List of countries by external debt

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Map of countries by external debt based on 2005 CIA factbook figures

This is a list of countries by gross (i.e. total) external debt.

"External debt" is defined as the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services (see definition). The list is based on The World Factbook unless otherwise noted. Source [1] accessed on October 2008. For informational purposes several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list.

Rank	Country - Entity	External Debt (million US$)	Date of information	External Debt Per Capita (US$)	Date of population*	External debt (% of GDP)
	World	$54,610,000	2008	$9,100	2008 est.	69.68%
1	United States[1]	$13,703,567	6/30/2008	$42,343	31-March-08	99.95%
2	United Kingdom	$10,450,000	6/30/2007	$174,167	July 2008	374.96%
3	Germany	$4,489,000	6/30/2007	$54,604	30-Jun-07	159.92%
4	France	$4,396,000	6/30/2007	$68,183	30-Jun-07	211.86%
5	Netherlands	$2,277,000	6/30/2007	$136,795	30-Jun-07	352.75%
6	Ireland	$1,841,000	6/30/2007	$448,032	30-Jun-08	960.86%
7	Japan	$1,492,000	6/30/2007	$45,287	30-Jun-07	34.93%
8	Switzerland	$1,340,000	6/30/2007	$509,529	30-Jun-07	441.95%
9	Belgium	$1,313,000	6/30/2007	$126,202	30-Jun-07	348.74%
10	Spain	$1,084,000	6/30/2007	$176,019	30 June 2007 est.	79.65%
11	Italy	$996,300	12/31/2007	$124,049	30-Jun-07	55.35%
12	Australia	$826,400	12/31/2007	$38,798	30-Jun-07	106.91%
13	Canada	$758,600	6/30/2007	$35,574	12-Sep-08	59.69%
14	Austria	$752,500	6/30/2007	$90,289	30-Jun-07	233.70%
15	Sweden	$598,200	6/30/2006	$65,048	30-Jun-06	176.72%
16	Hong Kong	$588,000	2007	$84,445	2007 est.	200.48%
17	Denmark	$492,600	6/30/2007	$89,853	30-Jun-07	242.30%
18	Norway	$469,100	6/30/2007	$98,530	30-Jun-07	190.23%
19	China	$363,000	12/31/2007	$271	31 December 2007 est.	5.11%
20	Russia	$356,500	12/31/2007	$2,500	30-Jun-07	17.00%
21	Finland	$271,200	6/30/2007	$51,073	30-Jun-07	143.95%
22	Turkey	$247,100	12/31/2007	$7,106	30-Jun-07	28.94%
23	Brazil	$229,400	12/31/2007	$1,234	30-Jun-07	12.41%
24	South Korea	$220,100	12/31/2007	$1,234	30-Sep-07	18.25%
25	Mexico	$179,800	12/31/2007	$3,207	30-Jun-07	13.29%
26	Poland	$169,800	12/31/2007	$4,927	30-Jun-07	27.25%
27	India	$149,200	12/31/2007	$130	30-Jun-07	5.03%
28	Indonesia	$140,000	12/31/2007	$146	30-Jun-07	16.59%
29	Argentina	$135,800	12/31/2007	$14,229	30-Sep-07	25.80%
30	Hungary	$125,900	12/31/2007	$12,200	30-Jun-07	65.68%
31	Portugal	$119,200	12/31/2008	$11,132	30-Jun-07	51.30%
32	Iraq	$100,900	12/31/2007	$2,878	31 December 2007 est.	98.54%
33	Taiwan	$97,850	12/31/2007	$6,089	31-Dec-07	14.01%
34	Kazakhstan	$96,360	12/31/2007	$12,006	30-Sep-07	57.29%
35	Israel	$89,950	12/31/2007	$3,734	30-Jun-07	48.41%
36	Greece	$86,720	12/31/2007	$3,953	30-Jun-07	26.47%
37	Czech Republic	$74,700	12/31/2007	$1,411	30-Jun-07	29.76%
38	Romania	$74,540	12/31/2007	$1,354	31-Dec-07	30.17%
39	Ukraine	$69,040	12/31/2007	$709	30-Jun-07	21.26%
40	Philippines	$61,780	12/31/2007	$5,947	31 December 2007 est.	20.59%
41	United Arab Emirates	$61,680	12/31/2007	$930	31 December 2007 est.	37.52%
42	Thailand	$59,520	12/31/2007	$2,107	30-Jun-07	11.41%
