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  Rank Order - Debt - external


Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Debt - external
Date of Information
1
 World $ 2,000,000,000,000 2002 est.
2
 United States $ 1,400,000,000,000 2001 est.
3
 Italy $ 868,500,000,000 2003
4
 Spain $ 718,400,000,000 2003 est.
5
 Portugal $ 250,700,000,000 2003 est.
6
 Australia $ 233,500,000,000 2003 est.
7
 Brazil $ 214,900,000,000 2003
8
 China $ 197,800,000,000 2003 est.
9
 Russia $ 175,900,000,000 2003
10
 Mexico $ 159,800,000,000 2003 est.
11
 Turkey $ 147,300,000,000 2003
12
 Argentina $ 145,600,000,000 2003 est.
13
 Indonesia $ 135,700,000,000 2003 est.
14
 Korea, South $ 130,300,000,000 2003 est.
15
 India $ 101,700,000,000 2003 est.
16
 Iraq $ 93,950,000,000 2003 est.
17
 Poland $ 86,820,000,000 2003
18
 Israel $ 70,970,000,000 2003 est.
19
 Sweden $ 66,500,000,000 1994
20
 Greece $ 65,510,000,000 2003 est.
21
 Hong Kong $ 59,210,000,000 2003 est.
22
 Philippines $ 57,960,000,000 2003
23
 Thailand $ 53,750,000,000 2003 est.
24
 Taiwan $ 53,440,000,000 2003
25
 Malaysia $ 48,840,000,000 2003 est.
26
 Chile $ 43,150,000,000 2003
27
 Hungary $ 42,380,000,000 2003 est.
28
 Saudi Arabia $ 39,160,000,000 2003
29
 Colombia $ 38,260,000,000 2003 est.
30
 New Zealand $ 37,460,000,000 2003 est.
31
 Pakistan $ 33,540,000,000 2003 est.
32
 Venezuela $ 32,510,000,000 2003
33
 Nigeria $ 31,070,000,000 2003 est.
34
 Egypt $ 30,340,000,000 2003 est.
35
 Finland $ 30,000,000,000 December 1993
36
 Peru $ 29,950,000,000 2003 est.
37
 Belgium $ 28,300,000,000 1999 est.
38
 Czech Republic $ 28,000,000,000 2003
39
 South Africa $ 25,900,000,000 2003 est.
40
 Kazakhstan $ 24,450,000,000 2003 est.
41
 Croatia $ 23,560,000,000 2003 est.
42
 Algeria $ 22,710,000,000 2003 est.
43
 Denmark $ 21,700,000,000 2000
44
 Syria $ 21,550,000,000 2003 est.
45
 Lebanon $ 20,790,000,000 2003 est.
46
 United Arab Emirates $ 20,710,000,000 2003 est.
47
 Romania $ 18,340,000,000 2003 est.
48
 Slovakia $ 18,310,000,000 2003 est.
49
 Bangladesh $ 18,060,000,000 2003
50
 Qatar $ 17,500,000,000 2003 est.
51
 Morocco $ 17,320,000,000 2003 est.
52
 Ukraine $ 16,130,000,000 2003
53
 Sudan $ 16,090,000,000 2003 est.
54
 Ecuador $ 15,690,000,000 2003
55
 Austria $ 15,500,000,000 2003 est.
56
 Singapore $ 15,060,000,000 2003 est.
57
 Vietnam $ 14,690,000,000 2003
58
 Tunisia $ 14,390,000,000 2003 est.
59
 Serbia and Montenegro $ 14,010,000,000 2003 est.
60
 Cuba $ 12,520,000,000 2003 est.
61
 Kuwait $ 12,180,000,000 2003 est.
62
 Bulgaria $ 12,050,000,000 2003
63
 Korea, North $ 12,000,000,000 1996 est.
64
 Cote d'Ivoire $ 11,850,000,000 2003 est.
65
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 11,600,000,000 2000 est.
66
 Slovenia $ 11,330,000,000 2003
67
 Ireland $ 11,000,000,000 1998
68
 Iran $ 10,960,000,000 2003 est.
69
 Uruguay $ 10,730,000,000 2003
70
 Sri Lanka $ 10,520,000,000 2003
71
 Angola $ 9,164,000,000 2003 est.
72
 Cyprus $ 8,850,000,000 2003
73
 Panama $ 8,834,000,000 2003 est.
74
 Afghanistan $ 8,000,000,000 2004
75
 Jordan $ 7,683,000,000 2003 est.
76
 Lithuania $ 7,671,000,000 2003 est.
77
 Ghana $ 7,398,000,000 2003 est.
78
 Cameroon $ 7,236,000,000 2003 est.
79
 Estonia $ 7,002,000,000 2003 est.
80
 Latvia $ 6,793,000,000 2003 est.
81
 El Salvador $ 6,575,000,000 2003 est.
82
 Dominican Republic $ 6,567,000,000 2003 est.
83
 Tanzania $ 6,549,000,000 2003 est.
84
 Yemen $ 6,044,000,000 2003
85
 Burma $ 6,011,000,000 2003 est.
86
 Oman $ 5,973,000,000 2003 est.
87
 Kenya $ 5,916,000,000 2003 est.
88
 Nicaragua $ 5,833,000,000 2003 est.
89
 Costa Rica $ 5,366,000,000 2003 est.
90
 Bolivia $ 5,332,000,000 2003 est.
91
 Zambia $ 5,281,000,000 2003
92
 Honduras $ 5,246,000,000 2003
93
 Congo, Republic of the $ 5,000,000,000 2000 est.
94
 Jamaica $ 4,962,000,000 2003 est.
95
 Guatemala $ 4,957,000,000 2003 est.
