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Country
Debt - external
Afghanistan $8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia; Afghanistan has $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks (2004)
Albania $1.55 billion (2004)
Algeria $3.957 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
American Samoa $NA
Andorra $NA
Angola $8.357 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Anguilla $8.8 million (1998)
Antigua and Barbuda $359.8 million (June 2006)
Argentina $135.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Armenia $1.372 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Aruba $478.6 million (2005 est.)
Australia $826.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Austria $752.5 billion (30 June 2007)
Azerbaijan $2.439 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bahamas, The $342.6 million (2004 est.)
Bahrain $7.858 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bangladesh $21.23 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Barbados $668 million (2003)
Belarus $7.347 billion (31 December 2007)
Belgium $1.313 trillion (30 June 2007)
Belize $1.2 billion (June 2005 est.)
Benin $1.2 billion (2007)
Bermuda $160 million (FY99/00)
Bhutan $713.3 million (2006)
Bolivia $4.495 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina $6.734 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Botswana $408 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Brazil $229.4 billion (31 December 2007)
British Virgin Islands $36.1 million (1997)
Brunei $0 (2005)
Bulgaria $34.88 billion (30 June 2007)
Burkina Faso $1.33 billion (2007)
Burma $7.022 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Burundi $1.2 billion (2003)
Cambodia $3.89 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Cameroon $2.554 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Canada $758.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Cape Verde $325 million (2002)
Cayman Islands $70 million (1996)
Central African Republic $1.153 billion (2007 est.)
Chad $1.6 billion (2005 est.)
Chile $57.6 billion (31 December 2007)
China $363 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Colombia $41.39 billion (30 June 2007)
Comoros $232 million (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the $10 billion (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the $5 billion (2000 est.)
Cook Islands $141 million (1996 est.)
Costa Rica $7.416 billion (30 June 2007)
Cote d'Ivoire $13.79 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Croatia $46.3 billion (30 June 2007)
Cuba $16.79 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion owed to Russia (31 December 2007 est.)
Cyprus $26.97 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Czech Republic $74.7 billion (31 December 2007)
Denmark $492.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Djibouti $428 million (2006)
Dominica $213 million (2004)
Dominican Republic $10.21 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ecuador $17.12 billion (31 December 2007)
Egypt $29.2 billion (30 June 2007)
El Salvador $9.574 billion (December 2007)
Equatorial Guinea $338 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Eritrea $311 million (2000 est.)
Estonia $24.82 billion (30 June 2007)
Ethiopia $2.621 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $NA
Faroe Islands $64 million (1999)
Fiji $127 million (2004 est.)
Finland $271.2 billion (30 June 2007)
France $4.396 trillion (30 June 2007)
French Polynesia $NA
Gabon $4.895 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Gambia, The $628.8 million (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip $NA
Georgia $4.5 billion (2007)
Germany $4.489 trillion (30 June 2007)
Ghana $4.891 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Gibraltar $NA
Greece $86.72 billion (31 December 2007)
Greenland $25 million (1999)
Grenada $347 million (2004)
Guam $NA
Guatemala $5.908 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Guernsey $NA
Guinea $3.351 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau $941.5 million (2000 est.)
Guyana $1.2 billion (2002)
Haiti $1.475 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Honduras $3.411 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Hong Kong $588 billion (2007 est.)
Hungary $125.9 billion (31 December 2007)
Iceland $3.073 billion (2002)
India $149.2 billion (31 December 2007)
Indonesia $140 billion (31 December 2007)
Iran $20.68 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Iraq $100.9 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ireland $1.841 trillion (30 June 2007)
Isle of Man $NA
Israel $89.95 billion (31 December 2007)
Italy $996.3 billion (31 December 2007)
Jamaica $9.657 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Japan $1.492 trillion (30 June 2007)
Jersey $NA
Jordan $8.133 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kazakhstan $96.36 billion (31 December 2007)
Kenya $6.713 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kiribati $10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North $12.5 billion (2001 est.)
Korea, South $220.1 billion (31 December 2007)
Kosovo according to the national bank of Serbia, Kosovo's external debt was around $1.2 billion; Kosovo was willing to accept around $900 million (2007)
Kuwait $33.62 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan $2.966 billion (30 June 2007)
Laos $3.179 billion (2006)
Latvia $33.53 billion (31 December 2007)
Lebanon $31.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Lesotho $689 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Liberia $3.2 billion (2005 est.)
