List of countries by external debt

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This is a list of countries by external debt, the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods, or services,[1] 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 public 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, Norway, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Japan among others are net international creditors.

Rank Country External debt[2]
US dollars
Date Per capita[3][4][5][6]
US dollars
% of GDP[7][8][9]
1  United States 1.87723×10^13 1 December 2015 58,255 103
2  France 5.750152×10^12 31 March 2014 86,317 222
3  Germany 5.546869×10^12 31 March 2014 68,720 145
4  Luxembourg[note 1] 3.472282×10^12 31 March 2014 3,696,467 3,443
5  Japan 2.861488×10^12 31 March 2014 24,000 60
6  Italy 2.651413×10^12 31 March 2014 est. 43,621 124
7  Netherlands 2.526895×10^12 31 March 2014 226,503 316
8  Spain 2.305648×10^12 31 March 2014 52,045 167
9  China 1.68×10^12 30 June 2015[10] 1,195 16.2
10   Switzerland 1.610897×10^12 31 March 2014 154,063 229
11  United Kingdom 1.523962×10^12 31 March 2014 34,125 56.9
12  Australia 1.395638×10^12 31 March 2014 est. 52,596 95
13  Canada 1.337445×10^12 31 March 2014 est. 29,625 92
14  Belgium 1.286918×10^12 31 March 2014 113,603 266
15  Singapore 1.256073×10^12[11] 13 November 2015 226,930 408
 Hong Kong 1.231233×10^12 31 March 2014 est. 105,420 334
16  Sweden 1.145785×10^12 31 March 2014 91,487 187
17  Austria 8.2001×10^11 31 March 2014 90,128 200
18  Norway 7.37118×10^11 31 March 2014 131,220 141
19  Russian Federation 5.99819×10^11 31 March 2014 3,634 23
20  Denmark 5.93221×10^11 31 March 2014 101,084 180
21  Portugal 5.488×10^11 30 June 2011 47,835 223
22  India 4.559×10^11 31 September 2014 est. 364 22.10
23  Brazil 4.283×10^11 31 December 2012 est. 1,608 15
24  South Korea 4.25353×10^11 31 March 2014 est. 7,567

