso

$715 million (December 1996)

Burundi

$1.1 billion (1995 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$220 million (1998)

Cameroon

$8.7 billion (1998 est.)

Central African Republic

$930 million (1997 est.)

Chad

$875 million (1995 est.)

Comoros

$219 million (1996 est.)

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

$15 billion (1997 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

$6 billion (1996)

Cote d'Ivoire

$16.8 billion (1998 est.)

Djibouti

$276 million (1996 est.)

Egypt

$28 billion (FY97/98 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

$254 million (1996 est.)

Eritrea

$46 million (1996 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

$175 million (1998)

Ethiopia

$10 billion (1996)

Gabon

$4.1 billion (1997)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

$426 million (1995 est.)

Ghana

$5.2 billion (1996 est.)

Guinea

$3.15 billion (1998 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

$953 million (1996 est.)

Kenya

$6.45 billion (1997 est.)

Lesotho

$660 million (1997 est.)

Liberia

$2 billion (1997 est.)

Libya

$4 billion (1998 est.)

Madagascar

$4.4 billion (1996 est.)

Malawi

$2.3 billion (1996 est.)

Mali

$3.1 billion (1998)

Mauritania

$2.5 billion (1995)

Mauritius

$1.2 billion (1996 est.)

Mayotte

$NA

Morocco

$20.9 billion (1998 est.)

Mozambique

$5.7 billion (December 1997)

Namibia

$315 million (1996 est.)

Niger

$1.2 billion (1998 est.)

Nigeria

$32 billion (1998 est.)

Reunion

$NA

Rwanda

$1.2 billion (1998)

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

$NA

Sao Tome and Principe

$267 million (1997)

Senegal

$3.8 billion (1997)

Seychelles

$170 million (1994 est.)

Sierra Leone

$1.15 billion (1998)

Somalia

$2.6 billion (1996 est.)

South Africa

$23.5 billion (1997 est.)

Sudan

$20.3 billion (1996 est.)

Tanzania

$8.3 billion (1998 est.)

Togo

$1.5 billion (1996)

Tunisia

$12.1 billion (1998 est.)

Uganda

$2.9 billion (1998 est.)

Western Sahara

$NA

Zambia

$7.1 billion (1997 est.)

Zimbabwe

$5 billion (1998)

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

$16.7 billion (1997)

Bhutan

$87 million (1996)

China

$159 billion (1998 est.)

Georgia

$1.3 billion (1996 est.)

India

$93 billion (1998)

Japan

$NA

Kazakhstan

$3.1 billion (1998 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

$12 billion (1996 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

$154 billion (1998 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

$935 million (1997 est.)

Maldives

$179 million (1996 est.)

Mongolia

$500 million (1996 est.)

Nepal

$2.4 billion (1997)

Pakistan

$34 billion (1998 est.)

Russia

$164 billion (yearend 1998)

Sri Lanka

$8.8 billion (1998)

Tajikistan

$1 billion (1997 est.)

Turkmenistan

$1.7 billion (1998 est.)

Uzbekistan

$2.6 billion (1997 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$8.5 million (1996)

Antigua and Barbuda

$240 million (1997 est.)

Aruba

$285 million (1996)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

$381.7 million (1997)

Barbados

$581.4 million (1996)

Belize

$288 million (1996)

British Virgin Islands

$34.8 million (1996)

Cayman Islands

$70 million (1996)

Costa Rica

$3.2 billion (October 1996 est.)

Cuba

$10.1 billion (convertible currency, 1997); another $20 billion owed to Russia (1997)

Dominica

$105 million (1997 est.)

Dominican Republic

$3.6 billion (1997)

El Salvador

$2.6 billion (yearend 1997)

Grenada

$74 million (1997 est.)

Guadeloupe

$NA

Guatemala

$3.38 billion (1996 est.)

Haiti

$1 billion (1997 est.)

Honduras

$4.1 billion (1995)

Jamaica

$4.2 billion (1997 est.)

