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Country
Debt - external
Afghanistan NA (1996 est.)
Albania $784 million (2000)
Algeria $21.6 billion (2002 est.)
American Samoa $NA
Andorra $NA
Angola $9.9 billion (2002 est.)
Anguilla $8.8 million (1998)
Antigua and Barbuda $231 million (1999)
Argentina $155 billion (2001 est.)
Armenia $905 million (June 2001)
Aruba $285 million (1996)
Australia $176.8 billion (2001 est.)
Austria $12.1 billion (2001 est.)
Azerbaijan $1.4 billion (2002)
Bahamas, The $371.6 million (2001)
Bahrain $3.7 billion (2002)
Bangladesh $16.5 billion (2002)
Barbados $692 million (2002)
Belarus $851 million (2001 est.)
Belgium $28.3 billion (1999 est.)
Belize $475 million (2001 est.)
Benin $1.6 billion (2000)
Bermuda $145 million (FY99/00)
Bhutan $245 million (2000)
Bolivia $5.9 billion (2002 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina $2.8 billion (2001)
Botswana $360 million (2002)
Brazil $222.4 billion (2002)
British Virgin Islands $36.1 million (1997)
Brunei $0
Bulgaria $10.3 billion (yearend 2002)
Burkina Faso $1.3 billion (2000)
Burma $6.1 billion (2002 est.)
Burundi $1.14 billion (2001)
Cambodia $829 million (1999 est.)
Cameroon $8.6 billion (2002 est.)
Canada $NA
Cape Verde $325 million (2002)
Cayman Islands $70 million (1996)
Central African Republic $881.4 million (2000 est.)
Chad $1.1 billion (2000 est.)
Chile $40.4 billion (2002)
China $149.4 billion (2002 est.)
Christmas Island $NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands $NA
Colombia $38.4 billion (2002 est.)
Comoros $232 million (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the $12.9 billion (2000 est.)
Congo, Republic of the $5 billion (2000 est.)
Cook Islands $141 million (1996 est.)
Costa Rica $4.8 billion (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire $10.3 billion (2002 est.)
Croatia $16.5 billion (2001)
Cuba $12.3 billion (convertible currency); another $15 billion -$20 billion owed to Russia (2002 est.)
Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: $8 billion; Turkish Cypriot area: $NA (2002)
Czech Republic $23.8 billion (2002)
Denmark $21.7 billion (2000)
Djibouti $366 million (2002 est.)
Dominica $161.5 million (2001)
Dominican Republic $4.8 billion (2002 est.)
East Timor $NA
Ecuador $14.4 billion (2002)
Egypt $30.5 billion (2002 est.)
El Salvador $5.6 billion (2001 est.)
Equatorial Guinea $248 million (2000 est.)
Eritrea $311 million (2000 est.)
Estonia $3.3 billion (2001 est.)
Ethiopia $5.3 billion (2001 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $NA
Faroe Islands $64 million (1999)
Fiji $135.9 million (2000)
Finland $30 billion (December 1993)
France NA (1998)
French Guiana $1.2 billion (1988)
French Polynesia $NA
Gabon $3.8 billion (2002 est.)
Gambia, The $476 million (2001 est.)
Gaza Strip $108 million (includes West Bank) (1997 est.)
Georgia $1.7 billion (2001)
Germany $NA
Ghana $7.2 billion (2002 est.)
Gibraltar $NA
Greece $63.4 billion (2002 est.)
Greenland $25 million (1999)
Grenada $196 million (2000)
Guadeloupe $NA
Guam $NA
Guatemala $4.9 billion (2002 est.)
Guernsey $NA
Guinea $3.4 billion (2000 est.)
Guinea-Bissau $941.5 million (2000 est.)
Guyana $1.2 billion (2002)
Haiti $1.2 billion (1999)
Honduras $5.4 billion (2002)
Hong Kong $49.5 billion (2002 est.)
Hungary $31.5 billion (2002 est.)
Iceland $2.6 billion (1999)
India $100.6 billion (2001 est.)
Indonesia $131 billion (2002 est.)
Iran $8.7 billion (2002 est.)
Iraq $120 billion (2002 est.)
Ireland $11 billion (1998)
Israel $42.8 billion (2001 est.)
Italy NA
Jamaica $5.3 billion (2002 est.)
Japan $NA
Jersey none
Jordan $8.2 billion (2002 est.)
Kazakhstan $6.6 billion (2002 est.)
Kenya $5.7 billion (2002 est.)
Kiribati $10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North $12 billion (1996 est.)
Korea, South $135.2 billion (2001)
Kuwait $10.4 billion (2000 est.)
