Guatemala: External Debt Exceeds $5,620 million

The highest percentage of external debt is with multilateral organizations; to the IADB alone $2,192 million are owed.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Of the total debt, 39% corresponds to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 24% to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), 19% to the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE), and the rest to others.

An article Diario de Centro América’s web site reports. "According to the Finance portfolio, Guatemala owes $630 million (11.2%) in the international market in Eurobonds. The remaining $348.53 million (6.2%) of the external debt is distributed among agencies from eight countries. "

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