List of countries by external debt
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This is a list of countries by gross (i.e. total) external debt and by external debt per capita.
The external debt of a country is defined as the "total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, 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.
The debt per capita in a country is defined as the total debt of that country divided by its population.
The list is based on The World Factbook unless otherwise noted.[2] For informational purposes several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list.
| Rank | Country - Entity | External debt (millions US$) |
Date of information | External debt per capita (US$) |
Date of population* | External debt (% of GDP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $13,773,000 | 6/30/2009 | $42,343 | 31-March-08 | 95% | |
| 2 | $12,670,000[citation needed] | 6/24/2009 | $174,167 | July 2008 | 374.96% | |
| 3 | $4,489,000 | 6/30/2007 | $54,604 | 30-Jun-07 | 159.92% | |
| 4 | $4,396,000 | 6/30/2007 | $68,183 | 30-Jun-07 | 211.86% | |
| 5 | $2,478,000 | 9/30/2008 | $49,619 | 30 June 2007 est. | 150.65% | |
| 6 | $2,277,000 | 6/30/2007 | $136,795 | 30-Jun-07 | 352.75% | |
| 7 | $1,841,000 | 6/30/2007 | $448,032 | 30-Jun-08 | 960.86% | |
| 8 | $1,492,000 | 6/30/2007 | $4,528 | 30-Jun-07 | 34.93% | |
| 9 | $1,340,000 | 6/30/2007 | $174,526 | 30-Jun-07 | 441.95% | |
| 10 | $1,313,000 | 6/30/2007 | $126,202 | 30-Jun-07 | 348.74% | |
| 11 | $1,060,000 | 2008(est.) | $18,235 | 30-Jun-08 | 58.21% | |
| 12 | $826,400 | 12/31/2007 | $38,798 | 30-Jun-07 | 106.91% | |
| 13 | $781,100 | 12/31/2008 | $23,325 | 01-Jul-09 | 59.69% | |
| 14 | $752,500 | 6/30/2007 | $90,289 | 30-Jun-07 | 233.70% | |
| 15 | $598,200 | 6/30/2006 | $65,048 | 30-Jun-06 | 176.72% | |
| 16 | $588,000 | 2007 | $84,445 | 2007 est. | 200.48% | |
| 17 | $492,600 | 6/30/2007 | $89,853 | 30-Jun-07 | 242.30% | |
| 18 | $469,100 | 6/30/2007 | $98,530 | 30-Jun-07 | 190.23% | |
| 19 | $461,200 | 12/31/2007 | $43,196 | 30-Jun-07 | 188.63% | |
| 20 | $363,000 | 12/31/2007 | $271 | 31 December 2007 est. | 5.11% | |
| 21 | $356,500 | 12/31/2007 | $2,500 | 30-Jun-07 | 17.00% | |
| 22 | $271,200 | 6/30/2007 | $51,073 | 30-Jun-07 | 143.95% | |
| 23 | $247,100 | 12/31/2007 | $7,106 | 30-Jun-07 | 22.94% [4] | |
| 24 | $229,400 | 12/31/2007 | $1,234 | 30-Jun-07 | 12.41% | |
| 25 | $227,700[5] | 06/30/2009 | $130 | 30-Jun-07 | 5.03% | |
| 26 | $220,100 | 12/31/2007 | $1,234 | 30-Sep-07 | 18.25% | |
| 27 | $179,800 | 12/31/2007 | $3,207 | 30-Jun-07 | 13.29% | |
| 28 | $169,800 | 12/31/2007 | $4,927 | 30-Jun-07 | 27.25% | |
| 29 | $140,000 | 12/31/2007 | $146 | 30-Jun-07 | 16.59% | |
| 30 | $135,800 | 12/31/2007 | $14,229 | 30-Sep-07 | 25.80% | |
| 31 | $125,900 | 12/31/2007 | $12,200 | 30-Jun-07 | 65.68% | |
| 32 | $116,053[6] | 6/30/2009 | $362,942 | 2008 | 998.64%[7] | |
