LIST OF COUNTRIES BY EXTERNAL DEBT

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This is a 'list of countries by gross (i.e. total) external debt'.
"External debt" is defined as the ''total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services'' (see definition). The list is based on The World Factbook unless otherwise noted. Source [1] accessed on March 2006. For informational purposes several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list.

Rank	Country - Entity	External Debt (million US$)	Date of information
–	''World''	''44,620,000''	2004 est.
1	United States	10,040,000	30 June 2006 est.
2	United Kingdom	8,280,000	30 June 2006
3	Germany	3,904,000	30 June 2006
4	France	3,461,000	30 June 2006
5	Italy	1,957,000	30 June 2006 est.
6	Netherlands	1,899,000	30 June 2006
7	Spain	1,591,000	30 June 2006 est.
8	Japan	1,547,000	30 June 2006
9	Ireland	1,392,000	30 June 2006
10	Switzerland	1,077,000	30 June 2006
11	Belgium	1,053,000	30 June 2006 est.
12	Canada	684,700	30 June 2006
13	Sweden	598,200	30 June 2006
14	Austria	593,900	30 June 2006 est.
15	Australia	585,100	30 June 2006 est.
16	Denmark	405,000	30 June 2006
17	Norway	350,300	30 June 2006
18	Portugal	310,800	30 June 2006 est.
19	People's Republic of China	305,600	2006 est.
20	Greece	301,900	30 June 2006 est.
21	Russia	287,400	30 June 2006 est.
22	Finland	251,900	30 June 2006
23	South Korea	229,300	30 June 2006 est.
24	Turkey	193,600	30 June 2006 est.
25	Mexico	178,300	30 June 2006 est.
26	Brazil	177,700	30 June 2006 est.
27	Poland	147,300	30 June 2006 est.
28	India	132,100	30 June 2006 est.
29	Indonesia	130,400	2006 est.
30	Hungary	107,300	30 June 2006 est.
31	Argentina	106,800	30 June 2006 est.
32	Republic of China(Taiwan)	93,060	2006 est.
33	Israel	81,980	30 June 2006 est.
34	Iraq	81,480	2006 est.
35	Philippines	61,490	2006 est.
36	Thailand	57,830	30 June 2006 est.
37	Malaysia	57,770	30 June 2006 est.
38	South Africa	55,470	30 June 2006 est.
39	Kazakhstan	53,890	30 June 2006 est.
40	Czech Republic	50,200	30 June 2006 est.
41	Chile	47,600	30 June 2006 est.
42	Saudi Arabia	47,390	2006 est.
43	New Zealand	47,000	2006 est.
44	Romania	42,760	2006 est.
45	Pakistan	42,380	2006 est.
46	Ukraine	41,570	30 June 2006 est.
47	United Arab Emirates	39,100	2006 est.
48	Colombia	37,210	30 June 2006 est.
49	Venezuela	35,630	2006 est.
50	Croatia	33,090	30 June 2006 est.
51	Slovakia	31,500	30 June 2006 est.
52	Lebanon	31,100	2006 est.
53	Sudan	29,690	2006 est.
54	Egypt	29,590	30 June 2006 est.
55	Peru	27,930	30 June 2006 est.
56	Slovenia	27,630	30 June 2006 est.
57	Qatar	25,700	2006 est.
58	Singapore	24,300	2006 est.
59	Bangladesh	22,550	2006 est.
60	Vietnam	21,860	2006 est.
61	Bulgaria	21,100	30 June 2006 est.
62	Kuwait	19,700	2006 est.
63	Latvia	18,900	30 June 2006 est.
64	Tunisia	18,370	30 June 2006 est.
65	Ecuador	18,100	2006 est.
66	Monaco	18,000	2000 est.
67	Morocco	17,900	2006 est.
68	Serbia	15,430	2005 est.
69	Cuba	15,150	2006 est.
70	Lithuania	15,120	30 June 2006 est.
71	Iran	14,800	2006 est.
72	Estonia	13,940	30 June 2006 est.
73	Cyprus	12,630	2006 est.
74	Sri Lanka	12,230	2006 est.
75	North Korea	12,000	1996 est.
76	Cote d'Ivoire	11,960	2006 est.
77	Angola	11,240	2006 est.
78	Democratic Republic of the Congo	10,600	2003 est.
79	Uruguay	10,370	30 June 2006 est.
80	Panama	9,993	2006 est.
81	Jordan	9,071	2006 est.
82	El Salvador	8,841	30 June 2006 est.
83	Dominican Republic	8,634	2006 est.
84	Syria	8,355	2006 est.
85	Afghanistan	8,000	2004
86	Jamaica	7,384	2006 est.
87	Bahrain	7,267	2006 est.
88	Myanmar	7,162	2006 est.
89	Kenya	6,675	2006 est.