Martinique

$180 million (1994)

Montserrat

$8.9 million (1997)

Netherlands Antilles

$1.35 billion (1996)

Nicaragua

$6 billion (1996 est.)

Panama

$7.26 billion (1996 est.)

Puerto Rico

$NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$56 million (1995 est.)

Saint Lucia

$159 million (1997)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$83.6 million (1997)

Trinidad and Tobago

$2.8 billion (1997 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

$NA

Virgin Islands

$NA

Europe

45 entries

Albania

$645 million (1996)

Andorra

$NA

Austria

$24.33 billion (1997)

Belarus

$1.03 billion (1998 est.)

Belgium

$22.3 billion (1998 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$3.5 billion (yearend 1995 est.)

Bulgaria

$9.3 billion (1998 est.)

Croatia

$8 billion (October 1998)

Czech Republic now Czechia

$21.6 billion (1997 est.)

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

$40.8 billion (1997)

Guernsey

$NA

Hungary

$22.1 billion (1997)

Ireland

$11 billion (1998)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

Italy

$45 billion (1996 est.)

Jersey

none

Latvia

$212 million (1998)

Liechtenstein

$0 (1996)

Lithuania

$NA

Luxembourg

$NA

Malta

$130 million (1997)

Moldova

  • more than $1.2 billion (February 1999)

Monaco

$NA

Netherlands

$0

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

$1.06 billion (June 1997)

Norway

none?Norway is a net external creditor

Poland

$42 billion (1997)

Portugal

$13.1 billion (1997 est.)

Romania

$10 billion (1998 est.)

San Marino

$NA

Serbia and Montenegro

$11.2 billion (1995 est.)

Slovakia

$10.7 billion (1997)

Slovenia

$4.4 billion (1998 est.)

Spain

$90 billion (1993 est.)

Sweden

$66.5 billion (1994)

Switzerland

$NA

Ukraine

$10.9 billion (October 1998)

United Kingdom

$NA

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

$2 billion (1997)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
$1.56 billion (1997)

Gaza Strip

$108 million (1997 est.)

Iran

$21.9 billion (1996 est.)

Iraq

  • very heavy relative to GDP but the exact amount is unknown (1998)

Israel

$18.7 billion (1997)

Jordan

$7.5 billion (1998 est.)

Kuwait

$7.3 billion (1997 est.)

Lebanon

$3 billion (1998 est.)

Oman

$3 billion (1997 est.)

Qatar

$11 billion (1997 est.)

Saudi Arabia

$NA

Syria

$22 billion (1998 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

$93.4 billion (1998)

United Arab Emirates

$14 billion (1996 est.)

West Bank

$108 million (1997 est.)

Yemen

$4.9 billion (1998)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$NA

Canada

$253 billion (1996)

Mexico

$154 billion (1997)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

United States

$862 billion (1995 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

$NA

Australia

$156 billion (June 1997)

Cook Islands

$160 million (1994)

Fiji

$217 million (1996 est.)

French Polynesia

$NA

Guam

$NA

Kiribati

$7.2 million (1996 est.)

Marshall Islands

$125 million (FY96/97 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

$129 million

Nauru

$33.3 million

New Caledonia

$NA

New Zealand

$53.2 billion (March 1998)

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

$167 million (1996 est.)

Solomon Islands

$145 million (1996 est.)

Tokelau

$0

Tonga

$62 million (1998)

Tuvalu

$NA

Vanuatu

$63 million (1996 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

$NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$133 billion (1998 est.)

Bolivia

$4.1 billion (1998)

Brazil

$258.1 billion (December 1998)

Chile

$31.5 billion (1998)

Colombia

$18 billion (1998 est.)

Ecuador

$12.5 billion (1997)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

French Guiana

$1.2 billion (1988)

Guyana

$1.5 billion (1997)

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)

$4.3 billion (1997 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

$39.8 billion (1998)

Philippines

$46.4 billion (September 1998)

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 1999, “Debt - external”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/debt-external/1999.

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