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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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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 Italy
$ 2,684,000,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
8 Spain
$ 2,570,000,000,000
30 June 2011
9 Ireland
$ 2,357,000,000,000
30 June 2011
10 Luxembourg
$ 2,146,000,000,000
30 June 2011
11 Belgium
$ 1,399,000,000,000
30 June 2011
12 Switzerland
$ 1,346,000,000,000
30 June 2011
13 Australia
$ 1,302,000,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
14 Canada
$ 1,181,000,000,000
30 June 2011
15 Sweden
$ 1,016,000,000,000
30 June 2011
16 Hong Kong
$ 903,200,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
17 Austria
$ 883,500,000,000
30 June 2011
18 Norway
$ 644,500,000,000
30 June 2011
19 Denmark
$ 626,900,000,000
30 June 2011
20 Greece
$ 583,300,000,000
30 June 2011
21 Portugal
$ 548,300,000,000
30 June 2011
22 Russia
$ 538,600,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
23 China
$ 529,200,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
24 Finland
$ 518,000,000,000
30 June 2011
25 Korea, South
$ 398,000,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
26 Brazil
$ 396,200,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
27 Poland
$ 365,400,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
28 India
$ 316,900,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
29 Turkey
$ 309,600,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
30 Mexico
$ 279,800,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
31 Hungary
$ 232,500,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
32 Indonesia
$ 223,000,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
33 United Arab Emirates
$ 151,800,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
34 Romania
$ 143,500,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
35 Argentina
$ 132,500,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
36 Iceland
$ 124,500,000,000
30 June 2011
37 Kazakhstan
$ 124,100,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
38 Ukraine
$ 123,400,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
39 Israel
$ 112,400,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
40 Thailand
$ 111,900,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
41 South Africa
$ 109,400,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
42 Czech Republic
$ 105,800,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
43 Taiwan
$ 101,700,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
44 Chile
$ 96,570,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
45 New Zealand
$ 81,100,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
46 Saudi Arabia
$ 80,950,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
47 Malaysia
$ 79,120,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
48 Slovakia
$ 75,900,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
49 Qatar
$ 75,130,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
50 Colombia
$ 68,940,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
51 Croatia
$ 68,690,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
52 Philippines
$ 61,420,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
53 Venezuela
$ 61,420,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
54 Slovenia
$ 61,230,000,000
30 June 2011
55 Puerto Rico
$ 56,820,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
56 Pakistan
$ 56,120,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
57 Bulgaria
$ 53,480,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
58 Iraq
$ 52,580,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
59 Malta
$ 48,790,000,000
30 June 2011
60 Kuwait
$ 45,430,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
61 Peru
$ 42,270,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
62 Latvia
$ 42,070,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
63 Sudan
$ 37,700,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
64 Lithuania
$ 35,840,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
65 Egypt
$ 34,910,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
66 Serbia
$ 33,600,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
67 Belarus
$ 33,100,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
68 Vietnam
$ 32,840,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
69 Lebanon
$ 30,450,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
70 Morocco
$ 30,190,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
71 Bangladesh
$ 24,600,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
72 Estonia
$ 24,220,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
73 Tunisia
$ 23,090,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
74 Singapore
$ 21,820,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
75 Sri Lanka
$ 19,780,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
76 Cuba
$ 19,750,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
77 Angola
$ 18,110,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
78 Monaco
$ 18,000,000,000
2000 est.
79 Jordan
$ 17,460,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
80 Guatemala
$ 15,750,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
81 Bahrain
$ 14,580,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
82 Iran
$ 14,340,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
83 Ecuador
$ 14,320,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
84 Uruguay
$ 13,950,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
85 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$ 13,500,000,000
2009 est.
86 Dominican Republic
$ 13,240,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
87 Panama
$ 13,220,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
88 Jamaica
$ 12,570,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
89 Korea, North
$ 12,500,000,000
2001 est.
90 El Salvador
$ 11,920,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
91 Cote d'Ivoire
$ 11,520,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
92 Georgia
$ 10,500,000,000
30 June 2011
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina
$ 9,692,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
94 Costa Rica
$ 9,239,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
95 Nigeria
$ 9,160,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
96 Kenya
$ 8,465,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
97 Tanzania
$ 8,259,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
98 Burma
$ 7,993,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
99 Oman
$ 7,921,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
100 Syria
$ 7,636,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
101 Armenia
$ 6,965,000,000
30 June 2011
102 Ghana
$ 6,795,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
103 Yemen
$ 6,586,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
104 Libya
$ 6,396,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
105 Bolivia
$ 6,164,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
106 Macedonia
$ 5,704,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
107 Ethiopia
$ 5,593,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
108 Zimbabwe
$ 5,204,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
109 Moldova
$ 5,056,000,000
30 June 2011 est.
110 Congo, Republic of the
$ 5,000,000,000
2000 est.
