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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 $ 54,310,000,000,000 2004 est.
2
 United States $ 12,250,000,000,000 30 June 2007
3
 United Kingdom $ 10,450,000,000,000 30 June 2007
4
 Germany $ 4,489,000,000,000 30 June 2007
5
 France $ 4,396,000,000,000 30 June 2007
6
 Italy $ 2,345,000,000,000 30 June 2007
7
 Netherlands $ 2,277,000,000,000 30 June 2007
8
 Spain $ 2,047,000,000,000 30 June 2007 est.
9
 Ireland $ 1,841,000,000,000 30 June 2007
10
 Japan $ 1,492,000,000,000 30 June 2007
11
 Switzerland $ 1,340,000,000,000 30 June 2007
12
 Belgium $ 1,313,000,000,000 30 June 2007
13
 Canada $ 758,600,000,000 30 June 2007
14
 Australia $ 757,900,000,000 30 June 2007
15
 Austria $ 752,500,000,000 30 June 2007
16
 Sweden $ 598,200,000,000 30 June 2006
17
 Hong Kong $ 588,000,000,000 2007 est.
18
 Denmark $ 492,600,000,000 30 June 2007
19
 Norway $ 469,100,000,000 30 June 2007
20
 Portugal $ 415,500,000,000 30 June 2007
21
 Russia $ 384,800,000,000 30 June 2007
22
 Greece $ 371,500,000,000 30 June 2007
23
 China $ 363,000,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
24
 Korea, South $ 342,700,000,000 30 September 2007
25
 Finland $ 271,200,000,000 30 June 2007
26
 Brazil $ 230,300,000,000 30 June 2007
27
 Turkey $ 226,400,000,000 30 June 2007
28
 Poland $ 187,800,000,000 30 June 2007
29
 Mexico $ 182,000,000,000 30 June 2007
30
 India $ 165,400,000,000 30 June 2007
31
 Hungary $ 142,900,000,000 30 June 2007
32
 Indonesia $ 137,200,000,000 30 June 2007
33
 Argentina $ 118,000,000,000 30 September 2007
34
 Kazakhstan $ 93,900,000,000 30 September 2007
35
 Israel $ 87,430,000,000 30 June 2007
36
 Taiwan $ 85,800,000,000 31 December 2007
37
 Romania $ 84,740,000,000 31 December 2007
38
 Ukraine $ 65,380,000,000 30 June 2007
39
 South Africa $ 64,800,000,000 30 September 2007
40
 Philippines $ 62,840,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
41
 Czech Republic $ 61,740,000,000 30 June 2007
42
 Thailand $ 58,600,000,000 30 June 2007
43
 Malaysia $ 57,830,000,000 30 June 2007
44
 Iraq $ 56,310,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
45
 Saudi Arabia $ 52,890,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
46
 New Zealand $ 50,020,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
47
 Chile $ 49,180,000,000 30 June 2007
48
 Venezuela $ 45,440,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
49
 Colombia $ 43,300,000,000 30 June 2007
50
 Croatia $ 41,560,000,000 30 June 2007
51
 United Arab Emirates $ 41,510,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
52
 Slovenia $ 40,420,000,000 30 June 2007
53
 Pakistan $ 40,320,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
54
 Slovakia $ 36,660,000,000 30 June 2007
55
 Lebanon $ 34,670,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
56
 Kuwait $ 33,610,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
57
 Qatar $ 31,070,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
58
 Egypt $ 29,900,000,000 30 June 2007
59
 Latvia $ 29,850,000,000 30 June 2007
60
 Sudan $ 29,600,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
61
 Bulgaria $ 29,290,000,000 30 June 2007
62
 Peru $ 27,810,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
63
 Serbia $ 26,240,000,000 2007 est.
64
 Cyprus $ 26,120,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
65
 Singapore $ 25,530,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
66
 Vietnam $ 24,410,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
67
 Lithuania $ 22,700,000,000 30 June 2007
68
 Bangladesh $ 20,250,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
69
 Estonia $ 20,240,000,000 30 June 2007
70
 Tunisia $ 18,560,000,000 December 2007
71
 Monaco $ 18,000,000,000 2000 est.
72
 Ecuador $ 17,560,000,000 31 October 2007
73
 Morocco $ 16,860,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
74
 Cuba $ 16,790,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
75
 Iran $ 13,800,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
76
 Sri Lanka $ 13,520,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
77
 Korea, North $ 12,500,000,000 2001 est.
78
 Uruguay $ 12,000,000,000 30 September 2007
79
 Cote d'Ivoire $ 10,910,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
80
 Panama $ 10,560,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
81
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 10,000,000,000 2006 est.
82
 Belarus $ 9,272,000,000 30 June 2007
83
 Dominican Republic $ 8,842,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
84
 Angola $ 8,835,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
85
 Afghanistan $ 8,000,000,000 2004
86
 Kenya $ 7,715,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
87
 Bahrain $ 7,692,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
88
 Jordan $ 7,483,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
89
 Costa Rica $ 7,163,000,000 30 June 2007
90
 Jamaica $ 7,138,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
91
 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 7,057,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
92
 Burma $ 6,914,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
93
 Syria $ 6,340,000,000 December 2007 est.
94
 Yemen $ 6,122,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
95
 Nigeria $ 5,815,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
96
 Guatemala $ 5,561,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
97
 El Salvador $ 5,444,000,000 December 2007
98
 Uzbekistan $ 5,398,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
99
 Congo, Republic of the $ 5,000,000,000 2000 est.
