Debt - external / World Rankings
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.
Rank
|
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 |
Netherlands
|
$ 2,655,000,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
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9 |
Spain
|
$ 2,570,000,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
10 |
Ireland
|
$ 2,352,000,000,000 |
30 September 2011 |
11 |
Luxembourg
|
$ 2,146,000,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
12 |
Belgium
|
$ 1,399,000,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
13 |
Australia
|
$ 1,376,000,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
14 |
Switzerland
|
$ 1,346,000,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
15 |
Canada
|
$ 1,181,000,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
16 |
Sweden
|
$ 1,016,000,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
17 |
Hong Kong
|
$ 903,200,000,000 |
30 June 2011 est. |
18 |
Austria
|
$ 883,500,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
19 |
China
|
$ 697,200,000,000 |
30 September 2011 est. |
20 |
Norway
|
$ 644,500,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
21 |
Denmark
|
$ 626,900,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
22 |
Greece
|
$ 583,300,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
23 |
Finland
|
$ 577,000,000,000 |
31 December 2011 |
24 |
Portugal
|
$ 548,300,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
25 |
Russia
|
$ 519,400,000,000 |
30 September 2011 est. |
26 |
Brazil
|
$ 397,500,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
27 |
Korea, South
|
$ 397,300,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
28 |
Poland
|
$ 320,000,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
29 |
Turkey
|
$ 306,600,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
30 |
India
|
$ 289,700,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
31 |
Mexico
|
$ 210,800,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
32 |
Indonesia
|
$ 186,900,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
33 |
Hungary
|
$ 184,500,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
34 |
United Arab Emirates
|
$ 158,700,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
35 |
Argentina
|
$ 136,800,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
36 |
Romania
|
$ 136,100,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
37 |
Taiwan
|
$ 125,800,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
38 |
Qatar
|
$ 125,300,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
39 |
Iceland
|
$ 124,500,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
40 |
Ukraine
|
$ 123,700,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
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41 |
Kazakhstan
|
$ 122,900,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
42 |
Thailand
|
$ 115,600,000,000 |
30 September 2011 est. |
43 |
Saudi Arabia
|
$ 105,900,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
44 |
Israel
|
$ 102,300,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
45 |
Czech Republic
|
$ 101,600,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
46 |
Chile
|
$ 99,400,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
47 |
Venezuela
|
$ 89,600,000,000 |
30 September 2011 est. |
48 |
Malaysia
|
$ 87,810,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
49 |
New Zealand
|
$ 85,650,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
50 |
Slovakia
|
$ 72,940,000,000 |
30 November 2011 est. |
51 |
Philippines
|
$ 72,270,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
52 |
Colombia
|
$ 68,760,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
53 |
Croatia
|
$ 66,300,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
54 |
Pakistan
|
$ 61,830,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
55 |
Slovenia
|
$ 61,230,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
56 |
Puerto Rico
|
$ 56,820,000,000 |
31 December 2010 est. |
57 |
Iraq
|
$ 50,790,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
58 |
Malta
|
$ 48,790,000,000 |
30 June 2011 |
59 |
Bulgaria
|
$ 46,840,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
60 |
South Africa
|
$ 46,070,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
61 |
Kuwait
|
$ 41,730,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
62 |
Vietnam
|
$ 39,730,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
63 |
Sudan
|
$ 38,580,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
64 |
Latvia
|
$ 38,370,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
65 |
Peru
|
$ 36,980,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
66 |
Cyprus
|
$ 35,870,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
67 |
Egypt
|
$ 33,740,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
