Economic aid - recipient:

ODA, $651.8 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$24.72 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$19.91 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$32.9 billion (2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$882 million (2006 est.)