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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 $ 38,540,000,000,000 2004 est.
2
 United States $ 8,837,000,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
3
 United Kingdom $ 7,107,000,000,000 30 June 2005
4
 Germany $ 3,626,000,000,000 30 June 2005
5
 France $ 2,826,000,000,000 30 June 2005
6
 Italy $ 1,682,000,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
7
 Netherlands $ 1,645,000,000,000 30 June 2005
8
 Japan $ 1,545,000,000,000 31 December 2004
9
 Spain $ 1,249,000,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
10
 Ireland $ 1,049,000,000,000 30 June 2005
11
 Belgium $ 980,100,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
12
 Switzerland $ 856,000,000,000 30 June 2005
13
 Sweden $ 516,100,000,000 30 June 2005
14
 Austria $ 510,600,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
15
 Australia $ 509,600,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
16
 Canada $ 439,800,000,000 30 November 2005
17
 Hong Kong $ 416,500,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
18
 Denmark $ 352,900,000,000 30 June 2005
19
 Portugal $ 298,700,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
20
 Norway $ 281,000,000,000 30 June 2005
21
 China $ 242,000,000,000 2005 est.
22
 Russia $ 230,300,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
23
 Finland $ 211,700,000,000 30 June 2005
24
 Brazil $ 211,400,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
25
 Korea, South $ 188,400,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
26
 Mexico $ 174,300,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
27
 Turkey $ 161,800,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
28
 Indonesia $ 131,000,000,000 2005 est.
29
 Poland $ 123,400,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
30
 India $ 119,700,000,000 2005 est.
31
 Argentina $ 119,000,000,000 June 2005 est.
32
 Iraq $ 82,100,000,000 2005 est.
33
 Taiwan $ 81,640,000,000 2005 est.
34
 Hungary $ 76,230,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
35
 Greece $ 75,100,000,000 2005 est.
36
 Israel $ 73,870,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
37
 Philippines $ 67,620,000,000 2005 est.
38
 New Zealand $ 57,670,000,000 2005 est.
39
 Malaysia $ 56,720,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
40
 Thailand $ 50,630,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
41
 Chile $ 44,800,000,000 31 October 2005 est.
42
 South Africa $ 44,330,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
43
 Czech Republic $ 43,200,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
44
 Pakistan $ 39,940,000,000 2005 est.
45
 Venezuela $ 39,790,000,000 2005 est.
46
 Nigeria $ 37,490,000,000 2005 est.
47
 Colombia $ 37,060,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
48
 Saudi Arabia $ 34,550,000,000 2005 est.
49
 Ukraine $ 33,930,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
50
 Kazakhstan $ 32,700,000,000 2005 est.
51
 United Arab Emirates $ 30,210,000,000 2005 est.
52
 Peru $ 30,180,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
53
 Romania $ 29,470,000,000 2005 est.
54
 Croatia $ 29,280,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
55
 Egypt $ 28,950,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
56
 Slovakia $ 26,540,000,000 2005 est.
57
 Lebanon $ 25,920,000,000 2005 est.
58
 Singapore $ 24,670,000,000 2005 est.
59
 Slovenia $ 22,910,000,000 30 September 2005 est.
60
 Algeria $ 21,540,000,000 2005 est.
61
 Bangladesh $ 21,250,000,000 2005 est.
62
 Qatar $ 20,630,000,000 2005 est.
63
 Vietnam $ 19,170,000,000 2005 est.
64
 Tunisia $ 18,910,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
65
 Ecuador $ 18,290,000,000 November 2005 est.
66
 Sudan $ 18,150,000,000 2005 est.
67
 Monaco $ 18,000,000,000 2000 est.
68
 Iran $ 16,940,000,000 2005 est.
69
 Morocco $ 15,600,000,000 2005 est.
70
 Bulgaria $ 15,460,000,000 2005 est.
71
 Serbia and Montenegro $ 15,430,000,000 2005 est.
