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Country Comparison :: Debt - external
This entry gives the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods, or services. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
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Rank
 country Debt - external Date of Information
1 European Union
$ 16,080,000,000,000
30 June 2011
2 United States
$ 14,710,000,000,000
30 June 2011
3 United Kingdom
$ 9,836,000,000,000
30 June 2011
4 France
$ 5,633,000,000,000
30 June 2011
5 Germany
$ 5,624,000,000,000
30 June 2011
6 Japan
$ 2,719,000,000,000
30 June 2011
7 Italy
$ 2,684,000,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
8 Netherlands
$ 2,655,000,000,000
30 June 2011
9 Spain
$ 2,570,000,000,000
30 June 2011
10 Ireland
$ 2,352,000,000,000
30 September 2011
11 Luxembourg
$ 2,146,000,000,000
30 June 2011
12 Belgium
$ 1,399,000,000,000
30 June 2011
13 Australia
$ 1,376,000,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
14 Switzerland
$ 1,346,000,000,000
30 June 2011
15 Canada
$ 1,181,000,000,000
30 June 2011
16 Sweden
$ 1,016,000,000,000
30 June 2011
17 Hong Kong
$ 903,200,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
18 Austria
$ 883,500,000,000
30 June 2011
19 China
$ 697,200,000,000
30 September 2011 est.
20 Norway
$ 644,500,000,000
30 June 2011
21 Denmark
$ 626,900,000,000
30 June 2011
22 Greece
$ 583,300,000,000
30 June 2011
23 Finland
$ 577,000,000,000
31 December 2011
24 Portugal
$ 548,300,000,000
30 June 2011
25 Russia
$ 519,400,000,000
30 September 2011 est.
26 Brazil
$ 397,500,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
27 Korea, South
$ 397,300,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
28 Poland
$ 320,000,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
29 Turkey
$ 306,600,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
30 India
$ 289,700,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
31 Mexico
$ 210,800,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
32 Indonesia
$ 186,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
33 Hungary
$ 184,500,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
34 United Arab Emirates
$ 158,700,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
35 Argentina
$ 136,800,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
36 Romania
$ 136,100,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
37 Taiwan
$ 125,800,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
38 Qatar
$ 125,300,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
39 Iceland
$ 124,500,000,000
30 June 2011
40 Ukraine
$ 123,700,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
41 Kazakhstan
$ 122,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
42 Thailand
$ 115,600,000,000
30 September 2011 est.
43 Saudi Arabia
$ 105,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
44 Israel
$ 102,300,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
45 Czech Republic
$ 101,600,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
46 Chile
$ 99,400,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
47 Venezuela
$ 89,600,000,000
30 September 2011 est.
48 Malaysia
$ 87,810,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
49 New Zealand
$ 85,650,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
50 Slovakia
$ 72,940,000,000
30 November 2011 est.
51 Philippines
$ 72,270,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
52 Colombia
$ 68,760,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
53 Croatia
$ 66,300,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
54 Pakistan
$ 61,830,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
55 Slovenia
$ 61,230,000,000
30 June 2011
56 Puerto Rico
$ 56,820,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
57 Iraq
$ 50,790,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
58 Malta
$ 48,790,000,000
30 June 2011
59 Bulgaria
$ 46,840,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
60 South Africa
$ 46,070,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
61 Kuwait
$ 41,730,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
62 Vietnam
$ 39,730,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
63 Sudan
$ 38,580,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
64 Latvia
$ 38,370,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
65 Peru
$ 36,980,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
66 Cyprus
$ 35,870,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
67 Egypt
$ 33,740,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
68 Belarus
$ 33,730,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
69 Serbia
$ 31,530,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
70 Lithuania
$ 31,030,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
71 Lebanon
$ 29,460,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
72 Morocco
$ 28,080,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
73 Estonia
$ 25,220,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
74 Bangladesh
$ 25,220,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
75 Singapore
$ 23,580,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
76 Tunisia
$ 23,210,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
77 Sri Lanka
$ 22,810,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
78 Cuba
$ 21,520,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
79 Angola
$ 18,160,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
80 Iran
$ 17,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
81 Guatemala
$ 15,670,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
82 Uruguay
$ 15,400,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
83 Bahrain
$ 14,930,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
84 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$ 14,820,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
85 Jamaica
$ 14,700,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
86 Dominican Republic
$ 14,420,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
87 Panama
$ 13,340,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
88 El Salvador
$ 12,950,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
89 Korea, North
$ 12,500,000,000
2001 est.
