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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 United States
$ 13,450,000,000,000
30 June 2009
2 United Kingdom
$ 9,088,000,000,000
30 June 2009
3 Germany
$ 5,208,000,000,000
30 June 2009
4 France
$ 5,021,000,000,000
30 June 2009
5 Netherlands
$ 3,733,000,000,000
31 December 2009
6 Spain
$ 2,410,000,000,000
30 June 2009
7 Ireland
$ 2,287,000,000,000
30 September 2009
8 Japan
$ 2,132,000,000,000
30 June 2009
9 Luxembourg
$ 1,994,000,000,000
30 June 2009
10 Switzerland
$ 1,339,000,000,000
30 June 2009
11 Australia
$ 1,094,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
12 Canada
$ 833,800,000,000
30 June 2009
13 Austria
$ 808,900,000,000
30 September 2009
14 Sweden
$ 669,100,000,000
30 June 2009
15 Hong Kong
$ 655,100,000,000
30 September 2009
16 Denmark
$ 607,400,000,000
30 June 2009
17 Greece
$ 552,800,000,000
30 June 2009
18 Norway
$ 548,100,000,000
30 June 2009
19 Portugal
$ 507,000,000,000
30 June 2009
20 Russia
$ 387,700,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
21 Korea, South
$ 370,800,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
22 Finland
$ 364,900,000,000
30 June 2009
23 China
$ 349,300,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
24 Brazil
$ 273,700,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
25 Turkey
$ 268,300,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
26 Poland
$ 239,600,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
27 India
$ 221,300,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
28 Mexico
$ 204,500,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
29 Indonesia
$ 156,700,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
30 Hungary
$ 147,500,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
31 United Arab Emirates
$ 122,500,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
32 Argentina
$ 118,400,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
33 Romania
$ 110,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
34 Kazakhstan
$ 106,300,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
35 Ukraine
$ 94,300,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
36 Israel
$ 86,780,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
37 Czech Republic
$ 82,420,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
38 Taiwan
$ 75,300,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
39 South Africa
$ 73,840,000,000
30 June 2009
40 Iraq
$ 73,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
41 Saudi Arabia
$ 72,770,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
42 Chile
$ 72,760,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
43 Thailand
$ 70,410,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
44 Qatar
$ 70,370,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
45 Slovakia
$ 69,550,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
46 Philippines
$ 62,970,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
47 New Zealand
$ 62,470,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
48 Croatia
$ 62,410,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
49 Malaysia
$ 58,790,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
50 Kuwait
$ 55,230,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
51 Slovenia
$ 55,000,000,000
31 August 2009
52 Pakistan
$ 53,620,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
53 Venezuela
$ 53,580,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
54 Colombia
$ 52,900,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
55 Latvia
$ 41,580,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
56 Bulgaria
$ 39,560,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
57 Sudan
$ 35,710,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
58 Serbia
$ 32,010,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
59 Lebanon
$ 31,890,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
60 Peru
$ 30,510,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
61 Egypt
$ 29,660,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
62 Lithuania
$ 28,690,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
63 Vietnam
$ 27,840,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
64 Estonia
$ 25,560,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
65 Bangladesh
$ 24,220,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
66 Morocco
$ 21,120,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
67 Singapore
$ 20,300,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
68 Belarus
$ 19,740,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
69 Tunisia
$ 19,600,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
70 Cuba
$ 19,420,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
71 Monaco
$ 18,000,000,000
2000 est.
72 Sri Lanka
$ 17,440,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
73 Angola
$ 16,050,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
74 Guatemala
$ 16,040,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
75 Panama
$ 13,700,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
76 Ecuador
$ 13,480,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
77 Uruguay
$ 13,230,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
78 Iran
$ 12,630,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
79 Korea, North
$ 12,500,000,000
2001 est.
80 Cote d'Ivoire
$ 11,340,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
81 Dominican Republic
$ 11,040,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
82 El Salvador
$ 10,620,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
83 Jamaica
$ 10,560,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
84 Bahrain
$ 10,550,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
85 Nigeria
$ 10,110,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
86 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$ 10,000,000,000
2007 est.
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina
$ 8,048,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
88 Costa Rica
$ 7,972,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
89 Kenya
$ 7,795,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
90 Syria
$ 7,359,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
91 Burma
$ 7,079,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
92 Oman
$ 7,061,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
93 Tanzania
$ 6,879,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
94 Jordan
$ 6,766,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
95 Yemen
$ 6,552,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
96 Libya
$ 5,891,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
97 Zimbabwe
$ 5,667,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
98 Bolivia
$ 5,653,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
99 Macedonia
$ 5,500,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
100 Ghana
$ 5,427,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
101 Algeria
$ 5,413,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
102 Congo, Republic of the
$ 5,000,000,000
2000 est.
