Rank
|
Country
|
Debt - external
|
Date of Information
|
1
|
World
|
$ 36,880,000,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
2
|
United States
|
$ 8,837,000,000,000
|
30 June 2005 est.
|
3
|
United Kingdom
|
$ 7,107,000,000,000
|
30 June 2005
|
4
|
Germany
|
$ 3,626,000,000,000
|
30 June 2005
|
5
|
France
|
$ 2,826,000,000,000
|
30 June 2005
|
6
|
Netherlands
|
$ 1,645,000,000,000
|
30 June 2005
|
7
|
Japan
|
$ 1,545,000,000,000
|
31 December 2004
|
8
|
Ireland
|
$ 1,049,000,000,000
|
30 June 2005
|
9
|
Belgium
|
$ 980,100,000,000
|
30 June 2005 est.
|
10
|
Spain
|
$ 970,700,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
11
|
Italy
|
$ 922,500,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
12
|
Switzerland
|
$ 856,000,000,000
|
30 June 2005
|
13
|
Sweden
|
$ 516,100,000,000
|
30 June 2005
|
14
|
Austria
|
$ 510,600,000,000
|
30 June 2005 est.
|
15
|
Canada
|
$ 439,800,000,000
|
30 November 2005
|
16
|
Denmark
|
$ 352,900,000,000
|
30 June 2005
|
17
|
Australia
|
$ 323,400,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
18
|
Portugal
|
$ 287,800,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
19
|
Norway
|
$ 281,000,000,000
|
30 June 2005
|
20
|
China
|
$ 252,800,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
21
|
Russia
|
$ 215,300,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
22
|
Finland
|
$ 211,700,000,000
|
30 June 2005
|
23
|
Brazil
|
$ 188,000,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
24
|
Turkey
|
$ 170,100,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
25
|
Korea, South
|
$ 153,900,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
26
|
Mexico
|
$ 137,200,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
27
|
Indonesia
|
$ 135,000,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
28
|
India
|
$ 125,500,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
29
|
Argentina
|
$ 118,200,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
30
|
Poland
|
$ 101,500,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
31
|
Iraq
|
$ 92,330,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
32
|
Taiwan
|
$ 87,500,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
33
|
Israel
|
$ 75,550,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
34
|
Greece
|
$ 75,180,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
35
|
Hong Kong
|
$ 72,040,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
36
|
Hungary
|
$ 66,220,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
37
|
Philippines
|
$ 65,710,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
38
|
Thailand
|
$ 52,460,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
39
|
Malaysia
|
$ 52,000,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
40
|
Czech Republic
|
$ 49,140,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
41
|
Chile
|
$ 47,450,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
42
|
New Zealand
|
$ 42,840,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
43
|
Kazakhstan
|
$ 41,660,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
44
|
Venezuela
|
$ 41,510,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
45
|
Pakistan
|
$ 38,800,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
46
|
Saudi Arabia
|
$ 36,780,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
47
|
Romania
|
$ 35,680,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
48
|
Egypt
|
$ 35,260,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
49
|
United Arab Emirates
|
$ 34,470,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
50
|
Nigeria
|
$ 32,450,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
51
|
Colombia
|
$ 32,350,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
52
|
Peru
|
$ 30,940,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
53
|
Croatia
|
$ 30,620,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
54
|
South Africa
|
$ 29,970,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
55
|
Sudan
|
$ 27,340,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
56
|
Slovakia
|
$ 26,940,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
57
|
Lebanon
|
$ 26,000,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
58
|
Ukraine
|
$ 23,930,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
59
|
Singapore
|
$ 23,760,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
60
|
Qatar
|
$ 21,130,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
61
|
Bangladesh
|
$ 20,630,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
62
|
Vietnam
|
$ 20,160,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
63
|
Algeria
|
$ 19,450,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
64
|
Iran
|
$ 19,060,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
65
|
Slovenia
|
$ 18,970,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
66
|
Ecuador
|
$ 18,090,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
67
|
Monaco
|
$ 18,000,000,000
|
2000 est.
