SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (US$ million, unless otherwise indicated) 1995
2000
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
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
21,897 16,955 16,955 0 0 4,942 2,013
22,156 16,464 16,464 0 0 5,692 2,372
5,513 5,007 5,007 0 0 506 193
5,457 4,867 4,867 0 0 589 196
5,515 4,866 4,866 0 0 649 142
5,191 4,611 4,611 0 0 581 145
5,112 4,356 4,356 0 0 756 206
4,729 4,171 4,171 0 0 558 217
Memorandum items Principal arrears on long-term Long-term public sector debt Long-term private sector debt Public & publicly guaranteed commitments
5,743 16,954 0 0
8,828 16,464 0 69
265 5,007 0 476
270 4,867 0 330
213 4,866 0 270
220 4,611 0 684
226 4,356 0 576
232 4,171 0 497
External debt flows Disbursements Long-term external debt IMF purchases
297 297 0
18 18 0
170 170 0
181 181 0
372 372 0
249 249 0
278 278 0
286 286 0
Principal repayments Long-term external debt IMF repurchases
69 69 0
239 239 0
439 439 0
688 688 0
545 545 0
552 552 0
489 489 0
497 497 0
Net flows Long-term external debt Short-term external debt
540 229 311
-826 -221 -605
-376 -269 -107
-427 -507 80
-58 -172 114
-374 -303 -71
-97 -211 114
-420 -211 -209
Interest payments Long-term external debt IMF charges Short-term external debt
213 74 0 139
247 127 0 120
126 110 0 16
132 112 0 20
135 110 0 25
140 118 0 22
141 116 0 25
133 110 0 23
100 0
270 0
500 ..
659 ..
1,242 ..
1,467 ..
2,570 ..
1,381 ..
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 (%) Euro Japanese yen Pound sterling Swiss franc U.S.dollars
.. 3.9 1.0 0.0 81.8
.. 4.9 0.6 0.0 84.1
12.1 9.8 0.0 0.0 49.3
14.0 14.3 0.0 0.0 42.8
19.8 13.3 0.0 0.0 37.4
20.3 16.0 0.0 0.0 34.2
24.0 14.9 0.0 0.0 31.9
25.4 15.9 0.0 0.0 29.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
1.0 25.3 5.3
4.8 18.6 4.3
1.6 20.1 8.5
2.0 19.2 4.6
1.6 19.3 6.0
1.9 26.8 7.2
0.0 19.2 4.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
11,591 6,201 339 6,545 0 263 448
18,446 7,190 180 6,614 0 1,061 355
27,685 11,907 823 12,359 1,220 299 17,774
32,400 13,597 795 13,242 1,165 920 16,997
39,715 16,212 1,150 16,573 1,085 459 17,707
51,433 19,914 1,400 20,998 1,527 66 17,784
52,828 16,026 1,550 18,250 1,301 -1,161 18,300
57,982 .. 1,646 .. .. .. 20,632
353.1 188.9 4.5 22.6 4.8 2.0 0.8
308.1 120.1 6.8 25.7 2.6 1.6 0.6
46.3 19.9 4.7 9.2 18.1 322.4 17.3
40.1 16.8 6.0 10.8 20.0 311.5 15.4
34.0 13.9 4.2 11.8 25.5 321.1 12.8
26.1 10.1 3.5 11.2 27.3 342.6 10.2
31.9 9.7 3.9 14.8 30.0 358.0 12.0
.. 8.2 .. 11.8 33.6 436.3 ..
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 Current account balance 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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