List of countries by external debt
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For Net international debt by country (external debt owing to other countries minus external debt of other countries held), see Net international investment position.
See also: List of sovereign states by public debt
This is a list of countries by external debt, the total public and private debt (i.e. gross general government debt including both intragovernmental and sub-national public entities debts) owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods, or services,1 where the public debt is the money or credit owed by any level of government, from central to local, and the private debt the money or credit owed by private households or private corporations based in the country under consideration.
For informational purposes, several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list.
Note that while a country may have a relatively large external debt (either in absolute or per capita terms), it could be a "net international creditor" if its external debt is less than the total of the external debt of other countries held by it. For example, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and China are net international creditors.
| Rank | Country | External Debt2 US dollars |
Date | Per capita3456 US dollars |
% of GDP789 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
15,570,789,000,000 | 22 March 2012 | 47,568 | 101 |
| — |  European Union |
13,720,000,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 27,864 | 85 |
| 2 |  United Kingdom |
8,981,000,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 143,009 | 360 |
| 3 |  Germany |
4,713,000,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 57,755 | 142 |
| 4 |  France |
4,698,000,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 74,619 | 182 |
| 5 |  Japan |
2,441,000,000,000 | 30 September 2010 | 19,148 | 45 |
| 6 |  Ireland1011 |
2,378,000,000,000 | 10 November 2011 | 519,070 | 1,165 |
| 7 |  Netherlands |
2,344,296,360,000 | 3rd quarter of 201012 | 226,503 | 344 |
| 8 |  Italy |
2,223,000,000,000 | 30 June 2010 est. | 36,841 | 108 |
| 9 |  Spain |
2,166,000,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 47,069 | 154 |
| 10 |  Luxembourgnote 1 |
1,892,000,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 3,696,467 | 3,443 |
| 11 |  Belgium |
1,241,000,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 113,603 | 266 |
| 12 |  Switzerland |
1,200,000,000,000 | 30 September 2010 | 154,063 | 229 |
| 13 |  Australia |
1,169,000,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 52,596 | 95 |
| 14 |  Canada |
1,009,000,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 29,625 | 64 |
| 15 |  Sweden |
853,300,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 91,487 | 187 |
| 16 |  Austria |
755,000,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 90,128 | 200 |
| — |  Hong Kong |
750,800,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 105,420 | 334 |
| 17 |  Norway |
643,000,000,000 | 12 August 2011 | 131,220 | 141 |
| 18 |  China |
635,500,000,000 | 31 December 2011 est. | 396 | 5 |
| 19 |  Denmark |
559,500,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 101,084 | 180 |
| 20 |  Greece |
532,900,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 47,636 | 174 |
| 21 |  Portugal |
497,800,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 46,795 | 217 |
| 22 |  Russia |
480,200,000,000 | 30 November 2010 est. | 3,235 | 33 |
| 23 |  Finland |
370,800,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 68,960 | 155 |
| 24 |  Korea, South |
370,100,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 7,567 | 37 |
| 25 |  Brazil |
310,800,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,608 | 15 |
| 26 |  Turkey |
270,700,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 3,794 | 36 |
| 27 |  India |
335,000,000,000 | 31 December 2011 | 299 | 22 |
| 28 |  Poland |
252,900,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 6,639 | 54 |
| 29 |  Mexico |
212,500,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,956 | 20 |
| 30 |  Indonesia |
196,100,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 837 | 28 |
| 31 |  Romania |
160,900,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 5,082 | 67 |
| 32 |  Hungary |
148,400,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 14,821 | 115 |
| 33 |  United Arab Emirates |
122,700,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 24,273 | 41 |
| 34 |  Argentina |
108,900,000,000 | 30 September 2010 est. | 3,971 | 43 |
| 35 |  Ukraine |
97,500,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 2,144 | 71 |
| 36 |  Chile |
96,570,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 280 | 20 |
| 37 |  Kazakhstan |
94,440,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 6,060 | 68 |
| 38 |  Israel |
89,680,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 12,070 | 42 |
| 39 |  Czech Republic |
86,790,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 8,260 | 45 |
| 40 |  Saudi Arabia |
82,920,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 3,176 | 19 |