43	Saudi Arabia	$58,600	12/31/2007	$1,942	31 December 2007 est.	10.73%
44	Chile	$57,600	12/31/2007	$2,138	30-Jun-07	24.74%
45	Malaysia	$53,090	12/31/2007	$11,725	30-Jun-07	14.70%
46	New Zealand	$51,440	12/31/2007	$2,963	31 December 2007 est.	45.77%
47	Croatia	$46,300	6/30/2007	$1,630	30-Jun-07	66.53%
48	Venezuela	$43,330	12/31/2007	$982	31 December 2007 est.	12.96%
49	Colombia	$41,390	6/30/2007	$9,124	30-Jun-07	12.63%
50	Slovenia	$40,420	6/30/2007	$9,477	30-Jun-07	71.93%
51	South Africa	$39,780	12/31/2007	$19,953	30-Sep-07	8.50%
52	Pakistan	$38,800	12/31/2007	$247	31 December 2007 est.	9.42%
53	Slovakia	$36,630	12/31/2007	$6,788	30-Jun-07	33.24%
54	Bulgaria	$34,880	6/30/2007	$8,458	30-Jun-07	40.23%
55	Kuwait	$33,620	12/31/2007	$11,789	31 December 2007 est.	24.01%
56	Latvia	$33,530	12/31/2007	$36,944	30-Jun-07	83.72%
57	Qatar	$33,090	12/31/2007	$396	31 December 2007 est.	46.33%
58	Peru	$32,830	12/31/2007	$13,152	31 September 2008 est.	14.95%
59	Lebanon	$31,600	12/31/2007	$768	31 December 2007 est.	78.14%
60	Sudan	$29,420	12/31/2007	$3,834	31 December 2007 est.	36.33%
61	Egypt	$29,200	6/30/2007	$1,048	30-Jun-07	7.20%
62	Lithuania	$27,190	12/31/2007	$2,662	30-Jun-07	45.33%
63	Cyprus	$26,970	12/31/2007	$30,550	31 December 2007 est.	126.03%
64	Serbia	$26,240	2007	$3,561	2007 est.	33.95%
65	Singapore	$25,590	12/31/2007	$279	31 December 2007 est.	11.27%
66	Estonia	$24,820	6/30/2007	$6,744	30-Jun-07	86.51%
67	Vietnam	$21,830	12/31/2007	$128	31 December 2007 est.	9.87%
68	Bangladesh	$21,230	12/31/2007	$15,098	31 December 2007 est.	10.19%
69	Iran	$20,680	12/31/2007	$1,797	31 December 2007 est.	2.71%
70	Morocco	$19,910	12/31/2007	$545	31 December 2007 est.	15.93%
71	Tunisia	$19,270	12/1/2007	$1,316	Dec-07	25.33%
72	Monaco	$18,000	2000	$540,000	2000 est.	1843.70%
73	Ecuador	$17,120	12/31/2007	$1,490	31-Oct-07	17.34%
74	Cuba	$16,790	12/31/2007	$194	31 December 2007 est.	13.38%
75	Cote d'Ivoire	$13,790	12/31/2007	$701	31 December 2007 est.	41.98%
76	North Korea	$12,500	2001	$525	2001 est.	31.25%
77	Sri Lanka	$12,200	12/31/2007	$3,593	31 December 2007 est.	14.87%
78	Uruguay	$11,420	12/31/2007	$566	30-Sep-07	30.45%
79	Panama	$10,450	12/31/2007	$3,159	31 December 2007 est.	30.02%
80	Dominican Republic	$10,210	12/31/2007	$495,050	31 December 2007 est.	16.56%
81	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$10,000	2006	$954	2006 est.	52.55%
82	Jamaica	$9,657	12/31/2007	$906	31 December 2007 est.	47.15%
83	El Salvador	$9,574	12/1/2007	$519	Dec-07	23.00%
84	Angola	$8,357	12/31/2007	$295	31 December 2007 est.	8.75%
85	Jordan	$8,133	12/31/2007	$206	31 December 2007 est.	28.59%
86	Nigeria	$8,007	12/31/2007	$10,119	31 December 2007 est.	2.70%
87	Afghanistan	$8,000	2004	$1,263	2004	22.86%
88	Bahrain	$7,858	12/31/2007	$1,603	31 December 2007 est.	32.73%
89	Costa Rica	$7,416	6/30/2007	$2,630	30-Jun-07	16.20%
90	Belarus	$7,347	12/31/2007	$1,793	30-Jun-07	7.10%
91	Myanmar or  Burma	$7,022	12/31/2007	$142	31 December 2007 est.	7.71%
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$6,734	12/31/2007	$318	31 December 2007 est.	24.31%
93	Kenya	$6,713	12/31/2007	$273	31 December 2007 est.	10.97%