96
 Bahrain $ 4,682,000,000 2003
97
 Madagascar $ 4,600,000,000 2002
98
 Uzbekistan $ 4,384,000,000 2003 est.
99
 Libya $ 4,194,000,000 2003 est.
100
 Uganda $ 3,818,000,000 2003 est.
101
 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 3,500,000,000 2003
102
 Zimbabwe $ 3,404,000,000 2003 est.
103
 Mali $ 3,300,000,000 2000
104
 Gabon $ 3,284,000,000 2003 est.
105
 Guinea $ 3,250,000,000 2001 est.
106
 Malawi $ 3,026,000,000 2003
107
 Senegal $ 3,009,000,000 2003 est.
108
 Paraguay $ 2,960,000,000 2003 est.
109
 Papua New Guinea $ 2,909,000,000 2003 est.
110
 Ethiopia $ 2,900,000,000 2001 est.
111
 Nepal $ 2,700,000,000 2001
112
 Trinidad and Tobago $ 2,608,000,000 2003 est.
113
 Iceland $ 2,600,000,000 1999
114
 Somalia $ 2,600,000,000 2000 est.
115
 Mauritania $ 2,500,000,000 2000
116
 Laos $ 2,490,000,000 2001
117
 Cambodia $ 2,400,000,000 2002 est.
118
 Turkmenistan $ 2,400,000,000 2001 est.
119
 Liberia $ 2,100,000,000 2000 est.
120
 Macedonia $ 1,929,000,000 2003 est.
121
 Canada $ 1,900,000,000 2000
122
 Georgia $ 1,800,000,000 2002
123
 Mauritius $ 1,750,000,000 2003 est.
124
 Benin $ 1,600,000,000 2000
125
 Niger $ 1,600,000,000 1999 est.
126
 Azerbaijan $ 1,575,000,000 2003
127
 Moldova $ 1,515,000,000 2003
128
 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,500,000,000 2002 est.
129
 Sierra Leone $ 1,500,000,000 2002 est.
130
 Albania $ 1,410,000,000 2003
131
 Togo $ 1,400,000,000 2000
132
 Netherlands Antilles $ 1,350,000,000 1996
133
 Rwanda $ 1,300,000,000 2000 est.
134
 Burkina Faso $ 1,300,000,000 2000
135
 French Guiana $ 1,200,000,000 1988
136
 Haiti $ 1,200,000,000 1999
137
 Guyana $ 1,200,000,000 2002
138
 Burundi $ 1,133,000,000 2002
139
 Chad $ 1,100,000,000 2000 est.
140
 Namibia $ 1,040,000,000 2003 est.
141
 Tajikistan $ 1,000,000,000 2002 est.
142
 Mozambique $ 966,000,000 2002 est.
143
 Guinea-Bissau $ 941,500,000 2000 est.
144
 Armenia $ 905,000,000 June 2001
145
 Mongolia $ 885,000,000 2001 est.
146
 Central African Republic $ 881,400,000 2000 est.
147
 Belarus $ 851,000,000 2001 est.
148
 Lesotho $ 735,000,000 2002
149
 Barbados $ 668,000,000 2003
150
 Gambia, The $ 476,000,000 2001 est.
151
 Belize $ 475,000,000 2001 est.
152
 Botswana $ 392,000,000 2003
153
 Djibouti $ 366,000,000 2002 est.
154
 Cape Verde $ 325,000,000 2002
155
 Suriname $ 321,000,000 2002 est.
156
 Swaziland $ 320,000,000 2002 est.
157
 Sao Tome and Principe $ 318,000,000 2002
158
 Eritrea $ 311,000,000 2000 est.
159
 Bahamas, The $ 308,500,000 2002
160
 Aruba $ 285,000,000 1996
161
 Maldives $ 281,000,000 2003 est.
162
 Equatorial Guinea $ 248,000,000 2000 est.
163
 Bhutan $ 245,000,000 2000
164
 Comoros $ 232,000,000 2000 est.
165
 Antigua and Barbuda $ 231,000,000 1999
166
 Saint Lucia $ 214,000,000 2000
167
 Seychelles $ 213,000,000 2003 est.
168
 Samoa $ 197,000,000 2000
169
 Grenada $ 196,000,000 2000
170
 Fiji $ 188,100,000 2001 est.
171
 Martinique $ 180,000,000 1994
172
 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 171,000,000 2001
173
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 167,200,000 2000
174
 Solomon Islands $ 162,500,000 2001 est.
175
 Dominica $ 161,500,000 2001
176
 Bermuda $ 160,000,000 FY99/00
177
 Cook Islands $ 141,000,000 1996 est.
178
 Malta $ 130,000,000 1997
179
 Macau $ 121,000,000 2001 est.
180
 Gaza Strip $ 108,000,000 1997 est.
181
 West Bank $ 108,000,000 1997 est.
182
 Marshall Islands $ 86,500,000 FY99/00 est.
183
 New Caledonia $ 79,000,000 1998 est.
184
 Cayman Islands $ 70,000,000 1996
185
 Vanuatu $ 65,800,000 2001 est.
186
 Faroe Islands $ 64,000,000 1999
187
 Tonga $ 63,400,000 2001
188
 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 53,100,000 FY02/03 est.
189
 British Virgin Islands $ 36,100,000 1997
190
 Nauru $ 33,300,000 2002
191
 Greenland $ 25,000,000 1999
192
 Kiribati $ 10,000,000 1999 est.
193
 Montserrat $ 8,900,000 1997
194
 Anguilla $ 8,800,000 1998
195
 Niue $ 418,000 2002 est.
196
 Brunei $ 0 NA
197
 Palau $ 0 FY99/00
198
 Tokelau $ 0 NA
199
 Norway $ 0 2003 est.
200
 Liechtenstein $ 0 2001

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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