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Field Listing :: Debt - external

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

Country	Debt - external


Afghanistan	$1.28 billion (FY10/11) $2.7 billion (FY08/09)


Albania	$5.281 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $5.188 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Algeria	$4.344 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $4.661 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


American Samoa	$NA


Andorra	$NA


Angola	$19.65 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $18.78 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Anguilla	$8.8 million (1998)


Antigua and Barbuda	$441.2 million (31 December 2012) $458 million (June 2010)


Argentina	$141.1 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $140.7 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Armenia	$7.629 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $7.394 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Aruba	$533.4 million (2005 est.)


Australia	$1.403 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.287 trillion (31 December 2011 est.)


Austria	$808.1 billion (31 December 2012) $786.1 billion (31 December 2011)


Azerbaijan	$4.042 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $4.056 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Bahamas, The	$16.68 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $14.93 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Bahrain	$25.27 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $25.15 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Bangladesh	$36.21 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $33.84 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Barbados	$4.49 billion (2010 est.) $668 million (2003 est.)


Belarus	$34.12 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $34.02 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Belgium	$1.424 trillion (31 December 2012) $1.417 trillion (31 December 2011)


Belize	$1.457 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.398 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Benin	$953.5 million (31 December 2012 est.) $913.8 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Bermuda	$1.4 billion (2012 est.)


Bhutan	$1.275 billion (2011) $836 million (2009)


Bolivia	$4.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $3.49 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	$9.051 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $8.764 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Botswana	$1.968 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.969 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Brazil	$440.6 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $404.1 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


British Virgin Islands	$36.1 million (1997)


Brunei	$0 (2005)


Bulgaria	$50.54 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $47.32 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Burkina Faso	$2.442 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.336 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Burma	$5.448 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $5.804 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Burundi	$231.7 million (31 December 2012 est.) $322.5 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Cambodia	$3.992 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $3.611 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Cameroon	$3.343 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $3.147 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Canada	$1.326 trillion (31 December 2012) $1.191 trillion (31 December 2011)


Cape Verde	$741.3 million (31 December 2012 est.) $824.2 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Central African Republic	$469.5 million (31 December 2012 est.) $404.4 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Chad	$1.749 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.769 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Chile	$117.8 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $98.74 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


China	$770.8 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $695 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Colombia	$78.64 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $75.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Comoros	$279.3 million (31 December 2009 est.) $485.4 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	$7.644 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $7.136 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	$4.225 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $4.865 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Cook Islands	$141 million (1996 est.)


Costa Rica	$14.47 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $10.71 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	$4.742 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $8.539 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Croatia	$59.75 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $59.64 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Cuba	$22.16 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $21.52 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Cyprus	$106.5 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $113.6 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Czech Republic	$101.9 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $94.16 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Denmark	$587.6 billion (31 December 2012) $571.4 billion (31 December 2011)


Djibouti	$802.9 million (31 December 2012 est.) $802.5 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Dominica	$253.8 million (31 December 2012 est.) $257.7 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Dominican Republic	$16.58 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $14.86 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Ecuador	$15.48 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $18.62 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Egypt	$38.82 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $33.69 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


El Salvador	$12.84 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $11.4 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	$1.232 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.149 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Eritrea	$1.026 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.013 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Estonia	$21.98 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $20.06 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Ethiopia	$9.956 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $8.292 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


European Union	$15.5 trillion (31 December 2012) $14.78 trillion (31 December 2011)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	$NA


Faroe Islands	$888.8 million (2010) $68.1 million (2006)


Fiji	$268 million (31 December 2012 est.) $259.1 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Finland	$599.3 billion (31 December 2012) $478.5 billion (31 December 2011)


France	$5.165 trillion (31 December 2012) $5.004 trillion (31 December 2011)


French Polynesia	$NA


Gabon	$2.758 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.726 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Gambia, The	$545.8 million (31 December 2012 est.) $530.8 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Gaza Strip	see entry for West Bank


Georgia	$13.36 billion (31 December 2012) $11.49 billion (31 December 2011)


Germany	$5.719 trillion (31 December 2012) $5.338 trillion (31 December 2011)


Ghana	$11.23 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $9.712 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Gibraltar	$NA


Greece	$576.6 billion (31 December 2012) $478.7 billion (31 December 2011)


Greenland	$36.4 million (2010) $58 million (2009)


Grenada	$538 million (2010 est.) $542 million (2009 est.)


