Democratic Republic of the Congo
US$ million, unless indicated source 1970 1980 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
                             
Overall indebtedness                            
Total Debt Stock (EDT) GDF   4,770 8,758 8,562 9,239 10,272 10,826 10,964 11,270 12,322 13,241 12,826  
annual change (%) calc       -2.2 7.9 11.2 5.4 1.3 2.8 9.3 7.5 -3.1  
ten-year change 1987-96 (%) calc                       46.4  
Present value of debt (PV) GDF                   10,484 11,630 11,636  
Debt-to-export ratio (EDT/XGS) GDF   198.4 439.2 362.2 390.5 444.9 578.6 794.5 871.6 932.1 776.2 638.4  
PV debt-to-export ratio (94-96(PV/XGS) GDF                       693  
Debt-to-GNP ratio (EDT/GNP) GDF   33.1 124.8 102.8 110.4 119.7 130.0 147.3 134.9 243.3 249.9 212.0  
Debt per capita ($) calc   177 259 244 255 275 280 275 274 290 302 283  
ten-year change 1987-96 (%) calc                       9.4  
Composition of debt                            
Long-term debt (LDOD) GDF 311 4,071 7,208 6,941 7,966 9,008 9,271 8,948 8,769 9,281 9,621 9,262  
annual change (%) calc       -3.7 14.8 13.1 2.9 -3.5 -2.0 5.8 3.7 -3.7  
% of total calc   85.3 82.3 81.1 86.2 87.7 85.6 81.6 77.8 75.3 72.7 72.2  
Multilateral GDF 6 322 1,214 1,399 1,608 1,930 2,205 2,174 2,211 2,326 2,382 2,319  
% of long-term debt calc 1.9 7.9 16.8 20.2 20.2 21.4 23.8 24.3 25.2 25.1 24.8 25.0  
Bilateral GDF 216 2,287 5,106 4,695 5,480 6,189 6,194 5,921 5,722 6,095 6,362 6,082  
% of long-term debt calc 69.5 56.2 70.8 67.6 68.8 68.7 66.8 66.2 65.3 65.7 66.1 65.7  
Private GDF 90 1,462 887 847 878 889 872 852 836 860 878 861  
% of long-term debt calc 28.9 35.9 12.3 12.2 11.0 9.9 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.3 9.1 9.3  
Debt service                            
Actual debt service (TDS) GDF   542 470 392 609 348 177 77 28 16 25 48  
annual change (%) calc       -16.6 55.4 -42.9 -49.1 -56.5 -63.6 -42.9 56.3 92.0  
Long-term debt service (LTDS)                            
Paid GDF 37 397 195 177 192 137 98 56 12 1 0 0  
Scheduled calc                     1,617 565 563
paid as % of scheduled calc                     0.0 0.0  
Debt service-to-exports ratio (TDS/XGS) GDF   22.6 23.6 16.6 25.7 15.1 9.5 5.6 2.1 1.2 1.5 2.4  
Debt service-to-GNP ratio calc 0.9 3.8 6.7 4.7 7.3 4.1 2.1 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.8  
Debt service per capita ($) calc   20.1 13.9 11.2 16.8 9.3 4.6 1.9 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.1  
ten-year change (%) calc                       -92.4  
Gener`l flows                            
Grants (excl.technical co-operation) GDF 38 96 97 128 215 374 474 109 75 221 160 125  
Debt service for every $ received in grants ($) calc 0.97 5.65 4.85 3.06 2.83 0.93 0.37 0.71 0.37 0.07 0.16 0.38  
Foreign Direct Investment GDF 0 0 -55 -4 -6 -12 1 1 1 1 1 2  
Net Transfers GDF 3 36 127 406 522 532 682 74 72 183 111 90  
General indicators                            
Population (millions) ADIp7   27.0 33.9 35.0 36.2 37.4 38.6 39.9 41.2 42.5 43.9 45.3  
GNP GDF 3,950 14,411 7,016 8,331 8,372 8,579 8,330 7,441 8,532 5,064 5,298 6,050  
GNP per capita ($) calc   533.5 207.1 237.9 231.3 229.3 215.6 186.5 207.1 119.2 120.8 133.4  
Export values ADIp87   238.8 100.0 111.5 120.7 146.2 118.5 150.3 122.5 184.3 204.1 567.9  
Import values ADIp88   241.3 100.0 97.9 88.9 143.5 123.7 131.5 115.2 232.5 254.4 710.9  
Terms of trade ADIp89   99.0 100.0 113.9 135.7 101.9 95.8 114.3 106.4 79.3 80.3 79.9  
GDP ADIp21   14,922 7,653 8,853 9,020 9,348 9,086 8,204 8,975 5,829 6,140    
GDP per capita calc   552.5 226.0 252.8 249.2 249.9 235.1 205.6 217.9 137.2 140.0    
Social indicators                            
% of GDP spent on health HDRp158           0.8              
% of GNP spent on education HDRp162   2.8                      
Human Development Index (HDI) HDRp140                     0.383    
                             
NOTE                            
Developing countries total EDT                         2095428  
Developing countries total GNP                         5815129  

 



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