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List of countries by external debt
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This is a list of countries by external debt, the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods, or services,[1] where the public debt is the money or credit owed by any level of government, from central to local, and the private debt the money or credit owed by private households or private corporations based in the country under consideration.

The total United States public debt is numerically very similar to United States external debt, but only about a third of United States public debt is external. [1] For discussions of debt ceilings and government defaults in the US and Europe, public debt figures need to be considered.

For informational purposes several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list. Note that this list is gross debt, not net debt. For net debt, see Net international investment position.
Rank Country External Debt[2]
US dollars Date Per capita[3][4][5][6]
US dollars % of GDP[7][8][9]
1 United States 14,825,308,000,000 30 June 2011 47,568 99
— European Union 13,720,000,000,000 30 June 2010 27,864 85
2 United Kingdom 8,981,000,000,000 30 June 2010 144,338 400
3 Germany 4,713,000,000,000 30 June 2010 57,755 142
4 France 4,698,000,000,000 30 June 2010 74,619 182
5 Netherlands 371,028,000,000 31 December 2009 47,172 74
6 Japan 2,441,000,000,000 30 September 2010 19,148 45
7 Ireland 115,000,000,000 20 September 2011 18,592 68
17 Norway 643,000,000,000 12 August 2011 131,220 141
8 Italy 2,223,000,000,000 30 June 2010 est. 36,841 108
9 Spain 2,166,000,000,000 30 June 2010 47,069 154
10 Luxembourg 1,892,000,000,000 30 June 2010 3,759,174 3,443
11 Belgium 1,241,000,000,000 30 June 2010 113,603 266
12 Switzerland 1,200,000,000,000 30 September 2010 154,063 229
13 Australia 1,169,000,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 52,596 95
14 Canada 1,009,000,000,000 30 June 2010 29,625 64
15 Sweden 853,300,000,000 30 June 2010 91,487 187
16 Austria 755,000,000,000 30 June 2010 90,128 200
— Hong Kong 750,800,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 105,420 334
18 Denmark 559,500,000,000 30 June 2010 101,084 180
19 Greece 532,900,000,000 30 June 2010 47,636 174
20 Portugal 497,800,000,000 30 June 2010 46,795 217
21 Russia 480,200,000,000 30 November 2010 est. 3,421 33
22 China 406,600,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 303 7
23 Finland 370,800,000,000 30 June 2010 68,960 155
24 Korea, South 370,100,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 7,567 37
25 Brazil 310,800,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,608 15
26 Turkey 270,700,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 3,794 36
27 Poland 252,900,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 6,639 54
28 India 306,000,000,000 1 September 2011 195 15
29 Mexico 212,500,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,956 20
30 Indonesia 196,100,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 837 28
31 Argentina 160,900,000,000 30 September 2010 est. 3,971 43
32 Hungary 148,400,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 14,821 115
33 United Arab Emirates 122,700,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 24,273 41
34 Romania 108,900,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 5,082 67
35 Ukraine 97,500,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 2,144 71
36 Kazakhstan 94,440,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 6,060 68
38 Israel 89,680,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 12,070 42
39 Czech Republic 86,790,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 8,260 45
40 Chile 84,510,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 4,916 42
41 Saudi Arabia 82,920,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 3,176 19
42 Thailand 82,500,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,292 26
43 South Africa 80,520,000,000 30 June 2010 est. 1,613 23
44 Malaysia 72,600,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 2,570 31
45 Qatar 71,380,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 41,988 55
46 New Zealand 219,589,000,000 March 2011[10] 50,260 127
47 Philippines 59,770,000,000 30 September 2010 est. 636 32
48 Croatia 59,700,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 13,519 99
49 Slovakia 59,330,000,000 30 June 2010 est. 10,926 68
50 Colombia 57,740,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,269 20
51 Pakistan 57,210,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 343 33
52 Kuwait 56,810,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 15,754 43
53 Venezuela 55,610,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,906 19