Kyrgyzstan $1.5 billion (2002 est.)
Laos $2.53 billion (1999)
Latvia $3.4 billion (2000 est.)
Lebanon $9.3 billion (2002 est.)
Lesotho $735 million (2002)
Liberia $2.1 billion (2000 est.)
Libya $4.4 billion (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein $0 (2001)
Lithuania $5.8 billion (2002 est.)
Luxembourg $NA
Macau $255 million (2000 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of $1.3 billion (2001 est.)
Madagascar $4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi $2.9 billion (2002)
Malaysia $47.5 billion (2002 est.)
Maldives $281 million (2003 est.)
Mali $3.3 billion (2000)
Malta $130 million (1997)
Man, Isle of $NA
Marshall Islands $86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)
Martinique $180 million (1994)
Mauritania $2.5 billion (2000)
Mauritius $2.4 billion (2002 est.)
Mayotte $NA
Mexico $150 billion (2000 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of $53.1 million (FY02/03 est.)
Moldova $1.3 billion (2002)
Monaco $NA
Mongolia $913 million (2001 est.)
Montserrat $8.9 million (1997)
Morocco $17.7 billion (2002 est.)
Mozambique $966 million (2002 est.)
Namibia $517 million (2002 est.)
Nauru $33.3 million
Nepal $2.55 billion (FY00)
Netherlands Antilles $1.35 billion (1996)
New Caledonia $79 million (1998 est.)
New Zealand $33 billion (2002 est.)
Nicaragua $5.8 billion (2002 est.)
Niger $1.6 billion (1999 est.)
Nigeria $29.7 billion (2002 est.)
Niue $418,000 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island $NA
Northern Mariana Islands $NA
Norway $0 (Norway is a net external creditor)
Oman $5.7 billion (2002 est.)
Pakistan $32.3 billion (2002 est.)
Palau $0 (FY99/00)
Panama $7 billion (2002 est.)
Papua New Guinea $2.8 billion (2002 est.)
Paraguay $3.2 billion (2002 est.)
Peru $29.2 billion (2002 est.)
Philippines $60.3 billion (2002)
Pitcairn Islands $NA
Poland $64 billion (2002)
Portugal $13.1 billion (1997 est.)
Puerto Rico $NA
Qatar $15.4 billion (2002 est.)
Reunion $NA
Romania $13.7 billion (2002 est.)
Russia $153.5 billion (yearend 2002)
Rwanda $1.3 billion (2000 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 $253.8 million (2000)
Saudi Arabia $25.9 billion (2003 est.)
Senegal $3.1 billion (2002 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro $9.2 billion (2001 est.)
Seychelles $170 million (2002 est.)
Sierra Leone $1.5 billion (2002 est.)
Singapore $8.2 billion (2002 est.)
Slovakia $9.6 billion (2002 est.)
Slovenia $7.9 billion (2001)
Solomon Islands $137 million (2001 est.)
Somalia $2.6 billion (2000 est.)
South Africa $24.7 billion (2002 est.)
Spain $90 billion (1993 est.)
Sri Lanka $9.8 billion (2002)
Sudan $15.8 billion (2002 est.)
Suriname $321 million (2002 est.)
Swaziland $320 million (2002 est.)
Sweden $66.5 billion (1994)
Switzerland $NA
Syria $22 billion (2002 est.)
Taiwan $24.7 billion (2002)
Tajikistan $1 billion (2002 est.)
Tanzania $6.8 billion (2002 est.)
Thailand $62.5 billion (2002 est.)
Togo $1.4 billion (2000)
Tokelau $0
Tonga $57.5 million (June 2001)
Trinidad and Tobago $2.8 billion (2002 est.)
Tunisia $13.6 billion (2003 est.)
Turkey $118.3 billion (yearend 2001)
Turkmenistan $2.3 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands $NA
Tuvalu $NA
Uganda $2.8 billion (2002 est.)
Ukraine $14.2 billion (2002)
United Arab Emirates $18.5 billion (2002 est.)
United Kingdom $NA
United States $862 billion (1995 est.)
Uruguay $11.8 billion (2002 est.)
Uzbekistan $4.6 billion (2002 est.)
Vanuatu $68.6 million (2000 est.)
Venezuela $38.2 billion (2000)
Vietnam $14.1 billion (2001)
Virgin Islands $NA
Wallis and Futuna $NA
West Bank $108 million (includes Gaza Strip) (1997 est.)
Western Sahara $NA
World $2 trillion for less developed countries (2002 est.)
Yemen $6.2 billion (2002)
Zambia $5.8 billion (2001)
Zimbabwe $3.9 billion (2002 est.)

This page was last updated on 1 August, 2003
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