90 Cote d'Ivoire
$ 11,440,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
91 Georgia
$ 11,080,000,000
31 December 2011
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina
$ 10,540,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
93 Nigeria
$ 10,430,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
94 Costa Rica
$ 10,050,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
95 Ecuador
$ 10,050,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
96 Tanzania
$ 9,490,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
97 Oman
$ 9,054,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
98 Kenya
$ 8,947,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
99 Uzbekistan
$ 8,570,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
100 Ethiopia
$ 7,989,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
101 Jordan
$ 7,644,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
102 Ghana
$ 7,511,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
103 Armenia
$ 7,336,000,000
30 September 2011
104 Syria
$ 7,074,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
105 Yemen
$ 6,613,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
106 Macedonia
$ 6,609,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
107 Zimbabwe
$ 6,440,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
108 Laos
$ 5,953,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
109 Burma
$ 5,811,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
110 Albania
$ 5,700,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
111 Bolivia
$ 5,491,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
112 Paraguay
$ 5,330,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
113 Papua New Guinea
$ 5,296,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
114 Mauritius
$ 5,205,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
115 Moldova
$ 5,200,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
116 Cambodia
$ 5,028,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
117 Congo, Republic of the
$ 4,955,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
118 Libya
$ 4,774,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
119 Algeria
$ 4,699,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
120 Honduras
$ 4,564,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
121 Namibia
$ 4,537,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
122 Trinidad and Tobago
$ 4,483,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
123 Senegal
$ 4,429,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
124 Mozambique
$ 4,320,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
125 Azerbaijan
$ 4,074,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
126 Nicaragua
$ 4,073,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
127 Zambia
$ 3,962,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
128 Nepal
$ 3,777,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
129 Kyrgyzstan
$ 3,601,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
130 Uganda
$ 3,528,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
131 Mali
$ 3,192,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
132 Cameroon
$ 3,147,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
133 Guinea
$ 3,034,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
134 Somalia
$ 2,942,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
135 Mauritania
$ 2,816,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
136 Gabon
$ 2,726,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
137 Tajikistan
$ 2,593,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
138 Burkina Faso
$ 2,335,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
139 Madagascar
$ 2,323,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
140 Botswana
$ 1,973,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
141 Mongolia
$ 1,900,000,000
2011
142 Chad
$ 1,769,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
143 Seychelles
$ 1,470,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
144 Benin
$ 1,395,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
145 Niger
$ 1,331,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
146 Malawi
$ 1,327,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
147 Afghanistan
$ 1,280,000,000
FY10/11
148 Bhutan
$ 1,275,000,000
2011
149 Guyana
$ 1,234,000,000
31 December 2010
150 Montenegro
$ 1,200,000,000
2011 est.
151 Guinea-Bissau
$ 1,095,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
152 Belize
$ 1,079,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
153 Eritrea
$ 1,077,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
154 Equatorial Guinea
$ 1,051,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
155 West Bank
$ 1,040,000,000
2010 est.
156 Maldives
$ 943,000,000
2010 est.
157 Faroe Islands
$ 888,800,000
2010
158 Djibouti
$ 812,500,000
31 December 2011 est.
159 Lesotho
$ 729,900,000
31 December 2011 est.
160 Swaziland
$ 703,100,000
31 December 2011 est.
161 Barbados
$ 668,000,000
2003
162 Haiti
$ 665,100,000
31 December 2011 est.
163 Cape Verde
$ 657,700,000
31 December 2011 est.
164 Gambia, The
$ 642,300,000
31 December 2011 est.
165 Burundi
$ 573,400,000
31 December 2011 est.
166 Sierra Leone
$ 543,500,000
31 December 2011 est.
167 Grenada
$ 531,000,000
2009
168 Turkmenistan
$ 524,700,000
31 December 2011 est.
169 Suriname
$ 504,300,000
2005 est.
170 Central African Republic
$ 483,900,000
31 December 2011 est.
171 Aruba
$ 478,600,000
2005 est.
172 Saint Lucia
$ 470,400,000
31 December 2011 est.
173 Antigua and Barbuda
$ 359,800,000
June 2006
174 Bahamas, The
$ 342,600,000
2004 est.
175 Kosovo
$ 326,000,000
176 Dominica
$ 303,000,000
2008
177 Comoros
$ 279,300,000
31 December 2009 est.
178 Sao Tome and Principe
$ 266,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
179 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
$ 264,900,000
31 December 2011 est.
180 Fiji
$ 258,700,000
31 December 2011 est.
181 Samoa
$ 235,500,000
31 December 2009 est.
182 Liberia
$ 228,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
183 Saint Kitts and Nevis
$ 199,100,000
31 December 2011 est.
184 Solomon Islands
$ 166,000,000
2004
185 Bermuda
$ 160,000,000
FY99/00
186 Cook Islands
$ 141,000,000
1996 est.
187 Tonga
$ 104,600,000
31 December 2010 est.
188 Marshall Islands
$ 87,000,000
2008 est.
189 Vanuatu
$ 81,200,000
2004
190 New Caledonia
$ 79,000,000
1998 est.
191 Cayman Islands
$ 70,000,000
1996
192 Micronesia, Federated States of
$ 60,800,000
FY05 est.
193 Greenland
$ 36,400,000
2010
194 British Virgin Islands
$ 36,100,000
1997
195 Nauru
$ 33,300,000
2004 est.
196 Kiribati
$ 10,000,000
1999 est.
197 Montserrat
$ 8,900,000
1997
198 Anguilla
$ 8,800,000
1998
199 Wallis and Futuna
$ 3,670,000
2004
200 Niue
$ 418,000
2002 est.
201 Brunei
$ 0
2005
202 Palau
$ 0
FY99/00
203 Macau
$ 0
2010
204 Liechtenstein
$ 0
2001
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