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Country Comparison :: Debt - external
This entry gives the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
Rank
country
Debt - external
Date of Information
3
France
$ 5,370,000,000,000
30 September 2008
4
Germany
$ 4,489,000,000,000
30 June 2007
5
Spain
$ 2,478,000,000,000
30 September 2008 est.
7
Ireland
$ 1,841,000,000,000
30 June 2007
8
Japan
$ 1,492,000,000,000
30 June 2007
10
Belgium
$ 1,313,000,000,000
30 June 2007
11
Italy
$ 1,060,000,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
12
Australia
$ 1,032,000,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
13
Canada
$ 758,600,000,000
30 June 2007
14
Austria
$ 752,500,000,000
30 June 2007
15
Sweden
$ 598,200,000,000
30 June 2006
16
Russia
$ 527,100,000,000
June 2008 est.
17
Denmark
$ 492,600,000,000
30 June 2007
18
Norway
$ 469,100,000,000
30 June 2007
19
Portugal
$ 461,200,000,000
31 December 2007
20
China
$ 420,800,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
22
Turkey
$ 294,300,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
23
Finland
$ 271,200,000,000
30 June 2007
24
Brazil
$ 236,600,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
25
Poland
$ 227,500,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
26
Mexico
$ 181,200,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
27
India
$ 163,800,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
28
Indonesia
$ 151,700,000,000
30 September 2008
29
Hungary
$ 144,200,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
30
Argentina
$ 135,500,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
31
Taiwan
$ 109,600,000,000
31 December 2008
32
Kazakhstan
$ 103,600,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
33
Romania
$ 92,760,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
34
Greece
$ 92,190,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
35
Israel
$ 91,250,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
37
Ukraine
$ 82,070,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
38
Hong Kong
$ 78,840,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
40
Thailand
$ 64,800,000,000
September 2008 est.
41
Chile
$ 64,570,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
44
Malaysia
$ 54,110,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
45
Bulgaria
$ 54,010,000,000
30 November 2008
47
Croatia
$ 53,300,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
48
Slovakia
$ 53,040,000,000
30 September 2008 est.
49
Qatar
$ 48,910,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
50
Venezuela
$ 47,990,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
51
Latvia
$ 43,900,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
52
Pakistan
$ 43,230,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
53
Colombia
$ 41,680,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
54
Slovenia
$ 40,420,000,000
30 June 2007
55
Iraq
$ 40,400,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
57
Kuwait
$ 38,820,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
58
Lithuania
$ 35,460,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
59
Peru
$ 35,460,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
60
Sudan
$ 30,480,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
61
Estonia
$ 29,500,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
62
Cyprus
$ 28,840,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
63
Egypt
$ 28,840,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
64
Serbia
$ 26,240,000,000
2007 est.
65
Singapore
$ 25,540,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
66
Vietnam
$ 23,720,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
67
Iran
$ 21,770,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
68
Bangladesh
$ 21,720,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
69
Lebanon
$ 21,200,000,000
31 December 2008
70
Morocco
$ 21,110,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
71
Tunisia
$ 19,330,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
72
Cuba
$ 18,250,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
73
Monaco
$ 18,000,000,000
2000 est.
74
Ecuador
$ 16,960,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
76
Sri Lanka
$ 12,990,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
79
Uruguay
$ 11,480,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
80
Panama
$ 10,890,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
81
Bahrain
$ 10,570,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
82
Jamaica
$ 10,380,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
85
Nigeria
$ 9,132,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
86
Belarus
$ 9,127,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
89
Angola
$ 7,907,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
90
Costa Rica
$ 7,401,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
91
Burma
$ 7,170,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
92
Kenya
$ 6,749,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
93
Syria
$ 6,720,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
94
Jordan
$ 6,597,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
95
Yemen
$ 6,472,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
96
Guatemala
$ 6,337,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
97
Oman
$ 6,120,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
98
Ghana
$ 5,697,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
99
Libya
$ 5,521,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
100
Tanzania
$ 5,311,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
101
Zimbabwe
$ 5,255,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
103
Macedonia
$ 4,624,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
104
Bolivia
$ 4,603,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
107
Cambodia
$ 4,317,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
108
Mozambique
$ 4,316,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
109
Moldova
$ 4,092,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
110
Uzbekistan
$ 4,052,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
111
Honduras
$ 3,602,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
112
Guinea
$ 3,529,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
113
Paraguay
$ 3,487,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
115
Nepal
$ 3,285,000,000
2008
116
Nicaragua
$ 3,214,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
117
Liberia
$ 3,200,000,000
2005 est.
118
Laos
$ 3,179,000,000
2006
119
Gabon
$ 3,173,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
120
Ethiopia
$ 3,158,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
122
Somalia
$ 3,000,000,000
2001 est.
124
Algeria
$ 2,913,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
125
Zambia
$ 2,913,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
126
Mali
$ 2,800,000,000
2002
127
Azerbaijan
$ 2,733,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
129
Mauritius
$ 2,550,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
130
Senegal
$ 2,528,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
131
Cameroon
$ 2,360,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
132
Niger
$ 2,100,000,000
2003 est.
133
Togo
$ 2,000,000,000
2005
134
Uganda
$ 1,705,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
137
Chad
$ 1,600,000,000
2005 est.
141
Haiti
$ 1,463,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
142
Rwanda
$ 1,400,000,000
2004 est.
144
Armenia
$ 1,372,000,000
31 December 2007 est.
149
Belize
$ 1,200,000,000
June 2005 est.
151
Benin
$ 1,200,000,000
2007
152
Seychelles
$ 1,161,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
154
Namibia
$ 1,151,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
155
Malawi
$ 974,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
157
Guyana
$ 804,300,000
30 September 2008
162
Lesotho
$ 628,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
163
Swaziland
$ 548,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
165
Aruba
$ 478,600,000
2005 est.
168
Botswana
$ 395,000,000
31 December 2008 est.
175
Eritrea
$ 311,000,000
2000 est.
177
Comoros
$ 232,000,000
2000 est.
180
Malta
$ 188,800,000
2005
181
Samoa
$ 177,000,000
2004
185
Fiji
$ 127,000,000
2004 est.
188
Tonga
$ 80,700,000
2004
194
Nauru
$ 33,300,000
2002
200
Niue
$ 418,000
2002 est.