| 41 |  Thailand |
82,500,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,292 | 26 |
| 42 |  South Africa |
80,520,000,000 | 30 June 2010 est. | 1,613 | 23 |
| 43 |  Malaysia |
72,600,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 2,570 | 31 |
| 44 |  Qatar |
71,380,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 41,988 | 55 |
| 45 |  Philippines |
59,770,000,000 | 30 September 2010 est. | 636 | 32 |
| 46 |  Croatia |
59,700,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 13,519 | 99 |
| 47 |  Slovakia |
59,330,000,000 | 30 June 2010 est. | 10,926 | 68 |
| 48 |  Colombia |
57,740,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,269 | 20 |
| 49 |  Pakistan |
57,210,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 343 | 33 |
| 50 |  Kuwait |
56,810,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 15,754 | 43 |
| 51 |  Venezuela |
55,610,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,906 | 19 |
| 52 |  Iraq |
52,580,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,641 | 64 |
| 53 |  Slovenia |
51,570,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 25,555 | 108 |
| 54 |  Bulgaria |
47,150,000,000 | 30 November 2010 est. | 6,261 | 99 |
| 55 |  Latvia |
38,313,000,000 | 31 December 2011 | 18,527 | 146 |
| 56 |  Sudan |
37,980,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 946 | 55 |
| 57 |  Lebanon |
34,450,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 8,815 | 88 |
| 58 |  Vietnam |
33,450,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 379 | 32 |
| 59 |  Peru |
33,290,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,126 | 22 |
| 60 |  Cyprus |
32,610,000,000 | 31 December 2008 est. | 37,812 | 129 |
| 61 |  Lithuania |
32,000,000,000 | 30 September 2011 | 9,995 | 80 |
| 62 |  Serbia |
30,900,000,000 | 30 November 2010 est. | 4,178 | 80 |
| 63 |  Egypt |
30,610,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 391 | 14 |
| 64 |  Belarus |
24,800,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 2,629 | 45 |
| 65 |  Bangladesh |
24,460,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 149 | 23 |
| 66 |  Morocco |
22,690,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 712 | 22 |
| 67 |  Singapore |
21,660,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 4,194 | 10 |
| 68 |  Estonia |
20,282,000,000 | 31 December 2011 | 15,405 | 98 |
| 69 |  Cuba |
19,750,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,780 | 34 |
| 70 |  Tunisia |
18,760,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,779 | 42 |
| 71 |  Angola |
17,980,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 944 | 21 |
| 72 |  Sri Lanka |
17,970,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 881 | 36 |
| 73 |  Guatemala |
17,470,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,216 | 42 |
| 74 |  Monaconote 2 |
16,500,000,000 | 31 June 2010 est. | 471,428 | 240 |
| 75 |  Ecuador |
14,710,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 995 | 25 |
| 76 |  Bahrain |
14,680,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 13,261 | 65 |
| 77 |  Panama |
13,850,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 3,927 | 52 |
| 78 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
13,500,000,000 | 2009 est. | 197 | 122 |
| 79 |  Uruguay |
13,390,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 3,989 | 33 |
| 80 |  Dominican Republic |
11,626,000,000 | 31 December 2011 est. | 1,162 | 25 |
| 81 |  Iran |
12,840,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 170 | 4 |
| 82 |  Jamaica |
12,660,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 4,660 | 92 |
| 83 |  Korea, North |
12,500,000,000 | 2001 est. | 544 | N/A |
| 86 |  Cote d'Ivoire |
11,600,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 527 | 51 |
| 87 |  El Salvador |
11,450,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,953 | 53 |
| 88 |  Nigeria |
11,020,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 71 | 5 |
| 89 |  Oman |
8,829,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 2,962 | 16 |
| 90 |  Costa Rica |
8,550,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,874 | 24 |
| 91 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
7,996,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 2,052 | 48 |
| 92 |  Kenya |
7,935,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 200 | 25 |
| 93 |  Syria |
7,682,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 373 | 13 |
| 94 |  Zimbabwe |
7,662,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 609 | 103 |
| 95 |  Tanzania |
7,576,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 183 | 33 |
| 96 |  Yemen |
7,147,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 293 | 23 |
| 97 |  Burma |
7,145,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 117 | 17 |
| 98 |  Ghana |
6,483,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 274 | 21 |
| 99 |  Libya |
6,378,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 972 | 9 |
| 100 |  Malta |
5,978,000,000 | 31 December 2010 | 14,233 | 72 |
| 101 |  Laos |
5,797,000,000 | 2010 est. | 900 | 91 |
| 102 |  Jordan |
