Financial systems and development

External public debt outstanding and disbursed
Interestpayments on
Debt service as a percentage of
Millions of As a percentage exte mal public debt Exports of
dollars of GNP (millions of dollarsJ GNP goods and services
1970 1987 1970 1987 1970 1987 1970 1987 1970 1987
68 Peru 856 12,485 12.0 28.0 43 198 2.0 1.0 11.6 12.5
69 Mauritius 32 545 14.3 31.4 2 30 1.4 4.3 3.2 6.1
70 Jordan 119 3,518 22.9 75.4 2 183 0.9 11.1 3.6 21.8
71 CostaRica 134 3,629 13.8 88.8 7 121 2.9 4.5 10.0 12.1
72 SyrianArabRep. 233 3,648 10.8 15.3 6 112 1.7 1.5 11.3 16.5
73 Malaysia 390 19,065 9.5 65.4 22 1,217 1.7 10.2 3.8 14.3
74 Mexico 3,196 82,771 8.7 59.5 216 5,722 1.9 6.4 23.6 30.1
75 South Africa .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
76 Poland .. 35,569 .. 55.7 .. 960 .. 3,0 .. 14.7
77 Lebanon 64 236 4.2 .. 1 13 0.2 .. .
Upper-middle-income 12,118 t 290,890 t 9.6 w 34.7 w 1,819 t 49,091 t 1.4 w 5.8 w 10.6 w 25.8 w
78 Brazil 3,421 91,653 8.2 29.1 135 4,714 0.9 2.4 12.5 26.7
79 Uruguay 269 3,048 11.3 42.2 16 270 2.7 5.6 21.7 24.4
80 Hungary .. 15,931 .. 63.5 .. 1,130 .. 12.9 .. 26.7
81 Panama 194 3,722 19.5 72.6 7 226 3.1 7.5 7.7 6.5
82 Argentina 1,880 47,451 8.6 61.7 121 3,387 2.1 5.1 21.6 45.3
83 Yugoslavia 1,199 14,446 8.8 23.9 73 1,122 1.8 3.5 10.0 13.3
84 Algeria 937 19,240 19.3 30.5 10 1,377 0.9 7.8 3.9 49.0
85 Korea, Rep. 1,816 24,541 20.3 20.7 71 1,844 3.0 10.4 19.5 21.9
86 Gabon 91 1,605 28.8 52.5 3 57 3.8 2.3 5.7 5.1
87 Portugal 485 14,922 7.8 42.8 29 1,189 1.5 13.9 6.8 37.8
88 Venezuela 728 25,245 5.7 52.3 40 1,660 0.6 5.9 2.9 22.6
89 Greece 905 17,437 8.9 37.3 41 1,142 1.0 7.4 9.4 33.9
90 TrinidadandTobago 101 1,635 13.3 39.3 6 121 2.1 9.2 4.6
91 Libya . . . .. ..
92 Oman .. 2,474 .. 33.9 .. 177 .. 8.4 .
93 Iran, Islamit Rep. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
94 Iraq.. . .. . ... .. ....
95 Romania .. 5,425 .. .. .. 503 .. ..
Low- and middle-income 47,066 t 886,367 t 12.7 w 39.2 w 5,389 t 102,104 t 1.5 w 4.5 w 11.2 w 22.0 w
Sub-Saharan Africa 5,374 t 103,874t 13.1w 80.8w 472 t 5,235t 1.2w 4.1w 5.3w 14.7w
East Asia 5,654 t 147,605 t 15.0 w 24.9 w 566 t 27,904 t 1.5 w 4.7 w 7.9 w 17.2 w
South Asia 11,327 t 68,696 t 15.1 w 21.6 w 724 t 5,355 t 1.0 w 1,7 w 17.9 w 20.8 w
Europe, M. East, & N. Africa 8,832 t 227,861 t 13.5 w 47.9 w 1,197 t 32,355 t 1.8 w 6.6 w 12.3 w 26.7 w
Latin America & Caribbean 15,878t 338,331 t 10.5 w 45.5 w 2,430t 31,256t 1.6w 4.2 w 13.1 w 26.5 w
17 highly indebted 17,923 t 402,171 t 9.8 w 47.5 w 2,789t 36,251 t 1.5 w 4.3 w 12.4w 24.9 w
High-income economies .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
OECD members .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
tOther 2,470 t 19,484 t 31.3 w 34.5 w 59 t 3,004 t 0.7 w 5.3 w 1.5 w 5.8 w
97 Spain
98 Ireland
99 'Saudi Arabia
100 tlsrael 2,274 16,767 41.3 50.1 13 1.372 0.7 7.3 2.8 17.8
101 New Zealand
102 tSingapore 152 2,543 7.9 12.4 7 196 0.7 2.4 0.6 1.4
103 tHong Kong
104 Italy
105 United Kingdom
106 Australia
107 Belgium
108 Netherlands
109 Austria
110 France
IlI Germany, Fed. Rep.
112 Finland
113 tKuwait
114 Denmark
115 Canada
116 Sweden
117 Japan
118 tUnited Arab Emirates
119 Norway
120 United States
121 Switzerland
Total reporting economies .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Oil exporters .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Nonreporting nonmembers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
211