List of Countries By External Debt

This is a list of countries by external debt, the total public and private debt (i.e. gross general government debt including both intragovernmental and sub-national public entities debts) owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods, or services, where the public debt is the money or credit owed by any level of government, from central to local, and the private debt the money or credit owed by private households or private corporations based in the country under consideration. This is not to be confused with actual government debts which can be found under 'List of countries by public debt'.

For informational purposes, several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list.

Note that while a country may have a relatively large external debt (either in absolute or per capita terms), it could be a "net international creditor" if its external debt is less than the total of the external debt of other countries held by it. For example, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and China are net international creditors.

Rank Country External Debt
Date Per capita
% of GDP
European Union 16,080,000,000,000 30 June 2011 700427864000000000027,864 700185000000000000085
70001000000000000001 United States 16,053,420,600,000 10 Nov 2012 700451626000000000051,626 7002103000000000000103
70002000000000000002 United Kingdom 9,836,000,000,000 30 June 2011 7005156126000000000156,126 7002390000000000000390
70003000000000000003 France 5,633,000,000,000 30 June 2011 700474619000000000074,619 7002182000000000000182
70004000000000000004 Germany 5,624,000,000,000 30 June 2011 700457755000000000057,755 7002142000000000000142
70005000000000000005 Japan 2,719,000,000,000 30 June 2011 700419148000000000019,148 700145000000000000045
70006000000000000006 Italy 2,684,000,000,000 30 June 2011 700436841000000000036,841 7002108000000000000108
70007000000000000007 Netherlands 2,655,489,600,000 30 June 2011 7005226503000000000226,503 7002344000000000000344
70008000000000000008 Spain 2,570,000,000,000 30 June 2011 700418260000000000018,260 700184000000000000084
70009000000000000009 Ireland 2,352,000,000,000 30 September 2011 700426820000000000026,820 7002108200000000000108.2
700110000000000000010 Luxembourg 2,146,000,000,000 30 June 2011 70063696467000000003,696,467 70033443000000000003,443
700111000000000000011 Belgium 1,399,000,000,000 30 June 2011 7005113603000000000113,603 7002266000000000000266
700112000000000000012 Australia 1,376,000,000,000 31 December 2011 700452596000000000052,596 700195000000000000095
700113000000000000013 Switzerland 1,346,000,000,000 30 June 2011 7005154063000000000154,063 7002229000000000000229
700114000000000000014 Canada 1,181,000,000,000 30 June 2011 700429625000000000029,625 700164000000000000064
700115000000000000015 Sweden 1,016,000,000,000 30 June 2011 700491487000000000091,487 7002187000000000000187
Hong Kong 903,200,000,000 31 June 2011 7005105420000000000105,420 7002334000000000000334
700116000000000000016 Austria 883,500,000,000 30 June 2011 700490128000000000090,128 7002200000000000000200
700117000000000000017 China 697,200,000,000 31 September 2011 est. 7002396000000000000396 70008700000000999998.7
700118000000000000018 Norway 644,500,000,000 30 June 2011 7005131220000000000131,220 7002141000000000000141
700119000000000000019 Denmark 626,900,000,000 30 June 2011 7005101084000000000101,084 7002180000000000000180
700120000000000000020 Greece 583,300,000,000 30 June 2011 700447636000000000047,636 7002174000000000000174
700121000000000000021 Portugal 548,800,000,000 30 June 2011 700447835000000000047,835 7002223000000000000223
700122000000000000022 Russia 501,300,000,000 1 October 2011 70033634000000000003,634 700123000000000000023
700123000000000000023 Finland 370,800,000,000 30 June 2010 700468960000000000068,960 7002155000000000000155
700124000000000000024 Korea, South 370,100,000,000 31 December 2010 70037567000000000007,567 700137000000000000037
700125000000000000025 Brazil 310,800,000,000 31 December 2010 70031608000000000001,608 700115000000000000015
700126000000000000026 Turkey 313,600,000,000 31 December 2011 70033794000000000003,794 700140000000000000040
700127000000000000027 India 267,100,000,000 31 December 2011 7002237000000000000237 700121000000000000021
