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Foreign Sovereign External Debt (%)1 as of Aug 31, 2020

Egypt 7.08
Romania 4.85
Bahrain 4.63
Tanzania 2.45
Barbados 1.72
Greece 1.70
Belarus 1.13
Jamaica 1.12
Kenya 0.97
Bahamas 0.97
Benin 0.86
Iraq 0.58
Lebanon 0.58
Gabon 0.58
Suriname 0.52
Argentina 0.51
Jordan 0.48
Vietnam 0.39
Honduras 0.17
U.A.E. -0.50
Turkey -1.35
Brazil -1.52
Oman -1.60
Ukraine -2.58
Saudi Arabia -2.78
Russia -4.52
Malaysia -5.85
Qatar -7.67
South Africa -8.98

1. External debt exposure is defined as exposure to sovereign debt, through bond or derivative investments, issued in a currency different from the currency that the sovereign entity can produce (print) itself. Absolute value by percent of total net assets. Includes market value of bond holdings plus credit default swaps, valued at notional plus unrealized gains/losses.