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Country Comparison :: Debt - external
This entry gives the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods, or services. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
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Rank
 country Debt - external Date of Information
1 European Union
$ 16,080,000,000,000
30 June 2011
2 United States
$ 14,710,000,000,000
30 June 2011
3 United Kingdom
$ 9,836,000,000,000
30 June 2011
4 France
$ 5,633,000,000,000
30 June 2011
5 Germany
$ 5,624,000,000,000
30 June 2011
6 Japan
$ 2,719,000,000,000
30 June 2011
7 Netherlands
$ 2,655,000,000,000
30 June 2011
8 Spain
$ 2,570,000,000,000
30 June 2011
9 Italy
$ 2,460,000,000,000
30 June 2012 est.
10 Ireland
$ 2,352,000,000,000
30 September 2011
11 Luxembourg
$ 2,146,000,000,000
30 June 2011
12 Australia
$ 1,466,000,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
13 Belgium
$ 1,399,000,000,000
30 June 2011
14 Switzerland
$ 1,346,000,000,000
30 June 2011
15 Canada
$ 1,181,000,000,000
30 June 2011
16 Sweden
$ 1,016,000,000,000
30 June 2011
17 Hong Kong
$ 903,200,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
18 Austria
$ 883,500,000,000
30 June 2011
19 China
$ 710,700,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
20 Norway
$ 644,500,000,000
30 June 2011
21 Denmark
$ 626,900,000,000
30 June 2011
22 Greece
$ 583,300,000,000
30 June 2011
23 Finland
$ 577,000,000,000
31 December 2011
24 Portugal
$ 548,300,000,000
30 June 2011
25 Russia
$ 455,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
26 Korea, South
$ 436,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
27 Brazil
$ 405,300,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
28 Turkey
$ 331,400,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
29 Poland
$ 310,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
30 India
$ 299,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
31 Mexico
$ 217,700,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
32 Indonesia
$ 187,100,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
33 Hungary
$ 170,000,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
34 United Arab Emirates
$ 158,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
35 Qatar
$ 137,000,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
36 Argentina
$ 130,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
37 Saudi Arabia
$ 127,400,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
38 Taiwan
$ 127,400,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
39 Romania
$ 125,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
40 Ukraine
$ 124,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
41 Iceland
$ 124,500,000,000
30 June 2011
42 Thailand
$ 115,600,000,000
30 September 2011 est.
43 Cyprus
$ 106,500,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
44 Kazakhstan
$ 105,500,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
45 Israel
$ 104,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
46 Chile
$ 102,100,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
47 Malaysia
$ 95,550,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
48 New Zealand
$ 90,230,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
49 Czech Republic
$ 90,180,000,000
2012 est.
50 Colombia
$ 73,410,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
51 Slovakia
$ 72,940,000,000
30 November 2011 est.
52 Philippines
$ 68,390,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
53 Croatia
$ 64,250,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
54 Venezuela
$ 63,740,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
55 Slovenia
$ 61,230,000,000
30 June 2011
56 Puerto Rico
$ 56,820,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
57 Pakistan
$ 55,980,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
58 Iraq
$ 50,260,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
59 Malta
$ 48,790,000,000
30 June 2011
60 South Africa
$ 47,560,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
61 Bulgaria
$ 43,240,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
62 Vietnam
$ 41,850,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
63 Sudan
$ 39,700,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
64 Peru
$ 38,910,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
65 Bangladesh
$ 36,210,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
66 Latvia
$ 35,340,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
67 Egypt
$ 34,880,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
68 Lebanon
$ 32,640,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
69 Serbia
$ 32,600,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
70 Lithuania
$ 31,370,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
71 Morocco
$ 29,420,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
72 Kuwait
$ 28,210,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
73 Estonia
$ 25,920,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
74 Bahrain
$ 25,270,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
75 Singapore
$ 24,640,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
76 Tunisia
$ 24,490,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
77 Sri Lanka
$ 22,820,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
78 Cuba
$ 22,360,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
79 Ecuador
$ 20,030,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
80 Angola
$ 19,650,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
81 Bahamas, The
$ 16,680,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
82 Dominican Republic
$ 16,580,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
83 Guatemala
$ 16,170,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
84 Jamaica
$ 14,600,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
85 Panama
$ 13,130,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
86 El Salvador
$ 12,840,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
87 Korea, North
$ 12,500,000,000
2001 est.
88 Costa Rica
$ 12,040,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
89 Uruguay
$ 11,610,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
90 Ghana
$ 11,230,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
91 Tanzania
$ 11,180,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
92 Uzbekistan
$ 10,460,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
93 Nigeria
$ 10,100,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
94 Ethiopia
$ 9,956,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
95 Oman
$ 9,768,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
96 Kenya
$ 9,526,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
97 Iran
$ 9,452,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina
$ 9,051,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
99 Syria
$ 8,818,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
100 Jordan
$ 8,345,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
101 Georgia
$ 8,200,000,000
31 December 2012
102 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$ 7,644,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
103 Zimbabwe
$ 6,975,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
104 Macedonia
$ 6,740,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
105 Yemen
$ 6,726,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
106 Armenia
$ 6,435,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
107 Mauritius
$ 5,768,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
108 Paraguay
$ 5,714,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
109 Bolivia
$ 5,604,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
110 Laos
$ 5,599,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
111 Burma
$ 5,448,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
112 Zambia
$ 5,445,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
113 Albania
$ 5,281,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
114 Nicaragua
$ 5,228,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
115 Moldova
$ 5,167,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
116 Cambodia
$ 5,071,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
117 Libya
$ 5,054,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
118 Honduras
$ 4,884,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
119 Mozambique
$ 4,880,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
120 Papua New Guinea
$ 4,860,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
121 Trinidad and Tobago
$ 4,780,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
122 Cote d'Ivoire
$ 4,742,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
123 Barbados
$ 4,490,000,000
2010 est.
