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. This is not to be confused with actual government debts which can be found under 'List of countries by public debt'.
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 debt[2] US dollars |
Date | Per capita[3][4][5][6] US dollars |
% of GDP[7][8][9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — |  European Union |
16,080,000,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 27,864 | 85 |
| 1 |  United States |
16,734,344,500,000 | 22 Mar 2013 | 52,170 | 106 |
| 2 |  United Kingdom |
9,836,000,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 156,126 | 390 |
| 3 |  France |
5,633,000,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 74,619 | 182 |
| 4 |  Germany |
5,624,000,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 57,755 | 142 |
| 5 |  Japan |
2,719,000,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 19,148 | 45 |
| 8 |  Italy |
2,460,000,000,000 | 30 June 2012 est. | 36,841 | 108 |
| 6 |  Netherlands |
2,655,489,600,000 | 30 June 2011 | 226,503 | 344 |
| 7 |  Spain |
2,290,000,000,000 | 11 April 2013 | 18,260 | 167 |
| 9 |  Ireland |
2,352,000,000,000 | 30 September 2011 | 26,820 | 108.2 |
| 10 |  Luxembourg[note 1] |
2,146,000,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 3,696,467 | 3,443 |
| 12 |  Belgium |
1,399,000,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 113,603 | 266 |
| 11 |  Australia |
1,466,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 52,596 | 95 |
| 13 |  Switzerland |
1,346,000,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 154,063 | 229 |
| 14 |  Canada |
1,181,000,000,000 | 30 June 2011 est. | 29,625 | 64 |
| 15 |  Sweden |
1,016,000,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 91,487 | 187 |
| — |  Hong Kong |
903,200,000,000 | 31 June 2011 est. | 105,420 | 334 |
| 16 |  Austria |
883,500,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 90,128 | 200 |
| 17 |  China |
710,700,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 396 | 8.7 |
| 18 |  Norway |
644,500,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 131,220 | 141 |
| 19 |  Denmark |
626,900,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 101,084 | 180 |
| 20 |  Greece |
583,300,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 47,636 | 174 |
| 22 |  Portugal |
548,800,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 47,835 | 223 |
| 24 |  Russia |
455,200,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 3,634 | 23 |
| 21 |  Finland |
577,700,000,000 | 31 December 2011 | 68,960 | 155 |
| 25 |  Korea, South |
436,900,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 7,567 | 37 |
| 26 |  Brazil |
405,300,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,608 | 15 |
| 27 |  Turkey |
331,400,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,794 | 40 |
| 29 |  India |
299,200,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 237 | 21 |
| 28 |  Poland |
310,200,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 6,639 | 54 |
| 30 |  Mexico |
217,700,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,956 | 20 |
| 31 |  Indonesia |
187,100,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 837 | 28 |
| 38 |  Romania |
125,900,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 5,082 | 67 |
| 32 |  Hungary |
170,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 14,821 | 115 |
| 33 |  United Arab Emirates |
158,900,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 24,273 | 41 |
| 40 |  Iceland[10][11] |
116,053,000,000 | 2008 | 362,942 | 999 |
| 35 |  Argentina |
130,200,000,000 | 30 September 2012 est. | 3,176 | 27 |
| 39 |  Ukraine |
124,900,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,144 | 71 |
| 45 |  Chile |
102,100,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 5,867 | 38 |
| 43 |  Kazakhstan |
105,500,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 6,060 | 68 |
| 44 |  Israel |
104,200,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 12,070 | 42 |
| 48 |  Czech Republic |
90,180,000,000 | 2012 est. | 8,260 | 45 |
| 36 |  Saudi Arabia |
127,400,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,176 | 19 |
| 41 |  Thailand |
115,600,000,000 | 30 September 2011 est. | 1,292 | 26 |
| 57 |  South Africa |
47,560,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,613 | 23 |
| 46 |  Malaysia |
95,550,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,570 | 31 |
| 34 |  Qatar |
137,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 41,988 | 55 |
| 51 |  Philippines |
68,390,000,000 | 30 December 2012 est. | 636 | 32 |
