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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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| Nominal GDP ($ billion) | 30 | 35 | 34 | 42 | 47 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 89 |
| Real GDP % change | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Domestic demand % change | 5 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Consumer prices % change average | 17 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3.8 |
| Real deposit interest rate % | -4 | -8 | -1 | -4 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5.3 |
| Merchandise exports, fob ($ million) | 2697 | 3145 | 4250 | 3880 | 3725 | 3337 | 4957 | 4609 | 5345 | 5129 | 4445 |
| Merchandise imports, fob ($ million) | -9130 | -9810 | -9806 | -9106 | -9694 | -9960 | -11542 | -12711 | -14024 | -15226 | -17276 |
| Trade balance ($ million) | -6433 | -6665 | -5556 | -5226 | -5969 | -6623 | -6585 | -8102 | -8678 | -10097 | -12831 |
| Current account balance ($ million) | -2561 | -2242 | 457 | 2356 | 1746 | 409 | 386 | -189 | 120 | -2469 | -1709 |
| Terms of trade % change | 1 | 5 | 24 | -20 | 7 | -21 | -1 | 5 | 16 | -9 | -7.0 |
| Real effective exchange rate (1995 = 100) | 82 | 86 | 76 | 81 | 87 | 97 | 100 | 107 | 115 | 125 | 126.3 |
| Reserves excluding gold ($ million) | 1520 | 2684 | 5882 | 10117 | 14508 | 16706 | 17390 | 17925 | 19831 | 19699 | 17502 |
| Reserves excluding gold: Months of imports of goods, services & income | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9.5 |
| Total debt service ($ million) | 5180 | 5434 | 3151 | 2632 | 2892 | 2694 | 2474 | 2312 | 2146 | 1828 | 2381 |
| Total debt service % exports of goods, services & income | 58 | 55 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15.4 |
| Gross interest payments due ($ million) | 3190 | 3283 | 1522 | 1295 | 1430 | 1294 | 1460 | 1196 | 995 | 626 | 789 |
| Total external debt ($ million) | 49588 | 46105 | 35473 | 35200 | 30282 | 30895 | 32965 | 31043 | 28774 | 28083 | 28224 |
| Total external debt % GDP | 163 | 130 | 105 | 84 | 64 | 59 | 55 | 46 | 38 | 34 | 31.7 |
| Total medium/long-term debt ($ million) | 39825 | 36881 | 27714 | 27949 | 23797 | 24671 | 26988 | 25446 | 23586 | 25648 | 25550 |
| Total short-term debt ($ million) | 5599 | 6382 | 6960 | 6509 | 5924 | 6079 | 5944 | 5589 | 5188 | 2435 | 2674 |
| % Total external debt in $ | 65 | 54 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 64 | 61 | 25 | 41 | 49 | 48.9 |
| External debt to international financial institutions ($ million) | 4527 | 6147 | 3004 | 3082 | 3259 | 3537 | 3779 | 3825 | 3832 | 4302 | 4326 |
| External debt to the IMF ($ million) | 156 | 116 | 117 | 211 | 207 | 213 | 158 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| External debt to the IBRD ($ million) | 1448 | 1480 | 1382 | 1381 | 1357 | 1387 | 1085 | 996 | 883 | 827 | 808 |
| External debt to other multilateral creditors ($ million) | 2923 | 4551 | 1505 | 1490 | 1695 | 1937 | 2536 | 2782 | 2949 | 3475 | 3518 |
| External debt to official bilateral creditors ($ million) | 37961 | 32640 | 26030 | 24820 | 22464 | 22754 | 24356 | 22067 | 19558 | 18100 | 17852 |
| External debt to commercial banks ($ million) | 3373 | 2982 | 2478 | 2676 | 2054 | 2231 | 2016 | 2273 | 3350 | 4070 | 4800 |
| External debt to other private creditors ($ million) | 3727 | 4336 | 3961 | 4622 | 2505 | 2373 | 2814 | 2878 | 2034 | 1611 | 1246 |
| Deposit money banks' foreign assets ($ million) | 8482 | 10366 | 10886 | 12229 | 11582 | 10862 | 11735 | 10574 | 10960 | 9316 | 7186 |
| General government borrowing % GDP | 15 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| General government revenue % GDP | 24 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 23.6 |
| General government expenditure % GDP | 39 | 38 | 45 | 37 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24.9 |
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