| 33 | $100,900 | 12/31/2007 | $2,878 | 31 December 2007 est. | 98.54% | |
| 34 | $97,850 | 12/31/2007 | $6,089 | 31-Dec-07 | 14.01% | |
| 35 | $96,360 | 12/31/2007 | $12,006 | 30-Sep-07 | 57.29% | |
| 36 | $86,720 | 12/31/2007 | $3,734 | 30-Jun-07 | 48.41% | |
| 37 | $86,080 | 12/31/2008 | $3,953 | 30-Jun-07 | 42.5% | |
| 38 | $74,700 | 12/31/2007 | $1,411 | 30-Jun-07 | 29.76% | |
| 39 | $74,540 | 12/31/2007 | $1,354 | 31-Dec-07 | 30.17% | |
| 40 | $69,040 | 12/31/2007 | $709 | 30-Jun-07 | 21.26% | |
| 41 | $61,780 | 12/31/2007 | $5,947 | 31 December 2007 est. | 20.59% | |
| 42 | $61,680 | 12/31/2007 | $930 | 31 December 2007 est. | 37.52% | |
| 43 | $59,520 | 12/31/2007 | $2,107 | 30-Jun-07 | 11.41% | |
| 44 | $59,080 | 12/31/2008 | $2,963 | 31 December 2008 est. | 45.77% | |
| 45 | $58,600 | 12/31/2007 | $1,942 | 31 December 2007 est. | 10.73% | |
| 46 | $57,600 | 12/31/2007 | $2,138 | 30-Jun-07 | 24.74% | |
| 47 | $53,090 | 12/31/2007 | $11,725 | 30-Jun-07 | 14.70% | |
| 48 | $46,300 | 6/30/2007 | $10,300 | 30-Jun-07 | 66.53% | |
| 49 | $43,330 | 12/31/2007 | $982 | 31 December 2007 est. | 12.96% | |
| 50 | $41,390 | 6/30/2007 | $9,124 | 30-Jun-07 | 12.63% | |
| 51 | $40,420 | 6/30/2007 | $9,477 | 30-Jun-07 | 71.93% | |
| 52 | $39,780 | 12/31/2007 | $19,953 | 30-Sep-07 | 8.50% | |
| 53 | $38,800 | 12/31/2007 | $247 | 31 December 2007 est. | 9.42% | |
| 54 | $36,630 | 12/31/2007 | $6,788 | 30-Jun-07 | 33.24% | |
| 55 | $34,880 | 6/30/2007 | $8,458 | 30-Jun-07 | 40.23% | |
| 56 | $33,620 | 12/31/2007 | $11,789 | 31 December 2007 est. | 24.01% | |
| 57 | $33,530 | 12/31/2007 | $36,944 | 30-Jun-07 | 83.72% | |
| 58 | $33,090 | 12/31/2007 | $396 | 31 December 2007 est. | 46.33% | |
| 59 | $32,830 | 12/31/2007 | $13,152 | 31 September 2008 est. | 14.95% | |
| 60 | $31,600 | 12/31/2007 | $7680 | 31 December 2007 est. | 78.14% | |
| 61 | $29,420 | 12/31/2007 | $3,834 | 31 December 2007 est. | 36.33% | |
| 62 | $29,200 | 6/30/2007 | $1,048 | 30-Jun-07 | 7.20% | |
| 63 | $27,190 | 12/31/2007 | $2,662 | 30-Jun-07 | 45.33% | |
| 64 | $26,970 | 12/31/2007 | $30,550 | 31 December 2007 est. | 126.03% | |
| 65 | $26,240 | 2007 | $3,561 | 2007 est. | 33.95% | |
| 66 | $25,590 | 12/31/2007 | $279 | 31 December 2007 est. | 11.27% | |
| 67 | $24,820 | 6/30/2007 | $6,744 | 30-Jun-07 | 86.51% | |
| 68 | $21,830 | 12/31/2007 | $128 | 31 December 2007 est. | 9.87% | |
| 69 | $21,230 | 12/31/2007 | $153 | 31 December 2007 est. | 10.19% | |
| 70 | $20,680 | 12/31/2007 | $1,797 | 31 December 2007 est. | 2.71% | |
| 71 | $19,910 | 12/31/2007 | $545 | 31 December 2007 est. | 15.93% | |
| 72 | $19,270 | 12/1/2007 | $1,316 | Dec-07 | 25.33% | |
| 73 | $18,000 | 2000 | $540,000 | 2000 est. | 1843.70% | |
| 74 | $17,120 | 12/31/2007 | $1,490 | 31-Oct-07 | 17.34% | |
| 75 | $16,790 | 12/31/2007 | $194 | 31 December 2007 est. | 13.38% | |
| 76 | $13,790 | 12/31/2007 | $701 | 31 December 2007 est. | 41.98% | |