| 52 |  Croatia |
64,250,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 13,519 | 99 |
| 50 |  Slovakia |
72,940,000,000 | 30 November 2011 est. | 10,926 | 68 |
| 49 |  Colombia |
73,410,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,269 | 20 |
| 55 |  Pakistan |
55,980,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 343 | 33 |
| 69 |  Kuwait |
28,210,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 15,754 | 43 |
| 53 |  Venezuela |
63,740,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,906 | 19 |
| 23 |  Iraq |
50,268,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,641 | 64 |
| 54 |  Slovenia |
61,230,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 25,555 | 47.6 |
| 58 |  Bulgaria |
43,240,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 6,261 | 90 |
| 63 |  Latvia |
35,340,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 18,527 | 146 |
| 60 |  Sudan |
39,700,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 946 | 55 |
| 65 |  Lebanon |
32,640,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 8,815 | 88 |
| 59 |  Vietnam |
41,850,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 379 | 32 |
| 61 |  Peru |
38,910,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,126 | 22 |
| 42 |  Cyprus |
106,500,000,000 | 31 December 2011 est. | 37,812 | 129 |
| 67 |  Lithuania |
31,370,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 9,995 | 80 |
| 66 |  Serbia |
32,600,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 4,178 | 80 |
| 64 |  Egypt |
34,880,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 391 | 14 |
| 151 |  Belarus |
1,067,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,629 | 45 |
| 62 |  Bangladesh |
36,210,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 149 | 23 |
| 68 |  Morocco |
29,420,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 712 | 22 |
| 72 |  Singapore |
24,640,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 4,194 | 10 |
| 70 |  Estonia |
25,920,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 15,405 | 98 |
| 75 |  Cuba |
22,360,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,780 | 34 |
| 73 |  Tunisia |
24,490,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,779 | 42 |
| 77 |  Angola |
19,650,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 944 | 21 |
| 74 |  Sri Lanka |
22,820,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 881 | 36 |
| 81 |  Guatemala |
16,170,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,216 | 42 |
| 80 |  Monaco[note 2] |
16,500,000,000 | 31 June 2010 est. | 471,428 | 240 |
| 76 |  Ecuador |
20,030,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 995 | 25 |
| 71 |  Bahrain |
25,270,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 13,261 | 65 |
| 83 |  Panama |
13,130,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,927 | 52 |
| 100 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
7,644,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 197 | 122 |
| 87 |  Uruguay |
11,610,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,989 | 33 |
| 79 |  Dominican Republic |
16,580,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,162 | 25 |
| 95 |  Iran |
9,452,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 170 | 4 |
| 82 |  Jamaica |
14,600,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 4,660 | 92 |
| 85 |  Korea, North |
12,500,000,000 | 2001 est. | 544 | N/A |
| 120 |  Cote d'Ivoire |
4,742,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 527 | 51 |
| 84 |  El Salvador |
12,840,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,953 | 53 |
| 91 |  Nigeria |
10,100,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 71 | 5 |
| 99 |  Georgia |
8,200,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 2,424 | 77 |
| 93 |  Oman |
9,768,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,962 | 16 |
| 86 |  Costa Rica |
12,040,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,874 | 24 |
| 96 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
9,051,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,052 | 48 |
| 94 |  Kenya |
9,526,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 200 | 25 |
| 97 |  Syria |
8,818,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 373 | 13 |
| 102 |  Zimbabwe |
6,975,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 609 | 103 |
| 89 |  Tanzania |
11,180,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 183 | 33 |
| 104 |  Yemen |
6,726,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 293 | 23 |
| 109 |  Burma |
5,448,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 117 | 17 |
