The CIA World Factbook Edition 2006 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 2006 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2006 edition
233
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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World

1 entry

World

$36.89 trillion

note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private (2004 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$19.45 billion (2005 est.)

Angola

$9.401 billion (2005 est.)

Benin

$1.6 billion (2000)

Botswana

$519 million (2005 est.)

Burkina Faso

$1.85 billion (2003)

Burundi

$1.2 billion (2003)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$325 million (2002)

Cameroon

$9.168 billion (2005 est.)

Central African Republic

$1.06 billion (2002 est.)

Chad

$1.5 billion (2003 est.)

Comoros

$232 million (2000 est.)

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

$10.6 billion (2003 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

$5 billion (2000 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

$13.43 billion (2005 est.)

Djibouti

$394 million (2004 est.)

Egypt

$35.26 billion (2005 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

$353 million (2005 est.)

Eritrea

$311 million (2000 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

$357 million (2003 est.)

Ethiopia

$5.101 billion (2005 est.)

Gabon

$3.903 billion (2005 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

$628.8 million (2003 est.)

Ghana

$6.999 billion (2005 est.)

Guinea

$3.46 billion (2003 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

$941.5 million (2000 est.)

Kenya

$7.391 billion (2005 est.)

Lesotho

$735 million (2002)

Liberia

$3.2 billion (2005 est.)

Libya

$4.267 billion (2005 est.)

Madagascar

$4.6 billion (2002)

Malawi

$3.287 billion (2005 est.)

Mali

$2.8 billion (2002)

Mauritania

$2.5 billion (2000)

Mauritius

$3.246 billion (2005 est.)

Mayotte

$NA

Morocco

$15.61 billion (2005 est.)

Mozambique

$5.456 billion (2005 est.)

Namibia

$712.9 million (2005 est.)

Niger

$2.1 billion (2003 est.)

Nigeria

$32.45 billion (2005 est.)

Reunion

$NA

Rwanda

$1.4 billion (2004 est.)

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

$NA

Sao Tome and Principe

$318 million (2002)

Senegal

$3.529 billion (2005 est.)

Seychelles

$508 million (2005 est.)

Sierra Leone

$1.61 billion (2003 est.)

Somalia

$3 billion (2001 est.)

South Africa

$29.97 billion (2005 est.)

Sudan

$27.34 billion (2005 est.)

Tanzania

$8.178 billion (2005 est.)

Togo

$2 billion (2005)

Tunisia

$16.09 billion (2005 est.)

Uganda

$4.973 billion (2005 est.)

Western Sahara

$NA

Zambia

$4.641 billion (2005 est.)

Zimbabwe

$5.216 billion (2005 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

$1.819 billion (20 September 2005)

Azerbaijan

$1.873 billion (2005 est.)

Bangladesh

$20.63 billion (2005 est.)

Bhutan

$593 million (2004)

China

$252.8 billion (2005 est.)

Georgia

$2.04 billion (2004)

India

$125.5 billion (2005 est.)

Japan

$1.545 trillion (31 December 2004)

Kazakhstan

$41.66 billion (2005 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

$12 billion (1996 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

$153.9 billion (2005 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

$2.428 billion (31 December 2004 est.)

Maldives

$304 million (2004 est.)

Mongolia

$1.36 billion (2004)

Nepal

$3.34 billion (March 2005)

Pakistan

$38.8 billion (2005 est.)

Russia

$215.3 billion (2005 est.)

Sri Lanka

$11.05 billion (2005 est.)

Tajikistan

$888 million (2004 est.)

Turkmenistan

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

Uzbekistan

$5.032 billion (2005 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$8.8 million (1998)

Antigua and Barbuda

$427.3 million; note - data are for public external debt, not total external debt (2000)

Aruba

$478.6 million (2005 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

$342.6 million (2004 est.)

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

$5.049 billion (2005 est.)

Cuba

$12.56 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion owed to Russia (2005 est.)

Dominica

$213 million (2004)

Dominican Republic

$7.687 billion (2005 est.)

El Salvador

$8.087 billion (2005 est.)

Grenada

$347 million (2004)

Guadeloupe

$NA

Guatemala

$5.503 billion (2005 est.)

Haiti

$1.313 billion (2005 est.)

Honduras

$5.795 billion (2005 est.)

Jamaica

$7.162 billion (2005 est.)

Martinique

$180 million (1994)

Montserrat

$8.9 million (1997)

Netherlands Antilles

$2.68 billion (2004)

Nicaragua

$3.188 billion (2005 est.)

Panama

$9.758 billion (2005 est.)

Puerto Rico

$NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$314 million (2004)

Saint Lucia

$257 million (2004)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$223 million (2004)

Trinidad and Tobago

$2.767 billion (2005 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

$NA

Virgin Islands

$NA

Europe

46 entries

Albania

$1.55 billion (2004)

Andorra

$NA

Austria

$510.6 billion (30 June 2005 est.)

Belarus

$4.662 billion (30 June 2005 est.)

Belgium

$980.1 billion (30 June 2005 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$3.116 billion (2005 est.)