68 |
Belarus
|
$ 33,730,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
69 |
Serbia
|
$ 31,530,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
70 |
Lithuania
|
$ 31,030,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
71 |
Lebanon
|
$ 29,460,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
72 |
Morocco
|
$ 28,080,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
73 |
Estonia
|
$ 25,220,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
74 |
Bangladesh
|
$ 25,220,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
75 |
Singapore
|
$ 23,580,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
76 |
Tunisia
|
$ 23,210,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
77 |
Sri Lanka
|
$ 22,810,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
78 |
Cuba
|
$ 21,520,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
79 |
Angola
|
$ 18,160,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
80 |
Iran
|
$ 17,900,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
81 |
Guatemala
|
$ 15,670,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
82 |
Uruguay
|
$ 15,400,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
83 |
Bahrain
|
$ 14,930,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
84 |
Congo, Democratic Republic Of The
|
$ 14,820,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
85 |
Jamaica
|
$ 14,700,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
86 |
Dominican Republic
|
$ 14,420,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
87 |
Panama
|
$ 13,340,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
88 |
El Salvador
|
$ 12,950,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
89 |
Korea, North
|
$ 12,500,000,000 |
2001 est. |
90 |
Cote D'ivoire
|
$ 11,440,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
91 |
Georgia
|
$ 11,080,000,000 |
31 December 2011 |
92 |
Bosnia And Herzegovina
|
$ 10,540,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
93 |
Nigeria
|
$ 10,430,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
94 |
Costa Rica
|
$ 10,050,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
95 |
Ecuador
|
$ 10,050,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
96 |
Tanzania
|
$ 9,490,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
97 |
Oman
|
$ 9,054,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
98 |
Kenya
|
$ 8,947,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
99 |
Uzbekistan
|
$ 8,570,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
100 |
Ethiopia
|
$ 7,989,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
101 |
Jordan
|
$ 7,644,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
102 |
Ghana
|
$ 7,511,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
103 |
Armenia
|
$ 7,336,000,000 |
30 September 2011 |
104 |
Syria
|
$ 7,074,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
105 |
Yemen
|
$ 6,613,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
106 |
Macedonia
|
$ 6,609,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
107 |
Zimbabwe
|
$ 6,440,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
108 |
Laos
|
$ 5,953,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
109 |
Burma
|
$ 5,811,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
110 |
Albania
|
$ 5,700,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
111 |
Bolivia
|
$ 5,491,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
112 |
Paraguay
|
$ 5,330,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
113 |
Papua New Guinea
|
$ 5,296,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
114 |
Mauritius
|
$ 5,205,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
115 |
Moldova
|
$ 5,200,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
116 |
Cambodia
|
$ 5,028,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
117 |
Congo, Republic Of The
|
$ 4,955,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
118 |
Libya
|
$ 4,774,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
119 |
Algeria
|
$ 4,699,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
120 |
Honduras
|
$ 4,564,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
121 |
Namibia
|
$ 4,537,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
122 |
Trinidad And Tobago
|
$ 4,483,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
123 |
Senegal
|
$ 4,429,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
124 |
Mozambique
|
$ 4,320,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
125 |
Azerbaijan
|
$ 4,074,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
126 |
Nicaragua
|
$ 4,073,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
127 |
Zambia
|
$ 3,962,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
128 |
Nepal
|
$ 3,777,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
