LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN (US$ million, unless otherwise indicated) 1990
1995
2000
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
External debt stocks Long-term external debt Public and publicly guaranteed Private nonguaranteed Use of IMF credit Short-term external debt interest arrears on long-term
441,198 349,923 325,178 24,745 17,968 73,307 25,542
608,666 459,179 371,875 87,303 26,632 122,856 10,303
751,080 631,268 389,547 241,722 8,846 110,966 1,674
740,598 624,393 410,589 213,804 13,122 103,084 8,900
736,620 635,470 394,105 241,365 737 100,414 8,320
835,365 699,415 406,740 292,675 804 135,147 10,367
890,515 749,904 420,086 329,817 824 139,787 10,940
912,980 773,100 432,115 340,984 1,243 138,637 11,598
Memorandum items Principal arrears on long-term Long-term public sector debt Long-term private sector debt Public & publicly guaranteed commitments
24,264 321,813 28,110 25,845
15,834 369,910 89,269 49,943
3,510 386,607 244,661 66,082
12,361 408,195 216,198 55,252
13,148 391,890 243,580 50,587
16,976 404,542 294,873 53,069
19,261 417,502 332,402 61,868
20,443 428,553 344,547 82,039
External debt flows Disbursements Long-term external debt IMF purchases
32,291 27,558 4,733
89,784 74,013 15,772
119,852 116,343 3,510
107,092 106,500 593
135,421 134,857 564
152,589 152,340 249
164,602 164,388 213
157,299 156,849 450
Principal repayments Long-term external debt IMF repurchases
21,790 18,138 3,651
43,123 40,290 2,832
124,162 109,925 14,237
122,010 93,838 28,172
150,113 137,430 12,683
106,039 105,819 220
109,691 109,518 173
103,963 103,910 53
Net flows Long-term external debt Short-term external debt
18,134 9,420 7,633
61,054 33,722 14,392
-5,226 6,418 -917
814 12,661 15,732
-16,782 -2,573 -2,090
79,237 46,521 32,687
58,978 54,870 4,067
51,528 52,940 -1,808
Interest payments Long-term external debt IMF charges Short-term external debt
21,711 17,915 1,435 2,362
35,904 28,411 1,100 6,393
54,789 47,273 777 6,739
40,395 34,336 1,732 4,327
45,720 40,672 330 4,718
47,406 41,711 35 5,660
45,914 41,963 26 3,925
42,733 39,903 9 2,820
8,121 2,464
30,202 5,216
79,040 -561
72,223 12,209
71,954 11,047
109,405 28,837
127,864 -9,688
73,622 41,584
1. Summary external debt data
2. Other non-debt resource inflows Foreign direct investment Portfolio equity
3. Currency composition of public and publicly guaranteed debt (%) .. 6.2 1.6 1.0 59.6
.. 8.2 1.1 0.6 62.1
.. 6.6 0.6 0.3 73.4
9.5 3.4 0.2 0.2 82.0
10.7 3.0 0.3 0.1 81.7
11.3 2.7 0.2 0.1 82.3
10.1 3.2 0.1 0.1 83.7
11.1 4.0 0.4 0.2 82.2
7.0 18.1 4.9
7.6 14.2 4.1
5.9 12.5 2.8
4.4 18.8 4.9
5.4 18.9 5.4
5.2 18.2 5.0
3.6 20.6 5.3
2.1 18.8 6.3
9.1 11.0 5.2
6.8 4.1 2.9
9.4 12.6 11.6
7.3 14.5 12.0
6.2 14.8 12.6
7.2 16.5 12.8
6.5 15.9 11.3
6.1 11.8 11.0
1,049,965 177,594 5,681 189,189 7,323 58,057
1,698,189 289,620 13,318 343,893 14,909 138,616
1,961,805 442,911 20,164 512,722 22,787 158,413
2,559,479 667,094 50,119 685,910 53,318 257,309
3,008,168 799,235 59,197 818,367 76,781 312,791
3,555,152 912,208 63,117 968,137 90,221 450,589
4,145,756 1,045,060 64,620 1,145,725 94,413 500,720
3,851,824 819,368 56,879 891,518 75,275 552,745
248.4 42.0 24.5 16.6 13.5 13.2 3.7
210.2 35.8 27.3 20.2 11.9 22.8 4.8
169.6 38.3 40.4 14.8 12.3 21.1 3.7
111.0 28.9 24.3 13.9 13.9 34.7 4.5
92.2 24.5 24.9 13.6 13.0 42.5 4.6
91.6 23.5 16.8 16.2 11.4 53.9 5.6
85.2 21.5 14.9 15.7 11.4 56.2 5.2
111.4 23.7 17.9 15.2 12.6 60.5 7.4
Euro Japanese yen Pound sterling Swiss franc U.S.dollars
4. Average terms of new commitments Official creditors Interest (%) Maturity (years) Grace period (years) Private creditors Interest (%) Maturity (years) Grace period (years)
5. Major economic aggregates Gross national income (GNI) Exports of goods, services & income Worker remit. & comp. of employees Imports of goods, services & income Profit remittances on FDI International reserves
6. Ratios External debt stocks to exports (%) External debt stocks to GNI (%) Debt service to exports (%) Short-term to external debt stocks (%) Multilateral to external debt stocks (%) Reserves to external debt stocks (%) Reserves to imports (months)
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