100
 Tanzania $ 4,984,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
101
 Zimbabwe $ 4,876,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
102
 Libya $ 4,837,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
103
 Madagascar $ 4,600,000,000 2002
104
 Georgia $ 4,500,000,000 2007
105
 Mozambique $ 4,284,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
106
 Cambodia $ 3,980,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
107
 Honduras $ 3,871,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
108
 Bolivia $ 3,800,000,000 31December 2007 est.
109
 Ethiopia $ 3,793,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
110
 Nicaragua $ 3,702,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
111
 Paraguay $ 3,632,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
112
 Gabon $ 3,579,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
113
 Oman $ 3,483,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
114
 Ghana $ 3,387,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
115
 Algeria $ 3,358,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
116
 Guinea $ 3,298,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
117
 Liberia $ 3,200,000,000 2005 est.
118
 Laos $ 3,179,000,000 2006
119
 Iceland $ 3,073,000,000 2002
120
 Nepal $ 3,070,000,000 March 2006
121
 Trinidad and Tobago $ 3,025,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
122
 Somalia $ 3,000,000,000 2001 est.
123
 Kyrgyzstan $ 2,966,000,000 30 June 2007
124
 Mali $ 2,800,000,000 2002
125
 Zambia $ 2,798,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
126
 Moldova $ 2,774,000,000 30 June 2007
127
 Netherlands Antilles $ 2,680,000,000 2004
128
 Mauritius $ 2,583,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
129
 Macedonia $ 2,561,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
130
 Mauritania $ 2,500,000,000 2000
131
 Cameroon $ 2,449,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
132
 Niger $ 2,100,000,000 2003 est.
133
 Azerbaijan $ 2,022,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
134
 Senegal $ 2,004,000,000 31 December 2007
135
 Togo $ 2,000,000,000 2005
136
 Papua New Guinea $ 1,814,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
137
 Sierra Leone $ 1,610,000,000 2003 est.
138
 Chad $ 1,600,000,000 2005 est.
139
 Albania $ 1,550,000,000 2004
140
 Mongolia $ 1,438,000,000 2007
141
 Namibia $ 1,429,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
142
 Rwanda $ 1,400,000,000 2004 est.
143
 Turkmenistan $ 1,400,000,000 2004 est.
144
 Uganda $ 1,390,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
145
 Armenia $ 1,372,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
146
 Burkina Faso $ 1,330,000,000 2007
147
 Tajikistan $ 1,308,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
148
 Haiti $ 1,248,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
149
 Belize $ 1,200,000,000 June 2005 est.
150
 Burundi $ 1,200,000,000 2003
151
 Guyana $ 1,200,000,000 2002
152
 Benin $ 1,200,000,000 2007
153
 Central African Republic $ 1,153,000,000 2007 est.
154
 Seychelles $ 957,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
155
 Guinea-Bissau $ 941,500,000 2000 est.
156
 Lesotho $ 693,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
157
 Barbados $ 668,000,000 2003
158
 Montenegro $ 650,000,000 2006
159
 Gambia, The $ 628,800,000 2003 est.
160
 Malawi $ 622,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
161
 Bhutan $ 593,000,000 2004
162
 Swaziland $ 538,600,000 31 December 2007 est.
163
 Botswana $ 513,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
164
 Suriname $ 504,300,000 2005 est.
165
 Maldives $ 482,000,000 2006 est.
166
 Aruba $ 478,600,000 2005 est.
167
 Djibouti $ 428,000,000 2006
168
 Antigua and Barbuda $ 359,800,000 June 2006
169
 Grenada $ 347,000,000 2004
170
 Bahamas, The $ 342,600,000 2004 est.
171
 Cape Verde $ 325,000,000 2002
172
 Sao Tome and Principe $ 318,000,000 2002
173
 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 314,000,000 2004
174
 Eritrea $ 311,000,000 2000 est.
175
 Equatorial Guinea $ 288,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
176
 Saint Lucia $ 257,000,000 2004
177
 Comoros $ 232,000,000 2000 est.
178
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 223,000,000 2004
179
 Dominica $ 213,000,000 2004
180
 Malta $ 188,800,000 2005
181
 Samoa $ 177,000,000 2004
182
 Solomon Islands $ 166,000,000 2004
183
 Bermuda $ 160,000,000 FY99/00
184
 Cook Islands $ 141,000,000 1996 est.
185
 Fiji $ 127,000,000 2004 est.
186
 Marshall Islands $ 86,500,000 FY99/00 est.
187
 Vanuatu $ 81,200,000 2004
188
 Tonga $ 80,700,000 2004
189
 New Caledonia $ 79,000,000 1998 est.
190
 Cayman Islands $ 70,000,000 1996
191
 Faroe Islands $ 64,000,000 1999
192
 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 60,800,000 FY05 est.
193
 British Virgin Islands $ 36,100,000 1997
194
 Nauru $ 33,300,000 2002
195
 Greenland $ 25,000,000 1999
196
 Kiribati $ 10,000,000 1999 est.
197
 Montserrat $ 8,900,000 1997
198
 Anguilla $ 8,800,000 1998
199
 Wallis and Futuna $ 3,670,000 2004
200
 Niue $ 418,000 2002 est.
201
 Brunei $ 0 2005
202
 Liechtenstein $ 0 2001
203
 Palau $ 0 FY99/00
204
 Macau $ 0 2006

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