5,522,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 903 | 20 |
| 103 |  Republic of Macedonia |
5,485,000,000 | 30 September 2010 est. | 2,668 | 60 |
| 104 |  Armenia |
5,227,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 1,584 | 56 |
| 105 |  Mauritius |
5,043,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 3,937 | 52 |
| 106 |  Turkmenistan |
5,000,000,000 | 2009 est. | 978 | 25 |
| 107 |  Congo, Republic of the |
5,000,000,000 | 2000 est. | 1,722 | 155 |
| 108 |  Mozambique |
4,990,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 231 | 50 |
| 109 |  Moldova |
4,618,000,000 | 30 September 2010 est. | 1,296 | 79 |
| 110 |  Nepal |
4,500,000,000 | 2009 | 161 | 35 |
| 111 |  Cambodia |
4,338,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 304 | 37 |
| 112 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
4,303,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 3,502 | 21 |
| 113 |  Ethiopia |
4,289,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 51 | 14 |
| 114 |  Uzbekistan |
4,236,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 150 | 11 |
| 115 |  Algeria |
4,138,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 115 | 3 |
| 116 |  Nicaragua |
4,030,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 693 | 62 |
| 117 |  Senegal |
3,885,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 296 | 30 |
| 118 |  Kyrgyzstan |
3,738,000,000 | 30 June 2010 | 699 | 81 |
| 119 |  Honduras |
3,540,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 465 | 23 |
| 120 |  Zambia |
3,495,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 264 | 22 |
| 121 |  Georgia |
4,252,236,000 | 31 October 2011 | 917 | 31 |
| 122 |  Cameroon |
3,344,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 164 | 15 |
| 123 |  Azerbaijan |
3,221,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 356 | 6 |
| 124 |  Liberia |
3,200,000,000 | 2005 est. | 930 | 590 |
| 125 |  Iceland |
3,073,000,000 | 2002 | 10,670 | 35 |
| 126 |  Guinea |
3,072,000,000 | 31 December 2009 est. | 305 | 68 |
| 127 |  Somalia |
3,000,000,000 | 2001 est. | 386 | N/A |
| 128 |  Madagascar |
2,973,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 140 | 36 |
| 129 |  Benin |
2,894,000,000 | 31 December 2009 est. | 308 | 43 |
| 130 |  Uganda |
2,888,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 85 | 17 |
| 131 |  Bolivia |
2,864,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 275 | 15 |
| 132 |  Albania |
2,810,000,000 | 2009 | 882 | 23 |
| 133 |  Mali |
2,800,000,000 | 2002 | 254 | 88 |
| 134 |  Afghanistan |
2,700,000,000 | FY08/09 | 92 | 22 |
| 135 |  Paraguay |
2,445,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 382 | 13 |
| 136 |  Gabon |
2,374,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,587 | 18 |
| 137 |  Namibia |
2,373,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,131 | 20 |
| 138 |  Botswana |
2,222,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 1,208 | 16 |
| 139 |  Niger |
2,100,000,000 | 2003 est. | 178 | 79 |
| 140 |  Burkina Faso |
2,002,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 136 | 23 |
| 141 |  Tajikistan |
1,997,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 262 | 35 |
| 142 |  Mongolia |
1,860,000,000 | 2009 | 686 | 41 |
| 143 |  Chad |
1,749,000,000 | 31 December 2008 est. | 160 | 21 |
| 144 |  Sierra Leone |
1,610,000,000 | 2003 est. | 340 | 61 |
| 145 |  Papua New Guinea |
1,548,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 238 | 16 |
| 146 |  Seychelles |
1,374,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 15,614 | 147 |
| 147 |  Malawi |
1,213,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 77 | 24 |
| 148 |  Burundi |
1,200,000,000 | 2003 | 167 | 202 |
| 149 |  Central African Republic |
1,153,000,000 | 2007 est. | 270 | 68 |
| — |  West Bank |
1,040,000,000 | 2010 est. | 414 | N/A |
| 150 |  Belize |
1,010,000,000 | 2009 est. | 3,079 | 75 |
| 151 |  Eritrea |
961,900,000 | 31 December 2008 est. | 195 | 58 |
| 152 |  Maldives |
943,000,000 | 2010 est. | 2,947 | 50 |
| 153 |  Guinea-Bissau |
941,500,000 | 2000 est. | 722 | 259 |
| 154 |  Bhutan |
836,000,000 | 2009 | 1,193 | 64 |
| 155 |  Equatorial Guinea |
832,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 634 | 6 |
| 156 |  Guyana |
804,300,000 | 30 September 2008 | 1,049 | 42 |
| 157 |  Barbados |
668,000,000 | 2003 | 2,456 | 22 |
| 158 |  Montenegro |
650,000,000 | 2006 | 939 | 24 |
| 159 |  Lesotho |
647,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 255 | 30 |
| 160 |  Gambia, The |
530,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 306 | 50 |
| 161 |  Suriname |
504,300,000 | 2005 est. | 1,011 | 28 |
| 162 |  Swaziland |
497,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 428 | 14 |
| 163 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
479,000,000 | 2010 est. | 4,477 | 85 |
| — |  Aruba |
478,600,000 | 2005 est. | 4,935 | 21 |
| 164 |  Djibouti |
428,000,000 | 2006 | 573 | 56 |
| 165 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
359,800,000 | June 2006 | 4,388 | 36 |
| 166 |  Haiti |
350,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 36 | 5 |