103 Turkmenistan
$ 5,000,000,000
2009 est.
104 Nepal
$ 4,500,000,000
2009
105 Mauritius
$ 4,474,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
106 Armenia
$ 4,470,000,000
30 June 2009
107 Cambodia
$ 4,284,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
108 Mozambique
$ 4,246,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
109 Uzbekistan
$ 4,053,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
110 Trinidad and Tobago
$ 3,895,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
111 Paraguay
$ 3,883,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
112 Moldova
$ 3,844,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
113 Malta
$ 3,750,000,000
2008
114 Nicaragua
$ 3,633,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
115 Ethiopia
$ 3,621,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
116 Senegal
$ 3,462,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
117 Azerbaijan
$ 3,440,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
118 Georgia
$ 3,381,000,000
31 December 2009
119 Honduras
$ 3,311,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
120 Cameroon
$ 3,231,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
121 Liberia
$ 3,200,000,000
2005 est.
122 Zambia
$ 3,091,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
123 Laos
$ 3,085,000,000
2009 est.
124 Iceland
$ 3,073,000,000
2002
125 Guinea
$ 3,072,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
126 Somalia
$ 3,000,000,000
2001 est.
127 Benin
$ 2,894,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
128 Mali
$ 2,800,000,000
2002
129 Afghanistan
$ 2,700,000,000
2008
130 Netherlands Antilles
$ 2,680,000,000
2004
131 Uganda
$ 2,554,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
132 Gabon
$ 2,352,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
133 Madagascar
$ 2,261,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
134 Namibia
$ 2,175,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
135 Niger
$ 2,100,000,000
2003 est.
136 Mongolia
$ 1,860,000,000
2009
137 Burkina Faso
$ 1,784,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
138 Tajikistan
$ 1,771,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
139 Botswana
$ 1,681,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
140 Sierra Leone
$ 1,610,000,000
2003 est.
141 Chad
$ 1,600,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
142 Albania
$ 1,550,000,000
2004
143 Papua New Guinea
$ 1,436,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
144 Haiti
$ 1,362,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
145 Seychelles
$ 1,321,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
146 West Bank
$ 1,300,000,000
2007 est.
147 Burundi
$ 1,200,000,000
2003
148 Malawi
$ 1,166,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
149 Central African Republic
$ 1,153,000,000
2007 est.
150 Belize
$ 954,100,000
2008 est.
151 Guinea-Bissau
$ 941,500,000
2000 est.
152 Bhutan
$ 836,000,000
2009
153 Guyana
$ 804,300,000
30 September 2008
154 Equatorial Guinea
$ 766,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
155 Lesotho
$ 671,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
156 Barbados
$ 668,000,000
2003
157 Montenegro
$ 650,000,000
2006
158 Maldives
$ 589,000,000
2009 est.
159 Suriname
$ 504,300,000
2005 est.
160 Gambia, The
$ 489,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
161 Aruba
$ 478,600,000
2005 est.
162 Djibouti
$ 428,000,000
2006
163 Swaziland
$ 411,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
164 Antigua and Barbuda
$ 359,800,000
June 2006
165 Grenada
$ 347,000,000
2004
166 Bahamas, The
$ 342,600,000
2004 est.
167 Cape Verde
$ 325,000,000
2002
168 Sao Tome and Principe
$ 318,000,000
2002
169 Saint Kitts and Nevis
$ 314,000,000
2004
170 Eritrea
$ 311,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
171 Saint Lucia
$ 257,000,000
2004
172 Comoros
$ 232,000,000
2000 est.
173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
$ 223,000,000
2004
174 Dominica
$ 213,000,000
2004
175 Samoa
$ 177,000,000
2004
176 Solomon Islands
$ 166,000,000
2004
177 Bermuda
$ 160,000,000
FY99/00
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
182 Tonga
$ 80,700,000
2004
183 New Caledonia
$ 79,000,000
1998 est.
184 Cayman Islands
$ 70,000,000
1996
185 Faroe Islands
$ 68,100,000
2006
186 Micronesia, Federated States of
$ 60,800,000
FY05 est.
187 Greenland
$ 58,000,000
2009
188 British Virgin Islands
$ 36,100,000
1997
189 Nauru
$ 33,300,000
190 Kiribati
$ 10,000,000
1999 est.
191 Montserrat
$ 8,900,000
1997
192 Anguilla
$ 8,800,000
1998
193 Wallis and Futuna
$ 3,670,000
2004
194 Niue
$ 418,000
2002 est.
195 Brunei
$ 0
2005
196 Liechtenstein
$ 0
2001
197 Palau
$ 0
FY99/00
198 Macau
$ 0
2009
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