The CIA World Factbook Edition 2003 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 2003 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2003 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 (2002 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$21.6 billion (2002 est.)

Angola

$9.9 billion (2002 est.)

Benin

$1.6 billion (2000)

Botswana

$360 million (2002)

Burkina Faso

$1.3 billion (2000)

Burundi

$1.14 billion (2001)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$325 million (2002)

Cameroon

$8.6 billion (2002 est.)

Central African Republic

$881.4 million (2000 est.)

Chad

$1.1 billion (2000 est.)

Comoros

$232 million (2000 est.)

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

$12.9 billion (2000 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

$5 billion (2000 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

$10.3 billion (2002 est.)

Djibouti

$366 million (2002 est.)

Egypt

$30.5 billion (2002 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

$248 million (2000 est.)

Eritrea

$311 million (2000 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

$320 million (2002 est.)

Ethiopia

$5.3 billion (2001 est.)

Gabon

$3.8 billion (2002 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

$476 million (2001 est.)

Ghana

$7.2 billion (2002 est.)

Guinea

$3.4 billion (2000 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

$941.5 million (2000 est.)

Kenya

$5.7 billion (2002 est.)

Lesotho

$735 million (2002)

Liberia

$2.1 billion (2000 est.)

Libya

$4.4 billion (2001 est.)

Madagascar

$4.6 billion (2002)

Malawi

$2.9 billion (2002)

Mali

$3.3 billion (2000)

Mauritania

$2.5 billion (2000)

Mauritius

$2.4 billion (2002 est.)

Mayotte

$NA

Morocco

$17.7 billion (2002 est.)

Mozambique

$966 million (2002 est.)

Namibia

$517 million (2002 est.)

Niger

$1.6 billion (1999 est.)

Nigeria

$29.7 billion (2002 est.)

Reunion

$NA

Rwanda

$1.3 billion (2000 est.)

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

$NA

Sao Tome and Principe

$253.8 million (2000)

Senegal

$3.1 billion (2002 est.)

Seychelles

$170 million (2002 est.)

Sierra Leone

$1.5 billion (2002 est.)

Somalia

$2.6 billion (2000 est.)

South Africa

$24.7 billion (2002 est.)

Sudan

$15.8 billion (2002 est.)

Tanzania

$6.8 billion (2002 est.)

Togo

$1.4 billion (2000)

Tunisia

$13.6 billion (2003 est.)

Uganda

$2.8 billion (2002 est.)

Western Sahara

$NA

Zambia

$5.8 billion (2001)

Zimbabwe

$3.9 billion (2002 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$25 million (1999)

Iceland

$2.6 billion (1999)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

  • NA (1996 est.)

Armenia

$905 million (June 2001)

Azerbaijan

$1.4 billion (2002)

Bangladesh

$16.5 billion (2002)

Bhutan

$245 million (2000)

China

$149.4 billion (2002 est.)

Georgia

$1.7 billion (2001)

India

$100.6 billion (2001 est.)

Japan

$NA

Kazakhstan

$6.6 billion (2002 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

$12 billion (1996 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

$135.2 billion (yearend 2002 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

$1.5 billion (2002 est.)

Maldives

$281 million (2003 est.)

Mongolia

$913 million (2001 est.)

Nepal

$2.55 billion (FY 00/01)

Pakistan

$32.3 billion (2002 est.)

Russia

$153.5 billion (yearend 2002)

Sri Lanka

$9.8 billion (2002)

Tajikistan

$1 billion (2002 est.)

Turkmenistan

  • $2.4 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.)

Uzbekistan

$4.6 billion (2002 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$8.8 million (1998)

Antigua and Barbuda

$231 million (1999)

Aruba

$285 million (1996)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

$371.6 million (2001)

Barbados

$692 million (2002)

Belize

$475 million (2001 est.)

British Virgin Islands

$36.1 million (1997)

Cayman Islands

$70 million (1996)

Costa Rica

$4.8 billion (2002 est.)

Cuba

$12.3 billion (convertible currency); another $15 billion -$20 billion owed to Russia (2002 est.)

Dominica

$161.5 million (2001)

Dominican Republic

$4.8 billion (2002 est.)

El Salvador

$5.6 billion (2001 est.)

Grenada

$196 million (2000)

Guadeloupe

$NA

Guatemala

$4.9 billion (2002 est.)

Haiti

$1.2 billion (1999)

Honduras

$5.4 billion (2002)

Jamaica

$5.3 billion (2002 est.)

Martinique

$180 million (1994)

Montserrat

$8.9 million (1997)

Netherlands Antilles

$1.35 billion (1996)

Nicaragua

$5.8 billion (2002 est.)

Panama

$7 billion (2002 est.)

Puerto Rico

$NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$171 million (2001)

Saint Lucia

$214 million (2000)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$167.2 million (2000)

Trinidad and Tobago

$2.8 billion (2002 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

$NA

Virgin Islands

$NA

Europe

44 entries

Albania

$784 million (2000)

Andorra

$NA

Austria

$12.1 billion (2001 est.)

Belarus

$851 million (2001 est.)

Belgium

$28.3 billion (1999 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$2.8 billion (2001)

Bulgaria

$10.3 billion (yearend 2002)

Croatia

$16.5 billion (yearend 2002 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

$23.8 billion (2002)

Denmark

$21.7 billion (2000)

Estonia

$3.3 billion (2001 est.)

Faroe Islands

$64 million (1999)

Finland

$30 billion (December 1993)

France

  • NA (1998)

Germany

$NA

Gibraltar

$NA

Greece

$63.4 billion (2002 est.)

Guernsey

$NA

Hungary

$31.5 billion (2002 est.)

Ireland

$11 billion (1998)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

Italy

NA

Jersey

none

Latvia

$3.4 billion (2000 est.)

Liechtenstein

$0 (2001)

Lithuania

$5.8 billion (2002 est.)

Luxembourg

$NA

Malta

$130 million (1997)

Moldova

$1.3 billion (2002)

Monaco

$NA

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

$1.3 billion (2001 est.)

Norway

$0 (Norway is a net external creditor)

Poland

$64 billion (2002)

Portugal

$13.1 billion (1997 est.)

Romania

$13.7 billion (2002 est.)

San Marino

$NA

Serbia and Montenegro

$9.2 billion (2001 est.)

Slovakia

$9.6 billion (2002 est.)

Slovenia

$7.9 billion (2001)

Spain

$90 billion (1993 est.)

Sweden

$66.5 billion (1994)

Switzerland

$NA

Ukraine

$14.2 billion (2002)

United Kingdom

$NA

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

$3.7 billion (2002)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
$8 billion; Turkish Cypriot area: $NA (2002)

Gaza Strip

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

Iran

$8.7 billion (2002 est.)

Iraq

$120 billion (2002 est.)

Israel

$42.8 billion (2001 est.)

Jordan

$8.2 billion (2002 est.)

Kuwait

$10.4 billion (2000 est.)

Lebanon

$9.3 billion (2002 est.)

Oman

$5.7 billion (2002 est.)

Qatar

$15.4 billion (2002 est.)

Saudi Arabia

$25.9 billion (2003 est.)

Syria

$22 billion (2002 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

$118.3 billion (Yearend 2001)

United Arab Emirates

$18.5 billion (2002 est.)

West Bank

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

Yemen

$6.2 billion (2002)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$145 million (FY 99/00)

Canada

$1.9 billion $NA (2000)

Mexico

$150 billion (2000 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

United States

$862 billion (1995 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

$NA

Australia

$176.8 billion (yearend 2002 est.)

Cook Islands

$141 million (1996 est.)

Fiji

$135.9 million (2000)

French Polynesia

$NA

Guam

$NA

Kiribati

$10 million (1999 est.)

Marshall Islands

$86.5 million (FY 99/00 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

$53.1 million (FY 02/03 est.)

Nauru

$33.3 million

New Caledonia

$79 million (1998 est.)

New Zealand

$33 billion (2002 est.)

Niue

$418,000 (2002 est.)

Norfolk Island

$NA

Northern Mariana Islands

$NA

Palau

$0 (FY 99/00)

Papua New Guinea

$2.8 billion (2002 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

$NA

Samoa

$197 million (2000)

Solomon Islands

$137 million (2001 est.)

Tokelau

$0

Tonga

$57.5 million (June 2001)

Tuvalu

$NA

Vanuatu

$68.6 million (2000 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

$NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$155 billion (2001 est.)

Bolivia

$5.9 billion (2002 est.)

Brazil

$222.4 billion (2002)

Chile

$40.4 billion (2002)

Colombia

$38.4 billion (2002 est.)

Ecuador

$14.4 billion (2002)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

French Guiana

$1.2 billion (1988)

Guyana

$1.2 billion (2002)

Paraguay

$3.2 billion (2002 est.)

Peru

$29.2 billion (2002 est.)

Suriname

$321 million (2002 est.)

Uruguay

$11.8 billion (2002 est.)

Venezuela

$38.2 billion (2000)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

$0

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$6.1 billion (2002 est.)

Cambodia

$829 million (1999 est.)

Christmas Island

$NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

Hong Kong

$49.5 billion (2002 est.)

Indonesia

$131 billion (2002 est.)

Laos

$2.53 billion (1999)

Macau

$255 million (2000 est.)

Malaysia

$47.5 billion (2002 est.)

Philippines

$60.3 billion (2002)

Singapore

$8.2 billion (2002 est.)

Taiwan

$24.7 billion (2002)

Thailand

$62.5 billion (2002 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

$NA

Vietnam

$14.1 billion (2001)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2003, “Debt - external”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/debt-external/2003.

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