| Field Listing :: 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. | |
| Country Comparison to the World |
Country |
Debt - external |
|---|
| Afghanistan |
$1.28 billion (FY10/11)
$2.7 billion (FY08/09) |
| Albania |
$5.838 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$5.938 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Algeria |
$5.639 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$6.072 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| American Samoa | $NA |
| Andorra | $NA |
| Angola |
$21.85 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$21.12 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Anguilla | $8.8 million (1998) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
$441.2 million (31 December 2012)
$458 million (June 2010) |
| Argentina |
$113.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$114.7 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Armenia |
$7.633 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$7.383 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Aruba | $533.4 million (2005 est.) |
| Australia |
$1.497 trillion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.383 trillion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Austria |
$808.1 billion (31 December 2012)
$786.1 billion (31 December 2011) |
| Azerbaijan |
$9.11 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$8.427 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
$16.35 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$15.13 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bahrain |
$27.54 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$27.04 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
$29.53 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$29.12 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Barbados |
$4.49 billion (2010 est.)
$668 million (2003 est.) |
| Belarus |
$1.225 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.278 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Belgium |
$1.424 trillion (31 December 2012)
$1.417 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Belize |
$1.473 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.423 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Benin |
$1.123 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.035 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bermuda | $1.4 billion (2012 est.) |
| Bhutan |
$1.275 billion (2011)
$836 million (2009) |
| Bolivia |
$6.89 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$6.474 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
$10.81 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$10.73 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Botswana |
$2.443 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$2.396 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Brazil |
$438.9 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$404.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | $36.1 million (1997) |
| Brunei | $0 (2005) |
| Bulgaria |
$36.52 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$39.93 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
$2.607 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$2.42 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Burma |
$5.591 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$7.766 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Burundi |
$641.9 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$627.7 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
$1.18 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.025 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cambodia |
$4.567 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$4.336 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cameroon |
$3.207 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$3.074 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Canada |
$1.326 trillion (31 December 2012)
$1.191 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Central African Republic |
$632.7 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$573 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Chad |
$1.794 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.821 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Chile |
$112.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$96.24 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| China |
$728.9 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$685.4 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Colombia |
$80.72 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$76.92 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Comoros |
$136.1 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$277.9 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
$6.087 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$5.448 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
$2.999 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$2.523 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cook Islands | $141 million (1996 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
$13.81 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$10.29 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
$8.096 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$12.01 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Croatia |
$65.37 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$64.83 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cuba |
$22.51 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$21.88 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cyprus |
$103.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$106.8 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
$101 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$94.85 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Denmark |
$587.6 billion (31 December 2012)
$571.4 billion (31 December 2011) |
| Djibouti |
$773.9 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$767 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Dominica |
$272.1 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$283.9 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
$16.33 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$15.39 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ecuador |
$17.68 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$16.5 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Egypt |
$38.69 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$35 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| El Salvador |
$13.56 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$12 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
$1.858 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.5 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Eritrea |
$1.057 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.055 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Estonia |
$25.69 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$25.01 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
$10.03 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$8.597 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| European Union |
$15.5 trillion (31 December 2012)
$14.78 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | $NA |
| Faroe Islands |
$888.8 million (2010)
$68.1 million (2006) |
| Fiji |
$685.5 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$860.7 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Finland |
$599.3 billion (31 December 2012)
$478.5 billion (31 December 2011) |
| France |
$5.165 trillion (31 December 2012)
$5.004 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| French Polynesia | $NA |
| Gabon |
$3.196 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$2.879 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
$481.5 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$466.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | see entry for West Bank |
| Georgia |
$11.67 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$11.12 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Germany |
$5.719 trillion (31 December 2012)
$5.338 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Ghana |
$12.64 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$11.29 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Gibraltar | $NA |
| Greece |
$576.6 billion (31 December 2012)
$478.7 billion (31 December 2011) |
| Greenland |
$36.4 million (2010)
$58 million (2009) |
| Grenada |
$538 million (2010 est.)
$542 million (2009 est.) |
| Guam | $NA |
| Guatemala |
$16.61 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$16.29 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Guernsey | $NA |
| Guinea |
$2.584 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$3.139 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
$1.095 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
$941.5 million (31 December 2000 est.) |
| Guyana |
$1.846 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$1.846 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Haiti |
$957.6 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$782.9 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Honduras |
$5.233 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$4.642 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
$134.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$126 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Hungary |
$169.3 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$184.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Iceland |
$100.2 billion (31 December 2012)
$110.8 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| India |
$378.9 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$334.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Indonesia |
$224.1 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$213.5 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Iran |
$14.84 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$19.11 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Iraq |
$60.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$61 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ireland |
$2.163 trillion (31 December 2012)
$2.213 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Isle of Man | $NA |
| Israel |
$93.98 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$104.5 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Italy |
$2.493 trillion (31 December 2012 est.)
$2.35 trillion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Jamaica |
$14.09 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$14.35 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Japan |
$3.024 trillion (31 December 2012)
$3.115 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Jersey | $NA |
| Jordan |
$19.67 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$17.63 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
$133.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$124.4 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Kenya |
$11.06 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$10.26 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Kiribati | $10 million (1999 est.) |
| Korea, North | $12.5 billion (2001 est.) |
| Korea, South |
$420.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$442.5 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Kosovo |
$326 million (2011 est.)
