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Country
Debt - external
Afghanistan $8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia; Afghanistan has $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks (2004)
Albania $1.55 billion (2004)
Algeria $21.54 billion (2005 est.)
American Samoa $NA
Andorra $NA
Angola $9.879 billion (2005 est.)
Anguilla $8.8 million (1998)
Antigua and Barbuda $231 million (1999)
Argentina $119 billion (June 2005 est.)
Armenia $1.819 billion (20 September 2005)
Aruba $453 million (2005 est.)
Australia $509.6 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Austria $510.6 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Azerbaijan $2.253 billion (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The $342.6 million (2004 est.)
Bahrain $6.831 billion (2005 est.)
Bangladesh $21.25 billion (2005 est.)
Barbados $668 million (2003)
Belarus $4.662 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Belgium $980.1 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Belize $1.362 billion (June 2004 est.)
Benin $1.6 billion (2000)
Bermuda $160 million (FY99/00)
Bhutan $245 million (2000)
Bolivia $6.43 billion (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina $3.1 billion (2005 est.)
Botswana $556 million (2005 est.)
Brazil $211.4 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands $36.1 million (1997)
Brunei $NA
Bulgaria $15.46 billion (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso $1.85 billion (2003)
Burma $6.967 billion (2005 est.)
Burundi $1.2 billion (2003)
Cambodia $800 million (2003 est.)
Cameroon $9.223 billion (2005 est.)
Canada $439.8 billion (30 November 2005)
Cape Verde $325 million (2002)
Cayman Islands $70 million (1996)
Central African Republic $1.06 billion (2002 est.)
Chad $1.5 billion (2003 est.)
Chile $44.8 billion (31 October 2005 est.)
China $242 billion (2005 est.)
Colombia $37.06 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Comoros $232 million (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the $10.6 billion (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the $5 billion (2000 est.)
Cook Islands $141 million (1996 est.)
Costa Rica $3.633 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire $13.26 billion (2005 est.)
Croatia $29.28 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Cuba $13.1 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion owed to Russia (2005 est.)
Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: $7.803 billion; north Cyprus: $NA (2005 est.)
Czech Republic $43.2 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Denmark $352.9 billion (30 June 2005)
Djibouti $366 million (2002 est.)
Dominica $161.5 million (2001)
Dominican Republic $7.907 billion (2005 est.)
East Timor $0
Ecuador $18.29 billion (November 2005 est.)
Egypt $28.95 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
El Salvador $8.273 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea $248 million (2000 est.)
Eritrea $311 million (2000 est.)
Estonia $10.09 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Ethiopia $2.9 billion (2001 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $NA
Faroe Islands $64 million (1999)
Fiji $188.1 million (2001 est.)
Finland $211.7 billion (30 June 2005)
France $2.826 trillion (30 June 2005)
French Guiana $1.2 billion (1988)
French Polynesia $NA
Gabon $3.857 billion (2005 est.)
Gambia, The $628.8 million (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip $0; note - includes West Bank (2002)
Georgia $2.04 billion (2004)
Germany $3.626 trillion (30 June 2005)
Ghana $7.084 billion (2005 est.)
Gibraltar $NA (2000 est.)
Greece $75.1 billion (2005 est.)
Greenland $25 million (1999)
Grenada $196 million (2000)
Guadeloupe $NA
Guam $NA
Guatemala $5.503 billion (2005 est.)
Guernsey $NA
Guinea $3.46 billion (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau $941.5 million (2000 est.)
Guyana $1.2 billion (2002)
Haiti $1.3 billion (2005 est.)
Honduras $4.675 billion (2005 est.)
Hong Kong $416.5 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Hungary $76.23 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Iceland $3.073 billion (2002)
India $119.7 billion (2005 est.)
Indonesia $131 billion (2005 est.)
Iran $16.94 billion (2005 est.)
Iraq $82.1 billion (2005 est.)
Ireland $1.049 trillion (30 June 2005)
Isle of Man $NA
Israel $73.87 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Italy $1.682 trillion (30 June 2005 est.)
Jamaica $6.792 billion (2005 est.)
Japan $1.545 trillion (31 December 2004)
Jersey $NA
Jordan $8.273 billion (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan $32.7 billion (2005 est.)
Kenya $7.349 billion (2005 est.)
Kiribati $10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North $12 billion (1996 est.)
Korea, South $188.4 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Kuwait $14.93 billion (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan $2.428 billion (31 December 2004 est.)
Laos $2.49 billion (2001)
Latvia $13.2 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Lebanon $25.92 billion (2005 est.)
Lesotho $735 million (2002)
Liberia $3.2 billion (2005 est.)