700128000000000000028 Poland 252,900,000,000 31 December 2010 70036639000000000006,639 700154000000000000054
700129000000000000029 Mexico 212,500,000,000 31 December 2010 70031956000000000001,956 700120000000000000020
700130000000000000030 Indonesia 196,100,000,000 31 December 2010 7002837000000000000837 700128000000000000028
700131000000000000031 Romania 160,900,000,000 31 December 2010 70035082000000000005,082 700167000000000000067
700132000000000000032 Hungary 148,400,000,000 31 December 2010 700414821000000000014,821 7002115000000000000115
700133000000000000033 United Arab Emirates 122,700,000,000 31 December 2010 700424273000000000024,273 700141000000000000041
700134000000000000034 Argentina 108,900,000,000 30 September 2010 70033971000000000003,971 700143000000000000043
700135000000000000035 Ukraine 97,500,000,000 31 December 2010 70032144000000000002,144 700171000000000000071
700136000000000000036 Chile 96,570,000,000 30 June 2011 70035582000000000005,582 700120000000000000020
700137000000000000037 Kazakhstan 94,440,000,000 31 December 2010 70036060000000000006,060 700168000000000000068
700138000000000000038 Israel 89,680,000,000 31 December 2010 700412070000000000012,070 700142000000000000042
700139000000000000039 Czech Republic 86,790,000,000 31 December 2010 70038260000000000008,260 700145000000000000045
700140000000000000040 Saudi Arabia 82,920,000,000 31 December 2010 70033176000000000003,176 700119000000000000019
700141000000000000041 Thailand 82,500,000,000 31 December 2010 70031292000000000001,292 700126000000000000026
700142000000000000042 South Africa 80,520,000,000 30 June 2010 70031613000000000001,613 700123000000000000023
700143000000000000043 Malaysia 72,600,000,000 31 December 2010 70032570000000000002,570 700131000000000000031
700144000000000000044 Qatar 71,380,000,000 31 December 2010 700441988000000000041,988 700155000000000000055
700145000000000000045 Philippines 59,770,000,000 30 September 2010 7002636000000000000636 700132000000000000032
700146000000000000046 Croatia 59,700,000,000 31 December 2010 700413519000000000013,519 700199000000000000099
700147000000000000047 Slovakia 59,330,000,000 30 June 2010 700410926000000000010,926 700168000000000000068
700148000000000000048 Colombia 57,740,000,000 31 December 2010 70031269000000000001,269 700120000000000000020
700149000000000000049 Pakistan 67,000,000,000 12 August 2012 7002343000000000000343 700133000000000000033
700150000000000000050 Kuwait 56,810,000,000 31 December 2010 700415754000000000015,754 700143000000000000043
700151000000000000051 Venezuela 55,610,000,000 31 December 2010 70031906000000000001,906 700119000000000000019
700152000000000000052 Iraq 52,580,000,000 31 December 2010 70031641000000000001,641 700164000000000000064
700153000000000000053 Slovenia 51,570,000,000 30 June 2010 700425555000000000025,555 700147600000000000047.6
700154000000000000054 Bulgaria 35,600,000,000 30 May 2012 70036261000000000006,261 700190000000000000090
700155000000000000055 Latvia 38,313,000,000 31 December 2011 700418527000000000018,527 7002146000000000000146
700156000000000000056 Sudan 37,980,000,000 31 December 2010 7002946000000000000946 700155000000000000055
700157000000000000057 Lebanon 34,450,000,000 31 December 2010 70038815000000000008,815 700188000000000000088
700158000000000000058 Vietnam 33,450,000,000 31 December 2010 7002379000000000000379 700132000000000000032
700159000000000000059 Peru 33,290,000,000 31 December 2010 70031126000000000001,126 700122000000000000022
700160000000000000060 Cyprus 32,610,000,000 31 December 2008 700437812000000000037,812 7002129000000000000129
700161000000000000061 Lithuania 32,000,000,000 30 September 2011 70039995000000000009,995 700180000000000000080
700162000000000000062 Serbia 30,900,000,000 30 November 2010 70034178000000000004,178 700180000000000000080
700163000000000000063 Egypt 30,610,000,000 31 December 2010 7002391000000000000391 700114000000000000014
700164000000000000064 Belarus 24,800,000,000 31 December 2010 70032629000000000002,629 700145000000000000045
700165000000000000065 Bangladesh 24,460,000,000 31 December 2010 7002149000000000000149 700123000000000000023
700166000000000000066 Morocco 22,690,000,000 31 December 2010 7002712000000000000712 700122000000000000022
700167000000000000067 Singapore 21,660,000,000 31 December 2010 70034194000000000004,194 700110000000000000010
