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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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
Economy Statistics > Debt > External (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Ireland :
$448,031.51 per capita
2007
# 2
Switzerland :
$177,373.94 per capita
2007
# 3
United Kingdom :
$171,942.20 per capita
2007
# 4
Netherlands :
$137,411.94 per capita
2007
# 5
Belgium :
$126,344.44 per capita
2007
# 6
Norway :
$101,362.90 per capita
2007
# 7
Austria :
$91,770.72 per capita
2007
# 8
Denmark :
$90,085.81 per capita
2007
# 9
Hong Kong :
$84,235.72 per capita
2007
# 10
Sweden :
$66,130.66 per capita
2006
# 11
France :
$56,702.84 per capita
2006
# 12
Germany :
$54,477.50 per capita
2007
# 13
Finland :
$51,770.94 per capita
2007
# 14
United States :
$40,678.76 per capita
2007
# 15
Australia :
$40,368.65 per capita
2007
# 16
Italy :
$40,328.31 per capita
2007
# 17
Portugal :
$39,040.35 per capita
2007
# 18
Qatar :
$36,473.70 per capita
2007
# 19
Greece :
$34,699.23 per capita
2007
# 20
Cyprus :
$34,206.05 per capita
2007
# 21
Spain :
$26,799.72 per capita
2007
# 22
Canada :
$22,719.28 per capita
2007
# 23
Slovenia :
$20,117.01 per capita
2007
# 24
Estonia :
$18,861.44 per capita
2007
# 25
Netherlands Antilles :
$14,817.27 per capita
2004
# 26
Hungary :
$14,353.00 per capita
2007
# 27
Israel :
$13,996.34 per capita
2007
# 28
United Arab Emirates :
$13,879.35 per capita
2007
# 29
Kuwait :
$13,418.16 per capita
2007
# 30
Latvia :
$13,209.08 per capita
2007
# 31
Seychelles :
$12,931.19 per capita
2007
# 32
New Zealand :
$12,498.27 per capita
2007
# 33
Japan :
$11,708.07 per capita
2007
# 34
Bahrain :
$11,089.89 per capita
2007
# 35
Iceland :
$10,670.14 per capita
2002
# 36
Croatia :
$10,304.20 per capita
2007
# 37
Lebanon :
$8,049.93 per capita
2007
# 38
Czech Republic :
$7,302.95 per capita
2007
# 39
Korea, South :
$6,987.49 per capita
2007
# 40
Slovakia :
$6,729.69 per capita
2007
# 41
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
$6,683.01 per capita
2004
# 42
Lithuania :
$6,348.87 per capita
2007
# 43
Kazakhstan :
$6,143.31 per capita
2007
# 44
Singapore :
$5,620.46 per capita
2007
# 45
Aruba :
$4,771.68 per capita
2005
# 46
Bulgaria :
$4,763.17 per capita
2007
# 47
Poland :
$4,408.30 per capita
2007
# 48
Antigua and Barbuda :
$4,303.20 per capita
2006
# 49
French Guiana :
$4,281.58 per capita
2003
# 50
Taiwan :
$4,280.61 per capita
2007
# 51
Belize :
$4,112.41 per capita
2005
# 52
Iraq :
$3,669.14 per capita
2007
# 53
Chile :
$3,537.05 per capita
2007
# 54
Jamaica :
$3,473.58 per capita
2007
# 55
Uruguay :
$3,467.60 per capita
2007
# 56
Argentina :
$3,369.57 per capita
2007
# 57
Gabon :
$3,364.57 per capita
2007
# 58
Romania :
$3,346.19 per capita
2007
# 59
Grenada :
$3,281.40 per capita
2004
# 60
Panama :
$3,223.15 per capita
2007
# 61
Turkey :
$3,181.62 per capita
2007
# 62
Dominica :
$2,980.23 per capita
2004
# 63
Russia :
$2,721.79 per capita
2007
