The CIA World Factbook Edition 2004 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 2004 edition carries it in 235 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2004 edition
235
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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2004

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World

1 entry

World

  • $2 trillion for less developed countries (2002 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$22.71 billion (2003 est.)

Angola

$9.164 billion (2003 est.)

Benin

$1.6 billion (2000)

Botswana

$392 million (2003)

Burkina Faso

$1.3 billion (2000)

Burundi

$1.133 billion (2002)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$325 million (2002)

Cameroon

$7.236 billion (2003 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

$11.6 billion (2000 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

$5 billion (2000 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

$11.85 billion (2003 est.)

Djibouti

$366 million (2002 est.)

Egypt

$30.34 billion (2003 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

$248 million (2000 est.)

Eritrea

$311 million (2000 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

$320 million (2002 est.)

Ethiopia

$2.9 billion (2001 est.)

Gabon

$3.284 billion (2003 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

$476 million (2001 est.)

Ghana

$7.398 billion (2003 est.)

Guinea

$3.25 billion (2001 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

$941.5 million (2000 est.)

Kenya

$5.916 billion (2003 est.)

Lesotho

$735 million (2002)

Liberia

$2.1 billion (2000 est.)

Libya

$4.194 billion (2003 est.)

Madagascar

$4.6 billion (2002)

Malawi

$3.026 billion (2003)

Mali

$3.3 billion (2000)

Mauritania

$2.5 billion (2000)

Mauritius

$1.75 billion (2003 est.)

Mayotte

NA

Morocco

$17.32 billion (2003 est.)

Mozambique

$966 million (2002 est.)

Namibia

$1.04 billion (2003 est.)

Niger

$1.6 billion (1999 est.)

Nigeria

$31.07 billion (2003 est.)

Reunion

NA

Rwanda

$1.3 billion (2000 est.)

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

  • NA (1996)

Sao Tome and Principe

$318 million (2002)

Senegal

$3.009 billion (2003 est.)

Seychelles

$213 million (2003 est.)

Sierra Leone

$1.5 billion (2002 est.)

Somalia

$2.6 billion (2000 est.)

South Africa

$25.9 billion (2003 est.)

Sudan

$16.09 billion (2003 est.)

Tanzania

$6.549 billion (2003 est.)

Togo

$1.4 billion (2000)

Tunisia

$14.39 billion (2003 est.)

Uganda

$3.818 billion (2003 est.)

Western Sahara

NA

Zambia

$5.281 billion (2003)

Zimbabwe

$3.404 billion (2003 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$25 million (1999)

Iceland

$2.6 billion (1999)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

$8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia; Afghanistan has $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks (2004)

Armenia

$905 million (June 2001)

Azerbaijan

$1.575 billion (2003)

Bangladesh

$18.06 billion (2003)

Bhutan

$245 million (2000)

China

$197.8 billion (2003 est.)

Georgia

$1.8 billion (2002)

India

$101.7 billion (2003 est.)

Japan

  • NA (2002 est.)

Kazakhstan

$24.45 billion (2003 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

$12 billion (1996 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

$130.3 billion (2003 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

$1.5 billion (2002 est.)

Maldives

$281 million (2003 est.)

Mongolia

$885 million (2001 est.)

Nepal

$2.7 billion (2001)

Pakistan

$33.54 billion (2003 est.)

Russia

$175.9 billion (2003)

Sri Lanka

$10.52 billion (2003)

Tajikistan

$1 billion (2002 est.)

Turkmenistan

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

Uzbekistan

$4.384 billion (2003 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

$308.5 million (2002)

Barbados

$668 million (2003)

Belize

$475 million (2001 est.)

British Virgin Islands

$36.1 million (1997)

Cayman Islands

$70 million (1996)

Costa Rica

$5.366 billion (2003 est.)

Cuba

$12.52 billion (convertible currency); another $15 billion -$20 billion owed to Russia (2003 est.)

Dominica

$161.5 million (2001)

Dominican Republic

$6.567 billion (2003 est.)

El Salvador

$6.575 billion (2003 est.)

Grenada

$196 million (2000)

Guadeloupe

NA (yearend 2003 est.)

Guatemala

$4.957 billion (2003 est.)

Haiti

$1.2 billion (1999)

Honduras

$5.246 billion (2003)

Jamaica

$4.962 billion (2003 est.)

Martinique

$180 million (1994)

Montserrat

$8.9 million (1997)

Netherlands Antilles

$1.35 billion (1996)

Nicaragua

$5.833 billion (2003 est.)

Panama

$8.834 billion (2003 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

$2.608 billion (2003 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

  • NA (2002 est.)

Virgin Islands

NA

Europe

45 entries

Albania

$1.41 billion (2003)

Andorra

NA

Austria

$15.5 billion (2003 est.)

Belarus

$851 million (2001 est.)