Guam	$NA


Guatemala	$16.17 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $15.64 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Guernsey	$NA


Guinea	$2.652 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.997 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	$1.095 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $941.5 million (31 December 2000 est.)


Guyana	$1.234 billion (31 December 2010) $804.3 million (30 September 2008)


Haiti	$1.125 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $674.6 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Honduras	$4.884 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $4.564 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Hong Kong	$1.047 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $974.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Hungary	$202 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $208.7 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Iceland	$100.2 billion (31 December 2012) $110.8 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


India	$376.3 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $331.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Indonesia	$251.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $225.4 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Iran	$9.452 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $17.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Iraq	$50.26 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $50.79 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Ireland	$2.163 trillion (31 December 2012) $2.213 trillion (31 December 2011)


Isle of Man	$NA


Israel	$93.56 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $103.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Italy	$2.493 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.35 trillion (31 December 2011 est.)


Jamaica	$14.6 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $14.62 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Japan	$3.024 trillion (31 December 2012) $3.115 trillion (31 December 2011)


Jersey	$NA


Jordan	$19.34 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $17.35 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Kazakhstan	$137.1 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $125.2 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Kenya	$9.526 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $8.999 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Kiribati	$10 million (1999 est.)


Korea, North	$12.5 billion (2001 est.)


Korea, South	$413.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $398.7 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Kosovo	$326 million (2011 est.) $900 million (2010 est.)


Kuwait	$28.21 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $29.87 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	$3.666 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $5.501 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Laos	$5.599 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $5.955 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Latvia	$39.81 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $38.06 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Lebanon	$32.64 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $29.47 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Lesotho	$715.4 million (31 December 2012 est.) $729.5 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Liberia	$400.3 million (31 December 2012 est.) $306.8 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Libya	$5.054 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $4.744 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Liechtenstein	$0 (2001)


Lithuania	$32.84 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $31.01 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Luxembourg	$2.643 trillion (31 December 2012) $2.084 trillion (31 December 2011)


Macau	$0 (2012)


Macedonia	$6.807 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $6.271 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Madagascar	$2.631 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.362 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Malawi	$1.214 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.051 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Malaysia	$98.65 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $91.66 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Maldives	$890.8 million (2012 est.) $684.2 million (2011 est.)


Mali	$2.725 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.652 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Malta	$45.77 billion (31 December 2012) $43.16 billion (31 December 2011)


Marshall Islands	$87 million (2008 est.) $86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)


Mauritania	$2.942 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.816 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Mauritius	$5.768 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $5.489 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Mexico	$352.9 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $286.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	$60.8 million (FY05 est.)


Moldova	$6.132 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $5.443 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Monaco	$NA


Mongolia	$2.564 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.505 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Montenegro	$1.7 billion (2012 est.) $1.2 billion (2011 est.)


Montserrat	$8.9 million (1997)


Morocco	$33.98 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $29.59 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Mozambique	$4.88 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $4.461 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Namibia	$4.204 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $3.944 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Nauru	$33.3 million (2004 est.)


Nepal	$3.774 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.673 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Netherlands	$2.487 trillion (31 December 2012) $2.482 trillion (31 December 2011)


New Caledonia	$79 million (1998 est.)


New Zealand	$90.23 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $91.07 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Nicaragua	$5.228 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $5.012 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Niger	$1.451 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.342 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Nigeria	$10.1 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $9.64 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Niue	$418,000 (2002 est.)


