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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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