700168000000000000068 Estonia 20,282,000,000 31 December 2011 700415405000000000015,405 700198000000000000098
700169000000000000069 Cuba 19,750,000,000 31 December 2010 70031780000000000001,780 700134000000000000034
700170000000000000070 Tunisia 18,760,000,000 31 December 2010 70031779000000000001,779 700142000000000000042
700171000000000000071 Angola 17,980,000,000 31 December 2010 7002944000000000000944 700121000000000000021
700172000000000000072 Sri Lanka 17,970,000,000 31 December 2010 7002881000000000000881 700136000000000000036
700173000000000000073 Guatemala 17,470,000,000 31 December 2010 70031216000000000001,216 700142000000000000042
700174000000000000074 Monaco 16,500,000,000 31 June 2010 7005471428000000000471,428 7002240000000000000240
700175000000000000075 Ecuador 14,710,000,000 31 December 2010 7002995000000000000995 700125000000000000025
700176000000000000076 Bahrain 14,680,000,000 31 December 2010 700413261000000000013,261 700165000000000000065
700177000000000000077 Panama 13,850,000,000 31 December 2010 70033927000000000003,927 700152000000000000052
700178000000000000078 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13,500,000,000 2009 7002197000000000000197 7002122000000000000122
700179000000000000079 Uruguay 13,390,000,000 31 December 2010 70033989000000000003,989 700133000000000000033
700180000000000000080 Dominican Republic 11,626,000,000 31 December 2011 70031162000000000001,162 700125000000000000025
700181000000000000081 Iran 12,840,000,000 31 December 2010 7002170000000000000170 70004000000000000004
700182000000000000082 Jamaica 12,660,000,000 31 December 2010 70034660000000000004,660 700192000000000000092
700183000000000000083 Korea, North 12,500,000,000 2001 7002544000000000000544
700186000000000000086 Cote d'Ivoire 11,600,000,000 31 December 2010 7002527000000000000527 700151000000000000051
700187000000000000087 El Salvador 11,450,000,000 31 December 2010 70031953000000000001,953 700153000000000000053
700188000000000000088 Nigeria 11,020,000,000 31 December 2010 700171000000000000071 70005000000000000005
700189000000000000089 Georgia 11,080,000,000 31 December 2011 70032424000000000002,424 700177000000000000077
700190000000000000090 Oman 8,829,000,000 31 December 2010 70032962000000000002,962 700116000000000000016
700191000000000000091 Costa Rica 8,550,000,000 31 December 2010 70031874000000000001,874 700124000000000000024
700192000000000000092 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,996,000,000 31 December 2010 70032052000000000002,052 700148000000000000048
700193000000000000093 Kenya 7,935,000,000 31 December 2010 7002200000000000000200 700125000000000000025
700194000000000000094 Syria 7,682,000,000 31 December 2010 7002373000000000000373 700113000000000000013
700195000000000000095 Zimbabwe 7,662,000,000 31 December 2010 7002609000000000000609 7002103000000000000103
700196000000000000096 Tanzania 7,576,000,000 31 December 2010 7002183000000000000183 700133000000000000033
700197000000000000097 Yemen 7,147,000,000 31 December 2010 7002293000000000000293 700123000000000000023
700198000000000000098 Burma 7,145,000,000 31 December 2010 7002117000000000000117 700117000000000000017
700199000000000000099 Ghana 6,483,000,000 31 December 2010 7002274000000000000274 700121000000000000021
7002100000000000000100 Libya 6,378,000,000 31 December 2010 7002972000000000000972 70009000000000000009
7002101000000000000101 Malta 5,978,000,000 31 December 2010 700414233000000000014,233 700172000000000000072
7002102000000000000102 Laos 5,797,000,000 2010 7002900000000000000900 700191000000000000091
7002103000000000000103 Jordan 5,522,000,000 31 December 2010 7002903000000000000903 700120000000000000020
7002104000000000000104 Republic of Macedonia 5,485,000,000 30 September 2010 70032668000000000002,668 700160000000000000060
7002105000000000000105 Armenia 5,227,000,000 30 June 2010 70031584000000000001,584 700156000000000000056
7002106000000000000106 Mauritius 5,043,000,000 31 December 2010 70033937000000000003,937 700152000000000000052
7002106000000000000106 Turkmenistan 5,000,000,000 2009 7002978000000000000978 700125000000000000025
7002107000000000000107 Congo, Republic of the 5,000,000,000 2000 70031722000000000001,722 7002155000000000000155
7002108000000000000108 Mozambique 4,990,000,000 31 December 2010 7002231000000000000231 700150000000000000050
7002109000000000000109 Moldova 4,618,000,000 30 September 2010 70031296000000000001,296 700179000000000000079
