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Country
Debt - external
Afghanistan $8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia; Afghanistan has $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks (2004)
Albania $1.55 billion (2004)
Algeria $3.358 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
American Samoa $NA
Andorra $NA
Angola $8.835 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Anguilla $8.8 million (1998)
Antigua and Barbuda $359.8 million (June 2006)
Argentina $118 billion (30 September 2007)
Armenia $1.372 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Aruba $478.6 million (2005 est.)
Australia $757.9 billion (30 June 2007)
Austria $752.5 billion (30 June 2007)
Azerbaijan $2.022 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bahamas, The $342.6 million (2004 est.)
Bahrain $7.692 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bangladesh $20.25 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Barbados $668 million (2003)
Belarus $9.272 billion (30 June 2007)
Belgium $1.313 trillion (30 June 2007)
Belize $1.2 billion (June 2005 est.)
Benin $1.2 billion (2007)
Bermuda $160 million (FY99/00)
Bhutan $593 million (2004)
Bolivia $3.8 billion (31December 2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina $7.057 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Botswana $513 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Brazil $230.3 billion (30 June 2007)
British Virgin Islands $36.1 million (1997)
Brunei $0 (2005)
Bulgaria $29.29 billion (30 June 2007)
Burkina Faso $1.33 billion (2007)
Burma $6.914 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Burundi $1.2 billion (2003)
Cambodia $3.98 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Cameroon $2.449 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Canada $758.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Cape Verde $325 million (2002)
Cayman Islands $70 million (1996)
Central African Republic $1.153 billion (2007 est.)
Chad $1.6 billion (2005 est.)
Chile $49.18 billion (30 June 2007)
China $363 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Colombia $43.3 billion (30 June 2007)
Comoros $232 million (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the $10 billion (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the $5 billion (2000 est.)
Cook Islands $141 million (1996 est.)
Costa Rica $7.163 billion (30 June 2007)
Cote d'Ivoire $10.91 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Croatia $41.56 billion (30 June 2007)
Cuba $16.79 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion owed to Russia (31 December 2007 est.)
Cyprus area under government control: $26.12 billion
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: $NA (31 December 2007 est.)
Czech Republic $61.74 billion (30 June 2007)
Denmark $492.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Djibouti $428 million (2006)
Dominica $213 million (2004)
Dominican Republic $8.842 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ecuador $17.56 billion (31 October 2007)
Egypt $29.9 billion (30 June 2007)
El Salvador $5.444 billion (December 2007)
Equatorial Guinea $288 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Eritrea $311 million (2000 est.)
Estonia $20.24 billion (30 June 2007)
Ethiopia $3.793 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $NA
Faroe Islands $64 million (1999)
Fiji $127 million (2004 est.)
Finland $271.2 billion (30 June 2007)
France $4.396 trillion (30 June 2007)
French Polynesia $NA
Gabon $3.579 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Gambia, The $628.8 million (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip $NA
Georgia $4.5 billion (2007)
Germany $4.489 trillion (30 June 2007)
Ghana $3.387 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Gibraltar $NA
Greece $371.5 billion (30 June 2007)
Greenland $25 million (1999)
Grenada $347 million (2004)
Guam $NA
Guatemala $5.561 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Guernsey $NA
Guinea $3.298 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau $941.5 million (2000 est.)
Guyana $1.2 billion (2002)
Haiti $1.248 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Honduras $3.871 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Hong Kong $588 billion (2007 est.)
Hungary $142.9 billion (30 June 2007)
Iceland $3.073 billion (2002)
India $165.4 billion (30 June 2007)
Indonesia $137.2 billion (30 June 2007)
Iran $13.8 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Iraq $56.31 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ireland $1.841 trillion (30 June 2007)
Isle of Man $NA
Israel $87.43 billion (30 June 2007)
Italy $2.345 trillion (30 June 2007)
Jamaica $7.138 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Japan $1.492 trillion (30 June 2007)
Jersey $NA
Jordan $7.483 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kazakhstan $93.9 billion (30 September 2007)
Kenya $7.715 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kiribati $10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North $12.5 billion (2001 est.)
