World Debt Rank

This entry gives the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.

RANK
COUNTRY DEBT – EXTERNAL DATE OF INFORMATION
1 United States
$ 13,450,000,000,000
30 June 2009
2 United Kingdom
$ 9,088,000,000,000
30 June 2009
3 Germany
$ 5,208,000,000,000
30 June 2009
4 France
$ 5,021,000,000,000
30 June 2009
5 Netherlands
$ 3,733,000,000,000
31 December 2009
6 Spain
$ 2,410,000,000,000
30 June 2009
7 Ireland
$ 2,287,000,000,000
30 September 2009
8 Japan
$ 2,132,000,000,000
30 June 2009
9 Luxembourg
$ 1,994,000,000,000
30 June 2009
10 Switzerland
$ 1,339,000,000,000
30 June 2009
11 Australia
$ 920,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
12 Canada
$ 833,800,000,000
30 June 2009
13 Austria
$ 808,900,000,000
30 September 2009
14 Sweden
$ 669,100,000,000
30 June 2009
15 Hong Kong
$ 655,100,000,000
30 September 2009
16 Denmark
$ 607,400,000,000
30 June 2009
17 Greece
$ 552,800,000,000
30 June 2009
18 Norway
$ 548,100,000,000
30 June 2009
19 Portugal
$ 507,000,000,000
30 June 2009
20 Russia
$ 369,200,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
21 Finland
$ 364,900,000,000
30 June 2009
22 China
$ 347,100,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
23 Korea, South
$ 333,600,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
24 Turkey
$ 274,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
25 India
$ 223,900,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
26 Brazil
$ 216,100,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
27 Poland
$ 201,200,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
28 Mexico
$ 177,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
29 Indonesia
$ 150,700,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
30 United Arab Emirates
$ 128,600,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
31 Hungary
$ 116,800,000,000
31 December 2009
32 Argentina
$ 108,600,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
33 Ukraine
$ 104,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
34 Romania
$ 95,480,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
35 Kazakhstan
$ 93,210,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
36 Israel
$ 84,690,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
37 Taiwan
$ 79,800,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
38 Czech Republic
$ 76,830,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
39 South Africa
$ 73,840,000,000
30 June 2009
40 Saudi Arabia
$ 72,450,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
41 Thailand
$ 66,300,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
42 Qatar
$ 63,160,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
43 Chile
$ 60,900,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
44 Croatia
$ 59,400,000,000
30 September 2009 est.
45 New Zealand
$ 58,920,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
46 Slovenia
$ 55,000,000,000
31 August 2009
47 Philippines
$ 53,140,000,000
30 September 2009 est.
48 Pakistan
$ 52,120,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
49 Iraq
$ 50,290,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
50 Bulgaria
$ 49,280,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
51 Malaysia
$ 48,260,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
52 Colombia
$ 47,330,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
53 Venezuela
$ 43,410,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
54 Latvia
$ 38,010,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
55 Lithuania
$ 36,430,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
56 Sudan
$ 36,270,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
57 Kuwait
$ 32,500,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
58 Serbia
$ 31,720,000,000
30 November 2009 est.
59 Vietnam
$ 31,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
60 Peru
$ 30,040,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
61 Egypt
$ 28,450,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
62 Bangladesh
$ 23,220,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
63 Estonia
$ 22,540,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
64 Lebanon
$ 21,110,000,000
30 November 2009 est.
65 Morocco
$ 20,060,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
66 Sri Lanka
$ 19,450,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
67 Cuba
$ 19,440,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
68 Singapore
$ 19,200,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
69 Iran
$ 18,730,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
70 Monaco
$ 18,000,000,000
2000 est.
71 Tunisia
$ 15,640,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
72 Ecuador
$ 13,280,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
73 Angola
$ 12,830,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
74 Uruguay
$ 12,610,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
75 Korea, North
$ 12,500,000,000
2001 est.
76 Cote d’Ivoire
$ 12,080,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
77 Panama
$ 12,040,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
78 Dominican Republic
$ 11,850,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
79 Jamaica
$ 11,550,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
80 El Salvador
$ 11,510,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
81 Bahrain
$ 10,870,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
82 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$ 10,000,000,000
2007 est.
83 Nigeria
$ 9,689,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina
$ 8,415,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
85 Costa Rica
$ 8,057,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
86 Belarus
$ 7,900,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
