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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 Debt[2]
US dollars		 Date Per capita[3][4][5][6]
US dollars		 % of GDP[7][8][9]
1  United States 15,570,789,000,000 22 March 2012 47,568 99
—  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  Ireland[10][11] 2,378,000,000,000 10 November 2011 519,070 1,165
7  Netherlands 2,344,296,360,000 3rd quarter of 2010[12] 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  Luxembourg[note 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 267,100,000,000 31 December 2011 237 21
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  Monaco[note 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 13,090,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 1,326 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 —
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 —
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 —
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 September 2011[13] 52,300 134
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 —
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 — —
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 — —
184  Nauru 33,300,000 2004 est. — —
185  Kiribati 10,000,000 1999 est. 120 14
—  Montserrat 8,900,000 1997 — —
—  Anguilla 8,800,000 1998 — —
—  Wallis and Futuna 3,670,000 2004 — —
186  Niue 418,000 2002 est. — —
—  Macau 0 2010 0 0
187  Taiwan 0 2005 0 0
188  Liechtenstein 0 2011 0 0

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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

References

  1. ^ Debt – external. Definition in The World Factbook.
  2. ^ Debt - external, The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on the 29th of June 2011.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ The World Factbook - European Union, Central Intelligence Agency,accessed on June 29, 2011.
  6. ^ World Economic Outlook Database, April 2011, International Monetary Fund. Accessed on June 29, 2011. Note: Used for the rest of the countries.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ .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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ [3]
  11. ^ [4]
  12. ^ http://www.statistics.dnb.nl/usr/statistics/excel/t12.12ek.xls
  13. ^ "E3 New Zealand's overseas debt". Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

Russia’s External Debt down 10% to $36 Bln in 2011 http://en.rian.ru/business/20120301/171671096.html

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