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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
DEFINITION
Total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign
currency , goods, or services.
Economy Statistics > Debt > External (most recent) by country
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2007
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
$12,250,000,000,000.00
2007
# 2
United Kingdom :
$10,450,000,000,000.00
2007
# 3
Germany :
$4,489,000,000,000.00
2007
# 4
France :
$4,396,000,000,000.00
2007
# 5
Italy :
$2,345,000,000,000.00
2007
# 6
Netherlands :
$2,277,000,000,000.00
2007
# 7
Ireland :
$1,841,000,000,000.00
2007
# 8
Japan :
$1,492,000,000,000.00
2007
# 9
Switzerland :
$1,340,000,000,000.00
2007
# 10
Belgium :
$1,313,000,000,000.00
2007
# 11
Spain :
$1,084,000,000,000.00
2007
# 12
Australia :
$824,900,000,000.00
2007
# 13
Canada :
$758,600,000,000.00
2007
# 14
Austria :
$752,500,000,000.00
2007
# 15
Sweden :
$598,200,000,000.00
2006
# 16
Hong Kong :
$588,000,000,000.00
2007
# 17
Denmark :
$492,600,000,000.00
2007
# 18
Norway :
$469,100,000,000.00
2007
# 19
Portugal :
$415,500,000,000.00
2007
# 20
Russia :
$384,800,000,000.00
2007
# 21
Greece :
$371,500,000,000.00
2007
# 22
China :
$363,000,000,000.00
2007
# 23
Korea, South :
$342,700,000,000.00
2007
# 24
Finland :
$271,200,000,000.00
2007
# 25
Brazil :
$229,400,000,000.00
2007
# 26
Turkey :
$226,400,000,000.00
2007
# 27
Mexico :
$182,000,000,000.00
2007
# 28
Poland :
$169,800,000,000.00
2007
# 29
India :
$165,400,000,000.00
2007
# 30
Hungary :
$142,900,000,000.00
2007
# 31
Indonesia :
$137,200,000,000.00
2007
# 32
Argentina :
$135,800,000,000.00
2007
# 33
Iraq :
$100,900,000,000.00
2007
# 34
Taiwan :
$97,850,000,000.00
2007
# 35
Kazakhstan :
$93,900,000,000.00
2007
# 36
Israel :
$89,950,000,000.00
2007
# 37
Czech Republic :
$74,700,000,000.00
2007
# 38
Romania :
$74,540,000,000.00
2007
# 39
Ukraine :
$69,040,000,000.00
2007
# 40
South Africa :
$64,800,000,000.00
2007
# 41
Philippines :
$61,780,000,000.00
2007
# 42
United Arab Emirates :
$61,680,000,000.00
2007
= 43
Saudi Arabia :
$58,600,000,000.00
2007
= 43
Thailand :
$58,600,000,000.00
2007
# 45
Malaysia :
$57,830,000,000.00
2007
# 46
Chile :
$57,600,000,000.00
2007
# 47
New Zealand :
$51,440,000,000.00
2007
# 48
Croatia :
$46,300,000,000.00
2007
# 49
Venezuela :
$43,330,000,000.00
2007
# 50
Colombia :
$41,390,000,000.00
2007
# 51
Slovenia :
$40,420,000,000.00
2007
# 52
Pakistan :
$38,800,000,000.00
2007
# 53
Slovakia :
$36,660,000,000.00
2007
# 54
Bulgaria :
$34,880,000,000.00
2007
# 55
Kuwait :
$33,620,000,000.00
2007
# 56
Qatar :
$33,090,000,000.00
2007
# 57
Peru :
$32,830,000,000.00
2007
# 58
Lebanon :
$31,600,000,000.00
2007
# 59
Latvia :
$29,850,000,000.00
2007
# 60
Sudan :
$29,420,000,000.00
2007
# 61
Egypt :
$29,200,000,000.00
2007
# 62
Cyprus :
$26,970,000,000.00
2007
# 63
Serbia and Montenegro :
$26,240,000,000.00
2007
# 64
Singapore :
$25,590,000,000.00
2007
