Rank country Debt - external Date of Information
1 United States $ 13,750,000,000,000 31 December 2008 2 United Kingdom $ 9,041,000,000,000 31 December 2008 3 Germany $ 5,158,000,000,000 31 December 2008 4 France $ 4,935,000,000,000 31 December 2008 5 Netherlands $ 2,461,000,000,000 31 December 2008 6 Ireland $ 2,356,000,000,000 31 December 2008 7 Italy $ 2,328,000,000,000 31 December 2008 8 Spain $ 2,317,000,000,000 31 December 2008 9 Japan $ 2,231,000,000,000 31 December 2008 10 Luxembourg $ 2,020,000,000,000 31 December 2008 11 Belgium $ 1,354,000,000,000 31 December 2008 12 Switzerland $ 1,305,000,000,000 31 December 2008 13 Austria $ 832,800,000,000 31 December 2008 14 Australia $ 799,800,000,000 31 December 2008 15 Canada $ 781,100,000,000 31 December 2008 16 Hong Kong $ 659,900,000,000 31 December 2008 17 Sweden $ 617,300,000,000 31 December 2008 18 Denmark $ 588,800,000,000 31 December 2008 19 Greece $ 504,600,000,000 31 December 2008 20 Portugal $ 484,700,000,000 31 December 2008 21 Russia $ 483,500,000,000 31 December 2008 22 Norway $ 475,900,000,000 31 December 2008 23 China $ 400,600,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 24 Korea, South $ 381,100,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 25 Finland $ 339,500,000,000 31 December 2008 26 Turkey $ 278,100,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 27 Brazil $ 262,900,000,000 31 December 2008 28 Poland $ 243,500,000,000 31 December 2008 29 India $ 229,300,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 30 Hungary $ 212,100,000,000 31 December 2008 31 Mexico $ 200,400,000,000 31 December 2008 32 Indonesia $ 155,100,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 33 United Arab Emirates $ 134,700,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 34 Argentina $ 128,200,000,000 31 December 2008 35 Kazakhstan $ 107,800,000,000 31 December 2008 36 Romania $ 102,200,000,000 31 December 2008 37 Ukraine $ 101,700,000,000 31 December 2008 38 Taiwan $ 93,020,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 39 Israel $ 86,080,000,000 31 December 2008 40 Saudi Arabia $ 82,130,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 41 Czech Republic $ 80,430,000,000 31 December 2008 42 Malaysia $ 75,330,000,000 31 December 2008 43 South Africa $ 71,810,000,000 31 December 2008 44 Iraq $ 67,740,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 45 Philippines $ 66,270,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 46 Thailand $ 65,090,000,000 31 December 2008 47 Chile $ 64,770,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 48 New Zealand $ 59,080,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 49 Qatar $ 57,370,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 50 Croatia $ 54,790,000,000 31 December 2008 51 Slovenia $ 54,610,000,000 31 December 2008 52 Slovakia $ 52,530,000,000 31 December 2008 53 Bulgaria $ 51,460,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 54 Venezuela $ 47,030,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 55 Pakistan $ 46,390,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 56 Colombia $ 46,380,000,000 31 December 2008 57 Latvia $ 42,260,000,000 31 December 2008 58 Kuwait $ 36,890,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 59 Peru $ 34,590,000,000 31 December 2008 60 Sudan $ 33,720,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 61 Lebanon $ 33,280,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 62 Cyprus $ 32,860,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 63 Lithuania $ 32,470,000,000 31 December 2008 64 Egypt $ 32,120,000,000 31 December 2008 65 Estonia $ 26,840,000,000 31 December 2008 66 Serbia $ 26,240,000,000 2007 est. 67 Vietnam $ 25,890,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 68 Singapore $ 25,520,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 69 Bangladesh $ 22,830,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 70 Iran $ 21,060,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 71 Tunisia $ 20,810,000,000 31 December 2008 72 Morocco $ 20,120,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 73 Cuba $ 19,040,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 74 Ecuador $ 18,110,000,000 31 December 2008 75 Monaco $ 18,000,000,000 2000 est. 76 Sri Lanka $ 16,780,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 77 Belarus $ 15,150,000,000 31 December 2008 78 Angola $ 14,090,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 79 Cote d'Ivoire $ 14,050,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 80 Korea, North $ 12,500,000,000 2001 est. 81 Dominican Republic $ 11,420,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 82 Panama $ 11,260,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 83 Uruguay $ 10,730,000,000 31 December 2008 84 El Salvador $ 10,690,000,000 31 December 2008 85 Jamaica $ 10,650,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 86 Bahrain $ 10,330,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 87 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 10,000,000,000 2007 est. 88 Nigeria $ 9,996,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 89 Costa Rica $ 9,249,000,000 31 December 2008 90 Afghanistan $ 8,000,000,000 2004 91 Burma $ 7,946,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 92 Kenya $ 7,855,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 93 Georgia $ 7,711,000,000 31 December 2008 94 Oman $ 7,680,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 95 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 7,388,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 