90	Costa Rica	6,420	30 June 2006 est.
91	Nigeria	6,278	2006 est.
92	Guatemala	6,169	2006 est.
93	Bolivia	5,916	2006 est.
94	Honduras	5,587	2006 est.
95	Belarus	5,498	30 June 2006 est.
96	Yemen	5,469	2006 est.
97	Zimbabwe	5,260	2006 est.
98	Algeria	5,000	2006 est.
99	Republic of the Congo	5,000	2000 est.
100	Uzbekistan	4,713	2006 est.
101	Tanzania	4,610	2006 est.
102	Madagascar	4,600	2002
103	Libya	4,492	2006 est.
104	Zambia	4,397	2006 est.
105	Oman	4,259	2006 est.
106	Gabon	3,971	2006 est.
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,927	2006 est.
108	Nicaragua	3,763	2006 est.
109	Paraguay	3,722	2006 est.
110	Cambodia	3,664	2006 est.
111	Cameroon	3,657	2006 est.
112	Ghana	3,546	2006 est.
113	Guinea	3,460	2003 est.
114	Nepal	3,340	March 2005
115	Liberia	3,200	2005 est.
–	Macau	3,100	2004
116	Iceland	3,073	2002
117	Somalia	3,000	2001 est.
118	Trinidad and Tobago	2,838	2006 est.
119	Mauritius	2,834	2006 est.
120	Mali	2,800	2002
121	Ethiopia	2,789	2006 est.
–	Netherlands Antilles	2,680	2004
122	Mauritania	2,500	2000
123	Laos	2,490	2001
124	Azerbaijan	2,483	2006 est.
125	Kyrgyzstan	2,483	30 June 2006 est.
126	Turkmenistan	2,400	2001 est.
127	Mozambique	2,392	2006 est.
128	Moldova	2,142	30 June 2006 est.
129	Republic of Macedonia	2,138	2006 est.
130	Niger	2,100	2003 est.
131	Georgia (country)	2,040	2004
132	Togo	2,000	2005
133	Armenia	1,936	30 June 2006
134	Burkina Faso	1,850	2003
135	Papua New Guinea	1,801	2006 est.
136	Senegal	1,628	2006 est.
137	Sierra Leone	1,610	2003 est.
138	Benin	1,600	2000
139	Albania	1,550	2004
140	Chad	1,500	2003 est.
141	Uganda	1,456	2006 est.
142	Rwanda	1,400	2004 est.
143	Belize	1,362	June 2004 est.
144	Mongolia	1,360	2004
145	Haiti	1,309	2006 est.
146	Burundi	1,200	2003
147	Guyana	1,200	2002
148	Central African Republic	1,060	2002 est.
149	Malawi	982.4	2006 est.
150	Guinea-Bissau	941.5	2000 est.
151	Namibia	887	2006 est.
152	Tajikistan	829	2006 est.
153	Lesotho	735	2002
154	Barbados	668	2003
155	The Gambia	628.8	2003 est.
156	Seychelles	616.7	2006 est.
157	Bhutan	593	2004
158	Botswana	520	2006 est.
159	Suriname	504.3	2005 est.
–	Aruba	478.6	2005 est.
160	Antigua and Barbuda	427.3	2000
161	Djibouti	394	2004 est.
162	Swaziland	357	2003 est.
163	Grenada	347	2004
164	The Bahamas	342.6	2004 est.
165	Cape Verde	325	2002
166	Sao Tome and Principe	318	2002
167	Saint Kitts and Nevis	314	2004
168	Eritrea	311	2000 est.
169	Maldives	304	2004 est.
170	Equatorial Guinea	289	2006 est.
171	Saint Lucia	257	2004
172	Comoros	232	2000 est.
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	223	2004
174	Dominica	213	2004
175	Malta	188.8	2005
176	Samoa	177	2004
177	Solomon Islands	166	2004
178	Bermuda	160	FY99/00
179	Cook Islands	141	1996 est.
180	Fiji	127	2004 est.
181	Marshall Islands	86.5	FY99/00 est.
182	Vanuatu	81.2	2004
183	Tonga	80.7	2004
184	New Caledonia	79	1998 est.
185	Cayman Islands	70	1996
–	Faroe Islands	64	1999
186	Micronesia, Federated States of	60.8	FY05 est.
187	British Virgin Islands	36.1	1997
188	Nauru	33.3	2002
–	Greenland	25	1999
189	Kiribati	10	1999 est.
190	Montserrat	8.9	1997
191	Anguilla	8.8	1998
192	Wallis and Futuna	3.67	2004
193	Niue	0.418	2002 est.
194	Brunei	0	NA
195	Tokelau	0	NA
196	East Timor	0	NA
197	Palau	0	FY99/00
198	Liechtenstein	0	2001

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Source

★ External debt rank order - CIA world factbook

Notes

★ United States Department of the Treasury [2] ($ 10,303,546 as of September 30, 2006)

★ Office for National Statistics [3] (£ 557.0 billion Dec/06)

See also

External links

★ www.jedh.org - Gross external debt (Joint External Debt Hub)