94	Syria	$6,633	12/31/2007	$39	December 2007 est.	7.34%
95	Yemen	$6,044	12/31/2007	$416	31 December 2007 est.	10.75%
96	Guatemala	$5,908	12/31/2007	$794	31 December 2007 est.	9.12%
97	Oman	$5,297	12/31/2007	$197	31 December 2007 est.	8.70%
98	Zimbabwe	$5,155	12/31/2007	$454	31 December 2007 est.	220.11%
99	Republic of the Congo	$5,000	2000	$80	2000 est.	38.88%
100	Gabon	$4,895	12/31/2007	$123	31 December 2007 est.	23.95%
101	Ghana	$4,891	12/31/2007	$785	31 December 2007 est.	15.71%
102	Libya	$4,837	12/31/2007	$234	31 December 2007 est.	6.47%
103	Madagascar	$4,600	2002	$1,024	2002	24.95%
104	Georgia	$4,500	2007	$200	2007	21.84%
105	Bolivia	$4,495	12/31/2007	$276	31 December 2007 est.	11.31%
106	Tanzania	$4,382	12/31/2007	$545	31 December 2007 est.	8.58%
107	Mozambique	$4,189	12/31/2007	$399	31 December 2007 est.	23.75%
108	Macedonia	$3,967	12/31/2007	$49	31-Dec-07	22.86%
109	Algeria	$3,957	12/31/2007	$661	31 May 2008 est.	1.78%
110	Uzbekistan	$3,927	12/31/2007	$593	31 December 2007 est.	6.10%
111	Cambodia	$3,890	12/31/2007	$2,689	31 December 2007 est.	14.85%
112	Paraguay	$3,492	12/31/2007	$1,342	31 December 2007 est.	13.08%
113	Honduras	$3,411	12/31/2007	$144	31 December 2007 est.	10.57%
114	Guinea	$3,351	12/31/2007	$352	31 December 2007 est.	30.57%
115	Nicaragua	$3,341	12/31/2007	$853	31 December 2007 est.	20.66%
116	Moldova	$3,300	12/31/2007	$543	30-Jun-07	33.83%
117	Liberia	$3,200	2005	$9,717	2005 est.	209.84%
118	Laos	$3,179	2006	$109	2006	24.84%
119	Iceland	$3,073	2002	$2,269	2002	25.21%
120	Nepal	$3,070	3/1/2006	$345	Mar-06	10.48%
121	Somalia	$3,000	2001	$558	2001 est.	55.69%
122	Kyrgyzstan	$2,966	6/30/2007	$227	30-Jun-07	28.11%
123	Trinidad and Tobago	$2,869	12/31/2007	$235	31 December 2007 est.	10.71%
124	Mali	$2,800	2002	$731	2002	20.54%
125	Netherlands Antilles	$2,680	2004	$1,353	2004	95.71%
126	Ethiopia	$2,621	12/31/2007	$13,958	31 December 2007 est.	4.68%
127	Zambia	$2,596	12/31/2007	$2,047	31 December 2007 est.	16.12%
128	Cameroon	$2,554	12/31/2007	$800	31 December 2007 est.	6.35%
129	Azerbaijan	$2,439	12/31/2007	$132	31 December 2007 est.	3.77%
130	Senegal	$2,190	12/31/2007	$148	31-Dec-07	10.42%
131	Mauritius	$2,149	12/31/2007	$239	31 December 2007 est.	15.06%
132	Niger	$2,100	2003	$162	2003 est.	23.70%
133	Togo	$2,000	2005	$304	2005	39.67%
134	Papua New Guinea	$1,646	12/31/2007	$287	31 December 2007 est.	13.66%
135	Sierra Leone	$1,610	2003	$274	2003 est.	40.34%
136	Chad	$1,600	2005	$148	2005 est.	10.48%
137	Tajikistan	$1,560	12/31/2007	$486	31 December 2007 est.	13.04%
138	Albania	$1,550	2004	$547	2004	7.43%
139	Uganda	$1,498	12/31/2007	$689	31 December 2007 est.	5.14%
140	Haiti	$1,475	12/31/2007	$144	31 December 2007 est.	12.96%
141	Mongolia	$1,438	2007	$282	2007	16.83%
142	Rwanda	$1,400	2004	$457	2004 est.	17.38%
143	Turkmenistan	$1,400	2004	$45	2004 est.	5.20%
144	Armenia	$1,372	12/31/2007	$90	31 December 2007 est.	7.99%
145	Burkina Faso	$1,330	2007	$194	2007	7.64%
146	Belize	$1,200	6/1/2005	$130	June 2005 est.	49.10%
147	Benin	$1,200	2007	$4,167	2007	10.00%
148	Burundi	$1,200	2003	$141	2003	41.28%
149	Guyana	$1,200	2002	$1,626	2002	42.57%