|
68
|
Kuwait
|
$ 16,120,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
69
|
Tunisia
|
$ 16,090,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
70
|
Morocco
|
$ 15,610,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
71
|
Serbia
|
$ 15,430,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
72
|
Bulgaria
|
$ 15,320,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
73
|
Latvia
|
$ 13,960,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
74
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
$ 13,430,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
75
|
Uruguay
|
$ 13,240,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
76
|
Cuba
|
$ 12,560,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
77
|
Lithuania
|
$ 12,500,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
78
|
Korea, North
|
$ 12,000,000,000
|
1996 est.
|
79
|
Sri Lanka
|
$ 11,050,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
80
|
Estonia
|
$ 11,030,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
81
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
$ 10,600,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
82
|
Cyprus
|
$ 10,530,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
83
|
Panama
|
$ 9,758,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
84
|
Angola
|
$ 9,401,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
85
|
Cameroon
|
$ 9,168,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
86
|
Syria
|
$ 8,566,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
87
|
Jordan
|
$ 8,528,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
88
|
Tanzania
|
$ 8,178,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
89
|
El Salvador
|
$ 8,087,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
90
|
Afghanistan
|
$ 8,000,000,000
|
2004
|
91
|
Dominican Republic
|
$ 7,687,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
92
|
Kenya
|
$ 7,391,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
93
|
Jamaica
|
$ 7,162,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
94
|
Ghana
|
$ 6,999,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
95
|
Burma
|
$ 6,990,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
96
|
Bahrain
|
$ 6,814,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
97
|
Bolivia
|
$ 6,309,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
98
|
Honduras
|
$ 5,795,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
99
|
Guatemala
|
$ 5,503,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
100
|
Mozambique
|
$ 5,456,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
101
|
Yemen
|
$ 5,347,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
102
|
Zimbabwe
|
$ 5,216,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
103
|
Ethiopia
|
$ 5,101,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
104
|
Costa Rica
|
$ 5,049,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
105
|
Uzbekistan
|
$ 5,032,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
106
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
$ 5,000,000,000
|
2000 est.
|
107
|
Uganda
|
$ 4,973,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
108
|
Belarus
|
$ 4,662,000,000
|
30 June 2005 est.
|
109
|
Zambia
|
$ 4,641,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
110
|
Madagascar
|
$ 4,600,000,000
|
2002
|
111
|
Oman
|
$ 4,361,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
112
|
Libya
|
$ 4,267,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
113
|
Gabon
|
$ 3,903,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
114
|
Senegal
|
$ 3,529,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
115
|
Guinea
|
$ 3,460,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
116
|
Paraguay
|
$ 3,450,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
117
|
Nepal
|
$ 3,340,000,000
|
March 2005
|
118
|
Malawi
|
$ 3,287,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
119
|
Mauritius
|
$ 3,246,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
120
|
Liberia
|
$ 3,200,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
121
|
Nicaragua
|
$ 3,188,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
122
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
$ 3,116,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
123
|
Macau
|
$ 3,100,000,000
|
2004
|
124
|
Iceland
|
$ 3,073,000,000
|
2002
|
125
|
Somalia
|
$ 3,000,000,000
|
2001 est.
|
126
|
Mali
|
$ 2,800,000,000
|
2002
|
127
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
$ 2,767,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
128
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
$ 2,680,000,000
|
2004
|
129
|
Mauritania
|
$ 2,500,000,000
|
2000
|
130
|
Laos
|
$ 2,490,000,000
|
2001
|
131
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
$ 2,428,000,000
|
31 December 2004 est.
|
132
|
Turkmenistan
|
$ 2,400,000,000
|
2001 est.
|
133
|
Macedonia
|
$ 2,190,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
134
|
Niger
|
$ 2,100,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
135
|
Georgia
|
$ 2,040,000,000
|
2004
|
136
|
Togo
|
$ 2,000,000,000
|
2005
|
137
|
Moldova
|
$ 1,986,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
138
|
Papua New Guinea
|
$ 1,882,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
139
|
Azerbaijan
|
$ 1,873,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
140
|
Burkina Faso
|
$ 1,850,000,000
|
2003
|
141
|
Armenia
|
$ 1,819,000,000
|
20 September 2005
|
142
|
Sierra Leone
|
$ 1,610,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
143
|
Benin
|
$ 1,600,000,000
|
2000
|
144
|
Albania
|
$ 1,550,000,000
|
2004
|
145
|
Chad
|
$ 1,500,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
146
|
Rwanda
|
$ 1,400,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
147
|
Belize
|
$ 1,362,000,000
|
June 2004 est.