54 Iraq 52,580,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,641 64
55 Slovenia 51,570,000,000 30 June 2010 25,555 108
56 Bulgaria 47,150,000,000 30 November 2010 est. 6,261 99
57 Sudan 37,980,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 946 55
58 Latvia 37,280,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 16,584 155
59 Lebanon 34,450,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 8,815 88
60 Vietnam 33,450,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 379 32
61 Peru 33,290,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,126 22
62 Cyprus 32,610,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 37,812 129
63 Serbia 30,900,000,000 30 November 2010 est. 4,178 80
64 Egypt 30,610,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 391 14
65 Lithuania 27,600,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 8,381 76
66 Belarus 24,800,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 2,629 45
67 Bangladesh 24,460,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 149 23
68 Morocco 22,690,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 712 22
69 Estonia 22,210,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 17,284 112
70 Singapore 21,660,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 4,194 10
71 Cuba 19,750,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,780 34
72 Tunisia 18,760,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,779 42
73 Monaco 16,500,000,000 July 2011 est. 5,265 260
74 Angola 17,980,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 944 21
75 Sri Lanka 17,970,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 881 36
76 Guatemala 17,470,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,216 42
77 Ecuador 14,710,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 995 25
78 Bahrain 14,680,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 13,261 65
79 Panama 13,850,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 3,927 52
80 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13,500,000,000 2009 est. 197 122
81 Uruguay 13,390,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 3,989 33
82 Dominican Republic 13,090,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,326 25
83 Iran 12,840,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 170 4
84 Jamaica 12,660,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 4,660 92
85 Korea, North 12,500,000,000 2001 est. 544 N/A
86 Cote d'Ivoire 11,600,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 527 51
87 El Salvador 11,450,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,953 53
88 Nigeria 11,020,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 71 5
89 Oman 8,829,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 2,962 16
90 Costa Rica 8,550,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,874 24
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,996,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 2,052 48
92 Kenya 7,935,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 200 25
93 Syria 7,682,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 373 13
94 Zimbabwe 7,662,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 609 103
95 Tanzania 7,576,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 183 33
96 Yemen 7,147,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 293 23
97 Burma 7,145,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 117 17
98 Ghana 6,483,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 274 21
99 Libya 6,378,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 972 9
100 Malta 5,978,000,000 31 December 2010 14,233 72
101 Laos 5,797,000,000 2010 est. 900 91
102 Jordan 5,522,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 903 20
103 Republic of Macedonia 5,485,000,000 30 September 2010 est. 2,668 60
104 Armenia 5,227,000,000 30 June 2010 1,584 56
105 Mauritius 5,043,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 3,937 52
107 Turkmenistan 5,000,000,000 2009 est. 978 25
106 Congo, Republic of the 5,000,000,000 2000 est. 1,722 155
108 Mozambique 4,990,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 231 50
109 Moldova 4,618,000,000 30 September 2010 est. 1,296 79
110 Nepal 4,500,000,000 2009 161 35
111 Cambodia 4,338,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 304 37
112 Trinidad and Tobago 4,303,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 3,502 21
113 Ethiopia 4,289,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 51 14
114 Uzbekistan 4,236,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 150 11
115 Algeria 4,138,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 115 3
116 Nicaragua 4,030,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 693 62
