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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 $ 1,400,000,000,000 2001 est.
3
 Brazil $ 223,600,000,000 2003
4
 Portugal $ 211,700,000,000 2003 est.
5
 Australia $ 193,000,000,000 2003 est.
6
 China $ 184,000,000,000 2003 est.
7
 Russia $ 165,400,000,000 September 2003
8
 Mexico $ 159,300,000,000 2003 est.
9
 Argentina $ 142,000,000,000 2002 est.
10
 Turkey $ 141,300,000,000 Yearend 2003
11
 Korea, South $ 134,900,000,000 yearend 2003 est.
12
 Indonesia $ 132,900,000,000 2003 est.
13
 Iraq $ 120,000,000,000 2003 est.
14
 India $ 95,300,000,000 2003 est.
15
 Spain $ 90,000,000,000 1993 est.
16
 Poland $ 79,700,000,000 2003
17
 Israel $ 68,900,000,000 2003 est.
18
 Sweden $ 66,500,000,000 1994
19
 Greece $ 63,400,000,000 2002 est.
20
 Thailand $ 62,500,000,000 2002 est.
21
 Hong Kong $ 61,200,000,000 2003 est.
22
 Philippines $ 56,700,000,000 2003
23
 Taiwan $ 45,000,000,000 2002
24
 Chile $ 42,500,000,000 2003
25
 Hungary $ 41,300,000,000 2003 est.
26
 Malaysia $ 39,940,000,000 2003 est.
27
 New Zealand $ 38,100,000,000 2003 est.
28
 Colombia $ 38,000,000,000 2003 est.
29
 Pakistan $ 33,200,000,000 2003 est.
30
 Nigeria $ 30,900,000,000 2003 est.
31
 Egypt $ 30,000,000,000 2003 est.
32
 Finland $ 30,000,000,000 December 1993
33
 Peru $ 29,200,000,000 2002 est.
34
 Belgium $ 28,300,000,000 1999 est.
35
 Czech Republic $ 28,200,000,000 2003
36
 South Africa $ 24,700,000,000 2002 est.
37
 Saudi Arabia $ 24,200,000,000 2003
38
 Algeria $ 22,000,000,000 2003 est.
39
 Kazakhstan $ 22,000,000,000 2003 est.
40
 Denmark $ 21,700,000,000 2000
41
 Syria $ 21,500,000,000 2003 est.
42
 Sudan $ 20,900,000,000 yearend 2003 est.
43
 Venezuela $ 20,800,000,000 2003
44
 United Arab Emirates $ 20,700,000,000 2003 est.
45
 Romania $ 19,100,000,000 2003 est.
46
 Croatia $ 19,000,000,000 yearend 2003 est.
47
 Bangladesh $ 17,400,000,000 2003
48
 Morocco $ 17,100,000,000 2003 est.
49
 Lebanon $ 16,300,000,000 2003 est.
50
 Qatar $ 16,200,000,000 2003 est.
51
 Ukraine $ 15,700,000,000 2003
52
 Austria $ 15,500,000,000 2003 est.
53
 Ecuador $ 14,400,000,000 2002
54
 Slovakia $ 14,400,000,000 2003 est.
55
 Vietnam $ 14,100,000,000 2001
56
 Tunisia $ 13,800,000,000 2003 est.
57
 Cuba $ 13,200,000,000 2003 est.
58
 Slovenia $ 12,800,000,000 2003
59
 Serbia and Montenegro $ 12,800,000,000 2003 est.
60
 Bulgaria $ 12,600,000,000 yearend 2003
61
 Korea, North $ 12,000,000,000 1996 est.
62
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 11,600,000,000 2000 est.
63
 Kuwait $ 11,200,000,000 2003 est.
64
 Ireland $ 11,000,000,000 1998
65
 Cote d'Ivoire $ 10,700,000,000 2003 est.
66
 Iran $ 10,200,000,000 2003 est.
67
 Uruguay $ 10,200,000,000 June 2003
68
 Sri Lanka $ 10,100,000,000 2003
69
 Angola $ 9,200,000,000 2003 est.
70
 Singapore $ 9,100,000,000 2003 est.
71
 Panama $ 8,900,000,000 2003 est.
72
 Cameroon $ 8,600,000,000 2002 est.
73
 Jordan $ 8,200,000,000 2002 est.
74
 Afghanistan $ 8,000,000,000 2004
75
 Cyprus $ 8,000,000,000 2002
76
 Ghana $ 7,400,000,000 2003 est.
77
 Yemen $ 6,900,000,000 2003
78
 Tanzania $ 6,800,000,000 2002 est.
79
 Latvia $ 6,600,000,000 2003 est.
80
 Dominican Republic $ 6,500,000,000 2003 est.
81
 El Salvador $ 6,500,000,000 2003 est.
82
 Lithuania $ 6,500,000,000 2003 est.
83
 Burma $ 6,200,000,000 2002 est.
84
 Bahrain $ 5,900,000,000 2003
85
 Kenya $ 5,900,000,000 2003 est.
86
 Bolivia $ 5,900,000,000 2002 est.
87
 Estonia $ 5,800,000,000 2003 est.
88
 Nicaragua $ 5,800,000,000 2003 est.
89
 Oman $ 5,800,000,000 2003 est.
90
 Guatemala $ 5,600,000,000 2003 est.
91
 Zambia $ 5,200,000,000 2003
92
 Honduras $ 5,100,000,000 2003
93
 Congo, Republic of the $ 5,000,000,000 2000 est.
94
 Madagascar $ 4,600,000,000 2002
95
 Jamaica $ 4,300,000,000 2003 est.
96
 Libya $ 4,200,000,000 2003 est.