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25  Turkey 4.05223×10^11 30 June 2015 5,216 52.5[12]
26  Greece 3.6×10^11 30 June 2015 47,636 174[13]
27  Mexico 3.529×10^11 31 December 2012 est. 1,956 20 [14]
28  Indonesia 2.981×10^11 31 March 2015 est. 3,534 32.91
29  Ireland 2.63967288631×10^11[15] 30 September 2014 52,227 103
30  Malaysia 2.30870491803×10^11 15 March 2015[16] 7,829.11 63.7
31  Poland 2.11457×10^11 May 2015 5,286 39.9
32  Hungary 2.02×10^11 31 December 2012 est. 14,821 115
33  Taiwan 1.71559×10^11 31 March 2015[17][18] 7,394.78 37.4
 Puerto Rico 1.674×10^11 31 January 2015 est. 47,828 164
34  United Arab Emirates 1.638×10^11 31 December 2012 est. 24,273 41
35  Ukraine 1.42×10^11 31 March 2014 est. 2,995 81
36  Finland 1.397×10^11 24 March 2015 25,627 94
37  South Africa 1.375×10^11 31 December 2012 est. 1,613 23
38  Qatar 1.37×10^11 31 December 2012 est. 41,988 55
39  Thailand 1.36635×10^11 1 July 2015 2,027 34.4
40  Saudi Arabia 1.34×10^11 31 December 2012 est. 3,176 19
41  Argentina 1.157×10^11 31 December 2014 est. 2,282 17
42  Czech Republic 1.08067×10^11 31 March 2014 est. 8,260 45
43  Cyprus 1.065×10^11 31 December 2011 est. 37,812 129
44  Venezuela 1.057×10^11 [19] 31 December 2012 1,906 19
45  Kazakhstan 1.055×10^11 31 December 2012 est. 6,060 68
46  Chile 1.021×10^11 31 December 2012 est. 5,867 38
47  Israel 9.975×10^10 31 March 2014 est. 12,070 33
48  Iceland[20][21] 9.3377×10^10 2 Jun 2015 282,960 724
49  New Zealand 9.023×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 52,300 126
50  Romania 8.9261×10^10 30 September 2015 est. 4,485 36
51  Colombia 1×10^11 2 February 2015 est.[22] 1,269 20
52  Slovenia 7.17×10^10 31 December 2014 25,555 78.1[23]
53  Slovakia 6.844×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 10,926 68
54  Vietnam 6.838×10^10 31 December 2013 est. 379 32
55  Nigeria 6.81×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 71 5
56  Croatia 6.71×10^10 22 January 2015 est. 13,519 78[23]
57  Pakistan 6.7×10^10 21 May 2013 est. 366 30
58  Philippines 5.85×10^10 30 December 2013 est. 636 32
59  Peru 5.259×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 1,126 22
60  Iraq 5.0268×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 1,641 64
61  Malta 4.879×10^10 30 June 2011 14,233 72
62  Egypt 4.876×10^10 31 December 2013 est. 391 14
63  Sudan 3.97×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 946 55
64  Bulgaria 3.7915×10^10 31 December 2014 est. 6,261 70
65  Bangladesh 3.621×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 149 23
66  Lebanon 3.264×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 8,815 88
67  Serbia 3.26×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 4,178 80
68  Morocco 2.942×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 712 22
69  Kuwait 2.821×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 15,754 43
70  Bahrain 2.527×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 13,261 65
71  Tunisia 2.449×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 1,779 42
72  Sri Lanka 2.282×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 881 36
73  Cuba 2.236×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 1,780 34
74  Ecuador 2.003×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 995 25
75  Angola 1.965×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 944 21
76  Lithuania 1.7282×10^10 7 July 2015 5,871 42.8
77  The Bahamas 1.668×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 1,067 6
78  Dominican Republic 1.658×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 1,162 25
79  Monaco[note 2] 1.65×10^10 31 June 2010 est. 471,428 240
80  Guatemala 1.617×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 1,216 42
81  Jamaica 1.46×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 4,660 92
82  Panama 1.313×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 3,927 52
83  El Salvador 1.284×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 1,953 53
84  Costa Rica 1.204×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 1,874 24
85  Syria 1.164×10^10 31 December 2014 est. 5,100 57
86  Uruguay 1.161×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 3,989 33
87  Ghana 1.123×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 274 21
88  Tanzania 1.118×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 183 33
89  Uzbekistan 1.046×10^10 31 December 2012 est. 150 11
90  Latvia 1.038×10^10 7 July 2015 5,186 38.3
91  Ethiopia 9.956×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 51 14
92  Oman 9.768×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 2,962 16
93  Iran 9.452×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 170 4
94  Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.051×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 2,052 48
95  Georgia 8.688742×10^9 31 December 2012 1,940 54.8
96  Jordan 8.345×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 903 20
97  Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.644×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 197 122
98  Republic of the Congo 7.644×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 1,722 155
99  Zimbabwe 6.975×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 609 103
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101  Yemen 6.726×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 293 23
102  Armenia 6.435×10^9 31 December 2012 1,584 56
103  Paraguay 5.714×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 382 13
104  Bolivia 5.604×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 275 15
105  Laos 5.599×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 900 91
106  Burma 5.448×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 117 17
107  Zambia 5.445×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 264 22
108  Albania 5.281×10^9 31 December 2012 882 23
109  Libya 5.278×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 972 9
110  Nicaragua 5.228×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 693 62
111  Moldova 5.167×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 1,296 79
112  Cambodia 5.071×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 304 37
113  Honduras 4.884×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 465 23
114  Mozambique 4.88×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 231 50
115  Papua New Guinea 4.86×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 238 16
116  Trinidad and Tobago 4.78×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 3,502 21
117  Cote d'Ivoire 4.742×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 527 51
118  Barbados 4.49×10^9 2010 est. 2,456 22
119  Algeria 4.344×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 115 3
120  Namibia 4.204×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 1,131 20
121  Uganda 4.126×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 85 17
122  Senegal 4.117×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 296 30
123  Azerbaijan 4.042×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 8,513 6
124    Nepal 3.774×10^9 31 December 2011 161 35
125  Kyrgyzstan 3.666×10^9 31 December 2012 699 81
126  Kenya 3.624×10^9 31 March 2014 est. 200 25
127  Cameroon 3.343×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 164 15
128  North Korea 3×10^9 2012 est. 544
129  Mauritius 2.942×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 3,937 52
130  Somalia 2.942×10^9 31 December 2010 est. 386
131  Tajikistan 2.771×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 262 35
132  Gabon 2.758×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 1,587 18
133  Mali 2.725×10^9 31 December 2012 254 88
134  Guinea 2.652×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 305 68
135  Madagascar 2.631×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 140 36
136  Burkina Faso 2.442×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 136 23
137  Estonia 2.313×10^9 7 July 2015 1,758 10.59
138  Mongolia 2.07×10^9 31 December 2011 686 41
139  Botswana 1.968×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 1,208 16
140  Chad 1.749×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 160 21
141  Belize 1.457×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 3,079 75
142  Seychelles 1.453×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 15,614 147
143  Niger 1.451×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 178 79
144  Afghanistan 1.28×10^9 FY10/11 92 22
145  Bhutan 1.275×10^9 2011 1,193 64
146  Guyana 1.234×10^9 31 December 2010 1,049 42
147  Equatorial Guinea 1.232×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 634 6
148  Malawi 1.214×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 77 24
149  Montenegro 1.2×10^9 2011 est. 939 24
150  Guinea-Bissau 1.095×10^9 31 December 2010 est. 722 259
151  Belarus 1.067×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 2,629 45
152  Palestine 1.04×10^9 2010 est. 414
153  Eritrea 1.026×10^9 31 December 2012 est. 195 58
154  Maldives 1.015×10^9 2011 est. 2,947 50
155  Benin 953,500,000 31 December 2012 est. 308 43
 Faroe Islands 888,800,000 2010 est.
156  Haiti 854,700,000 31 December 2012 est. 36 5
157  Sierra Leone 827,600,000 31 December 2012 est. 340 61
158  Djibouti 802,900,000 31 December 2012 est. 573 56
159  Cape Verde 741,300,000 31 December 2012 est. 714 52
160  Swaziland 737,300,000 31 December 2012 est. 428 14
161  Lesotho 715,400,000 31 December 2012 est. 255 30
162  The Gambia 545,800,000 31 December 2012 est. 306 50
163  Grenada 538,000,000 2010 est. 3,402 74
164  Suriname 504,300,000 2005 est. 1,011 28
165  Comoros 485,400,000 31 December 2010 est. 430 115
 Aruba 478,600,000 2005 est. 4,935 21
166  Saint Lucia 471,400,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,586 32
167  Central African Republic 469,500,000 31 December 2012 est. 270 68
168  Antigua and Barbuda 458,000,000 June 2010 4,388 36
169  Turkmenistan 428,900,000 31 December 2012 est. 978 25
170  Liberia 400,300,000 31 December 2012[24] 65 22
171  Sao Tome and Principe 316,600,000 31 December 2012 est. 2,193 349
172  Vanuatu 307,700,000 31 December 2012 est. 389 22
173  Fiji 268,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 150 5
174  Dominica 253,800,000 31 December 2012 est. 3,000 75
175  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 252,200,000 31 December 2012 est. 4,477 85
176  Samoa 235,500,000 31 December 2009 est. 968 47
177  Burundi 231,700,000 31 December 2012 167 202
178  Saint Kitts and Nevis 189,100,000 31 December 2012 est. 6,408 79
179  Solomon Islands 166,000,000 2004 355 44
 Bermuda 160,000,000 FY99/00 2,575 5
180  Cook Islands 141,000,000 1996 est. 7,756
181  Tonga 118,600,000 31 December 2012 est. 799 33
182  Marshall Islands 87,000,000 2008 est. 1,377 54
 New Caledonia 79,000,000 1998 est. 385 3
 Cayman Islands 79,000,000 1998 est. 2,078 7
183  Federated States of Micronesia 60,800,000 FY05 est. 556 25
 Greenland 36,400,000 2010 1,035 5
184  Nauru 33,300,000 2004 est.
185  Kiribati 10,000,000 1999 est. 120 14
 Montserrat 8,900,000 1997
 Anguilla 8,800,000 1998
 Wallis and Futuna 3,670,000 2004
186  Niue 418,000 2002 est.
 Macau 0 2010 0 0
 British Virgin Islands 0 2012
187  Brunei 0 2011 0 0
188  Liechtenstein 0 2005 0 0
189  Palau 0 2000 0 0

