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  Rank Order - Debt - external


Countries, for which no information is available, are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Debt - external
Date of Information
1
World $ 2,000,000,000,000 2002 est.
2
United States $ 862,000,000,000 1995 est.
3
Brazil $ 222,400,000,000 2002
4
Australia $ 176,800,000,000 2001 est.
5
Argentina $ 155,000,000,000 2001 est.
6
Russia $ 153,500,000,000 yearend 2002
7
Mexico $ 150,000,000,000 2000 est.
8
China $ 149,400,000,000 2002 est.
9
Korea, South $ 135,200,000,000 2001
10
Indonesia $ 131,000,000,000 2002 est.
11
Iraq $ 120,000,000,000 2002 est.
12
Turkey $ 118,300,000,000 yearend 2001
13
India $ 100,600,000,000 2001 est.
14
Spain $ 90,000,000,000 1993 est.
15
Sweden $ 66,500,000,000 1994
16
Poland $ 64,000,000,000 2002
17
Greece $ 63,400,000,000 2002 est.
18
Thailand $ 62,500,000,000 2002 est.
19
Philippines $ 60,300,000,000 2002
20
Hong Kong $ 49,500,000,000 2002 est.
21
Malaysia $ 47,500,000,000 2002 est.
22
Israel $ 42,800,000,000 2001 est.
23
Chile $ 40,400,000,000 2002
24
Colombia $ 38,400,000,000 2002 est.
25
Venezuela $ 38,200,000,000 2000
26
New Zealand $ 33,000,000,000 2002 est.
27
Pakistan $ 32,300,000,000 2002 est.
28
Hungary $ 31,500,000,000 2002 est.
29
Egypt $ 30,500,000,000 2002 est.
30
Finland $ 30,000,000,000 December 1993
31
Nigeria $ 29,700,000,000 2002 est.
32
Peru $ 29,200,000,000 2002 est.
33
Belgium $ 28,300,000,000 1999 est.
34
Saudi Arabia $ 25,900,000,000 2003 est.
35
South Africa $ 24,700,000,000 2002 est.
36
Taiwan $ 24,700,000,000 2002
37
Czech Republic $ 23,800,000,000 2002
38
Syria $ 22,000,000,000 2002 est.
39
Denmark $ 21,700,000,000 2000
40
Algeria $ 21,600,000,000 2002 est.
41
United Arab Emirates $ 18,500,000,000 2002 est.
42
Morocco $ 17,700,000,000 2002 est.
43
Bangladesh $ 16,500,000,000 2002
44
Croatia $ 16,500,000,000 2001
45
Sudan $ 15,800,000,000 2002 est.
46
Qatar $ 15,400,000,000 2002 est.
47
Ecuador $ 14,400,000,000 2002
48
Ukraine $ 14,200,000,000 2002
49
Vietnam $ 14,100,000,000 2001
50
Romania $ 13,700,000,000 2002 est.
51
Tunisia $ 13,600,000,000 2003 est.
52
Portugal $ 13,100,000,000 1997 est.
53
Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 12,900,000,000 2000 est.
54
Cuba $ 12,300,000,000 2002 est.
55
Austria $ 12,100,000,000 2001 est.
56
Korea, North $ 12,000,000,000 1996 est.
57
Uruguay $ 11,800,000,000 2002 est.
58
Ireland $ 11,000,000,000 1998
59
Kuwait $ 10,400,000,000 2000 est.
60
Bulgaria $ 10,300,000,000 yearend 2002
61
Cote d'Ivoire $ 10,300,000,000 2002 est.
62
Angola $ 9,900,000,000 2002 est.
63
Sri Lanka $ 9,800,000,000 2002
64
Slovakia $ 9,600,000,000 2002 est.
65
Lebanon $ 9,300,000,000 2002 est.
66
Serbia and Montenegro $ 9,200,000,000 2001 est.
67
Iran $ 8,700,000,000 2002 est.
68
Cameroon $ 8,600,000,000 2002 est.
69
Jordan $ 8,200,000,000 2002 est.
70
Singapore $ 8,200,000,000 2002 est.
71
Cyprus $ 8,000,000,000 2002
72
Slovenia $ 7,900,000,000 2001
73
Ghana $ 7,200,000,000 2002 est.
74
Panama $ 7,000,000,000 2002 est.
75
Tanzania $ 6,800,000,000 2002 est.
76
Kazakhstan $ 6,600,000,000 2002 est.
77
Yemen $ 6,200,000,000 2002
78
Burma $ 6,100,000,000 2002 est.
79
Bolivia $ 5,900,000,000 2002 est.
80
Lithuania $ 5,800,000,000 2002 est.
81
Zambia $ 5,800,000,000 2001
82
Nicaragua $ 5,800,000,000 2002 est.
83
Kenya $ 5,700,000,000 2002 est.
84
Oman $ 5,700,000,000 2002 est.
85
El Salvador $ 5,600,000,000 2001 est.
86
Honduras $ 5,400,000,000 2002
87
Ethiopia $ 5,300,000,000 2001 est.
88
Jamaica $ 5,300,000,000 2002 est.
89
Congo, Republic of the $ 5,000,000,000 2000 est.
90
Guatemala $ 4,900,000,000 2002 est.
91
Costa Rica $ 4,800,000,000 2002 est.
92
Dominican Republic $ 4,800,000,000 2002 est.
93
Madagascar $ 4,600,000,000 2002
94
Uzbekistan $ 4,600,000,000 2002 est.
95
Libya $ 4,400,000,000 2001 est.
96
Zimbabwe $ 3,900,000,000 2002 est.