| 167 |  Grenada |
347,000,000 | 2004 | 3,402 | 74 |
| 168 |  Bahamas, The |
342,600,000 | 2004 est. | 1,067 | 6 |
| 169 |  Cape Verde |
325,000,000 | 2002 | 714 | 52 |
| 170 |  Sao Tome and Principe |
318,000,000 | 2002 | 2,193 | 349 |
| 171 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
314,000,000 | 2004 | 6,408 | 79 |
| 172 |  Saint Lucia |
257,000,000 | 2004 | 1,586 | 32 |
| 173 |  New Zealand |
219,589,000,000 | September 201113 | 52,300 | 126 |
| 174 |  Comoros |
232,000,000 | 2000 est. | 430 | 115 |
| 175 |  Dominica |
213,000,000 | 2004 | 3,000 | 75 |
| 176 |  Samoa |
177,000,000 | 2004 | 968 | 47 |
| 177 |  Solomon Islands |
166,000,000 | 2004 | 355 | 44 |
| — |  Bermuda |
160,000,000 | FY99/00 | 2,575 | 5 |
| 178 |  Cook Islands |
141,000,000 | 1996 est. | 7,756 | N/A |
| 179 |  Fiji |
127,000,000 | 2004 est. | 150 | 5 |
| 180 |  Marshall Islands |
87,000,000 | 2008 est. | 1,377 | 54 |
| 181 |  Vanuatu |
81,200,000 | 2004 | 389 | 22 |
| 182 |  Tonga |
80,700,000 | 2004 | 799 | 33 |
| — |  New Caledonia |
79,000,000 | 1998 est. | 385 | 3 |
| — |  Cayman Islands |
70,000,000 | 1996 | 2,078 | 7 |
| — |  Faroe Islands |
68,100,000 | 2006 | N/A | N/A |
| 183 |  Micronesia, Federated States of |
60,800,000 | FY05 est. | 556 | 25 |
| — |  Greenland |
58,000,000 | 2009 | 1,035 | 5 |
| — |  British Virgin Islands |
36,100,000 | 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| 184 |  Nauru |
33,300,000 | 2004 est. | N/A | N/A |
| 185 |  Kiribati |
10,000,000 | 1999 est. | 120 | 14 |
| — |  Montserrat |
8,900,000 | 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| — |  Anguilla |
8,800,000 | 1998 | N/A | N/A |
| — | Wallis and Futuna |
3,670,000 | 2004 | N/A | N/A |
| 186 |  Niue |
418,000 | 2002 est. | N/A | N/A |
| — |  Macau |
0 | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 187 |  Taiwan |
0 | 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 188 |  Liechtenstein |
0 | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
Notes
- ^ As the Bank of International Settlements explains, small countries with large financial sectors tend to have disproportionately large gross external debts as well as holding large cross-border debt assets.[1] Luxembourg is a net creditor country.
- ^ As the Bank of International Settlements explains, small countries with large financial sectors tend to have disproportionately large gross external debts as well as holding large cross-border debt assets.[2] Meaning Monaco could potentially be a net creditor.
Brunei is not included
See also
- List of sovereign states by public debt
- Domestic Liability Dollarization
- List of sovereign states by external assets
- Net international investment position
- Balance of trade
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References
- ^ Debt – external. Definition in The World Factbook.
- ^ Debt - external, The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on the 29th of June 2011.
- ^ World Development Indicators, World Bank. Accessed on June 29, 2011. Note: Used for Bermuda, Chad, Cyprus, Eritrea, Greenland, Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Caledonia and Turkmenistan.
- ^ Total Midyear Population, U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base, accessed on June 29, 2011. Note: Used for Aruba, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Cuba, North Korea, Marshall Islands, Montenegro, Samoa, Somalia, Trinidad and Tobago and West Bank.
- ^ The World Factbook - European Union, Central Intelligence Agency,accessed on June 29, 2011.
- ^ World Economic Outlook Database, April 2011, International Monetary Fund. Accessed on June 29, 2011. Note: Used for the rest of the countries.
- ^ World Economic Outlook Database, April 2011, International Monetary Fund. Accessed on June 29, 2011. Note: Used for Afghanistan, Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Fiji, Georgia, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Iceland, Kiribati, Liberia, Mali, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Niger, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Tonga and Vanuatu.
- ^ .World Development Indicators, World Bank. Accessed on June 29, 2011. Note: Used for Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Chad, Cyprus, Eritrea, Greenland, Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Caledonia and Turkmenistan.
- ^ GDP (official exchange rate), The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on June 29, 2011. Note: Used for the rest of the countries.
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4]
- ^ http://www.statistics.dnb.nl/usr/statistics/excel/t12.12ek.xls
- ^ "E3 New Zealand's overseas debt". Reserve Bank of New Zealand. http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/statistics/extfin/e3/data.html. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
Russia’s External Debt down 10% to $36 Bln in 2011 http://en.rian.ru/business/20120301/171671096.html
External links
- www.jedh.org - Gross external debt (Joint External Debt Hub)
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2079rank.html
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