See also

Notes

  1. As the Bank of International Settlements explains small countries with large financial sectors tend to have disproportionately large gross external debts as well as holding large cross-border debt assets.[1] Luxembourg is a net creditor country.
  2. As the Bank of International Settlements explains small countries with large financial sectors tend to have disproportionately large gross external debts as well as holding large cross-border debt assets.[2] Meaning Monaco could potentially be a net creditor.

References

  1. Debt – external. Definition in The World Factbook.
  2. Debt - external, The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on the 29th of June 2011.
  3. World Development Indicators, World Bank. Accessed on June 29, 2011. Note: Used for Bermuda, Chad, Cyprus, Eritrea, Greenland, Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Caledonia and Turkmenistan.
  4. Total Midyear Population, U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base, accessed on June 29, 2011. Note: Used for Aruba, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Cuba, North Korea, Marshall Islands, Montenegro, Samoa, Somalia, Trinidad and Tobago and West Bank.
  5. The World Factbook - European Union, Central Intelligence Agency,accessed on June 29, 2011.
  6. World Economic Outlook Database, April 2011, International Monetary Fund. Accessed on June 29, 2011. Note: Used for the rest of the countries.
  7. World Economic Outlook Database, April 2011, International Monetary Fund. Accessed on June 29, 2011. Note: Used for Afghanistan, Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Fiji, Georgia, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Iceland, Kiribati, Liberia, Mali, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Niger, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Tonga and Vanuatu.
  8. .World Development Indicators, World Bank. Accessed on June 29, 2011. Note: Used for Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Chad, Cyprus, Eritrea, Greenland, Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Caledonia and Turkmenistan.
  9. GDP (official exchange rate), The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on June 29, 2011. Note: Used for the rest of the countries.
  10. http://english.gov.cn/archive/statistics/2015/10/02/content_281475202939874.htm
  11. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/methodologies-standards/data-dissemination-standard/national-summary-page#external_sector
  12. https://www.hazine.gov.tr/tr-TR/Duyuru-Listesi-Sayfasi?id=5&nm=28
  13. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33325886
  14. https://www.hazine.gov.tr/tr-TR/Istatistik-Sunum-Sayfasi?mid=120&cid=12
  15. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ei.html
  16. http://www.economist.com/content/global_debt_clock?page=6
  17. http://www.cbc.gov.tw/public/data/economic/statistics/bop/Debt2.pdf
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