Norfolk Island	$NA


Northern Mariana Islands	$NA


Norway	$659.1 billion (30 June 2012) $595.7 billion (31 December 2011) note: Norway is a net external creditor


Oman	$9.768 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $9.033 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Pakistan	$55.98 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $58.27 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Palau	$0 (FY99/00)


Panama	$14.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $12.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Papua New Guinea	$4.86 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $5.144 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Paraguay	$2.245 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.222 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Peru	$52.59 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $43.52 billion (31 December 2011 est.) note: public debt component of total: $20.6 billion (31 December 2009)


Philippines	$60.34 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $60.44 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Poland	$364.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $320.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Portugal	$508.3 billion (31 December 2012) $482.2 billion (31 December 2011)


Puerto Rico	$56.82 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $52.98 billion (31 December 2009 est.)


Qatar	$137 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $125.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Romania	$132.1 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $129.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Russia	$631.8 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $540.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Rwanda	$937.2 million (31 December 2012 est.) $907.3 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	$NA


Saint Kitts and Nevis	$189.1 million (31 December 2012 est.) $199.1 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Saint Lucia	$471.4 million (31 December 2012 est.) $470.5 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	$NA


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	$252.2 million (31 December 2012 est.) $264.9 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Samoa	$235.5 million (31 December 2009 est.) $177 million (2004)


San Marino	$NA


Sao Tome and Principe	$316.6 million (31 December 2012 est.) $266 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Saudi Arabia	$127.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $107.1 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Senegal	$4.117 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $4.068 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Serbia	$33.41 billion (30 November 2012 est.) $31.53 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Seychelles	$1.453 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.475 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Sierra Leone	$827.6 million (31 December 2012 est.) $829.9 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Singapore	$1.174 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.088 trillion (31 December 2011 est.)


Slovakia	$68.44 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $68.61 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Slovenia	$53.88 billion (31 December 2012) $52.07 billion (31 December 2011)


Solomon Islands	$166 million (2004)


Somalia	$2.942 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $3 billion (2001 est.)


South Africa	$137.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $113.1 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Spain	$2.311 trillion (31 December 2012) $2.269 trillion (31 December 2011)


Sri Lanka	$22.82 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $22.66 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Sudan	$39.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $38.62 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Suriname	$504.3 million (2005 est.)


Swaziland	$737.3 million (31 December 2012 est.) $703.2 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Sweden	$1.034 trillion (31 December 2012) $992.5 billion (31 December 2011)


Switzerland	$1.563 trillion (31 December 2012) $1.424 trillion (31 December 2011)


Syria	$8.818 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $8.196 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Taiwan	$127.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $122.5 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Tajikistan	$2.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.589 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Tanzania	$11.18 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $10.33 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Thailand	$133.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $104.6 billion (30 September 2011 est.)


Togo	$NA (31 December 2010) $1.64 billion (31 December 2009 est.)


Tonga	$118.6 million (31 December 2012 est.) $113.5 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	$4.78 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $4.749 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Tunisia	$25.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $22.48 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Turkey	$336.9 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $304.2 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Turkmenistan	$429.1 million (31 December 2012 est.) $452.9 million (31 December 2011 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	$NA


Tuvalu	$NA


Uganda	$4.126 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $3.486 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Ukraine	$135 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $126.2 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


United Arab Emirates	$158.9 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $156.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


United Kingdom	$10.09 trillion (31 December 2012) $9.961 trillion (31 December 2011)


United States	$15.93 trillion (31 December 2012) $15.51 trillion (31 December 2011) note: approximately 4/5ths of US external debt is denominated in US dollars; foreign lenders have been willing to hold US dollar denominated debt instruments because they view the dollar as the world's reserve currency


Uruguay	$21.07 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $14.06 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Uzbekistan	$10.46 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $8.54 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Vanuatu	$307.7 million (31 December 2011 est.) $258.9 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Venezuela	$63.74 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $89.6 billion (30 September 2011 est.)


Vietnam	$41.85 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $39.63 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Virgin Islands	$NA


Wallis and Futuna	$3.67 million (2004)


West Bank	$1.04 billion (2010 est.) $1.3 billion (2007 est.) note: data include the Gaza Strip


Western Sahara	$NA


World	$72.68 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $69.43 trillion (31 December 2011 est.) note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private


Yemen	$6.726 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $6.314 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Zambia	$5.445 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $4.619 billion (31 December 2011 est.)


Zimbabwe	$6.975 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $6.43 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

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