The CIA World Factbook Edition 2005 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 2005 edition carries it in 232 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2005 edition
232
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

$12.7 trillion (2004 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$21.9 billion (2004 est.)

Angola

$10.45 billion (2004 est.)

Benin

$1.6 billion (2000)

Botswana

$531 million (2004 est.)

Burkina Faso

$1.3 billion (2000)

Burundi

$1.133 billion (2002)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$325 million (2002)

Cameroon

$8.46 billion (2004 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

$11.81 billion (2004 est.)

Djibouti

$366 million (2002 est.)

Egypt

$33.75 billion (2004 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

$3.804 billion (2004 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

$476 million (2001 est.)

Ghana

$7.396 billion (2004 est.)

Guinea

$3.25 billion (2001 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

$941.5 million (2000 est.)

Kenya

$6.792 billion (2004 est.)

Lesotho

$735 million (2002)

Liberia

$2.1 billion (2000 est.)

Libya

$4.069 billion (2004 est.)

Madagascar

$4.6 billion (2002)

Malawi

$3.129 billion (2004 est.)

Mali

$3.3 billion (2000)

Mauritania

$2.5 billion (2000)

Mauritius

$1.78 billion (2004 est.)

Mayotte

$NA

Morocco

$17.07 billion (2004 est.)

Mozambique

$966 million (2002 est.)

Namibia

$1.136 billion (2004 est.)

Niger

$1.6 billion (1999 est.)

Nigeria

$30.55 billion (2004 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

$3.476 billion (2004 est.)

Seychelles

$218.1 million (2004 est.)

Sierra Leone

$1.5 billion (2002 est.)

Somalia

$3 billion (2001 est.)

South Africa

$27.01 billion (2004 est.)

Sudan

$21 billion (2004 est.)

Tanzania

$7.321 billion (2004 est.)

Togo

$1.4 billion (2000)

Tunisia

$14.71 billion (2004 est.)

Uganda

$3.865 billion (2004 est.)

Western Sahara

NA

Zambia

$5.353 billion (2004 est.)

Zimbabwe

$4.086 billion (2004 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$25 million (1999)

Iceland

$3.073 billion (2002)

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

$1.832 billion (2004 est.)

Bangladesh

$19.97 billion (2004 est.)

Bhutan

$245 million (2000)

China

$233.3 billion (3rd quarter 2004 est.)

Georgia

$1.8 billion (2002)

India

$117.2 billion (2004 est.)

Japan

  • NA (2002 est.)

Kazakhstan

$26.03 billion (2004 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

$12 billion (1996 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

$160 billion (2004 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

$1.97 billion (2004 est.)

Maldives

$281 million (2003 est.)

Mongolia

$1.191 billion (2004 est.)

Nepal

$2.7 billion (2001)

Pakistan

$33.97 billion (2004 est.)

Russia

$169.6 billion (2004 est.)

Sri Lanka

$10.85 billion (2004 est.)

Tajikistan

$888 million (2004 est.)

Turkmenistan

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

Uzbekistan

$4.351 billion (2004 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

$1.362 billion (June 2004 est.)

British Virgin Islands

$36.1 million (1997)

Cayman Islands

$70 million (1996)

Costa Rica

$5.962 billion (2004 est.)

Cuba

$12.09 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion owed to Russia (2004 est.)

Dominica

$161.5 million (2001)

Dominican Republic

$7.745 billion (2004 est.)

El Salvador

$4.792 billion (September 2004 est.)

Grenada

$196 million (2000)

Guadeloupe

$NA (yearend 2003 est.)

Guatemala

$5.969 billion (2004 est.)

Haiti

$1.2 billion (2004 est.)

Honduras

$5.365 billion (September 2004 est.)

Jamaica

$5.964 billion (2004 est.)

Martinique

$180 million (1994)

Montserrat

$8.9 million (1997)

Netherlands Antilles

$1.35 billion (1996)

Nicaragua

$4.573 billion (2004 est.)

Panama

$8.78 billion (2004 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

$2.94 billion (2004 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

NA

Virgin Islands

NA

Europe

44 entries

Albania

$1.41 billion (2003)

Andorra

$NA

Austria

$15.5 billion (2003 est.)

Belarus

$600 million (2004 est.)

Belgium

$28.3 billion (1999 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$3 billion (2004 est.)

Bulgaria

$16.1 billion (November 2004 est.)

Croatia

$26.4 billion (2004 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

$36.28 billion (2004 est.)

