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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 This file was last updated on 14 May, 2009