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.

Rank	Country - Entity	External Debt (million US$)	Date of information	External Debt Per Capita	Date of population*
-	World	54,310,000	2004 est.	8,141	1-Jul-07
1	United States	12,877,8891	31-Dec-07	42,343	22-May-08
2	United Kingdom	11,502,8002	Q4 2007	189,855	30-Jun-06
3	Germany	4,489,000	30-Jun-07	54,604	31-Dec-07
4	France	4,396,000	30-Jun-07	68,183	1-Jan-08
5	Italy	2,345,000	30-Jun-07	39,446	31-Aug-07
6	Netherlands	2,277,000	30-Jun-07	138,619	5-May-08
7	Spain	2,047,000	30 June 2007 est.	45,287	1-Jan-07
8	Ireland	1,841,000	30-Jun-07	424,291	30-Apr-07
9	Japan	1,492,000	30-Jun-07	11,682	1-Mar-08
10	Switzerland	1,340,000	30-Jun-07	176,019	29-Feb-08
11	Belgium	1,313,000	30-Jun-07	124,049	1-Jan-07
12	Canada	758,600	30-Jun-07	22,801	22-May-08
13	Australia	757,900	30-Jun-07	35,574	21-May-08
14	Austria	752,500	30-Jun-07	90,289	31-Mar-08
15	Sweden	598,200	30-Jun-06	65,048	31-Mar-08
16	Hong Kong	588,000	2007 est.	84,445	31-Dec-07
17	Denmark	492,600	30-Jun-07	89,853	31-Mar-08
18	Norway	469,100	30-Jun-07	98,530	19-May-08
19	Portugal	415,500	30-Jun-07	39,113
20	Russia	384,800	30-Jun-07	2,710	1-Jan-08
21	Greece	371,500	30-Jun-07	33,327
22	China	363,000	31 December 2007 est.	274	22-May-08
23	Korea, South	342,700	30-Sep-07	7,106	2007
24	Finland	271,200	30-Jun-07	51,073	20-May-08
25	Brazil	230,300	30-Jun-07	1,234	22-May-08
26	Turkey	226,400	30-Jun-07	3,207	31-Dec-07
27	Poland	187,800	30-Jun-07	4,927	30-Jun-07
28	Mexico	182,000	30-Jun-07	1,708
29	India	165,400	30-Jun-07	146	22-May-08
30	Hungary	142,900	30-Jun-07	14,229	31-Jan-08
31	Indonesia	137,200	30-Jun-07	592
32	Argentina	118,000	30-Sep-07	2,878	7-Sep
33	Kazakhstan	93,900	30-Sep-07	6,089
34	Israel	87,430	30-Jun-07	12,006	7-May-08
35	Taiwan	85,800	31-Dec-07	3,734	29-Feb-08
36	Romania	84,740	31-Dec-07	3,953
37	Ukraine	65,380	30-Jun-07	1,411	1-Feb-08
38	South Africa	64,800	30-Sep-07	1,354	1-Jul-07
39	Philippines	62,840	31 December 2007 est.	709	1-Aug-07
40	Czech Republic	61,740	30-Jun-07	5,947	31-Dec-07
41	Thailand	58,600	30-Jun-07	930	31-Dec-07
42	Malaysia	57,830	30-Jun-07	2,107	31-Dec-06
43	Iraq	56,310	31 December 2007 est.	1,942
44	Saudi Arabia	52,890	31 December 2007 est.	2,138
45	New Zealand	50,020	31 December 2007 est.	11,725	21-May-08
46	Chile	49,180	30-Jun-07	2,963	30-Jun-07
47	Venezuela	45,440	31 December 2007 est.	1,630	17-May-08
48	Colombia	43,300	30-Jun-07	982	5-May-08
49	Croatia	41,560	30-Jun-07	9,124
50	United Arab Emirates	41,510	31 December 2007 est.	9,477
51	Slovenia	40,420	30-Jun-07	19,953	1-Apr-08
52	Pakistan	40,320	31 December 2007 est.	247	22-May-08
53	Slovakia	36,660	30-Jun-07	6,788	31-Dec-07
54	Lebanon	34,670	31 December 2007 est.	8,458
55	Kuwait	33,610	31 December 2007 est.	11,789
56	Qatar	31,070	31 December 2007 est.	36,944
57	Egypt	29,900	30-Jun-07	396
58	Latvia	29,850	30-Jun-07	13,152	31-Jan-08
59	Sudan	29,600	31 December 2007 est.	768
60	Bulgaria	29,290	30-Jun-07	3,834
61	Peru	27,810	31 December 2007 est.	967	30-Jun-07
62	Serbia	26,240	2007 est.	2,662
