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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 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
$ 3,024,000,000,000
31 December 2012
7 Netherlands
$ 2,655,000,000,000
30 June 2011
8 Italy
$ 2,460,000,000,000
30 June 2012 est.
9 Ireland
$ 2,352,000,000,000
30 September 2011
10 Spain
$ 2,250,000,000,000
30 September 2012
11 Luxembourg
$ 2,146,000,000,000
30 June 2011
12 Australia
$ 1,466,000,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
13 Belgium
$ 1,399,000,000,000
30 June 2011
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
$ 995,400,000,000
30 September 2012 est.
18 Austria
$ 883,500,000,000
30 June 2011
19 China
$ 770,800,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
20 Denmark
$ 626,900,000,000
30 June 2011
21 Greece
$ 583,300,000,000
30 June 2011
22 Finland
$ 577,000,000,000
31 December 2011
23 Russia
$ 565,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
24 Portugal
$ 548,300,000,000
30 June 2011
25 Korea, South
$ 413,400,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
26 Brazil
$ 405,300,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
27 Turkey
$ 331,400,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
28 Poland
$ 310,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
29 India
$ 299,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
30 Indonesia
$ 187,100,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
31 Hungary
$ 170,000,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
32 United Arab Emirates
$ 158,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
33 Qatar
$ 137,000,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
34 Ukraine
$ 132,400,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
35 Argentina
$ 130,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
36 Saudi Arabia
$ 127,400,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
37 Taiwan
$ 127,400,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
38 Thailand
$ 126,400,000,000
30 September 2011 est.
39 Romania
$ 125,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
40 Mexico
$ 125,700,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
41 Iceland
$ 124,500,000,000
30 June 2011
42 Cyprus
$ 106,500,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
43 Kazakhstan
$ 105,500,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
44 Israel
$ 104,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
45 Chile
$ 102,100,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
46 Malaysia
$ 95,550,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
47 New Zealand
$ 90,230,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
48 Czech Republic
$ 90,180,000,000
2012 est.
49 Colombia
$ 73,410,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
50 Slovakia
$ 72,940,000,000
30 November 2011 est.
51 Venezuela
$ 63,740,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
52 Philippines
$ 61,720,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
53 Slovenia
$ 61,230,000,000
30 June 2011
54 Croatia
$ 61,070,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
55 Puerto Rico
$ 56,820,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
56 Pakistan
$ 55,980,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
57 Iraq
$ 50,260,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
58 Malta
$ 48,790,000,000
30 June 2011
59 South Africa
$ 47,560,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
60 Bulgaria
$ 43,240,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
61 Vietnam
$ 41,850,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
62 Sudan
$ 39,700,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
63 Peru
$ 38,910,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
64 Bangladesh
$ 36,210,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
65 Latvia
$ 35,340,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
66 Egypt
$ 34,880,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
67 Serbia
$ 33,410,000,000
30 November 2012 est.
68 Lebanon
$ 32,640,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
69 Lithuania
$ 31,370,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
70 Morocco
$ 29,420,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
71 Kuwait
$ 28,210,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
72 Estonia
$ 25,920,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
73 Bahrain
$ 25,270,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
74 Singapore
$ 24,640,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
75 Tunisia
$ 24,490,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
76 Sri Lanka
$ 22,820,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
77 Cuba
$ 22,160,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
78 Ecuador
$ 20,030,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
79 Angola
$ 19,650,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
80 Bahamas, The
$ 16,680,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
81 Dominican Republic
$ 16,580,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
82 Guatemala
$ 16,170,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
83 Uruguay
$ 15,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
84 Jamaica
$ 14,600,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
85 Panama
$ 14,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
86 El Salvador
$ 12,840,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
87 Korea, North
$ 12,500,000,000
2001 est.
88 Costa Rica
$ 12,040,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
89 Ghana
$ 11,230,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
90 Tanzania
$ 11,180,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
91 Uzbekistan
$ 10,460,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
92 Nigeria
$ 10,100,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
93 Ethiopia
$ 9,956,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
94 Oman
$ 9,768,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
95 Kenya
$ 9,526,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
96 Iran
$ 9,452,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
97 Bosnia and Herzegovina
$ 9,051,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
98 Syria
$ 8,818,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
99 Georgia
$ 8,200,000,000
31 December 2012
100 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$ 7,644,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