Libya $4.267 billion (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein $0 (2001)
Lithuania $10.47 billion (31 December 2004 est.)
Luxembourg $NA
Macau $3.1 billion (2004)
Macedonia $1.939 billion (2005 est.)
Madagascar $4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi $3.284 billion (2005 est.)
Malaysia $56.72 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Maldives $316 million (2004 est.)
Mali $2.8 billion (2002)
Malta $188.8 million (2005)
Marshall Islands $86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)
Martinique $180 million (1994)
Mauritania $2.5 billion (2000)
Mauritius $2.958 billion (2005 est.)
Mayotte $NA
Mexico $174.3 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of $53.1 million (FY02/03 est.)
Moldova $1.926 billion (2005 est.)
Monaco $18 billion (2000 est.)
Mongolia $1.36 billion (2004)
Montserrat $8.9 million (1997)
Morocco $15.6 billion (2005 est.)
Mozambique $966 million (2002 est.)
Namibia $1.164 billion (2005 est.)
Nauru $33.3 million (2002)
Nepal $3.34 billion (March 2005)
Netherlands $1.645 trillion (30 June 2005)
Netherlands Antilles $2.68 billion (2004)
New Caledonia $79 million (1998 est.)
New Zealand $57.67 billion (2005 est.)
Nicaragua $5.144 billion (31 December 2005 est.)
Niger $2.1 billion (2003 est.)
Nigeria $37.49 billion (2005 est.)
Niue $418,000 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island $NA
Northern Mariana Islands $NA
Norway $281 billion; note - Norway is a net external creditor (30 June 2005)
Oman $4.586 billion (2005 est.)
Pakistan $39.94 billion (2005 est.)
Palau $0 (FY99/00)
Panama $9.859 billion (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea $1.978 billion (2005 est.)
Paraguay $3.535 billion (2005 est.)
Peru $30.18 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Philippines $67.62 billion (2005 est.)
Poland $123.4 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Portugal $298.7 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Puerto Rico $NA
Qatar $20.63 billion (2005 est.)
Reunion $NA
Romania $29.47 billion (2005 est.)
Russia $230.3 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Rwanda $1.4 billion (2004 est.)
Saint Helena $NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis $171 million (2001)
Saint Lucia $214 million (2000)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon $NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $167.2 million (2000)
Samoa $197 million (2000)
San Marino $NA
Sao Tome and Principe $318 million (2002)
Saudi Arabia $34.55 billion (2005 est.)
Senegal $3.61 billion (2003 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro $15.43 billion (2005 est.)
Seychelles $276.8 million (2005 est.)
Sierra Leone $1.61 billion (2003 est.)
Singapore $24.67 billion (2005 est.)
Slovakia $26.54 billion (2005 est.)
Slovenia $22.91 billion (30 September 2005 est.)
Solomon Islands $180.4 million (2002)
Somalia $3 billion (2001 est.)
South Africa $44.33 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Spain $1.249 trillion (30 June 2005 est.)
Sri Lanka $11.59 billion (2005 est.)
Sudan $18.15 billion (2005 est.)
Suriname $504.3 million (2005 est.)
Swaziland $357 million (2003 est.)
Sweden $516.1 billion (30 June 2005)
Switzerland $856 billion (30 June 2005)
Syria $8.59 billion; note - excludes military debt and debt to Russia (2005 est.)
Taiwan $81.64 billion (2005 est.)
Tajikistan $888 million (2004 est.)
Tanzania $7.95 billion (2005 est.)
Thailand $50.63 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Togo $2 billion (2005)
Tonga $63.4 million (2001)
Trinidad and Tobago $2.986 billion (2005 est.)
Tunisia $18.91 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Turkey $161.8 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Turkmenistan $2.4 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands $NA
Tuvalu $NA
Uganda $4.949 billion (2005 est.)
Ukraine $33.93 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates $30.21 billion (2005 est.)
United Kingdom $7.107 trillion (30 June 2005)
United States $8.837 trillion (30 June 2005 est.)
Uruguay $11.22 billion (June 2005 est.)
Uzbekistan $5.184 billion (2005 est.)
Vanuatu $83.7 million (2002)
Venezuela $39.79 billion (2005 est.)
Vietnam $19.17 billion (2005 est.)
Virgin Islands $NA
Wallis and Futuna $NA
West Bank $0; note - includes Gaza Strip (2002)
Western Sahara $NA
World $38.54 trillion
note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private (2004 est.)
Yemen $5.689 billion (2005 est.)
Zambia $5.866 billion (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe $5.17 billion (2005 est.)

This page was last updated on 16 May, 2006


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