Korea, South $342.7 billion (30 September 2007)
Kosovo According to the national bank of Serbia, Kosovo's external debt was around $1.2 billion; Kosovo was willing to accept around $900 million (2007)
Kuwait $33.61 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan $2.966 billion (30 June 2007)
Laos $3.179 billion (2006)
Latvia $29.85 billion (30 June 2007)
Lebanon $34.67 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Lesotho $693 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Liberia $3.2 billion (2005 est.)
Libya $4.837 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Liechtenstein $0 (2001)
Lithuania $22.7 billion (30 June 2007)
Luxembourg $NA
Macau $0 (2006)
Macedonia $2.561 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Madagascar $4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi $622 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Malaysia $57.83 billion (30 June 2007)
Maldives $482 million (2006 est.)
Mali $2.8 billion (2002)
Malta $188.8 million (2005)
Marshall Islands $86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)
Mauritania $2.5 billion (2000)
Mauritius $2.583 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mayotte $NA
Mexico $182 billion (30 June 2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of $60.8 million (FY05 est.)
Moldova $2.774 billion (30 June 2007)
Monaco $18 billion (2000 est.)
Mongolia $1.438 billion (2007)
Montenegro $650 million (2006)
Montserrat $8.9 million (1997)
Morocco $16.86 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mozambique $4.284 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Namibia $1.429 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Nauru $33.3 million (2002)
Nepal $3.07 billion (March 2006)
Netherlands $2.277 trillion (30 June 2007)
Netherlands Antilles $2.68 billion (2004)
New Caledonia $79 million (1998 est.)
New Zealand $50.02 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Nicaragua $3.702 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Niger $2.1 billion (2003 est.)
Nigeria $5.815 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Niue $418,000 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island $NA
Northern Mariana Islands $NA
Norway $469.1 billion; note - Norway is a net external creditor (30 June 2007)
Oman $3.483 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Pakistan $40.32 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Palau $0 (FY99/00)
Panama $10.56 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea $1.814 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Paraguay $3.632 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Peru $27.81 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Philippines $62.84 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Poland $187.8 billion (30 June 2007)
Portugal $415.5 billion (30 June 2007)
Puerto Rico $NA
Qatar $31.07 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Romania $84.74 billion (31 December 2007)
Russia $384.8 billion (30 June 2007)
Rwanda $1.4 billion (2004 est.)
Saint Helena $NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis $314 million (2004)
Saint Lucia $257 million (2004)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon $NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $223 million (2004)
Samoa $177 million (2004)
San Marino $NA
Sao Tome and Principe $318 million (2002)
Saudi Arabia $52.89 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Senegal $2.004 billion (31 December 2007)
Serbia $26.24 billion (includes debt for Montenegro and Kosovo) (2007 est.)
Seychelles $957 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Sierra Leone $1.61 billion (2003 est.)
Singapore $25.53 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Slovakia $36.66 billion (30 June 2007)
Slovenia $40.42 billion (30 June 2007)
Solomon Islands $166 million (2004)
Somalia $3 billion (2001 est.)
South Africa $64.8 billion (30 September 2007)
Spain $2.047 trillion (30 June 2007 est.)
Sri Lanka $13.52 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Sudan $29.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Suriname $504.3 million (2005 est.)
Swaziland $538.6 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Sweden $598.2 billion (30 June 2006)
Switzerland $1.34 trillion (30 June 2007)
Syria $6.34 billion (December 2007 est.)
Taiwan $85.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Tajikistan $1.308 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tanzania $4.984 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Thailand $58.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Togo $2 billion (2005)
Tonga $80.7 million (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago $3.025 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tunisia $18.56 billion (December 2007)
Turkey $226.4 billion (30 June 2007)
Turkmenistan $1.4 billion to $5 billion (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands $NA
Tuvalu $NA
Uganda $1.39 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ukraine $65.38 billion (30 June 2007)
United Arab Emirates $41.51 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
United Kingdom $10.45 trillion (30 June 2007)
United States $12.25 trillion (30 June 2007)
Uruguay $12 billion (30 September 2007)
Uzbekistan $5.398 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vanuatu $81.2 million (2004)
Venezuela $45.44 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vietnam $24.41 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Virgin Islands $NA
Wallis and Futuna $3.67 million (2004)
West Bank $NA
Western Sahara $NA
World $54.31 trillion
note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private (2004 est.)
Yemen $6.122 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zambia $2.798 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zimbabwe $4.876 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

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