111 Mozambique
$ 4,810,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
112 Albania
$ 4,752,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
113 Nicaragua
$ 4,739,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
114 Mauritius
$ 4,695,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
115 Laos
$ 4,635,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
116 Paraguay
$ 4,545,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
117 Nepal
$ 4,500,000,000
2009
118 Cambodia
$ 4,431,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
119 Algeria
$ 4,344,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
120 Trinidad and Tobago
$ 4,289,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
121 Uzbekistan
$ 4,221,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
122 Azerbaijan
$ 3,934,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
123 Senegal
$ 3,858,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
124 Honduras
$ 3,748,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
125 Kyrgyzstan
$ 3,738,000,000
30 June 2010
126 Zambia
$ 3,461,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
127 Cameroon
$ 3,123,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
128 Namibia
$ 3,101,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
129 Mali
$ 3,024,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
130 Somalia
$ 3,000,000,000
2001 est.
131 Uganda
$ 2,938,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
132 Benin
$ 2,894,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
133 Guinea
$ 2,843,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
134 Afghanistan
$ 2,700,000,000
FY08/09
135 Botswana
$ 2,499,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
136 Mauritania
$ 2,344,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
137 Madagascar
$ 2,265,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
138 Gabon
$ 2,247,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
139 Burkina Faso
$ 2,050,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
140 Tajikistan
$ 1,988,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
141 Mongolia
$ 1,860,000,000
2009
142 Chad
$ 1,743,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
143 Liberia
$ 1,660,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
144 Papua New Guinea
$ 1,622,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
145 Sierra Leone
$ 1,610,000,000
2003 est.
146 Seychelles
$ 1,526,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
147 Malawi
$ 1,269,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
148 Burundi
$ 1,200,000,000
2003
149 Eritrea
$ 1,048,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
150 West Bank
$ 1,040,000,000
2010 est.
151 Belize
$ 1,010,000,000
2009 est.
152 Niger
$ 990,900,000
31 December 2009 est.
153 Maldives
$ 943,000,000
2010 est.
154 Guinea-Bissau
$ 941,500,000
2000 est.
155 Bhutan
$ 836,000,000
2009
156 Guyana
$ 804,300,000
30 September 2008
157 Equatorial Guinea
$ 794,700,000
31 December 2010 est.
158 Barbados
$ 668,000,000
2003
159 Lesotho
$ 666,200,000
31 December 2010 est.
160 Montenegro
$ 650,000,000
2006
161 Gambia, The
$ 572,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
162 Turkmenistan
$ 517,700,000
31 December 2010 est.
163 Suriname
$ 504,300,000
2005 est.
164 Haiti
$ 504,100,000
31 December 2010 est.
165 Aruba
$ 478,600,000
2005 est.
166 Swaziland
$ 445,600,000
31 December 2010 est.
167 Djibouti
$ 428,000,000
2006
168 Central African Republic
$ 402,800,000
31 December 2010 est.
169 Saint Lucia
$ 366,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
170 Antigua and Barbuda
$ 359,800,000
June 2006
171 Grenada
$ 347,000,000
2004
172 Bahamas, The
$ 342,600,000
2004 est.
173 Cape Verde
$ 325,000,000
2002
174 Comoros
$ 279,300,000
31 December 2009 est.
175 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
$ 272,400,000
31 December 2010 est.
176 Samoa
$ 235,500,000
31 December 2009 est.
177 Saint Kitts and Nevis
$ 215,800,000
31 December 2010 est.
178 Dominica
$ 213,000,000
2004
179 Sao Tome and Principe
$ 185,900,000
31 December 2009 est.
180 Solomon Islands
$ 166,000,000
2004
181 Bermuda
$ 160,000,000
FY99/00
182 Cook Islands
$ 141,000,000
1996 est.
183 Fiji
$ 127,000,000
2004 est.
184 Tonga
$ 104,500,000
31 December 2009 est.
185 Marshall Islands
$ 87,000,000
2008 est.
186 Vanuatu
$ 81,200,000
2004
187 New Caledonia
$ 79,000,000
1998 est.
188 Cayman Islands
$ 70,000,000
1996
189 Faroe Islands
$ 68,100,000
2006
190 Micronesia, Federated States of
$ 60,800,000
FY05 est.
191 Greenland
$ 58,000,000
2009
192 British Virgin Islands
$ 36,100,000
1997
193 Nauru
$ 33,300,000
2004 est.
194 Kiribati
$ 10,000,000
1999 est.
195 Montserrat
$ 8,900,000
1997
196 Anguilla
$ 8,800,000
1998
197 Wallis and Futuna
$ 3,670,000
2004
198 Niue
$ 418,000
2002 est.
199 Brunei
$ 0
2005
200 Palau
$ 0
FY99/00
201 Macau
$ 0
2010
202 Liechtenstein
$ 0
2001
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