# 65
Estonia :
$24,820,000,000.00
2007
# 66
Lithuania :
$22,700,000,000.00
2007
# 67
Vietnam :
$21,830,000,000.00
2007
# 68
Bangladesh :
$21,230,000,000.00
2007
# 69
Iran :
$20,680,000,000.00
2007
# 70
Morocco :
$19,910,000,000.00
2007
# 71
Tunisia :
$19,270,000,000.00
2007
# 72
Monaco :
$18,000,000,000.00
2000
# 73
Ecuador :
$17,560,000,000.00
2007
# 74
Côte d'Ivoire :
$13,790,000,000.00
2007
# 75
Korea, North :
$12,500,000,000.00
2001
# 76
Sri Lanka :
$12,200,000,000.00
2007
# 77
Uruguay :
$12,000,000,000.00
2007
# 78
Panama :
$10,450,000,000.00
2007
# 79
Dominican Republic :
$10,210,000,000.00
2007
# 80
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
$10,000,000,000.00
2006
# 81
Jamaica :
$9,657,000,000.00
2007
# 82
El Salvador :
$9,574,000,000.00
2007
# 83
Belarus :
$9,272,000,000.00
2007
# 84
Angola :
$8,357,000,000.00
2007
# 85
Jordan :
$8,133,000,000.00
2007
# 86
Nigeria :
$8,007,000,000.00
2007
# 87
Bahrain :
$7,858,000,000.00
2007
# 88
Costa Rica :
$7,416,000,000.00
2007
# 89
Burma :
$7,022,000,000.00
2007
# 90
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
$6,734,000,000.00
2007
# 91
Kenya :
$6,713,000,000.00
2007
# 92
Syria :
$6,633,000,000.00
2007
# 93
Yemen :
$6,044,000,000.00
2007
# 94
Guatemala :
$5,908,000,000.00
2007
# 95
Oman :
$5,297,000,000.00
2007
# 96
Zimbabwe :
$5,155,000,000.00
2007
# 97
Congo, Republic of the :
$5,000,000,000.00
2000
# 98
Gabon :
$4,895,000,000.00
2007
# 99
Ghana :
$4,891,000,000.00
2007
# 100
Libya :
$4,837,000,000.00
2007
# 101
Madagascar :
$4,600,000,000.00
2002
# 102
Georgia :
$4,500,000,000.00
2007
# 103
Bolivia :
$4,495,000,000.00
2007
# 104
Tanzania :
$4,382,000,000.00
2007
# 105
Mozambique :
$4,189,000,000.00
2007
# 106
Algeria :
$3,957,000,000.00
2007
# 107
Uzbekistan :
$3,927,000,000.00
2007
# 108
Cambodia :
$3,890,000,000.00
2007
# 109
Paraguay :
$3,492,000,000.00
2007
# 110
Honduras :
$3,411,000,000.00
2007
# 111
Guinea :
$3,351,000,000.00
2007
# 112
Nicaragua :
$3,341,000,000.00
2007
# 113
Liberia :
$3,200,000,000.00
2005
# 114
Laos :
$3,179,000,000.00
2006
# 115
Iceland :
$3,073,000,000.00
2002
# 116
Nepal :
$3,070,000,000.00
2006
# 117
Somalia :
$3,000,000,000.00
2001
# 118
Kyrgyzstan :
$2,966,000,000.00
2007
# 119
Trinidad and Tobago :
$2,869,000,000.00
2007
# 120
Mali :
$2,800,000,000.00
2002
# 121
Moldova :
$2,774,000,000.00
2007
# 122
Netherlands Antilles :
$2,680,000,000.00
2004
# 123
Ethiopia :
$2,621,000,000.00
2007
# 124
Zambia :
$2,596,000,000.00
2007
# 125
Macedonia, Republic of :
$2,561,000,000.00
2007
# 126
Cameroon :
$2,554,000,000.00
2007
# 127
Mauritania :
$2,500,000,000.00
2000
# 128
Azerbaijan :
$2,439,000,000.00
2007
# 129
Senegal :
$2,190,000,000.00
2007
# 130
Mauritius :
$2,149,000,000.00
2007
# 131
Niger :
$2,100,000,000.00
2003
# 132
Togo :
$2,000,000,000.00
2005
# 133
Papua New Guinea :
$1,646,000,000.00
2007
# 134
Sierra Leone :
$1,610,000,000.00
2003
# 135
Chad :
$1,600,000,000.00
2005
# 136
Tajikistan :
$1,560,000,000.00
2007