129 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
$ 3,601,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
130 |
Uganda
|
$ 3,528,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
131 |
Mali
|
$ 3,192,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
132 |
Cameroon
|
$ 3,147,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
133 |
Guinea
|
$ 3,034,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
134 |
Somalia
|
$ 2,942,000,000 |
31 December 2010 est. |
135 |
Mauritania
|
$ 2,816,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
136 |
Gabon
|
$ 2,726,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
137 |
Tajikistan
|
$ 2,593,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
138 |
Burkina Faso
|
$ 2,335,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
139 |
Madagascar
|
$ 2,323,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
140 |
Botswana
|
$ 1,973,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
141 |
Mongolia
|
$ 1,900,000,000 |
2011 |
142 |
Chad
|
$ 1,769,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
143 |
Seychelles
|
$ 1,470,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
144 |
Benin
|
$ 1,395,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
145 |
Niger
|
$ 1,331,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
146 |
Malawi
|
$ 1,327,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
147 |
Afghanistan
|
$ 1,280,000,000 |
FY10/11 |
148 |
Bhutan
|
$ 1,275,000,000 |
2011 |
149 |
Guyana
|
$ 1,234,000,000 |
31 December 2010 |
150 |
Montenegro
|
$ 1,200,000,000 |
2011 est. |
151 |
Guinea-bissau
|
$ 1,095,000,000 |
31 December 2010 est. |
152 |
Belize
|
$ 1,079,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
153 |
Eritrea
|
$ 1,077,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
154 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
$ 1,051,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
155 |
West Bank
|
$ 1,040,000,000 |
2010 est. |
156 |
Maldives
|
$ 943,000,000 |
2010 est. |
157 |
Faroe Islands
|
$ 888,800,000 |
2010 |
158 |
Djibouti
|
$ 812,500,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
159 |
Lesotho
|
$ 729,900,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
160 |
Swaziland
|
$ 703,100,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
161 |
Barbados
|
$ 668,000,000 |
2003 |
162 |
Haiti
|
$ 665,100,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
163 |
Cape Verde
|
$ 657,700,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
164 |
Gambia, The
|
$ 642,300,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
165 |
Burundi
|
$ 573,400,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
166 |
Sierra Leone
|
$ 543,500,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
167 |
Grenada
|
$ 531,000,000 |
2009 |
168 |
Turkmenistan
|
$ 524,700,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
169 |
Suriname
|
$ 504,300,000 |
2005 est. |
170 |
Central African Republic
|
$ 483,900,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
171 |
Aruba
|
$ 478,600,000 |
2005 est. |
172 |
Saint Lucia
|
$ 470,400,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
173 |
Antigua And Barbuda
|
$ 359,800,000 |
June 2006 |
174 |
Bahamas, The
|
$ 342,600,000 |
2004 est. |
175 |
Kosovo
|
$ 326,000,000 |
176 |
Dominica
|
$ 303,000,000 |
2008 |
177 |
Comoros
|
$ 279,300,000 |
31 December 2009 est. |
178 |
Sao Tome And Principe
|
$ 266,000,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
179 |
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
|
$ 264,900,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
180 |
Fiji
|
$ 258,700,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
181 |
Samoa
|
$ 235,500,000 |
31 December 2009 est. |
182 |
Liberia
|
$ 228,000,000 |
31 December 2010 est. |
183 |
Saint Kitts And Nevis
|
$ 199,100,000 |
31 December 2011 est. |
184 |
Solomon Islands
|
$ 166,000,000 |
2004 |
185 |
Bermuda
|
$ 160,000,000 |
FY99/00 |
186 |
Cook Islands
|
$ 141,000,000 |
1996 est. |
187 |
Tonga
|
$ 104,600,000 |
31 December 2010 est. |
188 |
Marshall Islands
|
$ 87,000,000 |
2008 est. |
189 |
Vanuatu
|
$ 81,200,000 |
2004 |
190 |
New Caledonia
|
$ 79,000,000 |
1998 est. |
191 |
Cayman Islands
|
$ 70,000,000 |
1996 |
192 |
Micronesia, Federated States Of
|
$ 60,800,000 |
FY05 est. |
193 |
Greenland
|
$ 36,400,000 |
2010 |
194 |
British Virgin Islands
|
$ 36,100,000 |
1997 |
195 |
Nauru
|
$ 33,300,000 |
2004 est. |
196 |
Kiribati
|
$ 10,000,000 |
1999 est. |
197 |
Montserrat
|
$ 8,900,000 |
1997 |
198 |
Anguilla
|
$ 8,800,000 |
1998 |
199 |
Wallis And Futuna
|
$ 3,670,000 |
2004 |
200 |
Niue
|
$ 418,000 |
2002 est. |
201 |
Brunei
|
$ 0 |
2005 |
202 |
Palau
|
$ 0 |
FY99/00 |
203 |
Macau
|
$ 0 |
2010 |
204 |
Liechtenstein
|
$ 0 |
2001 |
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