|
148
|
Mongolia
|
$ 1,360,000,000
|
2004
|
149
|
Haiti
|
$ 1,313,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
150
|
Burundi
|
$ 1,200,000,000
|
2003
|
151
|
Guyana
|
$ 1,200,000,000
|
2002
|
152
|
Central African Republic
|
$ 1,060,000,000
|
2002 est.
|
153
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
$ 941,500,000
|
2000 est.
|
154
|
Tajikistan
|
$ 888,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
155
|
French Guiana
|
$ 800,300,000
|
2003
|
156
|
Cambodia
|
$ 800,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
157
|
Lesotho
|
$ 735,000,000
|
2002
|
158
|
Namibia
|
$ 712,900,000
|
2005 est.
|
159
|
Barbados
|
$ 668,000,000
|
2003
|
160
|
Gambia, The
|
$ 628,800,000
|
2003 est.
|
161
|
Botswana
|
$ 519,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
162
|
Seychelles
|
$ 508,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
163
|
Suriname
|
$ 504,300,000
|
2005 est.
|
164
|
Aruba
|
$ 453,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
165
|
Djibouti
|
$ 366,000,000
|
2002 est.
|
166
|
Swaziland
|
$ 357,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
167
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
$ 353,000,000
|
2005 est.
|
168
|
Bahamas, The
|
$ 342,600,000
|
2004 est.
|
169
|
Cape Verde
|
$ 325,000,000
|
2002
|
170
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
$ 318,000,000
|
2002
|
171
|
Maldives
|
$ 316,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
172
|
Eritrea
|
$ 311,000,000
|
2000 est.
|
173
|
Bhutan
|
$ 245,000,000
|
2000
|
174
|
Comoros
|
$ 232,000,000
|
2000 est.
|
175
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
$ 231,000,000
|
1999
|
176
|
Saint Lucia
|
$ 214,000,000
|
2000
|
177
|
Samoa
|
$ 197,000,000
|
2000
|
178
|
Grenada
|
$ 196,000,000
|
2000
|
179
|
Malta
|
$ 188,800,000
|
2005
|
180
|
Fiji
|
$ 188,100,000
|
2001 est.
|
181
|
Solomon Islands
|
$ 180,400,000
|
2002
|
182
|
Martinique
|
$ 180,000,000
|
1994
|
183
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
$ 171,000,000
|
2001
|
184
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
$ 167,200,000
|
2000
|
185
|
Dominica
|
$ 161,500,000
|
2001
|
186
|
Bermuda
|
$ 160,000,000
|
FY99/00
|
187
|
Cook Islands
|
$ 141,000,000
|
1996 est.
|
188
|
Marshall Islands
|
$ 86,500,000
|
FY99/00 est.
|
189
|
Vanuatu
|
$ 83,700,000
|
2002
|
190
|
New Caledonia
|
$ 79,000,000
|
1998 est.
|
191
|
Cayman Islands
|
$ 70,000,000
|
1996
|
192
|
Faroe Islands
|
$ 64,000,000
|
1999
|
193
|
Tonga
|
$ 63,400,000
|
2001
|
194
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
$ 53,100,000
|
FY02/03 est.
|
195
|
British Virgin Islands
|
$ 36,100,000
|
1997
|
196
|
Nauru
|
$ 33,300,000
|
2002
|
197
|
Greenland
|
$ 25,000,000
|
1999
|
198
|
Kiribati
|
$ 10,000,000
|
1999 est.
|
199
|
Montserrat
|
$ 8,900,000
|
1997
|
200
|
Anguilla
|
$ 8,800,000
|
1998
|
201
|
Niue
|
$ 418,000
|
2002 est.
|
202
|
Gaza Strip
|
$ 0
|
2002
|
203
|
West Bank
|
$ 0
|
2002
|
204
|
East Timor
|
$ 0
|
NA
|
205
|
Liechtenstein
|
$ 0
|
2001
|
206
|
Palau
|
$ 0
|
FY99/00
|
This page was last updated on 19 September, 2006
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