101 Zimbabwe
$ 6,975,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
102 Yemen
$ 6,726,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
103 Macedonia
$ 6,560,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
104 Armenia
$ 6,435,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
105 Jordan
$ 6,065,000,000
30 November 2012 est.
106 Moldova
$ 5,776,000,000
30 September 2012 est.
107 Mauritius
$ 5,768,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
108 Laos
$ 5,599,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
109 Burma
$ 5,448,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
110 Zambia
$ 5,445,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
111 Albania
$ 5,281,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
112 Nicaragua
$ 5,228,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
113 Libya
$ 5,054,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
114 Honduras
$ 4,884,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
115 Mozambique
$ 4,880,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
116 Papua New Guinea
$ 4,860,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
117 Trinidad and Tobago
$ 4,780,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
118 Cote d'Ivoire
$ 4,742,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
119 Barbados
$ 4,490,000,000
2010 est.
120 Algeria
$ 4,344,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
121 Congo, Republic of the
$ 4,225,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
122 Namibia
$ 4,204,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
123 Bolivia
$ 4,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
124 Uganda
$ 4,126,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
125 Senegal
$ 4,117,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
126 Azerbaijan
$ 4,042,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
127 Cambodia
$ 3,992,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
128 Nepal
$ 3,774,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
129 Kyrgyzstan
$ 3,666,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
130 Cameroon
$ 3,343,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
131 Somalia
$ 2,942,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
132 Mauritania
$ 2,942,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
133 Gabon
$ 2,758,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
134 Mali
$ 2,725,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
135 Guinea
$ 2,652,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
136 Madagascar
$ 2,631,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
137 Mongolia
$ 2,564,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
138 Burkina Faso
$ 2,442,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
139 Paraguay
$ 2,245,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
140 Tajikistan
$ 2,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
141 Botswana
$ 1,968,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
142 Chad
$ 1,749,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
143 Montenegro
$ 1,700,000,000
2012 est.
144 Belize
$ 1,457,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
145 Seychelles
$ 1,453,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
146 Niger
$ 1,451,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
147 Bermuda
$ 1,400,000,000
2012 est.
148 Afghanistan
$ 1,280,000,000
FY10/11
149 Bhutan
$ 1,275,000,000
2011
150 Guyana
$ 1,234,000,000
31 December 2010
151 Equatorial Guinea
$ 1,232,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
152 Malawi
$ 1,214,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
153 Haiti
$ 1,125,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
154 Guinea-Bissau
$ 1,095,000,000
31 December 2010 est.
155 Belarus
$ 1,067,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
156 West Bank
$ 1,040,000,000
2010 est.
157 Eritrea
$ 1,026,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
158 Benin
$ 953,500,000
31 December 2012 est.
159 Rwanda
$ 937,200,000
31 December 2012 est.
160 Maldives
$ 890,800,000
2012 est.
161 Faroe Islands
$ 888,800,000
2010
162 Sierra Leone
$ 827,600,000
31 December 2012 est.
163 Djibouti
$ 802,900,000
31 December 2012 est.
164 Cape Verde
$ 741,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
165 Swaziland
$ 737,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
166 Lesotho
$ 715,400,000
31 December 2012 est.
167 Gambia, The
$ 545,800,000
31 December 2012 est.
168 Grenada
$ 538,000,000
2010 est.
169 Aruba
$ 533,400,000
2005 est.
170 Suriname
$ 504,300,000
2005 est.
171 Saint Lucia
$ 471,400,000
31 December 2012 est.
172 Central African Republic
$ 469,500,000
31 December 2012 est.
173 Antigua and Barbuda
$ 441,200,000
31 December 2012
174 Turkmenistan
$ 429,100,000
31 December 2012 est.
175 Liberia
$ 400,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
176 Kosovo
$ 326,000,000
2011 est.
177 Sao Tome and Principe
$ 316,600,000
31 December 2012 est.
178 Vanuatu
$ 307,700,000
31 December 2011 est.
179 Comoros
$ 279,300,000
31 December 2009 est.
180 Fiji
$ 268,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
181 Dominica
$ 253,800,000
31 December 2012 est.
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
$ 252,200,000
31 December 2012 est.
183 Samoa
$ 235,500,000
31 December 2009 est.
184 Burundi
$ 231,700,000
31 December 2012 est.
185 Saint Kitts and Nevis
$ 189,100,000
31 December 2012 est.
186 Solomon Islands
$ 166,000,000
2004
187 Cook Islands
$ 141,000,000
1996 est.
188 Tonga
$ 118,600,000
31 December 2012 est.
189 Marshall Islands
$ 87,000,000
2008 est.
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
2012
204 Liechtenstein
$ 0
2001
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