72
 Kuwait $ 14,930,000,000 2005 est.
73
 Cote d'Ivoire $ 13,260,000,000 2005 est.
74
 Latvia $ 13,200,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
75
 Cuba $ 13,100,000,000 2005 est.
76
 Korea, North $ 12,000,000,000 1996 est.
77
 Sri Lanka $ 11,590,000,000 2005 est.
78
 Uruguay $ 11,220,000,000 June 2005 est.
79
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 10,600,000,000 2003 est.
80
 Lithuania $ 10,470,000,000 31 December 2004 est.
81
 Estonia $ 10,090,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
82
 Angola $ 9,879,000,000 2005 est.
83
 Panama $ 9,859,000,000 2005 est.
84
 Cameroon $ 9,223,000,000 2005 est.
85
 Syria $ 8,590,000,000 2005 est.
86
 El Salvador $ 8,273,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
87
 Jordan $ 8,273,000,000 2005 est.
88
 Afghanistan $ 8,000,000,000 2004
89
 Tanzania $ 7,950,000,000 2005 est.
90
 Dominican Republic $ 7,907,000,000 2005 est.
91
 Cyprus $ 7,803,000,000 2005 est.
92
 Kenya $ 7,349,000,000 2005 est.
93
 Ghana $ 7,084,000,000 2005 est.
94
 Burma $ 6,967,000,000 2005 est.
95
 Bahrain $ 6,831,000,000 2005 est.
96
 Jamaica $ 6,792,000,000 2005 est.
97
 Bolivia $ 6,430,000,000 2005 est.
98
 Zambia $ 5,866,000,000 2005 est.
99
 Yemen $ 5,689,000,000 2005 est.
100
 Guatemala $ 5,503,000,000 2005 est.
101
 Uzbekistan $ 5,184,000,000 2005 est.
102
 Zimbabwe $ 5,170,000,000 2005 est.
103
 Nicaragua $ 5,144,000,000 31 December 2005 est.
104
 Congo, Republic of the $ 5,000,000,000 2000 est.
105
 Uganda $ 4,949,000,000 2005 est.
106
 Honduras $ 4,675,000,000 2005 est.
107
 Belarus $ 4,662,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
108
 Madagascar $ 4,600,000,000 2002
109
 Oman $ 4,586,000,000 2005 est.
110
 Libya $ 4,267,000,000 2005 est.
111
 Gabon $ 3,857,000,000 2005 est.
112
 Costa Rica $ 3,633,000,000 30 June 2005 est.
113
 Senegal $ 3,610,000,000 2003 est.
114
 Paraguay $ 3,535,000,000 2005 est.
115
 Guinea $ 3,460,000,000 2003 est.
116
 Nepal $ 3,340,000,000 March 2005
117
 Malawi $ 3,284,000,000 2005 est.
118
 Liberia $ 3,200,000,000 2005 est.
119
 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 3,100,000,000 2005 est.
120
 Macau $ 3,100,000,000 2004
121
 Iceland $ 3,073,000,000 2002
122
 Somalia $ 3,000,000,000 2001 est.
123
 Trinidad and Tobago $ 2,986,000,000 2005 est.
124
 Mauritius $ 2,958,000,000 2005 est.
125
 Ethiopia $ 2,900,000,000 2001 est.
126
 Mali $ 2,800,000,000 2002
127
 Netherlands Antilles $ 2,680,000,000 2004
128
 Mauritania $ 2,500,000,000 2000
129
 Laos $ 2,490,000,000 2001
130
 Kyrgyzstan $ 2,428,000,000 31 December 2004 est.
131
 Turkmenistan $ 2,400,000,000 2001 est.
132
 Azerbaijan $ 2,253,000,000 2005 est.
133
 Niger $ 2,100,000,000 2003 est.
134
 Georgia $ 2,040,000,000 2004
135
 Togo $ 2,000,000,000 2005
136
 Papua New Guinea $ 1,978,000,000 2005 est.