| 88 |  Ghana |
11,230,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 274 | 21 |
| 115 |  Libya |
5,054,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 972 | 9 |
| 56 |  Malta |
48,790,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 14,233 | 72 |
| 108 |  Laos |
5,599,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 900 | 91 |
| 98 |  Jordan |
8,345,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 903 | 20 |
| 103 |  Republic of Macedonia |
6,740,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,668 | 60 |
| 105 |  Armenia |
6,435,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 1,584 | 56 |
| 130 |  Mauritius |
2,942,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,937 | 52 |
| 168 |  Turkmenistan |
429,100,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 978 | 25 |
| 101 |  Congo, Republic of the |
7,644,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,722 | 155 |
| 117 |  Mozambique |
4,880,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 231 | 50 |
| 113 |  Moldova |
5,167,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,296 | 79 |
| 127 |  Nepal |
3,774,000,000 | 31 December 2011 | 161 | 35 |
| 114 |  Cambodia |
5,071,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 304 | 37 |
| 119 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
4,780,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,502 | 21 |
| 92 |  Ethiopia |
9,956,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 51 | 14 |
| 90 |  Uzbekistan |
10,460,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 150 | 11 |
| 122 |  Algeria |
4,344,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 115 | 3 |
| 112 |  Nicaragua |
5,228,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 693 | 62 |
| 125 |  Senegal |
4,117,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 296 | 30 |
| 128 |  Kyrgyzstan |
3,666,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 699 | 81 |
| 116 |  Honduras |
4,884,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 465 | 23 |
| 110 |  Zambia |
5,445,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 264 | 22 |
| 129 |  Cameroon |
3,343,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 164 | 15 |
| 126 |  Azerbaijan |
4,042,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 8,513 | 6 |
| 135 |  Guinea |
2,652,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 305 | 68 |
| 130 |  Somalia |
2,942,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 386 | N/A |
| 136 |  Madagascar |
2,631,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 140 | 36 |
| 154 |  Benin |
953,500,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 308 | 43 |
| 124 |  Uganda |
4,126,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 85 | 17 |
| 107 |  Bolivia |
5,604,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 275 | 15 |
| 111 |  Albania |
5,281,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 882 | 23 |
| 134 |  Mali |
2,725,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 254 | 88 |
| 144 |  Afghanistan |
1,280,000,000 | FY10/11 | 92 | 22 |
| 106 |  Paraguay |
5,714,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 382 | 13 |
| 133 |  Gabon |
2,758,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,587 | 18 |
| 123 |  Namibia |
4,204,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,131 | 20 |
| 139 |  Botswana |
1,968,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,208 | 16 |
| 143 |  Niger |
1,451,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 178 | 79 |
| 137 |  Burkina Faso |
2,442,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 136 | 23 |
| 132 |  Tajikistan |
2,771,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 262 | 35 |
| 138 |  Mongolia |
2,070,000,000 | 31 December 2011 | 686 | 41 |
| 140 |  Chad |
1,749,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 160 | 21 |
| 156 |  Sierra Leone |
827,600,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 340 | 61 |
| 118 |  Papua New Guinea |
4,860,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 238 | 16 |
| 142 |  Seychelles |
1,453,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 15,614 | 147 |
| 148 |  Malawi |
1,214,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 77 | 24 |
| 176 |  Burundi |
231,700,000 | 31 December 2012 | 167 | 202 |
| 166 |  Central African Republic |
469,500,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 270 | 68 |
| — |  West Bank |
1,040,000,000 | 2010 est. | 414 | N/A |
| 141 |  Belize |
1,457,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,079 | 75 |
| 152 |  Eritrea |