150	Central African Republic	$1,153	2007	$133	2007 est.	38.34%
151	Seychelles	$1,059	12/31/2007	$265	31 December 2007 est.	76.85%
152	Namibia	$1,003	12/31/2007	$11,000	31 December 2007 est.	9.38%
153	Guinea-Bissau	$942	2000	$555	2000 est.	113.93%
154	Malawi	$894	12/31/2007	$345	31 December 2007 est.	8.44%
155	Bhutan	$713	2006	$2,272	2004	21.24%
156	Lesotho	$689	12/31/2007	$1,087	31 December 2007 est.	22.49%
157	Barbados	$668	2003	$368	2003	12.58%
158	Montenegro	$650	2006	$45	2006	10.98%
159	Gambia, The	$629	2003	$99	2003 est.	30.51%
160	Swaziland	$524	12/31/2007	$901	31 December 2007 est.	9.77%
161	Suriname	$504	2005	$472	2005 est.	13.11%
162	Maldives	$482	2006	$273	2006 est.	30.35%
163	Aruba	$479	2005	$1,101	2005 est.	21.20%
164	Djibouti	$428	2006	$1,575	2006	24.63%
165	Botswana	$408	12/31/2007	$4,602	31 December 2007 est.	1.57%
166	Antigua and Barbuda	$360	6/1/2006	$514	Jun-06	23.58%
167	Grenada	$347	2004	$4,233	2004	31.32%
168	Bahamas, The	$343	2004	$3,274	2004 est.	4.01%
169	Equatorial Guinea	$338	12/31/2007	$1,035	31 December 2007 est.	2.18%
170	Cape Verde	$325	2002	$613	2002	20.27%
171	Sao Tome and Principe	$318	2002	$10,258	2002	124.22%
172	Saint Kitts and Nevis	$314	2004	$6,280	2004	43.55%
173	Eritrea	$311	2000	$64	2000 est.	8.59%
174	Saint Lucia	$257	2004	$568	2004	14.33%
175	Comoros	$232	2000	$1,558	2000 est.	18.38%
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	$223	2004	$340	2004	21.40%
177	Dominica	$213	2004	$1,858	2004	32.87%
178	Malta	$189	2005	$3,179	2005	2.01%
179	Samoa	$177	2004	$464	2004	17.20%
180	Solomon Islands	$166	2004	$939	2004	17.51%
181	Bermuda	$160	FY99/00	$335	FY 99/00	3.56%
182	Cook Islands	$141	1996	$2,462	1996 est.	76.97%
183	Fiji	$127	2004	$37	2004 est.	2.50%
184	Marshall Islands	$87	FY99/00	$153	FY 99/00 est.	75.22%
185	Vanuatu	$81	2004	$1,466	2004	9.05%
186	Tonga	$81	2004	$359	2004	15.34%
187	New Caledonia	$79	1998	$807	1998 est.	2.50%
188	Cayman Islands	$70	1996	$329	1996	3.61%
189	Faroe Islands	$64	1999	$1,489	1999	6.40%
190	Micronesia, Federated States of	$61	FY05	$1,320	FY 05 est.	21.95%
191	British Virgin Islands	$36	1997	$548	1997	4.23%
192	Nauru	$33	2002	$1,570	2002	55.50%
193	Greenland	$25	1999	$3,330	1999	2.27%
194	Kiribati	$10	1999	$431	1999 est.	2.87%
195	Montserrat	$9	1997	$105	1997	30.69%
196	Anguilla	$9	1998	$1,508	1998	8.08%
197	Wallis and Futuna	$4	2004	$677	2004	6.12%
198	Niue	$0	2002	$8	2002 est.	5.50%
199	Brunei	$0	2005	$0	2005	0.00%
200	Liechtenstein	$0	2001	$0	2001	0.00%
201	Macau	$0	2006	$0	2006	0.00%
202	Palau	$0	FY99/00	$261	FY 99/00	0.00%
-	Luxembourg	unavailable	unavailable	unavailable	unavailable	unavailable
-	Mauritania	unavailable	unavailable	unavailable	unavailable	unavailable
-	Timor-Leste	unavailable	unavailable	unavailable	unavailable	unavailable

• Per capita debt is based upon the total debt (column 3 - estimated as of the date in column 4) divided by the population as of the date in the last column.

[edit] Reference

[edit] Source

• External debt rank order - CIA world factbook

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

• www.jedh.org - Gross external debt (Joint External Debt Hub)