| 77 | $12,500 | 2001 | $525 | 2001 est. | 31.25% | |
| 78 | $12,200 | 12/31/2007 | $3,593 | 31 December 2007 est. | 14.87% | |
| 79 | $11,420 | 12/31/2007 | $566 | 30-Sep-07 | 30.45% | |
| 80 | $10,450 | 12/31/2007 | $3,159 | 31 December 2007 est. | 30.02% | |
| 81 | $10,210 | 12/31/2007 | $1,147 | 31 December 2007 est. | 16.56% | |
| 82 | $10,000 | 2006 | $954 | 2006 est. | 52.55% | |
| 83 | $9,657 | 12/31/2007 | $906 | 31 December 2007 est. | 47.15% | |
| 84 | $9,574 | 12/1/2007 | $519 | Dec-07 | 23.00% | |
| 85 | $8,357 | 12/31/2007 | $295 | 31 December 2007 est. | 8.75% | |
| 86 | $8,133 | 12/31/2007 | $206 | 31 December 2007 est. | 28.59% | |
| 87 | $8,007 | 12/31/2007 | $10,119 | 31 December 2007 est. | 2.70% | |
| 88 | $8,000 | 2004 | $1,263 | 2004 | 22.86% | |
| 89 | $7,858 | 12/31/2007 | $1,603 | 31 December 2007 est. | 32.73% | |
| 90 | $7,416 | 6/30/2007 | $2,630 | 30-Jun-07 | 16.20% | |
| 91 | $7,347 | 12/31/2007 | $1,793 | 30-Jun-07 | 7.10% | |
| 92 | $7,022 | 12/31/2007 | $142 | 31 December 2007 est. | 7.71% | |
| 93 | $6,734 | 12/31/2007 | $318 | 31 December 2007 est. | 24.31% | |
| 94 | $6,713 | 12/31/2007 | $273 | 31 December 2007 est. | 10.97% | |
| 95 | $6,633 | 12/31/2007 | $39 | December 2007 est. | 7.34% | |
| 96 | $6,044 | 12/31/2007 | $416 | 31 December 2007 est. | 10.75% | |
| 97 | $5,908 | 12/31/2007 | $794 | 31 December 2007 est. | 9.12% | |
| 98 | $5,297 | 12/31/2007 | $197 | 31 December 2007 est. | 8.70% | |
| 99 | $5,155 | 12/31/2007 | $454 | 31 December 2007 est. | 220.11% | |
| 100 | $5,000 | 2000 | $80 | 2000 est. | 38.88% | |
| 101 | $4,895 | 12/31/2007 | $123 | 31 December 2007 est. | 23.95% | |
| 102 | $4,891 | 12/31/2007 | $785 | 31 December 2007 est. | 15.71% | |
| 103 | $4,837 | 12/31/2007 | $234 | 31 December 2007 est. | 6.47% | |
| 104 | $4,600 | 2002 | $1,024 | 2002 | 24.95% | |
| 105 | $4,500 | 2007 | $200 | 2007 | 21.84% | |
| 106 | $4,495 | 12/31/2007 | $276 | 31 December 2007 est. | 11.31% | |
| 107 | $4,382 | 12/31/2007 | $545 | 31 December 2007 est. | 8.58% | |
| 108 | $4,189 | 12/31/2007 | $399 | 31 December 2007 est. | 23.75% | |
| 109 | $3,967 | 12/31/2007 | $49 | 31-Dec-07 | 22.86% | |
| 110 | $3,957 | 12/31/2007 | $661 | 31 May 2008 est. | 1.78% | |
| 111 | $3,927 | 12/31/2007 | $593 | 31 December 2007 est. | 6.10% | |
| 112 | $3,890 | 12/31/2007 | $2,689 | 31 December 2007 est. | 14.85% | |
| 113 | $3,492 | 12/31/2007 | $1,342 | 31 December 2007 est. | 13.08% | |
| 114 | $3,411 | 12/31/2007 | $144 | 31 December 2007 est. | 10.57% | |
| 115 | $3,351 | 12/31/2007 | $352 | 31 December 2007 est. | 30.57% | |
| 116 | $3,341 | 12/31/2007 | $853 | 31 December 2007 est. | 20.66% | |
| 117 | $3,300 | 12/31/2007 | $543 | 30-Jun-07 | 33.83% | |
| 118 | $3,200 | 2005 | $9,717 | 2005 est. | 209.84% | |
| 119 | $3,179 | 2006 | $109 | 2006 | 24.84% | |
| 120 | $3,070 | 3/1/2006 | $345 | Mar-06 | 10.48% | |
| 121 | $3,000 | 2001 | $558 | 2001 est. | 55.69% | |