# 64
Trinidad and Tobago :
$2,715.29 per capita
2007
# 65
Serbia and Montenegro :
$2,585.15 per capita
2007
# 66
Barbados :
$2,490.64 per capita
2003
# 67
Malaysia :
$2,329.86 per capita
2007
# 68
Bermuda :
$2,300.13 per capita
2003
# 69
São Tomé and Príncipe :
$2,178.32 per capita
2002
# 70
Saudi Arabia :
$2,123.11 per capita
2007
# 71
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
$1,883.00 per capita
2004
# 72
Tunisia :
$1,875.21 per capita
2007
# 73
Costa Rica :
$1,793.95 per capita
2007
# 74
Mauritius :
$1,717.99 per capita
2007
# 75
Mexico :
$1,674.32 per capita
2007
# 76
Venezuela :
$1,665.03 per capita
2007
# 77
Oman :
$1,652.78 per capita
2007
# 78
Guyana :
$1,605.38 per capita
2002
# 79
Saint Lucia :
$1,582.18 per capita
2004
# 80
Ukraine :
$1,491.15 per capita
2007
# 81
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
$1,479.29 per capita
2007
# 82
South Africa :
$1,472.80 per capita
2007
# 83
Marshall Islands :
$1,466.07 per capita
2003
# 84
Congo, Republic of the :
$1,454.42 per capita
2000
# 85
Maldives :
$1,430.35 per capita
2006
# 86
El Salvador :
$1,377.94 per capita
2007
# 87
Jordan :
$1,343.59 per capita
2007
# 88
Ecuador :
$1,276.56 per capita
2007
# 89
Macedonia, Republic of :
$1,245.67 per capita
2007
# 90
Brazil :
$1,207.30 per capita
2007
# 91
Peru :
$1,144.91 per capita
2007
# 92
Suriname :
$1,122.57 per capita
2005
# 93
Bhutan :
$1,102.47 per capita
2006
# 94
Dominican Republic :
$1,090.13 per capita
2007
# 95
Bahamas, The :
$1,074.78 per capita
2004
# 96
Montenegro :
$1,072.61 per capita
2006
# 97
Liberia :
$974.64 per capita
2005
# 98
Georgia :
$968.57 per capita
2007
# 99
Samoa :
$963.29 per capita
2004
# 100
Belarus :
$953.45 per capita
2007
# 101
Mauritania :
$945.35 per capita
2000
# 102
Colombia :
$932.64 per capita
2007
# 103
Thailand :
$900.59 per capita
2007
# 104
Libya :
$801.24 per capita
2007
# 105
Tonga :
$791.32 per capita
2004
# 106
Côte d'Ivoire :
$765.54 per capita
2007
# 107
Sudan :
$747.09 per capita
2007
# 108
Guinea-Bissau :
$689.42 per capita
2000
# 109
Cape Verde :
$688.02 per capita
2002
# 110
Angola :
$681.45 per capita
2007
# 111
Philippines :
$678.32 per capita
2007
# 112
Moldova :
$642.06 per capita
2007
# 113
Equatorial Guinea :
$613.21 per capita
2007
# 114
Morocco :
$589.80 per capita
2007
# 115
Nicaragua :
$588.69 per capita
2007
# 116
Indonesia :
$584.59 per capita
2007
# 117
Sri Lanka :
$583.00 per capita
2007
# 118
Korea, North :
$567.90 per capita
2001
# 119
Kyrgyzstan :
$561.30 per capita
2007
# 120
Laos :
$551.43 per capita
2006
# 121
Djibouti :
$531.24 per capita
2006
# 122
Paraguay :
$523.61 per capita
2007
# 123
Albania :
$498.12 per capita
2004
# 124
Bolivia :
$492.92 per capita
2007
# 125
Namibia :
$488.06 per capita
2007
# 126
Micronesia, Federated States of :
$487.93 per capita
2003
# 127
Mongolia :
$487.16 per capita
2007
# 128
Malta :
$467.91 per capita
2005
# 129
Guatemala :
$464.17 per capita
2007
# 130
Swaziland :
$462.46 per capita
2007
