The CIA World Factbook Edition 2001 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 2001 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2001 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 (2000 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$25 billion (2000 est.)

Angola

$10.8 billion (2000 est.)

Benin

$1.6 billion (1998 est.)

Botswana

$455 million (2000)

Burkina Faso

$1.3 billion (1997)

Burundi

$1.12 billion (1999 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$260 million (2000)

Cameroon

$10.9 billion (2000 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

$13 billion (1998 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

$5 billion (1999 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

$13.9 billion (2000 est.)

Djibouti

$356 million (1999 est.)

Egypt

$31 billion (2000 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

$290 million (1999 est.)

Eritrea

$281 million (2000 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

$281 million (2000 est.)

Ethiopia

$10 billion (1999 est.)

Gabon

$3.9 billion (2000 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

$440 million (2001 est.)

Ghana

$7 billion (1999 est.)

Guinea

$3.6 billion (1999 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

$964 million (1998 est.)

Kenya

$6.2 billion (2000)

Lesotho

$720 million (2000 est.)

Liberia

$3 billion (1999 est.)

Libya

$4.1 billion (2000 est.)

Madagascar

$4.4 billion (1999)

Malawi

$2.9 billion (2000 est.)

Mali

$3 billion (1999)

Mauritania

$2.1 billion (1999)

Mauritius

$1.9 billion (1998 est.)

Mayotte

$NA

Morocco

$18.4 billion (2000 est.)

Mozambique

$1.4 billion (2000 est.)

Namibia

$217 million (2000 est.)

Niger

$1.3 billion (1999 est.)

Nigeria

$32 billion (2000 est.)

Reunion

$NA

Rwanda

$1.3 billion (1999)

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

$NA

Sao Tome and Principe

$268 million (2000)

Senegal

$4.1 billion (1998 est.)

Seychelles

$240 million (1999 est.)

Sierra Leone

$1.28 billion (1999)

Somalia

$2.6 billion (1999 est.)

South Africa

$25.6 billion (2000 est.)

Sudan

$24.9 billion (2000 est.)

Tanzania

$6.8 billion (2000 est.)

Togo

$1.5 billion (1999)

Tunisia

$13 billion (2000 est.)

Uganda

$3.6 billion (2000 est.)

Western Sahara

$NA

Zambia

$6.5 billion (2000)

Zimbabwe

$4.1 billion (2000 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$25 million (1999)

Iceland

$2.6 billion (1999)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

$5.5 billion (1996 est.)

Armenia

$836 million (January 2001)

Azerbaijan

$1 billion (2000)

Bangladesh

$17 billion (2000)

Bhutan

$120 million (1998)

China

$162 billion (2000 est.)

Georgia

$1.9 billion (2000)

India

$99.6 billion (2000)

Japan

$NA

Kazakhstan

$12.5 billion (2000 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

$12 billion (1996 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

$137 billion (November 2000)

Kyrgyzstan

$1.4 billion (2000 est.)

Maldives

$237 million (2000 est.)

Mongolia

$760 million (2000 est.)

Nepal

$2.4 billion (1997)

Pakistan

$38 billion (2000 est.)

Russia

$163 billion (2000 est.)

Sri Lanka

$9.9 billion (2000)

Tajikistan

$1.3 billion (1999 est.)

Turkmenistan

$2.5 billion (2000 est.)

Uzbekistan

$3.3 billion (1999 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

$385.8 million (2000 est.)

Barbados

$425 million (2000 est.)

Belize

$338 million (1998)

British Virgin Islands

$36.1 million (1997)

Cayman Islands

$70 million (1996)

Costa Rica

$4.2 billion (2000 est.)

Cuba

$11.1 billion (convertible currency, 1999); another $15 billion -$20 billion owed to Russia (2000)

Dominica

$108.9 million (1999)

Dominican Republic

$4.7 billion (2000 est.)

El Salvador

$4.1 billion (2000 est.)

Grenada

$182.8 million (1998)

Guadeloupe

$NA

Guatemala

$4.7 billion (2000 est.)

Haiti

$1 billion (1998 est.)

Honduras

$5.4 billion (2000)

Jamaica

$4.7 billion (2000 est.)

Martinique

$180 million (1994)

Montserrat

$8.9 million (1997)

Netherlands Antilles

$1.35 billion (1996)

Nicaragua

$6.4 billion (2000 est.)

Panama

$7.56 billion (2000 est.)

