List of countries by external debt

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This is a list of countries by gross (i.e. total) external debt.

"External debt" is defined as the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services (see definition). The list is based on The World Factbook unless otherwise noted. Source [1] accessed on March 2006. For informational purposes several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list.

Some of these figures may have changed.

Rank	Country - Entity	External Debt (million US$)	Date of information
1	United States	10,000,0001	2006 est.
2	United Kingdom	8,000,0002	2006 est.
3	Germany	3,646,0073	September 2005 est.
4	France	2,826,000	30 June 2005
5	Italy	1,682,000	30 June 2005 est.
6	Netherlands	1,699,5124	Q3 2005
7	Japan	1,545,000	31 December 2004
8	Spain	1,249,000	30 June 2005 est.
9	Ireland	1,049,000	30 June 2005
10	Belgium	980,100	30 June 2005 est.
11	Switzerland	856,000	30 June 2005
12	Sweden	516,100	30 June 2005
13	Austria	510,600	30 June 2005 est.
14	Australia	509,600	30 June 2005 est.
15	Canada	480,000	30 Sept. 2006
—	Hong Kong	416,500	30 June 2005 est.
16	Denmark	352,900	30 June 2005
17	Portugal	298,700	30 June 2005 est.
18	Norway	281,000	30 June 2005
19	Singapore	246,700[2]	2005 est.
20	China	242,000	2005 est.
21	Russia	230,300	30 June 2005 est.
22	Finland	211,700	30 June 2005
23	Brazil	211,400	30 June 2005 est.
24	Korea, South	188,400	30 June 2005 est.
25	Mexico	174,300	30 June 2005 est.
26	Turkey	161,800	30 June 2005 est.
27	Indonesia	140,600	2005 est.
28	Poland	123,400	30 June 2005 est.
29	India	119,700	2005 est.
30	Argentina	119,000	June 2005 est.
31	Iraq	82,100	2005 est.
32	Taiwan	81,640	2005 est.
33	Hungary	76,230	30 June 2005 est.
34	Greece	75,100	2005 est.
35	Israel	73,870	30 June 2005 est.
36	Philippines	66,120	2005 est.
37	New Zealand	57,670	2005 est.
38	Malaysia	56,720	30 June 2005 est.
39	Thailand	50,630	30 June 2005 est.
40	Chile	44,800	31 October 2005 est.
41	South Africa	44,330	30 June 2005 est.
42	Czech Republic	43,200	30 June 2005 est.
43	Pakistan	39,940	2005 est.
44	Venezuela	39,790	2005 est.
45	Nigeria	37,490	2005 est.
46	Colombia	37,060	30 June 2005 est.
47	Saudi Arabia	34,550	2005 est.
48	Ukraine	33,930	30 June 2005 est.
49	Kazakhstan	32,700	2005 est.
50	United Arab Emirates	30,210	2005 est.
51	Peru	30,180	30 June 2005 est.
52	Romania	29,470	2005 est.
53	Croatia	29,280	30 June 2005 est.
54	Egypt	28,950	30 June 2005 est.
55	Lebanon	25,920	2005 est.
56	Slovakia	25,810	2005 est.
57	Algeria	21,540	2005 est.
58	Bangladesh	21,250	2005 est.
59	Qatar	20,630	2005 est.
60	Slovenia	20,570	30 June 2005 est.
61	Vietnam	19,170	2005 est.
62	Tunisia	18,910	30 June 2005 est.
63	Sudan	18,150	2005 est.
64	Monaco	18,000	2000 est.
65	Ecuador	17,010	31 December 2004 est.
66	Iran	16,940	2005 est.
67	Morocco	15,600	2005 est.
68	Bulgaria	15,460	2005 est.
69	Serbia and Montenegro	15,430	2005 est.
70	Kuwait	14,930	2005 est.
71	Cote d'Ivoire	13,260	2005 est.
72	Latvia	13,200	30 June 2005 est.
73	Cuba	13,100	2005 est.
74	Korea, North	12,000	1996 est.
75	Sri Lanka	11,590	2005 est.
76	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10,600	2003 est.
77	Lithuania	10,470	31 December 2004 est.
78	Estonia	10,090	30 June 2005 est.
79	Uruguay	9,931	30 June 2005 est.
80	Angola	9,879	2005 est.
81	Panama	9,859	2005 est.
82	Cameroon	9,223	2005 est.
83	Syria	8,590	2005 est.
84	Jordan	8,459	2005 est.
85	El Salvador	8,273	30 June 2005 est.
86	Afghanistan	8,000	2004
87	Tanzania	7,950	2005 est.
88	Dominican Republic	7,907	2005 est.
89	Cyprus	7,803	2005 est.
90	Kenya	7,349	2005 est.
91	Ghana	7,084	2005 est.
92	Burma	6,967	2005 est.
