Debt - external

This entry gives the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
Rank country Debt - external Date of Information








1 United States $ 13,450,000,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



2 United Kingdom $ 9,088,000,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



3 Germany $ 5,208,000,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



4 France $ 5,021,000,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



5 Netherlands $ 2,452,000,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



6 Spain $ 2,410,000,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



7 Ireland $ 2,387,000,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



8 Japan $ 2,132,000,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



9 Luxembourg $ 1,994,000,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



10 Switzerland $ 1,339,000,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



11 Australia $ 920,000,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



12 Canada $ 833,800,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



13 Austria $ 832,400,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



14 Sweden $ 669,100,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



15 Hong Kong $ 631,100,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



16 Denmark $ 607,400,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



17 Greece $ 552,800,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



18 Norway $ 548,100,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



19 Portugal $ 507,000,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



20 Russia $ 369,200,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



21 Finland $ 364,900,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



22 China $ 347,100,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



23 Korea, South $ 333,600,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



24 Turkey $ 253,200,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



25 India $ 232,500,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



26 Brazil $ 216,100,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



27 Poland $ 201,200,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



28 Mexico $ 177,000,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



29 Indonesia $ 150,700,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



30 Hungary $ 150,300,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



31 United Arab Emirates $ 128,600,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



32 Argentina $ 108,600,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



33 Romania $ 95,480,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



34 Kazakhstan $ 93,210,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



35 Ukraine $ 88,920,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



36 Israel $ 84,690,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



37 Taiwan $ 82,680,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



38 Czech Republic $ 76,830,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



39 South Africa $ 73,840,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



40 Saudi Arabia $ 72,450,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



41 Qatar $ 63,160,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



42 Philippines $ 62,730,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



43 Chile $ 60,900,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



44 Thailand $ 60,650,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



45 New Zealand $ 58,920,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



46 Croatia $ 55,500,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



47 Slovenia $ 53,200,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



48 Pakistan $ 52,120,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



49 Iraq $ 50,290,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



50 Bulgaria $ 49,280,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



51 Malaysia $ 48,260,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



52 Colombia $ 47,330,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



53 Venezuela $ 43,410,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



54 Latvia $ 38,010,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



55 Lithuania $ 36,430,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



56 Sudan $ 36,270,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



57 Lebanon $ 34,470,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



58 Kuwait $ 33,490,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



59 Peru $ 30,040,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



60 Egypt $ 28,450,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



61 Serbia $ 26,240,000,000 2007 est.



62 Vietnam $ 26,060,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



63 Bangladesh $ 23,220,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



64 Estonia $ 22,540,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



65 Morocco $ 20,060,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



66 Sri Lanka $ 19,450,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



67 Cuba $ 19,440,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



68 Singapore $ 19,200,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



69 Iran $ 18,730,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



70 Tunisia $ 18,110,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



71 Monaco $ 18,000,000,000 2000 est.



72 Belarus $ 17,080,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



73 Ecuador $ 13,310,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



74 Angola $ 12,830,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



75 Uruguay $ 12,610,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



76 Korea, North $ 12,500,000,000 2001 est.



77 Cote d'Ivoire $ 12,080,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



78 Panama $ 12,040,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



79 Dominican Republic $ 11,850,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



80 Jamaica $ 11,550,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



81 El Salvador $ 11,510,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



82 Bahrain $ 10,870,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



83 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 10,000,000,000 2007 est.



84 Nigeria $ 9,689,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



85 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 8,415,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



86 Costa Rica $ 8,057,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



87 Afghanistan $ 8,000,000,000 2004 est.



88 Kenya $ 7,729,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



89 Georgia $ 7,711,000,000 31 December 2008 est.



90 Syria $ 7,621,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



91 Guatemala $ 7,489,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



92 Oman $ 7,474,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



93 Burma $ 7,373,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



94 Tanzania $ 7,070,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



95 Jordan $ 6,715,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



96 Libya $ 6,491,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



97 Yemen $ 6,245,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



98 Ghana $ 5,840,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



99 Zimbabwe $ 5,821,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



100 Bolivia $ 5,349,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



101 Congo, Republic of the $ 5,000,000,000 2000 est.



102 Nicaragua $ 4,700,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



103 Macedonia $ 4,656,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



104 Mauritius $ 4,567,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



105 Nepal $ 4,500,000,000 2009 est.



106 Armenia $ 4,470,000,000 30 June 2009 est.



107 Ethiopia $ 4,229,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



108 Mozambique $ 4,159,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



109 Cambodia $ 4,157,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



110 Moldova $ 3,970,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



111 Uzbekistan $ 3,630,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



112 Algeria $ 3,389,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



113 Honduras $ 3,315,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



114 Zambia $ 3,313,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



115 Paraguay $ 3,310,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



116 Liberia $ 3,200,000,000 2005 est.



117 Laos $ 3,179,000,000 2006 est.



118 Iceland $ 3,073,000,000 2002 est.



119 Guinea $ 3,072,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



120 Gabon $ 3,065,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



121 Somalia $ 3,000,000,000 2001 est.



122 Cameroon $ 2,929,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



123 Mali $ 2,800,000,000 2002 est.



124 Senegal $ 2,763,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



125 Netherlands Antilles $ 2,680,000,000 2004 est.



126 Azerbaijan $ 2,411,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



127 Papua New Guinea $ 2,320,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



128 Niger $ 2,100,000,000 2003 est.



129 Trinidad and Tobago $ 2,079,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



130 Madagascar $ 2,054,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



131 Uganda $ 2,050,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



132 Burkina Faso $ 1,840,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



133 Tajikistan $ 1,805,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



134 Botswana $ 1,651,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



135 Sierra Leone $ 1,610,000,000 2003 est.



136 Chad $ 1,600,000,000 2005 est.



137 Mongolia $ 1,600,000,000 2008 est.



138 Albania $ 1,550,000,000 2004 est.



139 Turkmenistan $ 1,400,000,000 2004 est.



140 Gaza Strip $ 1,300,000,000 2007 est.



141 West Bank $ 1,300,000,000 2007 est.



142 Seychelles $ 1,250,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



143 Benin $ 1,200,000,000 2007 est.



144 Burundi $ 1,200,000,000 2003 est.



145 Namibia $ 1,184,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



146 Central African Republic $ 1,153,000,000 2007 est.



147 Malawi $ 1,091,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



148 Belize $ 954,100,000 2008 est.



149 Guinea-Bissau $ 941,500,000 2000 est.



150 Bhutan $ 836,000,000 2009 est.



151 Guyana $ 804,300,000 30 September 2008 est.



152 Barbados $ 668,000,000 2003 est.



153 Montenegro $ 650,000,000 2006 est.



154 Gambia, The $ 628,800,000 2003 est.



155 Maldives $ 589,000,000 2009 est.



156 Lesotho $ 581,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



157 Swaziland $ 534,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



158 Suriname $ 504,300,000 2005 est.



159 Aruba $ 478,600,000 2005 est.



160 Djibouti $ 428,000,000 2006 est.



161 Haiti $ 428,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



162 Antigua and Barbuda $ 359,800,000 June 2006 est.



163 Grenada $ 347,000,000 2004 est.



164 Bahamas, The $ 342,600,000 2004 est.



165 Cape Verde $ 325,000,000 2002 est.



166 Sao Tome and Principe $ 318,000,000 2002 est.



167 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 314,000,000 2004 est.



168 Eritrea $ 311,000,000 2000 est.



169 Saint Lucia $ 257,000,000 2004 est.



170 Comoros $ 232,000,000 2000 est.



171 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 223,000,000 2004 est.



172 Dominica $ 213,000,000 2004 est.



173 Malta $ 188,800,000 2005 est.



174 Samoa $ 177,000,000 2004 est.



175 Equatorial Guinea $ 174,000,000 31 December 2009 est.



176 Solomon Islands $ 166,000,000 2004 est.



177 Bermuda $ 160,000,000 FY99/00 est.



178 Cook Islands $ 141,000,000 1996 est.



179 Fiji $ 127,000,000 2004 est.



180 Marshall Islands $ 87,000,000 2008 est.



181 Vanuatu $ 81,200,000 2004 est.



182 Tonga $ 80,700,000 2004 est.



183 New Caledonia $ 79,000,000 1998 est.



184 Cayman Islands $ 70,000,000 1996 est.



185 Faroe Islands $ 64,000,000 1999 est.



186 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 60,800,000 FY05 est.



187 British Virgin Islands $ 36,100,000 1997 est.



188 Nauru $ 33,300,000



189 Greenland $ 25,000,000 1999 est.



190 Kiribati $ 10,000,000 1999 est.



191 Montserrat $ 8,900,000 1997 est.



192 Anguilla $ 8,800,000 1998 est.



193 Wallis and Futuna $ 3,670,000 2004 est.



194 Niue $ 418,000 2002 est.



195 Brunei $ 0 2005 est.



196 Liechtenstein $ 0 2001 est.



197 Palau $ 0 FY99/00 est.



198 Macau $ 0 2006 est.