The CIA World Factbook Edition 2000 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 2000 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2000 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

19902000201020202025

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World

1 entry

World

  • $2 trillion for less developed countries (1999 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$30 billion (1999 est.)

Angola

$10.5 billion (1999 est.)

Benin

$1.6 billion (1997 est.)

Botswana

$651 million (1998)

Burkina Faso

$1.3 billion (1997)

Burundi

$1.247 billion (1997 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$220 million (1998)

Cameroon

$11.5 billion (1999 est.)

Central African Republic

$790 million (1999 est.)

Chad

$1 billion (1999 est.)

Comoros

$197 million (1997 est.)

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

$12.3 billion (1997 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

$5 billion (1997)

Cote d'Ivoire

$16.8 billion (1998 est.)

Djibouti

$350 million (1999 est.)

Egypt

$30 billion (1999 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

$290 million (1999 est.)

Eritrea

$76 million (1997 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

$180 million (1999)

Ethiopia

$10 billion (1997)

Gabon

$4.6 billion (1999 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

$430 million (1997 est.)

Ghana

$6 billion (1998 est.)

Guinea

$3.15 billion (1998 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

$921 million (1997 est.)

Kenya

$6.5 billion (1998)

Lesotho

$675 million (1998 est.)

Liberia

$3 billion (1999 est.)

Libya

$4 billion (1998 est.)

Madagascar

$4.1 billion (1997 est.)

Malawi

$2.3 billion (1999 est.)

Mali

$3.1 billion (1998)

Mauritania

$2.5 billion (1997)

Mauritius

$1.9 billion (1998 est.)

Mayotte

$NA

Morocco

$19.1 billion (1999 est.)

Mozambique

$4.8 billion (1999)

Namibia

$159 million (1999 est.)

Niger

$1.3 billion (1999 est.)

Nigeria

$29 billion (1999 est.)

Reunion

$NA

Rwanda

$1.2 billion (1998)

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

$NA

Sao Tome and Principe

$274 million (1998)

Senegal

$3.4 billion (1998 est.)

Seychelles

$149 million (1997 est.)

Sierra Leone

$1.15 billion (1998)

Somalia

$2.6 billion (1997 est.)

South Africa

$25.7 billion (1998 est.)

Sudan

$24 billion (1999 est.)

Tanzania

$7.7 billion (1999 est.)

Togo

$1.3 billion (1997)

Tunisia

$12.1 billion (1999 est.)

Uganda

$3.1 billion (1998 est.)

Western Sahara

$NA

Zambia

$6.7 billion (1998 est.)

Zimbabwe

$5 billion (1998)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$243 million (1995)

Iceland

$2.6 billion (1999)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

$5.5 billion (1996 est.)

Armenia

$862.7 million (1999)

Azerbaijan

$684 million (1998)

Bangladesh

$16.5 billion (1998)

Bhutan

$120 million (1998)

China

$159 billion (1998 est.)

Georgia

$1.8 billion (1998)

India

$98 billion (March 1999)

Japan

$NA

Kazakhstan

$7.9 billion (1999 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

$12 billion (1996 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

$142 billion (1999)

Kyrgyzstan

$1.1 billion (1999 est.)

Maldives

$188 million (1998 est.)

Mongolia

$715 million (1998 est.)

Nepal

$2.4 billion (1997)

Pakistan

$32 billion (1999 est.)

Russia

$166 billion (yearend 1999)

Sri Lanka

$8.4 billion (1998)

Tajikistan

$1.3 billion (1999 est.)

Turkmenistan

$2.1 billion (1999 est.)

Uzbekistan

$3.2 billion (1998 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$8.8 million (1998)

Antigua and Barbuda

$357 million (1998)

Aruba

$285 million (1996)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

$349 million (1998)

Barbados

$550 million (1998 est.)

Belize

$380 million (1997)

British Virgin Islands

$36.1 million (1997)

Cayman Islands

$70 million (1996)

Costa Rica

$3.9 billion (1998 est.)

Cuba

$11.2 billion (convertible currency, 1998); another $20 billion owed to Russia (1998)

Dominica

$90 million (1998 est.)

Dominican Republic

$3.7 billion (1999 est.)

El Salvador

$3.3 billion (1999 est.)

Grenada

$89.2 million (1998)

Guadeloupe

$NA

Guatemala

$4.4 billion (1998 est.)

Haiti

$1 billion (1997 est.)

Honduras

$4.4 billion (1999)

Jamaica

$3.8 billion (1998 est.)