$900 million (2010 est.) |
| Kuwait |
$29.76 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$32.02 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
$3.746 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$5.486 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Laos |
$6.288 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$6.158 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Latvia |
$39.43 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$38.07 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Lebanon |
$25.16 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$24.88 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Lesotho |
$779.8 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$791.9 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Liberia |
$349.2 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$447.6 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Libya |
$5.278 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$4.882 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Liechtenstein | $0 (2001) |
| Lithuania |
$32.84 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$31.01 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
$2.643 trillion (31 December 2012)
$2.084 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Macau | $0 (2012) |
| Macedonia |
$6.807 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$6.271 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Madagascar |
$3.116 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$2.769 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Malawi |
$1.354 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.202 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Malaysia |
$98.82 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$94.47 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Maldives |
$890.8 million (2012 est.)
$684.2 million (2011 est.) |
| Mali |
$3.041 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$2.931 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Malta |
$45.77 billion (31 December 2012)
$43.16 billion (31 December 2011) |
| Marshall Islands |
$87 million (2008 est.)
$86.5 million (FY99/00 est.) |
| Mauritania |
$2.922 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$2.709 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mauritius |
$2.606 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$2.203 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mexico |
$347.1 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$287 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | $60.8 million (FY05 est.) |
| Moldova |
$5.888 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$5.452 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Monaco | $NA |
| Mongolia |
$4.669 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$2.564 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Montenegro |
$1.7 billion (2012 est.)
$1.2 billion (2011 est.) |
| Montserrat | $8.9 million (1997) |
| Morocco |
$32.15 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$29.05 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mozambique |
$4.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$4.097 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Namibia |
$4.292 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$4.188 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Nauru | $33.3 million (2004 est.) |
| Nepal |
$3.956 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$3.673 billion (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Netherlands |
$2.487 trillion (31 December 2012)
$2.482 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| New Caledonia | $79 million (1998 est.) |
| New Zealand |
$85.18 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$84.04 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
$7.79 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$7.309 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Niger |
$1.551 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.408 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Nigeria |
$13.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$13.11 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Niue | $418,000 (2002 est.) |
| Norfolk Island | $NA |
| Northern Mariana Islands | $NA |
| Norway |
$659.1 billion (31 December 2012)
$595.7 billion (31 December 2011) note: Norway is a net external creditor |
| Oman |
$9.99 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$9.285 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Pakistan |
$54.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$60.18 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Palau | $0 (FY99/00) |
| Panama |
$13.56 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$12.58 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
$12.96 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$12.44 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Paraguay |
$5.985 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$6.013 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Peru |
$50.47 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$44.87 billion (31 December 2011 est.) note: public debt component of total: $20.6 billion (31 December 2009) |
| Philippines |
$74.88 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$76.04 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Poland |
$364.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$320.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Portugal |
$508.3 billion (31 December 2012)
$482.2 billion (31 December 2011) |
| Puerto Rico |
$56.82 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
$52.98 billion (31 December 2009 est.) |
| Qatar |
$134.8 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$127.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Romania |
$129.3 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$129.8 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Russia |
$631.8 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$543 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Rwanda |
$1.153 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.103 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | $NA |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
$189.3 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$199.1 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
$438.7 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$447.8 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | $NA |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
$265 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$282.8 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Samoa |
$368.3 million (31 December 2011 est.)
$368.3 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| San Marino | $NA |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
$313.3 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$230.9 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
$136.3 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$113.7 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Senegal |
$4.221 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$4.32 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Serbia |
$33.69 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$31.57 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Seychelles |
$1.733 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.779 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
$1.172 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.049 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Singapore |
$1.174 trillion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.088 trillion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Slovakia |
$68.44 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$68.61 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Slovenia |
$53.88 billion (31 December 2012)
$52.07 billion (31 December 2011) |
| Solomon Islands |
$255.5 million (31 December 2011 est.)
$166 million (2004) |
| Somalia |
$3.05 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$2.942 billion (31 December 2010 est.) |
| South Africa |
$130.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$113.5 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Spain |
$2.311 trillion (31 December 2012)
$2.269 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Sri Lanka |
$26.83 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$23.98 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Sudan |
$39.54 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$38.63 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Suriname |
$810.8 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$700.9 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Swaziland |
$604.8 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$604.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Sweden |
$1.034 trillion (31 December 2012)
$992.5 billion (31 December 2011) |
| Switzerland |
$1.563 trillion (31 December 2012)
$1.424 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Syria |
$8.394 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$8.269 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Taiwan |
$130.8 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$122.5 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
$3.439 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$3.323 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Tanzania |
$11.82 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$10.04 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Thailand |
$133.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$104.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Togo |
$658.1 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$643.1 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Tonga |
$198.6 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$190.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
$4.722 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$4.738 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Tunisia |
$24.6 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$22.34 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Turkey |
$336.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$307 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
$428.9 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$445.3 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | $NA |
| Tuvalu | $NA |
| Uganda |
$4.461 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$3.858 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ukraine |
$136.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$134.5 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
$162.3 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$156.7 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
$10.09 trillion (31 December 2012)
$9.961 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| United States |
$15.93 trillion (31 December 2012)
$15.51 trillion (31 December 2011) note: approximately 4/5ths of US external debt is denominated in US dollars; foreign lenders have been willing to hold US dollar denominated debt instruments because they view the dollar as the world's reserve currency |
| Uruguay |
$16.02 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$14.35 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
$7.342 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$8.382 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
$201.8 million (31 December 2011 est.)
$258.9 million (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Venezuela |
$75.75 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$67.91 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Vietnam |
$63.95 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$57.84 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | $NA |
| Wallis and Futuna | $3.67 million (2004) |
| West Bank |
$1.04 billion (2010 est.)
$1.3 billion (2007 est.) note: data include the Gaza Strip |
| Western Sahara | $NA |
| World |
$72.85 trillion (31 December 2012 est.)
$69.6 trillion (31 December 2011 est.) note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private |
| Yemen |
$7.419 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$6.418 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Zambia |
$5.618 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$4.36 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
$8.765 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$6.276 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |