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  Country Comparisons - Debt - external


Rank
Country
Debt - external
Date of Information
1
 World $ 54,620,000,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
2
 United States $ 12,250,000,000,000 30 June 2007
3
 United Kingdom $ 10,450,000,000,000 30 June 2007
4
 France $ 5,370,000,000,000 30 September 2008
5
 Germany $ 4,489,000,000,000 30 June 2007
6
 Spain $ 2,478,000,000,000 30 September 2008 est.
7
 Netherlands $ 2,277,000,000,000 30 June 2007
8
 Ireland $ 1,841,000,000,000 30 June 2007
9
 Japan $ 1,492,000,000,000 30 June 2007
10
 Switzerland $ 1,340,000,000,000 30 June 2007
11
 Belgium $ 1,313,000,000,000 30 June 2007
12
 Italy $ 1,060,000,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
13
 Australia $ 1,032,000,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
14
 Canada $ 758,600,000,000 30 June 2007
15
 Austria $ 752,500,000,000 30 June 2007
16
 Sweden $ 598,200,000,000 30 June 2006
17
 Russia $ 527,100,000,000 June 2008 est.
18
 Denmark $ 492,600,000,000 30 June 2007
19
 Norway $ 469,100,000,000 30 June 2007
20
 Portugal $ 461,200,000,000 31 December 2007
21
 China $ 420,800,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
22
 Korea, South $ 380,500,000,000 31 December 2008
23
 Turkey $ 294,300,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
24
 Finland $ 271,200,000,000 30 June 2007
25
 Brazil $ 236,600,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
26
 Poland $ 227,500,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
27
 Mexico $ 181,200,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
28
 India $ 163,800,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
29
 Indonesia $ 151,700,000,000 30 September 2008
30
 Hungary $ 144,200,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
31
 Argentina $ 135,500,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
32
 Taiwan $ 109,600,000,000 31 December 2008
33
 Kazakhstan $ 103,600,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
34
 Romania $ 92,760,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
35
 Greece $ 92,190,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
36
 Israel $ 91,250,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
37
 Czech Republic $ 88,740,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
38
 Ukraine $ 82,070,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
39
 Hong Kong $ 78,840,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
40
 United Arab Emirates $ 73,710,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
41
 Thailand $ 64,800,000,000 September 2008 est.
42
 Chile $ 64,570,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
43
 Saudi Arabia $ 63,200,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
44
 New Zealand $ 59,080,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
45
 Malaysia $ 54,110,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
46
 Bulgaria $ 54,010,000,000 30 November 2008
47
 Philippines $ 53,480,000,000 31 September 2008 est.
48
 Croatia $ 53,300,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
49
 Slovakia $ 53,040,000,000 30 September 2008 est.
50
 Qatar $ 48,910,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
51
 Venezuela $ 47,990,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
52
 Latvia $ 43,900,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
53
 Pakistan $ 43,230,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
54
 Colombia $ 41,680,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
55
 Slovenia $ 40,420,000,000 30 June 2007
56
 Iraq $ 40,400,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
57
 South Africa $ 39,690,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
58
 Kuwait $ 38,820,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
59
 Lithuania $ 35,460,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
60
 Peru $ 35,460,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
61
 Sudan $ 30,480,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
62
 Estonia $ 29,500,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
63
 Cyprus $ 28,840,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
64
 Egypt $ 28,840,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
65
 Serbia $ 26,240,000,000 2007 est.
66
 Singapore $ 25,540,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
67
 Vietnam $ 23,720,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
68
 Iran $ 21,770,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
69
 Bangladesh $ 21,720,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
70
 Lebanon $ 21,200,000,000 31 December 2008
71
 Morocco $ 21,110,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
72
 Tunisia $ 19,330,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
73
 Cuba $ 18,250,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
74
 Monaco $ 18,000,000,000 2000 est.
75
 Ecuador $ 16,960,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
76
 Cote d'Ivoire $ 14,460,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
77
 Sri Lanka $ 12,990,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
78
 Korea, North $ 12,500,000,000 2001 est.
79
 Dominican Republic $ 11,700,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
80
 Uruguay $ 11,480,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
81
 Panama $ 10,890,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
82
 Bahrain $ 10,570,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
83
 Jamaica $ 10,380,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
84
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 10,000,000,000 2007 est.
85
 El Salvador $ 9,422,000,000 31 November 2008 est.
86
 Nigeria $ 9,132,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
87
 Belarus $ 9,127,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
88
 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 8,353,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
89
 Afghanistan $ 8,000,000,000 2004
90
 Angola $ 7,907,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
91
 Costa Rica $ 7,401,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
92
 Burma $ 7,170,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
93
 Kenya $ 6,749,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
94
 Syria $ 6,720,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
95
 Jordan $ 6,597,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
96
 Yemen $ 6,472,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
97
 Guatemala $ 6,337,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
98
 Oman $ 6,120,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
99
 Ghana $ 5,697,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
100
 Libya $ 5,521,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
101
 Tanzania $ 5,311,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
102
 Zimbabwe $ 5,255,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
103
 Congo, Republic of the $ 5,000,000,000 2000 est.
104
 Macedonia $ 4,624,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
105
 Bolivia $ 4,603,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
106
 Madagascar $ 4,600,000,000 2002
107
 Georgia $ 4,500,000,000 2007
108
 Cambodia $ 4,317,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
109
 Mozambique $ 4,316,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
110
 Moldova $ 4,092,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
111
 Uzbekistan $ 4,052,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
112
 Honduras $ 3,602,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
113
 Guinea $ 3,529,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
114
 Paraguay $ 3,487,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
115
 Trinidad and Tobago $ 3,400,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
116
 Nepal $ 3,285,000,000 2008
117
 Nicaragua $ 3,214,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
118
 Liberia $ 3,200,000,000 2005 est.
119
 Laos $ 3,179,000,000 2006
120
 Gabon $ 3,173,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
121
 Ethiopia $ 3,158,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
122
 Iceland $ 3,073,000,000 2002
123
 Somalia $ 3,000,000,000 2001 est.
124
 Kyrgyzstan $ 2,966,000,000 30 June 2007
125
 Algeria $ 2,913,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
126
 Zambia $ 2,913,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
127
 Mali $ 2,800,000,000 2002
128
 Azerbaijan $ 2,733,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
129
 Netherlands Antilles $ 2,680,000,000 2004
130
 Mauritius $ 2,550,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
131
 Senegal $ 2,528,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
132
 Cameroon $ 2,360,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
133
 Niger $ 2,100,000,000 2003 est.
134
 Togo $ 2,000,000,000 2005
135
 Uganda $ 1,705,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
136
 Equatorial Guinea $ 1,652,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
137
 Sierra Leone $ 1,610,000,000 2003 est.
138
 Chad $ 1,600,000,000 2005 est.
139
 Mongolia $ 1,600,000,000 2008
140
 Papua New Guinea $ 1,582,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
141
 Albania $ 1,550,000,000 2004
142
 Haiti $ 1,463,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
143
 Rwanda $ 1,400,000,000 2004 est.
144
 Turkmenistan $ 1,400,000,000 2004 est.
145
 Armenia $ 1,372,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
146
 Tajikistan $ 1,370,000,000 31 December 2008
147
 Burkina Faso $ 1,330,000,000 2007
148
 Gaza Strip $ 1,300,000,000 2007 est.
149
 West Bank $ 1,300,000,000 2007 est.
150
 Belize $ 1,200,000,000 June 2005 est.
151
 Burundi $ 1,200,000,000 2003
152
 Benin $ 1,200,000,000 2007
153
 Seychelles $ 1,161,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
154
 Central African Republic $ 1,153,000,000 2007 est.
155
 Namibia $ 1,151,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
156
 Malawi $ 974,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
157
 Guinea-Bissau $ 941,500,000 2000 est.
158
 Guyana $ 804,300,000 30 September 2008
159
 Bhutan $ 713,300,000 2006
160
 Barbados $ 668,000,000 2003
161
 Montenegro $ 650,000,000 2006
162
 Gambia, The $ 628,800,000 2003 est.
163
 Lesotho $ 628,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
164
 Swaziland $ 548,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
165
 Suriname $ 504,300,000 2005 est.
166
 Aruba $ 478,600,000 2005 est.
167
 Maldives $ 477,000,000 2008 est.
168
 Djibouti $ 428,000,000 2006
169
 Botswana $ 395,000,000 31 December 2008 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
 Sao Tome and Principe $ 318,000,000 2002
175
 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 314,000,000 2004
176
 Eritrea $ 311,000,000 2000 est.
177
 Saint Lucia $ 257,000,000 2004
178
 Comoros $ 232,000,000 2000 est.
179
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 223,000,000 2004
180
 Dominica $ 213,000,000 2004
181
 Malta $ 188,800,000 2005
182
 Samoa $ 177,000,000 2004
183
 Solomon Islands $ 166,000,000 2004
184
 Bermuda $ 160,000,000 FY99/00
185
 Cook Islands $ 141,000,000 1996 est.
186
 Fiji $ 127,000,000 2004 est.
187
 Marshall Islands $ 87,000,000 2008 est.
188
 Vanuatu $ 81,200,000 2004
189
 Tonga $ 80,700,000 2004
190
 New Caledonia $ 79,000,000 1998 est.
191
 Cayman Islands $ 70,000,000 1996
192
 Faroe Islands $ 64,000,000 1999
193
 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 60,800,000 FY05 est.
194
 British Virgin Islands $ 36,100,000 1997
195
 Nauru $ 33,300,000 2002
196
 Greenland $ 25,000,000 1999
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
 Brunei $ 0 2005
203
 Liechtenstein $ 0 2001
204
 Palau $ 0 FY99/00
205
 Macau $ 0 2006

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.

This page was last updated on 14 May, 2009
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