Libya $4.837 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Liechtenstein $0 (2001)
Lithuania $27.19 billion (31 December 2007)
Luxembourg $NA
Macau $0 (2006)
Macedonia $3.967 billion (31 December 2007)
Madagascar $4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi $894 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Malaysia $53.09 billion (31 December 2007)
Maldives $482 million (2006 est.)
Mali $2.8 billion (2002)
Malta $188.8 million (2005)
Marshall Islands $86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)
Mauritania NA
Mauritius $2.149 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mayotte $NA
Mexico $179.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of $60.8 million (FY05 est.)
Moldova $3.3 billion (31 December 2007)
Monaco $18 billion (2000 est.)
Mongolia $1.438 billion (2007)
Montenegro $650 million (2006)
Montserrat $8.9 million (1997)
Morocco $19.91 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mozambique $4.189 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Namibia $1.003 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Nauru $33.3 million (2002)
Nepal $3.07 billion (March 2006)
Netherlands $2.277 trillion (30 June 2007)
Netherlands Antilles $2.68 billion (2004)
New Caledonia $79 million (1998 est.)
New Zealand $51.44 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Nicaragua $3.341 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Niger $2.1 billion (2003 est.)
Nigeria $8.007 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Niue $418,000 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island $NA
Northern Mariana Islands $NA
Norway $469.1 billion; note - Norway is a net external creditor (30 June 2007)
Oman $5.297 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Pakistan $38.8 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Palau $0 (FY99/00)
Panama $10.45 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea $1.646 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Paraguay $3.492 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Peru $32.83 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Philippines $61.78 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Poland $169.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Portugal $461.2 billion (31 December 2007)
Puerto Rico $NA
Qatar $33.09 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Romania $74.54 billion (31 December 2007)
Russia $356.5 billion (31 December 2007)
Rwanda $1.4 billion (2004 est.)
Saint Helena $NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis $314 million (2004)
Saint Lucia $257 million (2004)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon $NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $223 million (2004)
Samoa $177 million (2004)
San Marino $NA
Sao Tome and Principe $318 million (2002)
Saudi Arabia $58.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Senegal $2.19 billion (31 December 2007)
Serbia $26.24 billion (includes debt for Montenegro and Kosovo) (2007 est.)
Seychelles $1.059 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Sierra Leone $1.61 billion (2003 est.)
Singapore $25.59 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Slovakia $36.63 billion (31 December 2007)
Slovenia $40.42 billion (30 June 2007)
Solomon Islands $166 million (2004)
Somalia $3 billion (2001 est.)
South Africa $39.78 billion (31 December 2007)
Spain $1.084 trillion (30 June 2007 est.)
Sri Lanka $12.2 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Sudan $29.42 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Suriname $504.3 million (2005 est.)
Swaziland $524 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Sweden $598.2 billion (30 June 2006)
Switzerland $1.34 trillion (30 June 2007)
Syria $6.633 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Taiwan $97.85 billion (31 December 2007)
Tajikistan $1.56 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tanzania $4.382 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Thailand $59.52 billion (31 December 2007)
Togo $2 billion (2005)
Tonga $80.7 million (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago $2.869 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tunisia $19.27 billion (December 2007)
Turkey $247.1 billion (31 December 2007)
Turkmenistan $1.4 billion to $5 billion (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands $NA
Tuvalu $NA
Uganda $1.498 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ukraine $69.04 billion (31 December 2007)
United Arab Emirates $61.68 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
United Kingdom $10.45 trillion (30 June 2007)
United States $12.25 trillion (30 June 2007)
Uruguay $11.42 billion (31 December 2007)
Uzbekistan $3.927 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vanuatu $81.2 million (2004)
Venezuela $43.33 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vietnam $21.83 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Virgin Islands $NA
Wallis and Futuna $3.67 million (2004)
West Bank $NA
Western Sahara $NA
World $51.78 trillion
note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private (2004 est.)
Yemen $6.044 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zambia $2.596 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zimbabwe $5.155 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

This page was last updated on 18 December 2008


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