87 Kenya
$ 7,729,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
88 Syria
$ 7,621,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
89 Guatemala
$ 7,489,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
90 Oman
$ 7,474,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
91 Burma
$ 7,373,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
92 Tanzania
$ 7,070,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
93 Jordan
$ 6,715,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
94 Libya
$ 6,491,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
95 Yemen
$ 6,245,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
96 Ghana
$ 5,840,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
97 Zimbabwe
$ 5,821,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
98 Macedonia
$ 5,458,000,000
31 September 2009 est.
99 Bolivia
$ 5,349,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
100 Congo, Republic of the
$ 5,000,000,000
2000 est.
101 Turkmenistan
$ 5,000,000,000
2009 est.
102 Nicaragua
$ 4,700,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
103 Mauritius
$ 4,567,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
104 Nepal
$ 4,500,000,000
2009
105 Armenia
$ 4,470,000,000
30 June 2009
106 Ethiopia
$ 4,229,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
107 Mozambique
$ 4,159,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
108 Cambodia
$ 4,157,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
109 Moldova
$ 3,970,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
110 Malta
$ 3,750,000,000
2008
111 Uzbekistan
$ 3,630,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
112 Algeria
$ 3,389,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
113 Georgia
$ 3,381,000,000
31 December 2009
114 Honduras
$ 3,315,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
115 Zambia
$ 3,313,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
116 Paraguay
$ 3,220,000,000
31 December 2009
117 Liberia
$ 3,200,000,000
2005 est.
118 Laos
$ 3,085,000,000
2009 est.
119 Iceland
$ 3,073,000,000
2002
120 Guinea
$ 3,072,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
121 Gabon
$ 3,065,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
122 Somalia
$ 3,000,000,000
2001 est.
123 Cameroon
$ 2,929,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
124 Mali
$ 2,800,000,000
2002
125 Senegal
$ 2,763,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
126 Afghanistan
$ 2,700,000,000
2008
127 Netherlands Antilles
$ 2,680,000,000
2004
128 Azerbaijan
$ 2,411,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
129 Papua New Guinea
$ 2,320,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
130 Niger
$ 2,100,000,000
2003 est.
131 Trinidad and Tobago
$ 2,079,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
132 Madagascar
$ 2,054,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
133 Uganda
$ 2,050,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
134 Mongolia
$ 1,860,000,000
2009
135 Burkina Faso
$ 1,840,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
136 Tajikistan
$ 1,691,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
137 Botswana
$ 1,651,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
138 Sierra Leone
$ 1,610,000,000
2003 est.
139 Chad
$ 1,600,000,000
2005 est.
140 Albania
$ 1,550,000,000
2004
141 West Bank
$ 1,300,000,000
2007 est.
142 Seychelles
$ 1,250,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
143 Benin
$ 1,200,000,000
2007
144 Burundi
$ 1,200,000,000
2003
145 Namibia
$ 1,184,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
146 Central African Republic
$ 1,153,000,000
2007 est.
147 Malawi
$ 1,091,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
148 Belize
$ 954,100,000
2008 est.
149 Guinea-Bissau
$ 941,500,000
2000 est.
150 Bhutan
$ 836,000,000
2009
151 Guyana
$ 804,300,000
30 September 2008
152 Barbados
$ 668,000,000
2003
153 Montenegro
$ 650,000,000
2006
154 Gambia, The
$ 628,800,000
2003 est.
155 Maldives
$ 589,000,000
2009 est.
156 Lesotho
$ 581,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
157 Swaziland
$ 534,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
158 Suriname
$ 504,300,000
2005 est.
159 Aruba
$ 478,600,000
2005 est.
160 Djibouti
$ 428,000,000
2006
161 Haiti
$ 428,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
162 Antigua and Barbuda
$ 359,800,000
June 2006
163 Grenada
$ 347,000,000
2004
164 Bahamas, The
$ 342,600,000
2004 est.
165 Cape Verde
$ 325,000,000
2002
166 Sao Tome and Principe
$ 318,000,000
2002
167 Saint Kitts and Nevis
$ 314,000,000
2004
168 Eritrea
$ 311,000,000
2000 est.
169 Saint Lucia
$ 257,000,000
2004
170 Comoros
$ 232,000,000
2000 est.
171 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
$ 223,000,000
2004
172 Dominica
$ 213,000,000
2004
173 Samoa
$ 177,000,000
2004
174 Equatorial Guinea
$ 174,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
175 Solomon Islands
$ 166,000,000
2004
176 Bermuda
$ 160,000,000
FY99/00
177 Cook Islands
$ 141,000,000
1996 est.
178 Fiji
$ 127,000,000
2004 est.
179 Marshall Islands
$ 87,000,000
2008 est.
180 Vanuatu
$ 81,200,000
2004
181 Tonga
$ 80,700,000
2004
182 New Caledonia
$ 79,000,000
1998 est.
183 Cayman Islands
$ 70,000,000
1996
184 Faroe Islands
$ 68,100,000
2006
185 Micronesia, Federated States of
$ 60,800,000
FY05 est.
186 Greenland
$ 58,000,000
2009
187 British Virgin Islands
$ 36,100,000
1997
188 Nauru
$ 33,300,000
189 Kiribati
$ 10,000,000
1999 est.
190 Montserrat
$ 8,900,000
1997
191 Anguilla
$ 8,800,000
1998
192 Wallis and Futuna
$ 3,670,000
2004
193 Niue
$ 418,000
2002 est.
194 Brunei
$ 0
2005
195 Liechtenstein
$ 0
2001
196 Palau
$ 0
FY99/00
197 Macau
$ 0
2009

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