137
 Macedonia $ 1,939,000,000 2005 est.
138
 Moldova $ 1,926,000,000 2005 est.
139
 Burkina Faso $ 1,850,000,000 2003
140
 Armenia $ 1,819,000,000 20 September 2005
141
 Sierra Leone $ 1,610,000,000 2003 est.
142
 Benin $ 1,600,000,000 2000
143
 Albania $ 1,550,000,000 2004
144
 Chad $ 1,500,000,000 2003 est.
145
 Rwanda $ 1,400,000,000 2004 est.
146
 Belize $ 1,362,000,000 June 2004 est.
147
 Mongolia $ 1,360,000,000 2004
148
 Haiti $ 1,300,000,000 2005 est.
149
 Burundi $ 1,200,000,000 2003
150
 French Guiana $ 1,200,000,000 1988
151
 Guyana $ 1,200,000,000 2002
152
 Namibia $ 1,164,000,000 2005 est.
153
 Central African Republic $ 1,060,000,000 2002 est.
154
 Mozambique $ 966,000,000 2002 est.
155
 Guinea-Bissau $ 941,500,000 2000 est.
156
 Tajikistan $ 888,000,000 2004 est.
157
 Cambodia $ 800,000,000 2003 est.
158
 Lesotho $ 735,000,000 2002
159
 Barbados $ 668,000,000 2003
160
 Gambia, The $ 628,800,000 2003 est.
161
 Botswana $ 556,000,000 2005 est.
162
 Suriname $ 504,300,000 2005 est.
163
 Aruba $ 453,000,000 2005 est.
164
 Djibouti $ 366,000,000 2002 est.
165
 Swaziland $ 357,000,000 2003 est.
166
 Bahamas, The $ 342,600,000 2004 est.
167
 Cape Verde $ 325,000,000 2002
168
 Sao Tome and Principe $ 318,000,000 2002
169
 Maldives $ 316,000,000 2004 est.
170
 Eritrea $ 311,000,000 2000 est.
171
 Seychelles $ 276,800,000 2005 est.
172
 Equatorial Guinea $ 248,000,000 2000 est.
173
 Bhutan $ 245,000,000 2000
174
 Comoros $ 232,000,000 2000 est.
175
 Antigua and Barbuda $ 231,000,000 1999
176
 Saint Lucia $ 214,000,000 2000
177
 Samoa $ 197,000,000 2000
178
 Grenada $ 196,000,000 2000
179
 Malta $ 188,800,000 2005
180
 Fiji $ 188,100,000 2001 est.
181
 Solomon Islands $ 180,400,000 2002
182
 Martinique $ 180,000,000 1994
183
 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 171,000,000 2001
184
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 167,200,000 2000
185
 Dominica $ 161,500,000 2001
186
 Bermuda $ 160,000,000 FY99/00
187
 Cook Islands $ 141,000,000 1996 est.
188
 Marshall Islands $ 86,500,000 FY99/00 est.
189
 Vanuatu $ 83,700,000 2002
190
 New Caledonia $ 79,000,000 1998 est.
191
 Cayman Islands $ 70,000,000 1996
192
 Faroe Islands $ 64,000,000 1999
193
 Tonga $ 63,400,000 2001
194
 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 53,100,000 FY02/03 est.
195
 British Virgin Islands $ 36,100,000 1997
196
 Nauru $ 33,300,000 2002
197
 Greenland $ 25,000,000 1999
198
 Kiribati $ 10,000,000 1999 est.
199
 Montserrat $ 8,900,000 1997
200
 Anguilla $ 8,800,000 1998
201
 Niue $ 418,000 2002 est.
202
 Gaza Strip $ 0 2002
203
 West Bank $ 0 2002
204
 East Timor $ 0 NA
205
 Liechtenstein $ 0 2001
206
 Palau $ 0 FY99/00

This page was last updated on 16 May, 2006
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