Puerto Rico

$NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$115.1 million (1998)

Saint Lucia

$131.6 million (1998)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$99.3 million (1998)

Trinidad and Tobago

$2.8 billion (2000 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

$NA

Virgin Islands

$NA

Europe

45 entries

Albania

$1 billion (2000)

Andorra

$NA

Austria

$16 billion (1999)

Belarus

$1 billion (2000 est.)

Belgium

$28.3 billion (1999 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$3.4 billion (2000 est.)

Bulgaria

$10.4 billion (2000 est.)

Croatia

$9.9 billion (December 1999)

Czech Republic now Czechia

$21.3 billion (2000)

Denmark

$21.7 billion (2000)

Estonia

$1.6 billion (2000 est.)

Faroe Islands

$64 million (1999)

Finland

$30 billion (December 1993)

France

$106 billion (1998)

Germany

$NA

Gibraltar

$NA

Greece

$57 billion (2000 est.)

Guernsey

$NA

Hungary

$29.6 billion (2000)

Ireland

$11 billion (1998)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

Italy

$NA

Jersey

none

Latvia

$800 million (2000 est.)

Liechtenstein

$0 (1996)

Lithuania

$2.5 billion (2000 est.)

Luxembourg

$NA

Malta

$130 million (1997)

Moldova

$900 million (2000)

Monaco

$NA

Netherlands

$0

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

$1.4 billion (2000)

Norway

$0 (Norway is a net external creditor)

Poland

$57 billion (2000)

Portugal

$13.1 billion (1997 est.)

Romania

$9.3 billion (2000 est.)

San Marino

$NA

Yugoslavia now Serbia and Montenegro

$14.1 billion (1999 est.)

Slovakia

$10.3 billion (2000 est.)

Slovenia

$6.2 billion (2000)

Spain

$90 billion (1993 est.)

Sweden

$66.5 billion (1994)

Switzerland

$NA

Ukraine

$10.3 billion (2000)

United Kingdom

$NA

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

$2.7 billion (2000)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
$NA; Turkish Cypriot area: $NA

Gaza Strip

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

Iran

$7.5 billion (2000 est.)

Iraq

$139 billion (2000 est.)

Israel

$38 billion (2000 est.)

Jordan

$8 billion (2000 est.)

Kuwait

$6.9 billion (2000 est.)

Lebanon

$9.6 billion (2000 est.)

Oman

$4.5 billion (2000 est.)

Qatar

$13.1 billion (2000 est.)

Saudi Arabia

$26.3 billion (2000 est.)

Syria

$22 billion (2000 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

$109 billion (2000 est.)

United Arab Emirates

$12.6 billion (2000 est.)

West Bank

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

Yemen

$4.4 billion (2000)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$NA

Canada

$1.9 billion (2000)

Mexico

$162 billion (2000)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

United States

$862 billion (1995 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

$NA

Australia

$220.6 billion (2000)

Cook Islands

$141 million (1996 est.)

Fiji

$193 million (1998)

French Polynesia

$NA

Guam

$NA

Kiribati

$10 million (1999 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

$30.8 billion (2000 est.)

Niue

$NA

Norfolk Island

$NA

Northern Mariana Islands

$NA

Palau

$0 (FY99/00)

Papua New Guinea

$2.9 billion (2000 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

$NA

Samoa

$180 million (1998 est.)

Solomon Islands

$152.4 million (1998)

Tokelau

$0

Tonga

$62 million (1998)

Tuvalu

$NA

Vanuatu

$48 million (1997 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

$NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$154 billion (2000 est.)

Bolivia

$6.6 billion (2000)

Brazil

$232 billion (2000)

Chile

$39 billion (2000)

Colombia

$34 billion (2000 est.)

Ecuador

$15 billion (1999)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

French Guiana

$1.2 billion (1988)

Guyana

$1.1 billion (2000)

Paraguay

$3 billion (2000 est.)

Peru

$31 billion (2000 est.)

Suriname

$512 million (2000 est.)

Uruguay

$8 billion (2000 est.)

Venezuela

$34 billion (2000)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

$0

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$6 billion (FY99/00 est.)

Cambodia

$829 million (1999 est.)

Christmas Island

$NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

Hong Kong

$48.1 billion (1999)

Indonesia

$144 billion (2000 est.)

Laos

$2.46 billion (1998 est.)

Macau

$1.7 billion (1997)

Malaysia

$41.8 billion (2000 est.)

Philippines

$52 billion (1999)

Singapore

$9.7 billion (2000)

Taiwan

$40 billion (2000)

Thailand

$90 billion (2000 est.)

Vietnam

$13.2 billion (2000)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2001, “Debt - external”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/debt-external/2001.

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