124 Algeria
$ 4,344,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
125 Congo, Republic of the
$ 4,225,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
126 Namibia
$ 4,204,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
127 Uganda
$ 4,126,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
128 Senegal
$ 4,117,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
129 Azerbaijan
$ 4,042,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
130 Nepal
$ 3,774,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
131 Kyrgyzstan
$ 3,666,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
132 Cameroon
$ 3,343,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
133 Somalia
$ 2,942,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
134 Mauritania
$ 2,942,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
135 Tajikistan
$ 2,771,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
136 Gabon
$ 2,758,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
137 Mali
$ 2,725,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
138 Guinea
$ 2,652,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
139 Madagascar
$ 2,631,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
140 Burkina Faso
$ 2,442,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
141 Mongolia
$ 2,070,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
142 Botswana
$ 1,968,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
143 Chad
$ 1,749,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
144 Belize
$ 1,457,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
145 Seychelles
$ 1,453,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
146 Niger
$ 1,451,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
147 Afghanistan
$ 1,280,000,000
FY10/11
148 Bhutan
$ 1,275,000,000
2011
149 Guyana
$ 1,234,000,000
31 December 2010
150 Equatorial Guinea
$ 1,232,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
151 Malawi
$ 1,214,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
152 Montenegro
$ 1,200,000,000
2011 est.
153 Guinea-Bissau
$ 1,095,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
154 Belarus
$ 1,067,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
155 West Bank
$ 1,040,000,000
2010 est.
156 Eritrea
$ 1,026,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
157 Maldives
$ 1,015,000,000
2011 est.
158 Benin
$ 953,500,000
31 December 2012 est.
159 Rwanda
$ 937,200,000
31 December 2012 est.
160 Faroe Islands
$ 888,800,000
2010
161 Haiti
$ 854,700,000
31 December 2012 est.
162 Sierra Leone
$ 827,600,000
31 December 2012 est.
163 Djibouti
$ 802,900,000
31 December 2012 est.
164 Cape Verde
$ 741,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
165 Swaziland
$ 737,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
166 Lesotho
$ 715,400,000
31 December 2012 est.
167 Gambia, The
$ 545,800,000
31 December 2012 est.
168 Grenada
$ 538,000,000
2010 est.
169 Suriname
$ 504,300,000
2005 est.
170 Aruba
$ 478,600,000
2005 est.
171 Saint Lucia
$ 471,400,000
31 December 2012 est.
172 Central African Republic
$ 469,500,000
31 December 2012 est.
173 Antigua and Barbuda
$ 458,000,000
June 2010
174 Turkmenistan
$ 429,100,000
31 December 2012 est.
175 Liberia
$ 400,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
176 Kosovo
$ 326,000,000
2011 est.
177 Sao Tome and Principe
$ 316,600,000
31 December 2012 est.
178 Vanuatu
$ 307,700,000
31 December 2011 est.
179 Comoros
$ 279,300,000
31 December 2009 est.
180 Fiji
$ 268,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
181 Dominica
$ 253,800,000
31 December 2012 est.
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
$ 252,200,000
31 December 2012 est.
183 Samoa
$ 235,500,000
31 December 2009 est.
184 Burundi
$ 231,700,000
31 December 2012 est.
185 Saint Kitts and Nevis
$ 189,100,000
31 December 2012 est.
186 Solomon Islands
$ 166,000,000
2004
187 Bermuda
$ 160,000,000
FY99/00
188 Cook Islands
$ 141,000,000
1996 est.
189 Tonga
$ 118,600,000
31 December 2012 est.
190 Marshall Islands
$ 87,000,000
2008 est.
191 New Caledonia
$ 79,000,000
1998 est.
192 Cayman Islands
$ 70,000,000
1996
193 Micronesia, Federated States of
$ 60,800,000
FY05 est.
194 Greenland
$ 36,400,000
2010
195 British Virgin Islands
$ 36,100,000
1997
196 Nauru
$ 33,300,000
2004 est.
197 Kiribati
$ 10,000,000
1999 est.
198 Montserrat
$ 8,900,000
1997
199 Anguilla
$ 8,800,000
1998
200 Wallis and Futuna
$ 3,670,000
2004
201 Niue
$ 418,000
2002 est.
202 Palau
$ 0
FY99/00
203 Macau
$ 0
2010
204 Brunei
$ 0
2005
205 Liechtenstein
$ 0
2001
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