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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 $ 0 196 Palau $ 0 FY99/00 197 Tokelau $ 0 198 Norway $ 0 2003 est. 199 Liechtenstein $ 0 2001 This file was last updated on 11 May, 2004