| 122 | $2,966 | 6/30/2007 | $227 | 30-Jun-07 | 28.11% | |
| 123 | $2,869 | 12/31/2007 | $235 | 31 December 2007 est. | 10.71% | |
| 124 | $2,800 | 2002 | $731 | 2002 | 20.54% | |
| 125 | $2,680 | 2004 | $1,353 | 2004 | 95.71% | |
| 126 | $2,621 | 12/31/2007 | $13,958 | 31 December 2007 est. | 4.68% | |
| 127 | $2,596 | 12/31/2007 | $2,047 | 31 December 2007 est. | 16.12% | |
| 128 | $2,554 | 12/31/2007 | $800 | 31 December 2007 est. | 6.35% | |
| 129 | $2,439 | 12/31/2007 | $132 | 31 December 2007 est. | 3.77% | |
| 130 | $2,190 | 12/31/2007 | $148 | 31-Dec-07 | 10.42% | |
| 131 | $2,149 | 12/31/2007 | $239 | 31 December 2007 est. | 15.06% | |
| 132 | $2,100 | 2003 | $162 | 2003 est. | 23.70% | |
| 133 | $2,000 | 2005 | $304 | 2005 | 39.67% | |
| 134 | $1,646 | 12/31/2007 | $287 | 31 December 2007 est. | 13.66% | |
| 135 | $1,610 | 2003 | $274 | 2003 est. | 40.34% | |
| 136 | $1,600 | 2005 | $148 | 2005 est. | 10.48% | |
| 137 | $1,560 | 12/31/2007 | $486 | 31 December 2007 est. | 13.04% | |
| 138 | $1,550 | 2004 | $547 | 2004 | 7.43% | |
| 139 | $1,498 | 12/31/2007 | $689 | 31 December 2007 est. | 5.14% | |
| 140 | $1,475 | 12/31/2007 | $144 | 31 December 2007 est. | 12.96% | |
| 141 | $1,438 | 2007 | $282 | 2007 | 16.83% | |
| 142 | $1,400 | 2004 | $45 | 2004 est. | 5.20% | |
| 143 | $1,400 | 2004 | $457 | 2004 est. | 17.38% | |
| 144 | $1,372 | 12/31/2007 | $90 | 31 December 2007 est. | 7.99% | |
| 145 | $1,330 | 2007 | $194 | 2007 | 7.64% | |
| 146 | $1,200 | 2002 | $1,626 | 2002 | 42.57% | |
| 147 | $1,200 | 2003 | $141 | 2003 | 41.28% | |
| 148 | $1,200 | 2007 | $4,167 | 2007 | 10.00% | |
| 149 | $1,200 | 6/1/2005 | $130 | June 2005 est. | 49.10% | |
| 150 | $1,153 | 2007 | $133 | 2007 est. | 38.34% | |
| 151 | $1,059 | 12/31/2007 | $265 | 31 December 2007 est. | 76.85% | |
| 152 | $1,003 | 12/31/2007 | $11,000 | 31 December 2007 est. | 9.38% | |
| 153 | $942 | 2000 | $555 | 2000 est. | 113.93% | |
| 154 | $894 | 12/31/2007 | $345 | 31 December 2007 est. | 8.44% | |
| 155 | $713 | 2006 | $2,272 | 2004 | 21.24% | |
| 156 | $689 | 12/31/2007 | $1,087 | 31 December 2007 est. | 22.49% | |
| 157 | $668 | 2003 | $368 | 2003 | 12.58% | |
| 158 | $650 | 2006 | $45 | 2006 | 10.98% | |
| 159 | $629 | 2003 | $99 | 2003 est. | 30.51% | |
| 160 | $524 | 12/31/2007 | $901 | 31 December 2007 est. | 9.77% | |
| 161 | $504 | 2005 | $472 | 2005 est. | 13.11% | |
| 162 | $482 | 2006 | $273 | 2006 est. | 30.35% | |
| 163 | $479 | 2005 | $1,101 | 2005 est. | 21.20% | |
| 164 | $428 | 2006 | $1,575 | 2006 | 24.63% | |
| 165 | $408 | 12/31/2007 | $4,602 | 31 December 2007 est. | 1.57% | |
| 166 | $360 | 6/1/2006 | $514 | Jun-06 | 23.58% | |
| 167 | $347 | 2004 | $4,233 | 2004 | 31.32% | |
| 168 | $343 | 2004 | $3,274 | 2004 est. | 4.01% | |
| 169 | $338 | 12/31/2007 | $1,035 | 31 December 2007 est. | 2.18% | |
| 170 | $325 | 2002 | $613 | 2002 | 20.27% | |
| 171 | $318 | 2002 | $10,258 | 2002 | 124.22% | |