# 131
Armenia :
$461.70 per capita
2007
# 132
Honduras :
$455.79 per capita
2007
# 133
Greenland :
$445.63 per capita
1999
# 134
Gambia, The :
$437.37 per capita
2003
# 135
Comoros :
$429.37 per capita
2000
# 136
Zimbabwe :
$418.73 per capita
2007
# 137
Somalia :
$415.04 per capita
2001
# 138
Vanuatu :
$391.64 per capita
2004
# 139
Egypt :
$363.48 per capita
2007
# 140
Solomon Islands :
$356.38 per capita
2004
# 141
Syria :
$343.42 per capita
2007
# 142
Guinea :
$336.86 per capita
2007
# 143
Togo :
$325.47 per capita
2005
# 144
Lesotho :
$324.20 per capita
2007
# 145
Iran :
$316.22 per capita
2007
# 146
Sierra Leone :
$314.50 per capita
2003
# 147
Azerbaijan :
$300.36 per capita
2007
# 148
Papua New Guinea :
$283.99 per capita
2007
# 149
Cambodia :
$277.94 per capita
2007
# 150
China :
$274.61 per capita
2007
# 151
Yemen :
$271.88 per capita
2007
# 152
Madagascar :
$268.32 per capita
2002
# 153
Central African Republic :
$263.90 per capita
2007
# 154
Vietnam :
$256.03 per capita
2007
# 155
Pakistan :
$235.52 per capita
2007
# 156
Wallis and Futuna :
$231.11 per capita
2004
# 157
Mali :
$226.58 per capita
2002
# 158
Zambia :
$226.18 per capita
2007
# 159
Botswana :
$224.73 per capita
2007
# 160
Tajikistan :
$220.44 per capita
2007
# 161
Ghana :
$213.29 per capita
2007
# 162
Mozambique :
$200.38 per capita
2007
# 163
Kenya :
$181.86 per capita
2007
# 164
Senegal :
$174.89 per capita
2007
# 165
Burundi :
$170.54 per capita
2003
# 166
Haiti :
$169.41 per capita
2007
# 167
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
$168.53 per capita
2006
# 168
Chad :
$164.12 per capita
2005
# 169
Niger :
$160.90 per capita
2003
# 170
Rwanda :
$157.62 per capita
2004
# 171
Fiji :
$151.04 per capita
2004
# 172
Benin :
$148.55 per capita
2007
# 173
Burma :
$148.22 per capita
2007
# 174
India :
$146.39 per capita
2007
# 175
Cameroon :
$141.41 per capita
2007
# 176
Uzbekistan :
$141.36 per capita
2007
# 177
Bangladesh :
$141.11 per capita
2007
# 178
Algeria :
$118.71 per capita
2007
# 179
Kiribati :
$113.12 per capita
1999
# 180
Tanzania :
$111.26 per capita
2007
# 181
Nepal :
$111.00 per capita
2006
# 182
Burkina Faso :
$92.84 per capita
2007
# 183
Eritrea :
$87.44 per capita
2000
# 184
Malawi :
$65.72 per capita
2007
# 185
Nigeria :
$59.30 per capita
2007
# 186
Uganda :
$49.50 per capita
2007
# 187
Ethiopia :
$34.26 per capita
2007
= 188
Jersey :
$0.00 per capita
2006
= 188
East Timor :
$0.00 per capita
2007
= 188
Palau :
$0.00 per capita
2003
= 188
Macau :
$0.00 per capita
2006
= 188
Brunei :
$0.00 per capita
2005
= 188
Tokelau :
$0.00 per capita
2007
= 188
Gaza Strip :
$0.00 per capita
2002
= 188
West Bank :
$0.00 per capita
2002
Weighted average:
$12,201.14 per capita
DEFINITION: Total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign
currency , goods, or services. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
SOURCE: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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