1,026,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 195 | 58 |
| 153 |  Maldives |
1,015,000,000 | 2011 est. | 2,947 | 50 |
| 150 |  Guinea-Bissau |
1,095,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 722 | 259 |
| 145 |  Bhutan |
1,275,000,000 | 2011 | 1,193 | 64 |
| 147 |  Equatorial Guinea |
1,232,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 634 | 6 |
| 146 |  Guyana |
1,234,000,000 | 31 December 2010 | 1,049 | 42 |
| 121 |  Barbados |
4,490,000,000 | 2010 est. | 2,456 | 22 |
| 149 |  Montenegro |
1,200,000,000 | 2011 est. | 939 | 24 |
| 160 |  Lesotho |
715,400,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 255 | 30 |
| 161 |  Gambia, The |
545,800,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 306 | 50 |
| 163 |  Suriname |
504,300,000 | 2005 est. | 1,011 | 28 |
| 159 |  Swaziland |
737,300,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 428 | 14 |
| 174 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
252,200,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 4,477 | 85 |
| — |  Aruba |
478,600,000 | 2005 est. | 4,935 | 21 |
| 157 |  Djibouti |
802,900,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 573 | 56 |
| 167 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
458,000,000 | June 2010 | 4,388 | 36 |
| 155 |  Haiti |
854,700,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 36 | 5 |
| 162 |  Grenada |
538,000,000 | 2010 est. | 3,402 | 74 |
| 78 |  Bahamas, The |
16,680,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,067 | 6 |
| 158 |  Cape Verde |
741,300,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 714 | 52 |
| 170 |  Sao Tome and Principe |
316,600,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,193 | 349 |
| 177 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
189,100,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 6,408 | 79 |
| 165 |  Saint Lucia |
471,400,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,586 | 32 |
| 169 |  Liberia |
400,300,000 | 31 December 2012[12] | 65 | 22 |
| 47 |  New Zealand |
90,230,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 52,300 | 126 |
| 164 |  Comoros |
485,400,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 430 | 115 |
| 173 |  Dominica |
253,800,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,000 | 75 |
| 175 |  Samoa |
235,500,000 | 31 December 2009 est. | 968 | 47 |
| 178 |  Solomon Islands |
166,000,000 | 2004 | 355 | 44 |
| — |  Bermuda |
160,000,000 | FY99/00 | 2,575 | 5 |
| 179 |  Cook Islands |
141,000,000 | 1996 est. | 7,756 | N/A |
| 172 |  Fiji |
268,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 150 | 5 |
| 181 |  Marshall Islands |
87,000,000 | 2008 est. | 1,377 | 54 |
| 171 |  Vanuatu |
307,700,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 389 | 22 |
| 180 |  Tonga |
118,600,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 799 | 33 |
| — |  New Caledonia |
79,000,000 | 1998 est. | 385 | 3 |
| — |  Cayman Islands |
79,000,000 | 1998 est. | 2,078 | 7 |
| — |  Faroe Islands |
888,800,000 | 2010 | N/A | N/A |
| 182 |  Micronesia, Federated States of |
60,800,000 | FY05 est. | 556 | 25 |
| — |  Greenland |
36,400,000 | 2010 | 1,035 | 5 |
| — |  British Virgin Islands |
0 | 2012 | N/A | N/A |
| 183 |  Nauru |
33,300,000 | 2004 est. | N/A | N/A |
| 184 |  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 |
| 185 |  Niue |
418,000 | 2002 est. | N/A | N/A |
| — |  Macau |
0 | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 |  Taiwan |
[citation needed] | 31 December 2012 est. | 0 | 0 |
| 186 |  Liechtenstein |
0 | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 186 |  Brunei |
0 | 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 186 |  Palau |
0 | 2000 | 0 | 0 |
Notes [edit]
- ^ 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.
See also [edit]
- 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 [edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Central Bank of Iceland (September 3, 2009). "External debt Q2/2009". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ Statistics Iceland (September 11, 2008). "Gross domestic product 2008 – Revision". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ "Second Quarter Public Debt Management Report, October 1-December 31, 2011". Liberian Ministry of Finance, Debt Management Unit. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
- Russia’s External Debt down 10% to $36 Bln in 2011 http://en.rian.ru/business/20120301/171671096.html
External links [edit]
- 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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