Bulgaria

$15.32 billion (2005 est.)

Croatia

$30.62 billion (2005 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

$49.14 billion (2005 est.)

Denmark

$352.9 billion (30 June 2005)

Estonia

$11.03 billion (2005 est.)

Faroe Islands

$64 million (1999)

Finland

$211.7 billion (30 June 2005)

France

$2.826 trillion (30 June 2005)

Germany

$3.626 trillion (30 June 2005)

Gibraltar

  • $NA (2000 est.)

Greece

$75.18 billion (2005 est.)

Guernsey

$NA

Hungary

$66.22 billion (2005 est.)

Ireland

$1.049 trillion (30 June 2005)

Isle of Man

$NA

Italy

$922.5 billion (2005 est.)

Jersey

$NA

Latvia

$10.8 billion (1 January 2006)

Liechtenstein

$0 (2001)

Lithuania

$11.7 billion (2 February 2006)

Luxembourg

$NA

Malta

$188.8 million (2005)

Moldova

$1.986 billion (2005 est.)

Monaco

$18 billion (2000 est.)

Montenegro

NA

Netherlands

$1.645 trillion (30 June 2005)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

$2.19 billion (2005 est.)

Norway

$281 billion; note - Norway is a net external creditor (30 June 2005)

Poland

$101.5 billion (2005 est.)

Portugal

$287.8 billion (2005 est.)

Romania

$35.68 billion (2005 est.)

San Marino

$NA

Serbia

  • $15.43 billion (including Montenegro) (2005 est.)

Slovakia

$26.94 billion (2005 est.)

Slovenia

$18.97 billion (2005 est.)

Spain

$970.7 billion (2005 est.)

Sweden

$516.1 billion (30 June 2005)

Switzerland

$856 billion (30 June 2005)

Ukraine

$23.93 billion (2005 est.)

United Kingdom

$7.107 trillion (30 June 2005)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

$6.814 billion (2005 est.)

Cyprus

Republic of Cyprus:
$10.53 billion; north Cyprus: $NA (2005 est.)

Gaza Strip

  • $0; note - includes West Bank (2002)

Iran

$19.06 billion (2005 est.)

Iraq

$92.33 billion (2005 est.)

Israel

$75.55 billion (2005 est.)

Jordan

$8.528 billion (2005 est.)

Kuwait

$16.12 billion (2005 est.)

Lebanon

$26 billion (2005 est.)

Oman

$4.361 billion (2005 est.)

Qatar

$21.13 billion (2005 est.)

Saudi Arabia

$36.78 billion (2005 est.)

Syria

  • $8.566 billion; note - excludes military debt and debt to Russia (2005 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

$170.1 billion (2005 est.)

United Arab Emirates

$34.47 billion (2005 est.)

West Bank

  • $0; note - includes Gaza Strip (2002)

Yemen

$5.347 billion (2005 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$160 million (FY99/00)

Canada

$439.8 billion (30 November 2005)

Mexico

$137.2 billion (2005 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

United States

$8.837 trillion (30 June 2005 est.)

Oceania

24 entries

American Samoa

$NA

Australia

$323.4 billion (2005 est.)

Cook Islands

$141 million (1996 est.)

Fiji

$127 million (2004 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

$60.8 million (FY05 est.)

Nauru

$33.3 million (2002)

New Caledonia

$79 million (1998 est.)

New Zealand

$42.84 billion (2005 est.)

Niue

$418,000 (2002 est.)

Norfolk Island

$NA

Northern Mariana Islands

$NA

Palau

$0 (FY99/00)

Papua New Guinea

$1.882 billion (2005 est.)

Samoa

$177 million (2004)

Solomon Islands

$166 million (2004)

Tokelau

$0

Tonga

$80.7 million (2004)

Tuvalu

$NA

Vanuatu

$81.2 million (2004)

Wallis and Futuna

$3.67 million $NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$118.2 billion (2005 est.)

Bolivia

$6.309 billion (2005 est.)

Brazil

$188 billion (2005 est.)

Chile

$47.45 billion (2005 est.)

Colombia

$32.35 billion (2005 est.)

Ecuador

$18.09 billion (2005 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

French Guiana

$800.3 million (2003)

Guyana

$1.2 billion (2002)

Paraguay

$3.45 billion (2005 est.)

Peru

$30.94 billion (2005 est.)

Suriname

$504.3 million (2005 est.)

Uruguay

$13.24 billion (2005 est.)

Venezuela

$41.51 billion (2005 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

$0 $NA

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$6.99 billion (2005 est.)

Cambodia

$800 million (2003 est.)

Hong Kong

$72.04 billion (2005 est.)

Indonesia

$135 billion (2005 est.)

Laos

$2.49 billion (2001)

Macau

$3.1 billion (2004)

Malaysia

$52 billion (2005 est.)

Philippines

$65.71 billion (2005 est.)

Singapore

$23.76 billion (2005 est.)

Taiwan

$87.5 billion (2005 est.)

Thailand

$52.46 billion (2005 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

$0

Vietnam

$20.16 billion (2005 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2006, “Debt - external”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/debt-external/2006.

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