7002110000000000000110 Nepal 4,500,000,000 2009 7002161000000000000161 700135000000000000035
7002111000000000000111 Cambodia 4,338,000,000 31 December 2010 7002304000000000000304 700137000000000000037
7002112000000000000112 Trinidad and Tobago 4,303,000,000 31 December 2010 70033502000000000003,502 700121000000000000021
7002113000000000000113 Ethiopia 4,289,000,000 31 December 2010 700151000000000000051 700114000000000000014
7002114000000000000114 Uzbekistan 4,236,000,000 31 December 2010 7002150000000000000150 700111000000000000011
7002115000000000000115 Algeria 4,138,000,000 31 December 2010 7002115000000000000115 70003000000000000003
7002116000000000000116 Nicaragua 4,030,000,000 31 December 2010 7002693000000000000693 700162000000000000062
7002117000000000000117 Senegal 3,885,000,000 31 December 2010 7002296000000000000296 700130000000000000030
7002118000000000000118 Kyrgyzstan 3,738,000,000 30 June 2010 7002699000000000000699 700181000000000000081
7002119000000000000119 Honduras 3,540,000,000 31 December 2010 7002465000000000000465 700123000000000000023
7002120000000000000120 Zambia 3,495,000,000 31 December 2010 7002264000000000000264 700122000000000000022
7002122000000000000122 Cameroon 3,344,000,000 31 December 2010 7002164000000000000164 700115000000000000015
7002123000000000000123 Azerbaijan 3,221,000,000 31 December 2010 70038513000000000008,513 70006000000000000006
7002124000000000000124 Iceland 3,073,000,000 2002 700410670000000000010,670 700135000000000000035
7002125000000000000125 Guinea 3,072,000,000 31 December 2009 7002305000000000000305 700168000000000000068
7002126000000000000126 Somalia 3,000,000,000 2001 7002386000000000000386
7002127000000000000127 Madagascar 2,973,000,000 31 December 2010 7002140000000000000140 700136000000000000036
7002128000000000000128 Benin 2,894,000,000 31 December 2009 7002308000000000000308 700143000000000000043
7002129000000000000129 Uganda 2,888,000,000 31 December 2010 700185000000000000085 700117000000000000017
7002130000000000000130 Bolivia 2,864,000,000 31 December 2010 7002275000000000000275 700115000000000000015
7002131000000000000131 Albania 2,810,000,000 2009 7002882000000000000882 700123000000000000023
7002132000000000000132 Mali 2,800,000,000 2002 7002254000000000000254 700188000000000000088
7002133000000000000133 Afghanistan 2,700,000,000 FY08/09 700192000000000000092 700122000000000000022
7002134000000000000134 Paraguay 2,445,000,000 31 December 2010 7002382000000000000382 700113000000000000013
7002135000000000000135 Gabon 2,374,000,000 31 December 2010 70031587000000000001,587 700118000000000000018
7002136000000000000136 Namibia 2,373,000,000 31 December 2010 70031131000000000001,131 700120000000000000020
7002137000000000000137 Botswana 2,222,000,000 31 December 2010 70031208000000000001,208 700116000000000000016
7002138000000000000138 Niger 2,100,000,000 2003 7002178000000000000178 700179000000000000079
7002139000000000000139 Burkina Faso 2,002,000,000 31 December 2010 7002136000000000000136 700123000000000000023
7002140000000000000140 Tajikistan 1,997,000,000 31 December 2010 7002262000000000000262 700135000000000000035
7002141000000000000141 Mongolia 1,860,000,000 2009 7002686000000000000686 700141000000000000041
7002142000000000000142 Chad 1,749,000,000 31 December 2008 7002160000000000000160 700121000000000000021
7002143000000000000143 Sierra Leone 1,610,000,000 2003 7002340000000000000340 700161000000000000061
7002144000000000000144 Papua New Guinea 1,548,000,000 31 December 2010 7002238000000000000238 700116000000000000016
7002145000000000000145 Seychelles 1,374,000,000 31 December 2010 700415614000000000015,614 7002147000000000000147
7002146000000000000146 Malawi 1,213,000,000 31 December 2010 700177000000000000077 700124000000000000024
7002147000000000000147 Burundi 1,200,000,000 2003 7002167000000000000167 7002202000000000000202
7002148000000000000148 Central African Republic 1,153,000,000 2007 7002270000000000000270 700168000000000000068
West Bank 1,040,000,000 2010 7002414000000000000414
7002149000000000000149 Belize 1,010,000,000 2009 70033079000000000003,079 700175000000000000075
7002150000000000000150 Eritrea 961,900,000 31 December 2008 7002195000000000000195 700158000000000000058
7002151000000000000151 Maldives 943,000,000 2010 70032947000000000002,947 700150000000000000050