93	Bahrain	6,831	2005 est.
94	Jamaica	6,792	2005 est.
95	Bolivia	6,430	2005 est.
96	Zambia	5,866	2005 est.
97	Yemen	5,689	2005 est.
98	Guatemala	5,503	2005 est.
99	Uzbekistan	5,184	2005 est.
100	Zimbabwe	5,170	2005 est.
101	Congo, Republic of the	5,000	2000 est.
102	Uganda	4,949	2005 est.
103	Honduras	4,675	2005 est.
104	Belarus	4,662	30 June 2005 est.
105	Madagascar	4,600	2002
106	Oman	4,586	2005 est.
107	Libya	4,267	2005 est.
108	Nicaragua	4,054	2005 est.
109	Gabon	3,857	2005 est.
110	Costa Rica	3,633	30 June 2005 est.
111	Senegal	3,610	2003 est.
112	Paraguay	3,535	2005 est.
113	Guinea	3,460	2003 est.
114	Malawi	3,284	2005 est.
115	Liberia	3,200	2005 est.
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,100	2005 est.
117	Iceland	3,073	2002
118	Somalia	3,000	2001 est.
119	Trinidad and Tobago	2,986	2005 est.
120	Mauritius	2,958	2005 est.
121	Ethiopia	2,900	2001 est.
122	Mali	2,800	2002
—	Macau	2,700	2003
123	Nepal	2,700	2001
124	Mauritania	2,500	2000
125	Laos	2,490	2001
126	Kyrgyzstan	2,428	31 December 2004 est.
127	Turkmenistan	2,400	2001 est.
128	Azerbaijan	2,253	2005 est.
129	Macedonia	2,207	2005 est.
130	Niger	2,100	2003 est.
131	Togo	2,000	2005
132	Papua New Guinea	1,978	2005 est.
133	Moldova	1,926	2005 est.
134	Georgia	1,900	2003
135	Armenia	1,868	38352
136	Burkina Faso	1,850	2003
137	Sierra Leone	1,610	2003 est.
138	Benin	1,600	2000
139	Chad	1,500	2003 est.
140	Albania	1,410	2003
141	Rwanda	1,400	2004 est.
142	Belize	1,362	June 2004 est.
143	Mongolia	1,360	2004
—	Netherlands Antilles	1,350	1996
144	Haiti	1,300	2005 est.
145	Burundi	1,200	2003
146	Guyana	1,200	2002
—	French Guiana	1,200	1988
147	Namibia	1,164	2005 est.
148	Central African Republic	1,060	2002 est.
149	Mozambique	966	2002 est.
150	Guinea-Bissau	941.5	2000 est.
151	Tajikistan	888	2004 est.
152	Cambodia	800	2003 est.
153	Lesotho	735	2002
154	Barbados	668	2003
155	Gambia, The	628.8	2003 est.
156	Botswana	556	2005 est.
157	Djibouti	366	2002 est.
158	Swaziland	357	2003 est.
159	Cape Verde	325	2002
160	Suriname	321	2002 est.
161	Sao Tome and Principe	318	2002
162	Eritrea	311	2000 est.
163	Bahamas, The	308.5	2002
—	Aruba	285	1996
164	Maldives	281	2003 est.
165	Seychelles	276.8	2005 est.
166	Equatorial Guinea	248	2000 est.
167	Bhutan	245	2000
168	Comoros	232	2000 est.
169	Antigua and Barbuda	231	1999
170	Saint Lucia	214	2000
171	Samoa	197	2000
172	Grenada	196	2000
173	Fiji	188.1	2001 est.
174	Solomon Islands	180.4	2002
175	Martinique	180	1994
176	Saint Kitts and Nevis	171	2001
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	167.2	2000
178	Dominica	161.5	2001
179	Bermuda	160	FY99/00
180	Cook Islands	141	1996 est.
181	Malta	130	1997
182	Marshall Islands	86.5	FY99/00 est.
183	Vanuatu	83.7	2002
184	New Caledonia	79	1998 est.
185	Cayman Islands	70	1996
—	Faroe Islands	64	1999
186	Tonga	63.4	2001
187	Micronesia, Federated States of	53.1	FY02/03 est.
188	British Virgin Islands	36.1	1997
189	Nauru	33.3	2002
—	Greenland	25	1999
190	Kiribati	10	1999 est.
191	Montserrat	8.9	1997
192	Anguilla	8.8	1998
193	Niue	0.418	2002 est.
194	Brunei	0	NA
—	West Bank	0	2002
—	Gaza Strip	0	2002
195	Palau	0	FY99/00
196	Tokelau	0	NA
197	Liechtenstein	0	2001

[edit] Notes

• Note 1: United States Department of the Treasury [3]
• Note 2: Office for National Statistics [4]
• Note 3: Deutsche Bundesbank [5]
• Note 4: De Nederlandsche Bank[6]

Germany: External Debt presents only a fraction of the overall financial relationships of Germany with other countries and is more than offset by Germany's external assets. [7]. This is probably also the case for several other nations listed here.

[edit] Reference

• The World Factbook

[edit] See also