OUTSTANDING EXTERNAL DEBT (% OF GDP)
Country 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Antigua & Barbuda 43.4 36.4 37.7 76.4 86.6 78.4 80.0 83.2 83.3 82.5 82.2
Argentina 74.1 75.8 82.2 79.1 85.3 61.9 64.4 45.7 35.5 28.1 24.7
Barbados 28.1 34.1 38.2 38.3 40.7 31.1 27.5 28.3 28.5 28.2 23.8
Belize 59.4 53.0 63.6 58.6 42.7 39.3 36.1 33.8 35.8 31.6 na
Bolivia 55.0 49.6 66.6 92.2 99.0 91.4 83.0 91.9 79.3 77.2 74.1
Brazil 49.6 50.4 46.4 43.9 41.5 34.3 30.1 29.9 32.5 31.9 na
Chile 86.6 95.4 118.6 115.9 100.1 79.9 64.0 62.7 52.4 48.0 47.9
Colombia 39.8 40.9 45.1 45.5 46.4 45.2 45.1 43.4 39.4 33.8 33.6
Costa Rica 110.7 103.7 101.7 97.3 88.8 88.3 77.1 60.8 58.8 52.4 na
Dominica 49.8 47.5 48.1 45.5 49.0 42.2 47.7 50.1 51.0 48.8 46.0
Dominican Republic 46.1 63.6 77.8 69.4 73.6 83.6 60.7 62.6 62.8 55.7 44.3
Ecuador 74.1 74.1 68.3 95.4 104.7 113.4 98.0 110.4 106.1 94.3 91.3
El Salvador 47.5 46.0 46.0 43.5 40.6 39.6 42.5 42.7 35.2 36.0 26.1
Grenada 49.8 45.7 42.8 19.6 23.9 24.2 21.0 24.2 22.5 16.0 na
Guatemala 24.6 26.1 27.1 27.1 31.9 22.6 23.0 25.2 19.7 18.0 18.9
Guyana [a] 279.2 325.7 355.0 382.7 636.8 539.6 687.8 792.9 835.4 866.1 na
Haiti [a] 36.0 37.1 36.0 31.9 39.3 37.3 34.5 36.1 38.5 39.4 na
Honduras 62.7 63.9 71.1 74.8 76.8 69.3 62.9 113.2 106.4 100.2 107.9
Jamaica 111.2 164.9 234.9 na na 97.7 92.2 90.9 123.8 117.9 na
Mexico na na na na 61.5 49.7 47.2 41.2 37.4 33.2 33.0
Nicaragua 123.0 139.8 163.3 188.2 215.0 243.2 508.0 na na na na
Panama 79.7 78.9 71.7 72.6 77.2 101.8 108.5 na na na 79.0
Paraguay 19.8 55.7 58.5 50.9 53.0 57.5 51.2 31.9 27.8 19.3 18.2
Peru 76.8 81.5 75.6 60.7 53.0 72.0 63.0 60.0 49.0 51.0 56.0
St. Kitts & Nevis 19.3 22.7 23.5 20.4 22.5 25.8 26.6 25.6 23.9 21.0 21.4
St. Lucia 21.5 18.3 17.1 14.6 16.0 14.7 15.4 17.5 20.3 na na
St. Vincent & Grens. 24.1 21.9 21.6 25.1 27.7 27.8 28.6 28.9 30.4 30.8 na
Uruguay 56.2 55.4 57.9 54.4 54.6 53.8 51.8 50.8 43.8 41.8 41.9
Venezuela 61.2 59.8 52.3 57.9 70.6 56.7 74.0 67.5 65.8 69.6 68.2
[a] External debt as a percentage of GNP.