7002152000000000000152 Guinea-Bissau 941,500,000 2000 7002722000000000000722 7002259000000000000259
7002153000000000000153 Bhutan 836,000,000 2009 70031193000000000001,193 700164000000000000064
7002154000000000000154 Equatorial Guinea 832,000,000 31 December 2010 7002634000000000000634 70006000000000000006
7002155000000000000155 Guyana 804,300,000 30 September 2008 70031049000000000001,049 700142000000000000042
7002156000000000000156 Barbados 668,000,000 2003 70032456000000000002,456 700122000000000000022
7002157000000000000157 Montenegro 650,000,000 2006 7002939000000000000939 700124000000000000024
7002158000000000000158 Lesotho 647,000,000 31 December 2010 7002255000000000000255 700130000000000000030
7002159000000000000159 Gambia, The 530,000,000 31 December 2010 7002306000000000000306 700150000000000000050
7002160000000000000160 Suriname 504,300,000 2005 70031011000000000001,011 700128000000000000028
7002161000000000000161 Swaziland 497,000,000 31 December 2010 7002428000000000000428 700114000000000000014
7002162000000000000162 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 479,000,000 2010 70034477000000000004,477 700185000000000000085
Aruba 478,600,000 2005 70034935000000000004,935 700121000000000000021
7002163000000000000163 Djibouti 428,000,000 2006 7002573000000000000573 700156000000000000056
7002164000000000000164 Antigua and Barbuda 359,800,000 June 2006 70034388000000000004,388 700136000000000000036
7002165000000000000165 Haiti 350,000,000 31 December 2010 700136000000000000036 70005000000000000005
7002166000000000000166 Grenada 347,000,000 2004 70033402000000000003,402 700174000000000000074
7002167000000000000167 Bahamas, The 342,600,000 2004 70031067000000000001,067 70006000000000000006
7002168000000000000168 Cape Verde 325,000,000 2002 7002714000000000000714 700152000000000000052
7002169000000000000169 Sao Tome and Principe 318,000,000 2002 70032193000000000002,193 7002349000000000000349
7002170000000000000170 Saint Kitts and Nevis 314,000,000 2004 70036408000000000006,408 700179000000000000079
7002171000000000000171 Saint Lucia 257,000,000 2004 70031586000000000001,586 700132000000000000032
7002172000000000000172 Liberia 253,200,000 31 December 2011 700165000000000000065 700122000000000000022
7002173000000000000173 New Zealand 219,589,000 September 2011 700452300000000000052,300 7002126000000000000126
7002174000000000000174 Comoros 232,000,000 2000 7002430000000000000430 7002115000000000000115
7002175000000000000175 Dominica 213,000,000 2004 70033000000000000003,000 700175000000000000075
7002176000000000000176 Samoa 177,000,000 2004 7002968000000000000968 700147000000000000047
7002177000000000000177 Solomon Islands 166,000,000 2004 7002355000000000000355 700144000000000000044
Bermuda 160,000,000 FY99/00 70032575000000000002,575 70005000000000000005
7002178000000000000178 Cook Islands 141,000,000 1996 70037756000000000007,756
7002179000000000000179 Fiji 127,000,000 2004 7002150000000000000150 70005000000000000005
7002180000000000000180 Marshall Islands 87,000,000 2008 70031377000000000001,377 700154000000000000054
7002181000000000000181 Vanuatu 81,200,000 2004 7002389000000000000389 700122000000000000022
7002182000000000000182 Tonga 80,700,000 2004 7002799000000000000799 700133000000000000033
New Caledonia 79,000,000 1998 7002385000000000000385 70003000000000000003
Cayman Islands 70,000,000 1996 70032078000000000002,078 70007000000000000007
Faroe Islands 68,100,000 2006
7002183000000000000183 Micronesia, Federated States of 60,800,000 FY05 7002556000000000000556 700125000000000000025
Greenland 58,000,000 2009 70031035000000000001,035 70005000000000000005
British Virgin Islands 36,100,000 1997
7002184000000000000184 Nauru 33,300,000 2004
7002185000000000000185 Kiribati 10,000,000 1999 7002120000000000000120 700114000000000000014
Montserrat 8,900,000 1997
Anguilla 8,800,000 1998
Wallis and Futuna 3,670,000 2004
7002186000000000000186 Niue 418,000 2002
Macau 0 2010 50000000000000000000 50000000000000000000
7002187000000000000187 Taiwan 0 2005 50000000000000000000 50000000000000000000
7002188000000000000188 Liechtenstein 0 2011 50000000000000000000 50000000000000000000
7002189000000000000189 Brunei 0 2005 50000000000000000000 50000000000000000000
7002200000000000000200 Palau 0 2000 50000000000000000000 50000000000000000000

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