63	Cyprus	26,120	31 December 2007 est.	30,550
64	Singapore	25,530	31 December 2007 est.	5,454	27-Sep-07
65	Vietnam	24,410	31 December 2007 est.	279
66	Lithuania	22,700	30-Jun-07	6,744	1-Jan-08
67	Bangladesh	20,250	31 December 2007 est.	128
68	Estonia	20,240	30-Jun-07	15,098	1-Jan-08
68	Zimbabwe	13,349,000	#REF!
69	Tunisia	18,560	Dec-07	1,797
70	Monaco	18,000	2000 est.	545,455
71	Ecuador	17,560	31-Oct-07	1,316
72	Morocco	16,860	31 December 2007 est.	540
73	Cuba	16,790	31 December 2007 est.	1,490
74	Iran	13,800	31 December 2007 est.	194
75	Sri Lanka	13,520	31 December 2007 est.	701
76	Korea, North	12,500	2001 est.	525
77	Uruguay	12,000	30-Sep-07	3,593
78	Cote d'Ivoire	10,910	31 December 2007 est.	566
79	Panama	10,560	31 December 2007 est.	3,159
80	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10,000	2006 est.	495,050	7-Sep
81	Belarus	9,272	30-Jun-07	954	1-Jan-07
82	Dominican Republic	8,842	31 December 2007 est.	906
83	Angola	8,835	31 December 2007 est.	519
84	Afghanistan	8,000	2004	295
85	Kenya	7,715	31 December 2007 est.	206
86	Bahrain	7,692	31 December 2007 est.	10,119
87	Jordan	7,483	31 December 2007 est.	1,263
88	Costa Rica	7,163	30-Jun-07	1,603
89	Jamaica	7,138	31 December 2007 est.	2,630
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7,057	31 December 2007 est.	1,793
91	Burma	6,914	31 December 2007 est.	142
92	Syria	6,340	December 2007 est.	318
93	Yemen	6,122	31 December 2007 est.	273
94	Nigeria	5,815	31 December 2007 est.	39
95	Guatemala	5,561	31 December 2007 est.	416
96	El Salvador	5,444	Dec-07	794
97	Uzbekistan	5,398	31 December 2007 est.	197
98	Congo, Republic of the	5,000	2000 est.	80
99	Tanzania	4,984	31 December 2007 est.	123
100	Zimbabwe	4,876	31 December 2007 est.	365
101	Libya	4,837	31 December 2007 est.	785
102	Madagascar	4,600	2002	234
103	Georgia	4,500	2007	1,024
104	Mozambique	4,284	31 December 2007 est.	200
105	Cambodia	3,980	31 December 2007 est.	276
106	Honduras	3,871	31 December 2007 est.	545
107	Bolivia	3,800	31 December 2007 est.	399
108	Ethiopia	3,793	31 December 2007 est.	49	7-Jul
109	Nicaragua	3,702	31 December 2007 est.	661
110	Paraguay	3,632	31 December 2007 est.	593
111	Gabon	3,579	31 December 2007 est.	2,689
112	Oman	3,483	31 December 2007 est.	1,342
113	Ghana	3,387	31 December 2007 est.	144
114	Algeria	3,358	31 December 2007 est.	99
115	Guinea	3,298	31 December 2007 est.	352
116	Liberia	3,200	2005 est.	853
117	Laos	3,179	2006	543
118	Iceland	3,073	2002	9,717	1-Apr-08
119	Nepal	3,070	Mar-06	109
120	Trinidad and Tobago	3,025	31 December 2007 est.	2,269
121	Somalia	3,000	2001 est.	345
122	Kyrgyzstan	2,966	30-Jun-07	558
123	Mali	2,800	2002	227
124	Zambia	2,798	31 December 2007 est.	235
125	Moldova	2,774	30-Jun-07	731
126	Macedonia	2,758	31-Dec-07	1,353
127	Netherlands Antilles	2,680	2004	13,958
128	Mauritius	2,583	31 December 2007 est.	2,047
129	Mauritania	2,500	2000	800
130	Cameroon	2,449	31 December 2007 est.	132
131	Niger	2,100	2003 est.	148
132	Azerbaijan	2,022	31 December 2007 est.	239
133	Senegal	2,004	31-Dec-07	162