# 137
Albania :
$1,550,000,000.00
2004
# 138
Uganda :
$1,498,000,000.00
2007
# 139
Haiti :
$1,475,000,000.00
2007
# 140
Mongolia :
$1,438,000,000.00
2007
# 141
Rwanda :
$1,400,000,000.00
2004
# 142
Armenia :
$1,372,000,000.00
2007
# 143
Burkina Faso :
$1,330,000,000.00
2007
= 144
Belize :
$1,200,000,000.00
2005
= 144
Benin :
$1,200,000,000.00
2007
= 144
Guyana :
$1,200,000,000.00
2002
= 144
Burundi :
$1,200,000,000.00
2003
# 148
Central African Republic :
$1,153,000,000.00
2007
# 149
Seychelles :
$1,059,000,000.00
2007
# 150
Namibia :
$1,003,000,000.00
2007
# 151
Guinea-Bissau :
$941,500,000.00
2000
# 152
Malawi :
$894,000,000.00
2007
# 153
French Guiana :
$800,300,000.00
2003
# 154
Bhutan :
$713,300,000.00
2006
# 155
Lesotho :
$689,000,000.00
2007
# 156
Barbados :
$668,000,000.00
2003
# 157
Montenegro :
$650,000,000.00
2006
# 158
Gambia, The :
$628,800,000.00
2003
# 159
Swaziland :
$524,000,000.00
2007
# 160
Suriname :
$504,300,000.00
2005
# 161
Maldives :
$482,000,000.00
2006
# 162
Aruba :
$478,600,000.00
2005
# 163
Djibouti :
$428,000,000.00
2006
# 164
Botswana :
$408,000,000.00
2007
# 165
Antigua and Barbuda :
$359,800,000.00
2006
# 166
Grenada :
$347,000,000.00
2004
# 167
Bahamas, The :
$342,600,000.00
2004
# 168
Equatorial Guinea :
$338,000,000.00
2007
# 169
Cape Verde :
$325,000,000.00
2002
# 170
São Tomé and Príncipe :
$318,000,000.00
2002
# 171
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
$314,000,000.00
2004
# 172
Eritrea :
$311,000,000.00
2000
# 173
Saint Lucia :
$257,000,000.00
2004
# 174
Comoros :
$232,000,000.00
2000
# 175
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
$223,000,000.00
2004
# 176
Dominica :
$213,000,000.00
2004
# 177
Malta :
$188,800,000.00
2005
# 178
Samoa :
$177,000,000.00
2004
# 179
Solomon Islands :
$166,000,000.00
2004
# 180
Bermuda :
$145,000,000.00
2003
# 181
Cook Islands :
$141,000,000.00
1996
# 182
Fiji :
$127,000,000.00
2004
# 183
Marshall Islands :
$86,500,000.00
2003
# 184
Vanuatu :
$81,200,000.00
2004
# 185
Tonga :
$80,700,000.00
2004
# 186
Cayman Islands :
$70,000,000.00
1996
# 187
Faroe Islands :
$64,000,000.00
1999
# 188
Micronesia, Federated States of :
$53,100,000.00
2003
# 189
British Virgin Islands :
$36,100,000.00
1997
# 190
Nauru :
$33,300,000.00
2002
# 191
Greenland :
$25,000,000.00
1999
# 192
Kiribati :
$10,000,000.00
1999
# 193
Montserrat :
$8,900,000.00
1997
# 194
Wallis and Futuna :
$3,670,000.00
2004
# 195
Niue :
$418,000.00
2002
= 196
Palau :
$0.00
2003
= 196
East Timor :
$0.00
2007
= 196
Liechtenstein :
$0.00
2001
= 196
Brunei :
$0.00
2005
= 196
Macau :
$0.00
2006
= 196
Gaza Strip :
$0.00
2002
= 196
Tokelau :
$0.00
2007
= 196
Jersey :
$0.00
2006
= 196
West Bank :
$0.00
2002
Total :
$53,495,690,888,000.00
Weighted average:
$262,233,778,862.75
DEFINITION: Total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign
currency , goods, or services.
SOURCE: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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