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1989
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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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1998
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| Nominal GDP ($ billion) | 6.53 | 8.23 | 8.17 | 9.89 | 13.15 | 16.29 | 20.74 | 23.66 | 24.24 | 27.80 | 29.11 |
| Real GDP % change | 8.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
| Domestic demand % change | . | . | -0.2 | 7.6 | 12.0 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 6.7 | 5.3 | -2.3 |
| Consumer prices % change average | 95.8 | 36.4 | 81.8 | 37.7 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 16.9 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 8.1 | 5.4 |
| Real deposit interest rate % | 28.6 | 27.9 | -14.4 | 5.3 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 1.8 | NA |
| Merchandise exports, fob ($ million) | 977 | 1293 | 2055 | 2435 | 2850 | 4054 | 5198 | 7337 | 9145 | 9365 | NA |
| Merchandise imports, fob ($ million) | -985 | -1604 | -2049 | -2817 | -3890 | -5827 | -8381 | -11644 | -11744 | -11495 | NA |
| Trade balance ($ million) | -8 | -312 | 6 | -382 | -1040 | -1773 | -3183 | -4307 | -2599 | -2130 | NA |
| Current account balance ($ million) | -248 | 428 | -166 | 98 | -1395 | -1872 | -2648 | -2431 | -1664 | -1067 | 790 |
| Terms of trade % change | 0.0 | -6.7 | 3.7 | -0.8 | 7.7 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Real effective exchange rate (1995 = 100) | 88.0 | 96.2 | 89.1 | 92.0 | 95.6 | 94.5 | 100.0 | 111.9 | 117.5 | 119.0 | 113.4 |
| Reserves excluding gold ($ million) | 111 | 24 | 27 | 429 | 363 | 834 | 1323 | 1751 | 1986 | 1998 | 3257.09541 |
| Reserves excluding gold: Months of imports of goods, services & income | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.8 |
| Total debt service ($ million) | 315 | 407 | 421 | 461 | 462 | 305 | 566 | 820 | 988 | 1326 | 1496 |
| Total debt service % exports of goods, services & income | 24.7 | 13.9 | 16.0 | 13.8 | 12.2 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 11.0 | 11.1 |
| Gross interest payments due ($ million) | 290 | 300 | 320 | 320 | 330 | 198 | 232 | 377 | 433 | 444 | 440 |
| Total external debt ($ million) | 3186 | 3927 | 4119 | 4448 | 4257 | 5579 | 7574 | 8815 | 9545 | 10162 | 10018 |
| Total external debt % GDP | 48.8 | 47.7 | 50.4 | 45.0 | 32.4 | 34.2 | 36.5 | 37.3 | 39.4 | 36.6 | 34.4 |
| Total medium/long-term debt ($ million) | 2167 | 2657 | 2647 | 3042 | 3367 | 4727 | 6393 | 7564 | 8559 | 9809 | 9723 |
| Total short-term debt ($ million) | 524 | 655 | 727 | 657 | 520 | 422 | 724 | 769 | 479 | 353 | 295 |
| % Total external debt in $ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| External debt to international financial institutions ($ million) | 309 | 327 | 324 | 320 | 271 | 585 | 771 | 1130 | 1428 | 1829 | 2044 |
| External debt to the IMF ($ million) | 146 | 151 | 141 | 137 | 100 | 283 | 379 | 543 | 459 | 401 | 365 |
| External debt to the IBRD ($ million) | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| External debt to other multilateral creditors ($ million) | 163 | 177 | 183 | 183 | 172 | 302 | 391 | 588 | 969 | 1428 | 1679 |
| External debt to official bilateral creditors ($ million) | 2092 | 2325 | 2388 | 2638 | 2408 | 2533 | 2380 | 2204 | 1944 | 2333 | 2618 |
| External debt to commercial banks ($ million) | 717 | 874 | 1008 | 937 | 868 | 985 | 1677 | 1838 | 1767 | 1294 | 1088 |
| External debt to other private creditors ($ million) | 68 | 401 | 399 | 554 | 710 | 1476 | 2745 | 3642 | 4406 | 4705 | 4267 |
| Deposit money banks' foreign assets ($ million) | . | . | 756 | 878 | 541 | 1018 | 1115 | 1018 | 1115 | 1674 | 1674 |
| General government borrowing % GDP | 10.3 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| General government revenue % GDP | 13.9 | 14.7 | 13.5 | 19.0 | 21.8 | 23.6 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 21.1 | 18.6 | 17.1 |
| General government expenditure % GDP | 24.1 | 22.7 | 17.2 | 22.7 | 27.8 | 26.0 | 24.6 | 24.2 | 23.5 | 21.2 | 19.9 |
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