DEFINITION
Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Economy Statistics > External debt, total > DOD, current US$ (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
China :
281,612,100,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#2
Russia :
229,041,900,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#3
Brazil :
187,994,300,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#4
Turkey :
171,059,000,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#5
Mexico :
167,227,600,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#6
Indonesia :
138,300,200,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#7
India :
123,123,000,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#8
Argentina :
114,335,100,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#9
Poland :
98,820,600,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#10
Hungary :
66,118,610,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#11
Philippines :
61,527,130,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#12
Thailand :
52,266,330,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#13
Malaysia :
50,980,690,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#14
Chile :
45,153,750,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#15
Venezuela :
44,201,340,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#16
Kazakhstan :
43,353,660,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#17
Romania :
38,694,200,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#18
Colombia :
37,656,270,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#19
Egypt :
34,113,540,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#20
Pakistan :
33,675,110,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#21
Ukraine :
33,297,240,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#22
South Africa :
30,631,650,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#23
Croatia :
30,168,580,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#24
Peru :
28,652,630,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#25
Slovakia :
23,653,640,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#26
Lebanon :
22,373,030,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#27
Nigeria :
22,178,280,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#28
Iran :
21,259,540,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#29
Vietnam :
19,286,650,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#30
Bangladesh :
18,934,540,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#31
Sudan :
18,455,210,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#32
Tunisia :
17,789,270,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#33
Ecuador :
17,128,870,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#34
Algeria :
16,879,160,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#35
Morocco :
16,845,540,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#36
Bulgaria :
16,785,890,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#37
Serbia and Montenegro :
16,294,550,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#38
Uruguay :
14,551,430,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#39
Latvia :
14,283,360,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#40
Angola :
11,754,710,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#41
Sri Lanka :
11,443,940,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#42
Estonia :
11,254,960,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#43
Lithuania :
11,200,850,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#44
Côte d'Ivoire :
10,734,760,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#45
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
10,599,990,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#46
Panama :
9,764,736,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#47
Tanzania :
7,763,337,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#48
Jordan :
7,696,176,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#49
Dominican Republic :
7,397,606,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#50
Cameroon :
7,150,746,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#51
El Salvador :
7,088,423,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#52
Ghana :
6,738,702,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#53
Burma :
6,645,209,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#54
Jamaica :
6,510,881,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#55
Syria :
6,508,283,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#56
Bolivia :
6,390,262,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#57
Ethiopia :
6,259,442,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#58
Costa Rica :
6,222,898,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#59
Kenya :
6,169,221,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#60
Congo, Republic of the :
5,936,259,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#61
Zambia :
5,668,251,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#62
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
5,563,802,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#63
Yemen :
5,362,559,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#64
Guatemala :
5,349,033,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#65
Honduras :
5,242,461,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#66
Nicaragua :
5,143,563,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#67
Mozambique :
5,121,344,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#68
Belarus :
4,734,190,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#69
Uganda :
4,462,552,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#70
Zimbabwe :
4,256,938,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#71
Uzbekistan :
4,225,567,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#72
Gabon :
3,902,016,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#73
Senegal :
3,792,857,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#74
Cambodia :
3,515,326,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#75
Oman :
3,472,451,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#76
Madagascar :
3,465,208,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#77
Nepal :
3,284,869,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#78
Guinea :
3,246,655,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#79
Malawi :
3,154,802,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#80
Paraguay :
3,120,126,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#81
Mali :
2,968,868,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#82
Somalia :
2,750,443,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#83
Laos :
2,690,243,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#84
Trinidad and Tobago :
2,651,802,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#85
Liberia :
2,580,793,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#86
Mauritania :
2,281,114,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#87
Macedonia, Republic of :
2,242,759,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#88
Mauritius :
2,160,320,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#89
Moldova :
2,052,919,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#90
Burkina Faso :
2,044,513,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#91
Kyrgyzstan :
2,032,291,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#92
Niger :
1,972,285,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#93
Georgia :
1,910,737,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#94
Azerbaijan :
1,881,102,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#95
Armenia :
1,860,686,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#96
Benin :
1,854,671,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#97
Papua New Guinea :
1,848,790,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#98
Albania :
1,839,031,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#99
Togo :
1,707,849,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#100
Sierra Leone :
1,681,767,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#101
Chad :
1,632,822,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#102
Rwanda :
1,518,395,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#103
Mongolia :
1,326,681,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#104
Haiti :
1,323,359,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#105
Burundi :
1,321,538,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#106
Guyana :
1,196,072,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#107
Turkmenistan :
1,092,106,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#108
Tajikistan :
1,022,149,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#109
Central African Republic :
1,015,542,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#110
Belize :
1,000,269,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#111
Eritrea :
735,544,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#112
Guinea-Bissau :
692,697,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#113
Lesotho :
689,698,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#114
Seychelles :
674,682,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#115
Gambia, The :
671,714,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#116
Barbados :
660,020,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#117
Samoa :
656,339,000 DOD $
2005 ...
#118
Bhutan :
649,183,000 DOD $
2005