134	Togo	2,000	2005	304
135	Papua New Guinea	1,814	31 December 2007 est.	287
136	Sierra Leone	1,610	2003 est.	274
137	Chad	1,600	2005 est.	148
138	Albania	1,550	2004	486
139	Mongolia	1,438	2007	547
140	Namibia	1,429	31 December 2007 est.	689
141	Rwanda	1,400	2004 est.	144
142	Turkmenistan	1,400	2004 est.	282
143	Uganda	1,390	31 December 2007 est.	45
144	Armenia	1,372	31 December 2007 est.	457
145	Burkina Faso	1,330	2007	90
146	Tajikistan	1,308	31 December 2007 est.	194
147	Haiti	1,248	31 December 2007 est.	130
148	Belize	1,200	June 2005 est.	4,167
149	Burundi	1,200	2003	141
150	Guyana	1,200	2002	1,626
151	Benin	1,200	2007	133
152	Central African Republic	1,153	2007 est.	265
153	Seychelles	957	31 December 2007 est.	11,000
154	Guinea-Bissau	942	2000 est.	555
155	Lesotho	693	31 December 2007 est.	345
156	Barbados	668	2003	2,272
157	Montenegro	650	2006	1,087
158	Gambia, The	629	2003 est.	368
159	Malawi	622	31 December 2007 est.	45
160	Bhutan	593	2004	901
161	Swaziland	539	31 December 2007 est.	472
162	Botswana	513	31 December 2007 est.	273
163	Suriname	504	2005 est.	1,101
164	Maldives	482	2006 est.	1,575
165	Aruba	479	2005 est.	4,602
166	Djibouti	428	2006	514
167	Antigua and Barbuda	360	Jun-06	4,233
168	Grenada	347	2004	3,274
169	Bahamas, The	343	2004 est.	1,035
170	Cape Verde	325	2002	613
171	São Tomé and Príncipe	318	2002	10,258
172	Saint Kitts and Nevis	314	2004	6,280
173	Eritrea	311	2000 est.	64
174	Equatorial Guinea	288	31 December 2007 est.	568
175	Saint Lucia	257	2004	1,558
176	Comoros	232	2000 est.	340	7-Jul
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	223	2004	1,858
178	Dominica	213	2004	3,179
179	Malta	189	2005	464
180	Samoa	177	2004	939	2008
181	Solomon Islands	166	2004	335
182	Bermuda	160	FY 99/00	2,462
183	Cook Islands	141	1996 est.	37
184	Fiji	127	2004 est.	153	2007
185	Marshall Islands	87	FY 99/00 est.	1,466
186	Vanuatu	81	2004	359
187	Tonga	81	2004	807
188	New Caledonia	79	1998 est.	329	1-Jan-07
189	Cayman Islands	70	1996	1,489
190	Faroe Islands	64	1999	1,320	1-Mar-08
191	Micronesia, Federated States of	61	FY 05 est.	548
192	British Virgin Islands	36	1997	1,570
193	Nauru	33	2002	3,330
194	Greenland	25	1999	431
195	Kiribati	10	1999 est.	105
196	Montserrat	9	1997	1,508
197	Anguilla	9	1998	677
198	Wallis and Futuna	4	2004	8
199	Niue	0	2002 est.	261
200	Brunei	0	2005	0
201	Liechtenstein	0	2001	0	30-Jun-07
202	Palau	0	FY 99/00	0
203	Macau	0	2006	0	31-Dec-07

• Per capita debt is based upon the total debt (column 3 - estimated as of the date in column 4) divided by the population as of the date in the last column.

[edit] Source

• External debt rank order - CIA world factbook

[edit] Notes

• Note 1: United States Department of the Treasury [2] (Data from December 31, 2007 — page updated March 28, 2008)
• Note 2: Office for National Statistics [3] (£ 5,783.0 billion Q4/2007)

[edit] See also

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[edit] External links

• www.jedh.org - Gross external debt (Joint External Debt Hub)