Denmark

$21.7 billion (2000)

Estonia

$8.373 billion (2004 est.)

Faroe Islands

$64 million (1999)

Finland

$30 billion (December 1993)

France

$NA

Germany

NA

Gibraltar

  • $NA (2000 est.)

Greece

$67.23 billion (2004 est.)

Guernsey

$NA

Hungary

$57 billion (2004 est.)

Ireland

$11 billion (1998)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

Italy

$913.9 billion (2004 est.)

Jersey

none

Latvia

$7.368 billion (2004 est.)

Liechtenstein

$0 (2001)

Lithuania

$10.01 billion (2004 est.)

Luxembourg

$NA

Malta

$130 million (1997)

Moldova

$1.4 billion (2004 est.)

Monaco

$18 billion (2000 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

$1.863 billion (2004 est.)

Norway

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

Poland

$99.15 billion (2004 est.)

Portugal

$274.7 billion (2004 est.)

Romania

$24.59 billion (2004 est.)

San Marino

$NA

Serbia and Montenegro

$12.97 billion (2004 est.)

Slovakia

$19.54 billion (2004 est.)

Slovenia

$14.65 billion (2004 est.)

Spain

$771.1 billion (2004 est.)

Sweden

$66.5 billion (1994)

Switzerland

  • $NA (2000)

Ukraine

$16.37 billion (2004 est.)

United Kingdom

$4.71 trillion (2003)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

$6.215 billion (2004 est.)

Cyprus

Republic of Cyprus:
$7.327 billion; north Cyprus: $NA (2004 est.)

Gaza Strip

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

Iran

$13.4 billion (2004 est.)

Iraq

$125 billion (2004 est.)

Israel

$74.46 billion (2004 est.)

Jordan

$7.32 billion (2004 est.)

Kuwait

$15.02 billion (2004 est.)

Lebanon

$15.84 billion (2004 est.)

Oman

$4.814 billion (2004 est.)

Qatar

$18.62 billion (2004 est.)

Saudi Arabia

$34.35 billion (2004 est.)

Syria

  • $4 billion (excludes military debt and debt to Russia) (2004 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

$16.9 billion (2004 est.)

United Arab Emirates

$5.9 billion (2004 est.)

West Bank

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

Yemen

$5.4 billion (2004 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$160 million (FY99/00)

Canada

$570 billion (2004)

Mexico

$149.9 billion (2004 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

United States

$1.4 trillion (2001 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

$NA

Australia

$308.7 billion (3rd quarter, 2004 est.)

Cook Islands

$141 million (1996 est.)

Fiji

$188.1 million (2001 est.)

French Polynesia

NA

Guam

NA

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

$47.34 billion (2004 est.)

Niue

$418,000 (2002 est.)

Norfolk Island

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

NA

Palau

$0 (FY99/00)

Papua New Guinea

$2.463 billion (2004 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

NA

Samoa

$197 million (2000)

Solomon Islands

$180.4 million (2002)

Tokelau

$0

Tonga

$63.4 million (2001)

Tuvalu

NA

Vanuatu

$83.7 million (2002)

Wallis and Futuna

$NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$157.7 billion (2004 est.)

Bolivia

$5.439 billion (June 2004 est.)

Brazil

$219.8 billion (2004 est.)

Chile

$44.6 billion (2004 est.)

Colombia

$38.7 billion (2004 est.)

Ecuador

$16.81 billion (2004 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

French Guiana

$1.2 billion (1988)

Guyana

$1.2 billion (2002)

Paraguay

$3.239 billion (2004 est.)

Peru

$29.79 billion (2004 est.)

Suriname

$321 million (2002 est.)

Uruguay

$12.8 billion (March 2004)

Venezuela

$33.29 billion (2004 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

$0

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$6.752 billion (2004 est.)

Cambodia

$2.4 billion (2002 est.)

Hong Kong

$66.94 billion (2004 est.)

Indonesia

$141.5 billion (2004 est.)

Laos

$2.49 billion (2001)

Macau

$2.7 billion (2003)

Malaysia

$53.36 billion (2004 est.)

Philippines

$55.6 billion (September 2004 est.)

Singapore

$19.4 billion (2004 est.)

Taiwan

$55.5 billion (2004 est.)

Thailand

$50.59 billion (2004 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

none

Vietnam

$16.55 billion (2004 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2005, “Debt - external”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/debt-external/2005.

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