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Principal forgiven is the amount of principal due or in arrears that was written off or forgiven in any given year. It includes debt forgiven within and outside Paris Club agreements, principal forgiven and principal arrears forgiven. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Principal forgiven (current US$) - Arrears, reschedulings, etc. - External debt - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Low & middle income2,303,284,000
2Low income1,734,051,000
3Sub-Saharan Africa1,427,166,000
4South Asia582,655,000
5Middle income569,233,000
6Bangladesh533,304,000
7Lower middle income460,825,000
8Republic of the Congo273,299,000
9Latin America & Caribbean225,882,000
10Gambia225,549,000
11Togo197,617,000
12Liberia157,300,000
13Democratic Republic of the Congo156,881,000
14Guinea129,507,000
15Upper middle income108,408,000
16Brazil56,202,000
17Peru52,446,000
18Europe & Central Asia47,803,000
19Bulgaria45,178,000
20Burundi45,167,000
21Niger41,762,000
22Afghanistan41,441,000
23Honduras35,920,000
24Nicaragua32,899,000
25Ethiopia27,109,000
26Middle East & North Africa19,778,000
27Yemen19,778,000
28Cameroon16,254,000
29Malawi15,675,000
30Ghana15,302,000
31Bolivia14,300,000
32Haiti14,256,000
33Tanzania13,831,000
34Central African Republic13,830,000
35Guyana12,500,000
36Zambia11,340,000
37Guinea-Bissau9,609,000
38Mauritania9,111,000
39Mali8,865,000
40Sri Lanka7,910,000
41Rwanda7,613,000
42Burkina Faso6,719,000
43Uganda6,680,000
44Sierra Leone6,355,000
45Madagascar6,272,000
46Benin5,884,000
47Angola5,224,000
48Sudan4,500,000
49Jamaica4,147,000
50Mozambique3,166,000
51Senegal2,798,000
52Sao Tome and Principe2,617,000
53Poland2,417,000
54Paraguay1,551,000
55Chad1,330,000
56Ecuador1,079,000
57Venezuela446,000
58Albania190,000
59El Salvador136,000
60Macedonia18,000
61Azerbaijan0
62Bosnia and Herzegovina0
63Belarus0
64Belize0
65Bhutan0
66Chile0
67China0
68Ivory Coast0
69Colombia0
70Comoros0
71Cape Verde0
72Lithuania0
73Latvia0
74Morocco0
75Moldova0
76St. Lucia0
77Maldives0
78Mexico0
79Lebanon0
80Laos0
81Burma0
82St. Kitts and Nevis0
83Montenegro0
84Mongolia0
85Cambodia0
86Kyrgyzstan0
87Mauritius0
88Kenya0
89Malaysia0
90Kazakhstan0
91Nigeria0
92Jordan0
93Nepal0
94Pakistan0
95Panama0
96Iran0
97Philippines0
98Papua New Guinea0
99India0
100Indonesia0
101Romania0
102Russia0
103Guatemala0
104Grenada0
105Georgia0
106Gabon0
107Solomon Islands0
108Fiji0
109Argentina0
110Somalia0
111Serbia0
112Eritrea0
113Egypt0
114Swaziland0
115Seychelles0
116Botswana0
117East Asia & Pacific0
118Thailand0
119Tajikistan0
120Turkmenistan0
121Lesotho0
122Tunisia0
123Turkey0
124Algeria0
125Dominican Republic0
126Ukraine0
127Dominica0
128Uruguay0
129Uzbekistan0
130St. Vincent and the Grenadines0
131Armenia0
132Vietnam0
133Vanuatu0
134Samoa0
135Djibouti0
136South Africa0
137Costa Rica0
138Tonga0
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