Belgium

$28.3 billion (1999 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$3.5 billion (2003)

Bulgaria

$12.05 billion (2003)

Croatia

$23.56 billion (2003 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

$28 billion (2003)

Denmark

$21.7 billion (2000)

Estonia

$7.002 billion (2003 est.)

European Union

$NA

Faroe Islands

$64 million (1999)

Finland

$30 billion (December 1993)

France

NA

Germany

  • NA (2000 est.)

Gibraltar

  • NA (2000 est.)

Greece

$65.51 billion (2003 est.)

Guernsey

NA

Hungary

$42.38 billion (2003 est.)

Ireland

$11 billion (1998)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

NA

Italy

$868.5 billion NA (2003)

Jersey

none

Latvia

$6.793 billion (2003 est.)

Liechtenstein

$0 (2001)

Lithuania

$7.671 billion (2003 est.)

Luxembourg

NA

Malta

$130 million (1997)

Moldova

$1.515 billion (2003)

Monaco

  • NA (2000 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

$1.929 billion (2003 est.)

Norway

  • $0 (Norway is a net external creditor) (2003 est.)

Poland

$86.82 billion (2003)

Portugal

$250.7 billion (2003 est.)

Romania

$18.34 billion (2003 est.)

San Marino

NA

Serbia and Montenegro

$14.01 billion (2003 est.)

Slovakia

$18.31 billion (2003 est.)

Slovenia

$11.33 billion (2003)

Spain

$718.4 billion (2003 est.)

Sweden

$66.5 billion (1994)

Switzerland

  • NA (2000)

Ukraine

$16.13 billion (2003)

United Kingdom

  • NA (2002 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

$4.682 billion (2003)

Cyprus

Republic of Cyprus:
$8.85 billion; north Cyprus: NA (2003)

Gaza Strip

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

Iran

$10.96 billion (2003 est.)

Iraq

$93.95 billion (2003 est.)

Israel

$70.97 billion (2003 est.)

Jordan

$7.683 billion (2003 est.)

Kuwait

$12.18 billion (2003 est.)

Lebanon

$20.79 billion (2003 est.)

Oman

$5.973 billion (2003 est.)

Qatar

$17.5 billion (2003 est.)

Saudi Arabia

$39.16 billion (2003)

Syria

$21.55 billion (2003 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

$147.3 billion (2003)

United Arab Emirates

$20.71 billion (2003 est.)

West Bank

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

Yemen

$6.044 billion (2003)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$160 million (FY99/00)

Canada

$1.9 billion (2000)

Mexico

$159.8 billion (2003 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • NA (2003 est.)

United States

$1.4 trillion (2001 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

  • NA (2002 est.)

Australia

$233.5 billion (2003 est.)

Cook Islands

$141 million (1996 est.)

Fiji

$188.1 million (2001 est.)

French Polynesia

  • NA (2000 est.)

Guam

  • NA (2003 est.)

Kiribati

$10 million (1999 est.)

Marshall Islands

$86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

$53.1 million (FY02/03 est.)

Nauru

$33.3 million (2002)

New Caledonia

$79 million (1998 est.)

New Zealand

$37.46 billion (2003 est.)

Niue

$418,000 (2002 est.)

Norfolk Island

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

NA

Palau

$0 (FY99/00)

Papua New Guinea

$2.909 billion (2003 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

NA

Samoa

$197 million (2000)

Solomon Islands

$162.5 million (2001 est.)

Tokelau

$0

Tonga

$63.4 million (2001)

Tuvalu

NA

Vanuatu

$65.8 million (2001 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$145.6 billion (2003 est.)

Bolivia

$5.332 billion (2003 est.)

Brazil

$214.9 billion (2003)

Chile

$43.15 billion (2003)

Colombia

$38.26 billion (2003 est.)

Ecuador

$15.69 billion (2003)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • NA (1999 est.)

French Guiana

$1.2 billion (1988)

Guyana

$1.2 billion (2002)

Paraguay

$2.96 billion (2003 est.)

Peru

$29.95 billion (2003 est.)

Suriname

$321 million (2002 est.)

Uruguay

$10.73 billion (2003)

Venezuela

$32.51 billion (2003)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

$0

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$6.011 billion (2003 est.)

Cambodia

$2.4 billion (2002 est.)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA

Hong Kong

$59.21 billion (2003 est.)

Indonesia

$135.7 billion (2003 est.)

Laos

$2.49 billion (2001)

Macau

$121 million (2001 est.)

Malaysia

$48.84 billion (2003 est.)

Philippines

$57.96 billion (2003)

Singapore

$15.06 billion (2003 est.)

Taiwan

$53.44 billion (2003)

Thailand

$53.75 billion (2003 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

NA

Vietnam

$14.69 billion (2003)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2004, “Debt - external”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/debt-external/2004.

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