97
 Gabon $ 3,800,000,000 2002 est.
98
 Costa Rica $ 3,654,000,000 September 2003 est.
99
 Zimbabwe $ 3,400,000,000 2003 est.
100
 Mali $ 3,300,000,000 2000
101
 Guinea $ 3,250,000,000 2001 est.
102
 Paraguay $ 3,200,000,000 2002 est.
103
 Malawi $ 3,000,000,000 2003
104
 Senegal $ 3,000,000,000 2003 est.
105
 Ethiopia $ 2,900,000,000 2001 est.
106
 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 2,800,000,000 2001
107
 Uganda $ 2,800,000,000 2002 est.
108
 Nepal $ 2,700,000,000 2001
109
 Trinidad and Tobago $ 2,700,000,000 2003 est.
110
 Papua New Guinea $ 2,700,000,000 2003 est.
111
 Iceland $ 2,600,000,000 1999
112
 Somalia $ 2,600,000,000 2000 est.
113
 Mauritania $ 2,500,000,000 2000
114
 Laos $ 2,490,000,000 2001
115
 Cambodia $ 2,400,000,000 2002 est.
116
 Turkmenistan $ 2,400,000,000 2001 est.
117
 Mauritius $ 2,400,000,000 2002 est.
118
 Liberia $ 2,100,000,000 2000 est.
119
 Canada $ 1,900,000,000 2000
120
 Georgia $ 1,800,000,000 2002
121
 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of $ 1,700,000,000 2003 est.
122
 Uzbekistan $ 1,700,000,000 2002 est.
123
 Benin $ 1,600,000,000 2000
124
 Niger $ 1,600,000,000 1999 est.
125
 Azerbaijan $ 1,500,000,000 2003
126
 Sierra Leone $ 1,500,000,000 2002 est.
127
 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,500,000,000 2002 est.
128
 Albania $ 1,410,000,000 2003
129
 Togo $ 1,400,000,000 2000
130
 Netherlands Antilles $ 1,350,000,000 1996
131
 Moldova $ 1,300,000,000 2002
132
 Rwanda $ 1,300,000,000 2000 est.
133
 Burkina Faso $ 1,300,000,000 2000
134
 French Guiana $ 1,200,000,000 1988
135
 Haiti $ 1,200,000,000 1999
136
 Guyana $ 1,200,000,000 2002
137
 Burundi $ 1,132,500,000 2002
138
 Chad $ 1,100,000,000 2000 est.
139
 Tajikistan $ 1,000,000,000 2002 est.
140
 Mozambique $ 966,000,000 2002 est.
141
 Guinea-Bissau $ 941,500,000 2000 est.
142
 Armenia $ 905,000,000 June 2001
143
 Mongolia $ 885,000,000 2001 est.
144
 Central African Republic $ 881,400,000 2000 est.
145
 Belarus $ 851,000,000 2001 est.
146
 Lesotho $ 735,000,000 2002
147
 Barbados $ 668,000,000 2003
148
 Namibia $ 664,000,000 2003 est.
149
 Gambia, The $ 476,000,000 2001 est.
150
 Belize $ 475,000,000 2001 est.
151
 Djibouti $ 366,000,000 2002 est.
152
 Botswana $ 360,000,000 2002
153
 Cape Verde $ 325,000,000 2002
154
 Suriname $ 321,000,000 2002 est.
155
 Swaziland $ 320,000,000 2002 est.
156
 Eritrea $ 311,000,000 2000 est.
157
 Bahamas, The $ 308,500,000 2002
158
 Aruba $ 285,000,000 1996
159
 Maldives $ 281,000,000 2003 est.
160
 Sao Tome and Principe $ 253,800,000 2000
161
 Equatorial Guinea $ 248,000,000 2000 est.
162
 Bhutan $ 245,000,000 2000
163
 Comoros $ 232,000,000 2000 est.
164
 Antigua and Barbuda $ 231,000,000 1999
165
 Saint Lucia $ 214,000,000 2000
166
 Samoa $ 197,000,000 2000
167
 Grenada $ 196,000,000 2000
168
 Fiji $ 188,100,000 2001 est.
169
 Martinique $ 180,000,000 1994
170
 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 171,000,000 2001
171
 Seychelles $ 170,000,000 2002 est.
172
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 167,200,000 2000
173
 Solomon Islands $ 162,500,000 2001 est.
174
 Dominica $ 161,500,000 2001
175
 Bermuda $ 160,000,000 FY99/00
176
 Cook Islands $ 141,000,000 1996 est.
177
 Malta $ 130,000,000 1997
178
 Macau $ 121,000,000 2001 est.
179
 Gaza Strip $ 108,000,000 1997 est.
180
 West Bank $ 108,000,000 1997 est.
181
 Marshall Islands $ 86,500,000 FY99/00 est.
182
 New Caledonia $ 79,000,000 1998 est.
183
 Cayman Islands $ 70,000,000 1996
184
 Vanuatu $ 65,800,000 2001 est.
185
 Faroe Islands $ 64,000,000 1999
186
 Tonga $ 63,400,000 2001
187
 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 53,100,000 FY02/03 est.
188
 British Virgin Islands $ 36,100,000 1997
189
 Nauru $ 33,300,000 2002
190
 Greenland $ 25,000,000 1999
191
 Kiribati $ 10,000,000 1999 est.
192
 Montserrat $ 8,900,000 1997
193
 Anguilla $ 8,800,000 1998
194
 Niue $ 418,000 2002 est.
195
 Brunei $ 0 NA
196
 Palau $ 0 FY99/00
197
 Tokelau $ 0 NA
198
 Norway $ 0 2003 est.
199
 Liechtenstein $ 0 2001

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