97
Gabon $ 3,800,000,000 2002 est.
98
Bahrain $ 3,700,000,000 2002
99
Guinea $ 3,400,000,000 2000 est.
100
Latvia $ 3,400,000,000 2000 est.
101
Estonia $ 3,300,000,000 2001 est.
102
Mali $ 3,300,000,000 2000
103
Paraguay $ 3,200,000,000 2002 est.
104
Senegal $ 3,100,000,000 2002 est.
105
Malawi $ 2,900,000,000 2002
106
Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 2,800,000,000 2001
107
Uganda $ 2,800,000,000 2002 est.
108
Papua New Guinea $ 2,800,000,000 2002 est.
109
Trinidad and Tobago $ 2,800,000,000 2002 est.
110
Iceland $ 2,600,000,000 1999
111
Somalia $ 2,600,000,000 2000 est.
112
Nepal $ 2,550,000,000 FY00
113
Laos $ 2,530,000,000 1999
114
Mauritania $ 2,500,000,000 2000
115
Mauritius $ 2,400,000,000 2002 est.
116
Turkmenistan $ 2,300,000,000 2001 est.
117
Liberia $ 2,100,000,000 2000 est.
118
Georgia $ 1,700,000,000 2001
119
Benin $ 1,600,000,000 2000
120
Niger $ 1,600,000,000 1999 est.
121
Kyrgyzstan $ 1,500,000,000 2002 est.
122
Sierra Leone $ 1,500,000,000 2002 est.
123
Azerbaijan $ 1,400,000,000 2002
124
Togo $ 1,400,000,000 2000
125
Netherlands Antilles $ 1,350,000,000 1996
126
Moldova $ 1,300,000,000 2002
127
Rwanda $ 1,300,000,000 2000 est.
128
Burkina Faso $ 1,300,000,000 2000
129
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of $ 1,300,000,000 2001 est.
130
French Guiana $ 1,200,000,000 1988
131
Guyana $ 1,200,000,000 2002
132
Haiti $ 1,200,000,000 1999
133
Burundi $ 1,140,000,000 2001
134
Chad $ 1,100,000,000 2000 est.
135
Tajikistan $ 1,000,000,000 2002 est.
136
Mozambique $ 966,000,000 2002 est.
137
Guinea-Bissau $ 941,500,000 2000 est.
138
Mongolia $ 913,000,000 2001 est.
139
Armenia $ 905,000,000 June 2001
140
Central African Republic $ 881,400,000 2000 est.
141
Belarus $ 851,000,000 2001 est.
142
Cambodia $ 829,000,000 1999 est.
143
Albania $ 784,000,000 2000
144
Lesotho $ 735,000,000 2002
145
Barbados $ 692,000,000 2002
146
Namibia $ 517,000,000 2002 est.
147
Gambia, The $ 476,000,000 2001 est.
148
Belize $ 475,000,000 2001 est.
149
Bahamas, The $ 371,600,000 2001
150
Djibouti $ 366,000,000 2002 est.
151
Botswana $ 360,000,000 2002
152
Cape Verde $ 325,000,000 2002
153
Suriname $ 321,000,000 2002 est.
154
Swaziland $ 320,000,000 2002 est.
155
Eritrea $ 311,000,000 2000 est.
156
Aruba $ 285,000,000 1996
157
Maldives $ 281,000,000 2003 est.
158
Macau $ 255,000,000 2000 est.
159
Sao Tome and Principe $ 253,800,000 2000
160
Equatorial Guinea $ 248,000,000 2000 est.
161
Bhutan $ 245,000,000 2000
162
Comoros $ 232,000,000 2000 est.
163
Antigua and Barbuda $ 231,000,000 1999
164
Saint Lucia $ 214,000,000 2000
165
Samoa $ 197,000,000 2000
166
Grenada $ 196,000,000 2000
167
Martinique $ 180,000,000 1994
168
Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 171,000,000 2001
169
Seychelles $ 170,000,000 2002 est.
170
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 167,200,000 2000
171
Dominica $ 161,500,000 2001
172
Bermuda $ 145,000,000 FY99/00
173
Cook Islands $ 141,000,000 1996 est.
174
Solomon Islands $ 137,000,000 2001 est.
175
Fiji $ 135,900,000 2000
176
Malta $ 130,000,000 1997
177
Gaza Strip $ 108,000,000 1997 est.
178
West Bank $ 108,000,000 1997 est.
179
Marshall Islands $ 86,500,000 FY99/00 est.
180
New Caledonia $ 79,000,000 1998 est.
181
Cayman Islands $ 70,000,000 1996
182
Vanuatu $ 68,600,000 2000 est.
183
Faroe Islands $ 64,000,000 1999
184
Tonga $ 57,500,000 June 2001
185
Micronesia, Federated States of $ 53,100,000 FY02/03 est.
186
British Virgin Islands $ 36,100,000 1997
187
Nauru $ 33,300,000 NA
188
Greenland $ 25,000,000 1999
189
Kiribati $ 10,000,000 1999 est.
190
Montserrat $ 8,900,000 1997
191
Anguilla $ 8,800,000 1998
192
Niue $ 418,000 2002 est.
193
Brunei $ 0 NA
194
Norway $ 0 NA
195
Tokelau $ 0 NA
196
Palau $ 0 FY99/00
197
Liechtenstein $ 0 2001

This page was last updated on 1 August, 2003

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