117 Senegal 3,885,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 296 30
118 Kyrgyzstan 3,738,000,000 30 June 2010 699 81
119 Honduras 3,540,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 465 23
120 Zambia 3,495,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 264 22
121 Georgia 3,381,000,000 31 December 2009 771 31
122 Cameroon 3,344,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 164 15
123 Azerbaijan 3,221,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 356 6
124 Liberia 3,200,000,000 2005 est. 930 590
125 Iceland 3,073,000,000 2002 10,670 35
126 Guinea 3,072,000,000 31 December 2009 est. 305 68
127 Somalia 3,000,000,000 2001 est. 386 N/A
128 Madagascar 2,973,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 140 36
129 Benin 2,894,000,000 31 December 2009 est. 308 43
130 Uganda 2,888,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 85 17
131 Bolivia 2,864,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 275 15
132 Albania 2,810,000,000 2009 882 23
133 Mali 2,800,000,000 2002 254 88
134 Afghanistan 2,700,000,000 FY08/09 92 22
135 Paraguay 2,445,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 382 13
136 Gabon 2,374,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,587 18
137 Namibia 2,373,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,131 20
138 Botswana 2,222,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,208 16
139 Niger 2,100,000,000 2003 est. 178 79
140 Burkina Faso 2,002,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 136 23
141 Tajikistan 1,997,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 262 35
142 Mongolia 1,860,000,000 2009 686 41
143 Chad 1,749,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 160 21
144 Sierra Leone 1,610,000,000 2003 est. 340 61
145 Papua New Guinea 1,548,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 238 16
146 Seychelles 1,374,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 15,614 147
147 Malawi 1,213,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 77 24
148 Burundi 1,200,000,000 2003 167 202
149 Central African Republic 1,153,000,000 2007 est. 270 68
— West Bank 1,040,000,000 2010 est. 414 N/A
150 Belize 1,010,000,000 2009 est. 3,079 75
151 Eritrea 961,900,000 31 December 2008 est. 195 58
152 Maldives 943,000,000 2010 est. 2,947 50
153 Guinea-Bissau 941,500,000 2000 est. 722 259
154 Bhutan 836,000,000 2009 1,193 64
155 Equatorial Guinea 832,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 634 6
156 Guyana 804,300,000 30 September 2008 1,049 42
157 Barbados 668,000,000 2003 2,456 22
158 Montenegro 650,000,000 2006 939 24
159 Lesotho 647,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 255 30
160 Gambia, The 530,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 306 50
161 Suriname 504,300,000 2005 est. 1,011 28
162 Swaziland 497,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 428 14
163 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 479,000,000 2010 est. 4,477 85
— Aruba 478,600,000 2005 est. 4,935 21
164 Djibouti 428,000,000 2006 573 56
165 Antigua and Barbuda 359,800,000 June 2006 4,388 36
166 Haiti 350,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 36 5
167 Grenada 347,000,000 2004 3,402 74
168 Bahamas, The 342,600,000 2004 est. 1,067 6
169 Cape Verde 325,000,000 2002 714 52
170 Sao Tome and Principe 318,000,000 2002 2,193 349
171 Saint Kitts and Nevis 314,000,000 2004 6,408 79
172 Saint Lucia 257,000,000 2004 1,586 32
173 Comoros 232,000,000 2000 est. 430 115
174 Dominica 213,000,000 2004 3,000 75
175 Samoa 177,000,000 2004 968 47
176 Solomon Islands 166,000,000 2004 355 44
— Bermuda 160,000,000 FY99/00 2,575 5
— Cook Islands 141,000,000 1996 est. 7,756 N/A
177 Fiji 127,000,000 2004 est. 150 5
178 Marshall Islands 87,000,000 2008 est. 1,377 54
179 Vanuatu 81,200,000 2004 389 22
180 Tonga 80,700,000 2004 799 33
— New Caledonia 79,000,000 1998 est. 385 3
— Cayman Islands 70,000,000 1996 2,078 7
— Faroe Islands 68,100,000 2006 N/A N/A
181 Micronesia, Federated States of 60,800,000 FY05 est.</small 556 25
— Greenland 58,000,000 2009 1,035 5
— British Virgin Islands 36,100,000 1997 N/A N/A
182 Nauru 33,300,000 2004 est. N/A N/A
183 Kiribati 10,000,000 1999 est. 120 14
— Montserrat 8,900,000 1997 N/A N/A
— Anguilla 8,800,000 1998 N/A N/A
— Wallis and Futuna 3,670,000 2004 N/A N/A
— Niue 418,000 2002 est. N/A N/A
— Macau 0 2010 0 0
184 Brunei 0 2005 0 0
185 Taiwan 0 2011 0 0
186 Liechtenstein 0 2001 0 0
187 Palau 0 FY99/00 0 0
[edit] See also

List of sovereign states by public debt
Domestic Liability Dollarization
List of sovereign states by external assets
Net international investment position
Balance of trade

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