| 172 | $314 | 2004 | $6,280 | 2004 | 43.55% | |
| 173 | $311 | 2000 | $64 | 2000 est. | 8.59% | |
| 174 | $257 | 2004 | $568 | 2004 | 14.33% | |
| 175 | $232 | 2000 | $1,558 | 2000 est. | 18.38% | |
| 176 | $223 | 2004 | $340 | 2004 | 21.40% | |
| 177 | $213 | 2004 | $1,858 | 2004 | 32.87% | |
| 178 | $189 | 2005 | $3,179 | 2005 | 2.01% | |
| 179 | $177 | 2004 | $464 | 2004 | 17.20% | |
| 180 | $166 | 2004 | $939 | 2004 | 17.51% | |
| 181 | $160 | FY99/00 | $335 | FY 99/00 | 3.56% | |
| 182 | $141 | 1996 | $2,462 | 1996 est. | 76.97% | |
| 183 | $127 | 2004 | $37 | 2004 est. | 2.50% | |
| 184 | $87 | FY99/00 | $153 | FY 99/00 est. | 75.22% | |
| 185 | $81 | 2004 | $1,466 | 2004 | 9.05% | |
| 186 | $81 | 2004 | $359 | 2004 | 15.34% | |
| 187 | $79 | 1998 | $807 | 1998 est. | 2.50% | |
| 188 | $70 | 1996 | $329 | 1996 | 3.61% | |
| 189 | $64 | 1999 | $1,489 | 1999 | 6.40% | |
| 190 | $61 | FY05 | $1,320 | FY 05 est. | 21.95% | |
| 191 | $36 | 1997 | $548 | 1997 | 4.23% | |
| 192 | $33 | 2002 | $1,570 | 2002 | 55.50% | |
| 193 | $25 | 1999 | $3,330 | 1999 | 2.27% | |
| 194 | $10 | 1999 | $431 | 1999 est. | 2.87% | |
| 195 | $9 | 1997 | $105 | 1997 | 30.69% | |
| 196 | $9 | 1998 | $1,508 | 1998 | 8.08% | |
| 197 | $4 | 2004 | $677 | 2004 | 6.12% | |
| 198 | $0 | 2002 | $8 | 2002 est. | 5.50% | |
| 199 | $0 | 2005 | $0 | 2005 | 0.00% | |
| 200 | $0 | 2001 | $0 | 2001 | 0.00% | |
| 201 | $0 | 2006 | $0 | 2006 | 0.00% | |
| 202 | $0 | FY99/00 | $261 | FY 99/00 | 0.00% | |
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*Debt per capita is computed by dividing the total debt (column 3), estimated as of the date in column 4, by the population estimate as of the date given in the column under the heading "Date of population".
[edit] Source
- External debt rank order - CIA world factbook
[edit] References
- ^ Debt – external. Definition in The World Factbook].
- ^ Source accessed on October 2008.
- ^ http://www.treas.gov/tic/debta308.html
- ^ http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en-GB&q=Turkey+External+Debt&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
- ^ "External debt goes up marginally to $228 bn". Economic Times. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/External-debt-goes-up-marginally-to-228-bn/articleshow/5074272.cms.
- ^ Central Bank of Iceland (September 3, 2009). "External debt Q2/2009". http://www.sedlabanki.is/?pageid=552&itemid=a55be3a0-9943-484e-a8de-46d23f17ba25&nextday=26&nextmonth=11. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ Statistics Iceland (September 11, 2008). "Gross domestic product 2008 – Revision". http://www.statice.is/?PageID=444&NewsID=3756. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
[edit] See also
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[edit] External links
- www.jedh.org - Gross external debt (Joint External Debt Hub)
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