Martinique

$180 million (1994)

Montserrat

$8.9 million (1997)

Netherlands Antilles

$1.35 billion (1996)

Nicaragua

$5.7 billion (1999 est.)

Panama

$7 billion (1999)

Puerto Rico

$NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$62 million (1997)

Saint Lucia

$135 million (1998)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$83.6 million (1997)

Trinidad and Tobago

$2.2 billion (1997 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

$NA

Virgin Islands

$NA

Europe

45 entries

Albania

$820 million (1998)

Andorra

$NA

Austria

$31.7 billion (1998)

Belarus

$1.1 billion (1998 est.)

Belgium

$28.3 billion (1999 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$4.1 billion (1997 est.)

Bulgaria

$10 billion (1999 est.)

Croatia

$8.1 billion (October 1999)

Czech Republic now Czechia

$24.3 billion (1999 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

$41.9 billion (1998)

Guernsey

$NA

Hungary

$27 billion (1999)

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

$1.3 billion (December 1999)

Monaco

$NA

Netherlands

$0

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

$1.7 billion (1998 est.)

Norway

$0 (Norway is a net external creditor)

Poland

$44 billion (1998)

Portugal

$13.1 billion (1997 est.)

Romania

$9 billion (1999 est.)

San Marino

$NA

Serbia and Montenegro

$14.1 billion (1999 est.)

Slovakia

$10.6 billion (1999)

Slovenia

$4.9 billion (1998 est.)

Spain

$90 billion (1993 est.)

Sweden

$66.5 billion (1994)

Switzerland

$NA

Ukraine

$12.6 billion (January 2000 est.)

United Kingdom

$NA

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

$2 billion (1997)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
$1.27 billion; Turkish Cypriot area: $NA (1998)

Gaza Strip

  • $108 million (includes West Bank) (1997 est.)

Iran

$21.9 billion (1996 est.)

Iraq

$130 billion (1999 est.)

Israel

$18.7 billion (1997)

Jordan

$8.4 billion (1998 est.)

Kuwait

$9.27 billion (1998 est.)

Lebanon

$8.8 billion (1999 est.)

Oman

$4.8 billion (1998 est.)

Qatar

$10 billion (1998 est.)

Saudi Arabia

$28 billion (1998 est.)

Syria

$22 billion (1999 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

$104 billion (1999)

United Arab Emirates

$15.5 billion (1998 est.)

West Bank

  • $108 million (includes Gaza Strip) (1997 est.)

Yemen

$4.5 billion (1999)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$NA

Canada

$253 billion (1996)

Mexico

$155.8 billion (1999)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

United States

$862 billion (1995 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

$NA

Australia

$222 billion (1999)

Cook Islands

$141 million (1996 est.)

Fiji

$213 million (1997)

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

$111 million (1997 est.)

Nauru

$33.3 million

New Caledonia

$79 million (1998 est.)

New Zealand

$53 billion (1998)

Niue

$NA

Norfolk Island

$NA

Northern Mariana Islands

$NA

Palau

  • about $100 million (1989)

Papua New Guinea

$2.4 billion (1999 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

$NA

Samoa

$156 million (1997 est.)

Solomon Islands

$135 million (1997)

Tokelau

$0

Tonga

$62 million (1998)

Tuvalu

$NA

Vanuatu

$48 million (1997 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

$NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$149 billion (1999 est.)

Bolivia

$5.7 billion (1999)

Brazil

$200 billion (1999)

Chile

$39 billion (1999)

Colombia

$35 billion (1998 est.)

Ecuador

$15.3 billion (1999)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

French Guiana

$1.2 billion (1988)

Guyana

$1.4 billion (1998)

Paraguay

$2.7 billion (1999)

Peru

$31 billion (1998 est.)

Suriname

$175.6 million (1998 est.)

Uruguay

$8 billion (1999 est.)

Venezuela

$32 billion (1999)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

$0

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$5.9 billion (FY98/99 est.)

Cambodia

$829 million (1999 est.)

Christmas Island

$NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

Hong Kong

$48.1 billion (1999)

Indonesia

$140 billion (1998 est.)

Laos

$2.32 billion (1997 est.)

Macau

$1.7 billion (1997)

Malaysia

$43.6 billion (1999 est.)

Philippines

$51.9 billion (1999)

Singapore

$NA

Taiwan

$35 billion (September 1999)

Thailand

$80 billion (1999 est.)

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 2000, “Debt - external”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/debt-external/2000.

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