96 Syria $ 7,167,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 97 Jordan $ 6,794,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 98 Guatemala $ 6,500,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 99 Libya $ 6,223,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 100 Tanzania $ 6,195,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 101 Yemen $ 5,977,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 102 Bolivia $ 5,931,000,000 31 December 2008 103 Zimbabwe $ 5,669,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 104 Mauritius $ 5,077,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 105 Ghana $ 5,055,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 106 Congo, Republic of the $ 5,000,000,000 2000 est. 107 Macedonia $ 4,667,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 108 Nicaragua $ 4,596,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 109 Cambodia $ 4,127,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 110 Moldova $ 4,125,000,000 31 December 2008 111 Uzbekistan $ 4,022,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 112 Mozambique $ 3,826,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 113 Algeria $ 3,753,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 114 Paraguay $ 3,507,000,000 31 December 2008 115 Kyrgyzstan $ 3,467,000,000 31 December 2008 116 Armenia $ 3,449,000,000 31 December 2008 117 Trinidad and Tobago $ 3,289,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 118 Nepal $ 3,285,000,000 2008 119 Guinea $ 3,222,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 120 Honduras $ 3,209,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 121 Liberia $ 3,200,000,000 2005 est. 122 Laos $ 3,179,000,000 2006 123 Ethiopia $ 3,155,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 124 Zambia $ 3,095,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 125 Iceland $ 3,073,000,000 2002 126 Cameroon $ 3,066,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 127 Somalia $ 3,000,000,000 2001 est. 128 Gabon $ 2,986,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 129 Mali $ 2,800,000,000 2002 130 Netherlands Antilles $ 2,680,000,000 2004 131 Azerbaijan $ 2,635,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 132 Senegal $ 2,627,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 133 Papua New Guinea $ 2,511,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 134 Niger $ 2,100,000,000 2003 est. 135 Madagascar $ 2,023,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 136 Togo $ 2,000,000,000 2005 137 Uganda $ 1,835,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 138 Haiti $ 1,817,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 139 Burkina Faso $ 1,665,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 140 Sierra Leone $ 1,610,000,000 2003 est. 141 Chad $ 1,600,000,000 2005 est. 142 Mongolia $ 1,600,000,000 2008 143 Albania $ 1,550,000,000 2004 144 Tajikistan $ 1,503,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 145 Seychelles $ 1,422,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 146 Rwanda $ 1,400,000,000 2004 est. 147 Turkmenistan $ 1,400,000,000 2004 est. 148 Gaza Strip $ 1,300,000,000 2007 est. 149 West Bank $ 1,300,000,000 2007 est. 150 Benin $ 1,200,000,000 2007 151 Burundi $ 1,200,000,000 2003 152 Central African Republic $ 1,153,000,000 2007 est. 153 Malawi $ 1,005,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 154 Belize $ 954,100,000 2008 est. 155 Guinea-Bissau $ 941,500,000 2000 est. 156 Namibia $ 807,300,000 31 December 2008 est. 157 Guyana $ 804,300,000 30 September 2008 158 Bhutan $ 713,300,000 2006 159 Barbados $ 668,000,000 2003 160 Montenegro $ 650,000,000 2006 161 Gambia, The $ 628,800,000 2003 est. 162 Lesotho $ 619,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 163 Swaziland $ 554,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 164 Suriname $ 504,300,000 2005 est. 165 Aruba $ 478,600,000 2005 est. 166 Maldives $ 477,000,000 2008 est. 167 Djibouti $ 428,000,000 2006 168 Botswana $ 409,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 169 Antigua and Barbuda $ 359,800,000 June 2006 170 Grenada $ 347,000,000 2004 171 Bahamas, The $ 342,600,000 2004 est. 172 Cape Verde $ 325,000,000 2002 173 Sao Tome and Principe $ 318,000,000 2002 174 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 314,000,000 2004 175 Eritrea $ 311,000,000 2000 est. 176 Saint Lucia $ 257,000,000 2004 177 Comoros $ 232,000,000 2000 est. 178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 223,000,000 2004 179 Dominica $ 213,000,000 2004 180 Equatorial Guinea $ 190,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 181 Malta $ 188,800,000 2005 182 Samoa $ 177,000,000 2004 183 Solomon Islands $ 166,000,000 2004 184 Bermuda $ 160,000,000 FY99/00 185 Cook Islands $ 141,000,000 1996 est. 186 Fiji $ 127,000,000 2004 est. 187 Marshall Islands $ 87,000,000 2008 est. 188 Vanuatu $ 81,200,000 2004 189 Tonga $ 80,700,000 2004 190 New Caledonia $ 79,000,000 1998 est. 191 Cayman Islands $ 70,000,000 1996 192 Faroe Islands $ 64,000,000 1999 193 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 60,800,000 FY05 est. 194 British Virgin Islands $ 36,100,000 1997 195 Nauru $ 33,300,000 196 Greenland $ 25,000,000 1999 197 Kiribati $ 10,000,000 1999 est. 198 Montserrat $ 8,900,000 1997 199 Anguilla $ 8,800,000 1998 200 Wallis and Futuna $ 3,670,000 2004 201 Niue $ 418,000 2002 est. 202 Brunei $ 0 2005 203 Liechtenstein $ 0 2001 204 Palau $ 0 FY99/00 205 Macau $ 0 2006
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