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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, 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, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy and others are net international creditors.

Rank	Country	External debt US dollars	Date	Per capita US dollars	% of GDP
1	United States	1.7997889181468×10^	7 December 2014	58,437	106
2	United Kingdom	9.590995×10^	31 March 2014	160,158	406
3	Germany	5.546869×10^	31 March 2014	68,720	145
4	France	5.750152×10^	31 March 2014	86,317	222
5	China	3×10^	31 December 2013.	2,220.57	37.5
6	Japan	2.861488×10^	31 March 2014	24,000	60
7	Netherlands	2.526895×10^	31 March 2014	226,503	316
8	Luxembourg	3.472282×10^	31 March 2014	3,696,467	3,443
9	Italy	2.651413×10^	31 March 2014 est.	43,621	124
10	Spain	2.305648×10^	31 March 2014	52,045	1,167
11	Ireland	2.3967288631×10^	30 September 2014	52,227	103
12	Australia	1.395638×10^	31 March 2014 est.	52,596	95
14	Belgium	1.286918×10^	31 March 2014	113,603	266
15	Switzerland	1.610897×10^	31 March 2014	154,063	229
16	Canada	1.337445×10^	31 March 2014 est.	29,625	64
17	Sweden	1.145785×10^	31 March 2014	91,487	187
18	Hong Kong	1.231233×10^	31 March 2014 est.	105,420	334
19	Austria	8.2001×10^	31 March 2014	90,128	200
19	Norway	7.37118×10^	31 March 2014	131,220	141
20	Russian Federation	5.99819×10^	31 March 2014	3,634	23
21	Denmark	5.93221×10^	31 March 2014	101,084	180
22	Greece	5.7492×10^	31 March 2014	47,636	174
23	Finland	1.397×10^	24 March 2015	25,627	94
23	Portugal	5.488×10^	30 June 2011	47,835	223
24	South Korea	4.25353×10^	31 March 2014 est.	7,567	37
25	Brazil	4.283×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,608	15
26	Turkey	3.86786×10^	30 June 2014	5,114	48
27	India	4.559×10^	31 September 2014 est.	1,626	22.795
28	Mexico	3.529×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,956	20
29	Sweden	3.26×10^	20 January 2014	6,586	47
	Singapore	3.22240983607×10^	15 March 2015	56,436.87	93.8
	Taiwan	2.65406557377×10^	15 March 2015	11,455.93	45.6
30	Indonesia	2.512×10^	31 December 2012 est.	837	28
	Malaysia	2.30870491803×10^	15 March 2015	7,829.11	63.7
31	Hungary	2.02×10^	31 December 2012 est.	14,821	115
	Puerto Rico	1.674×10^	31 January 2015 est.	47,828	164
32	United Arab Emirates	1.638×10^	31 December 2012 est.	24,273	41
33	Qatar	1.37×10^	31 December 2012 est.	41,988	55
34	Saudi Arabia	1.34×10^	31 December 2012 est.	3,176	19
36	Romania	1.321×10^	31 December 2012 est.	5,082	67
37	Ukraine	1.42×10^	31 March 2014 est.	2,995	81
38	Iceland	1.16053×10^	2008	362,942	999
39	Thailand	1.40065×10^	31 March 2014 est.	1,292	26
40	Cyprus	1.065×10^	31 December 2011 est.	37,812	129
41	Venezuela	1.057×10^	31 December 2012	1,906	19
42	Kazakhstan	1.055×10^	31 December 2012 est.	6,060	68
43	Israel	9.5019×10^	31 March 2014 est.	12,070	42
44	Chile	1.021×10^	31 December 2012 est.	5,867	38
46	New Zealand	9.023×10^	31 December 2012 est.	52,300	126
47	Czech Republic	1.08067×10^	31 March 2014 est.	8,260	45
48	South Africa	1.375×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,613	23
49	Colombia	8.514×10^	31 July 2013 est.	1,269	20
50	Slovakia	6.844×10^	31 December 2012 est.	10,926	68
51	Pakistan	6.7×10^	21 May 2013 est.	366	30
52	Croatia	6.425×10^	31 December 2012 est.	13,519	99
53	Slovenia	6.123×10^	30 June 2011	25,555	47.6
54	Philippines	5.85×10^	30 December 2013 est.	636	32
55	Iraq	5.0268×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,641	64
56	Malta	4.879×10^	30 June 2011	14,233	72
57	Egypt	4.876×10^	31 December 2013 est.	391	14
58	Bulgaria	3.7915×10^	31 December 2014 est.	6,261	90
59	Vietnam	6.838×10^	31 December 2013 est.	379	32
60	Sudan	3.97×10^	31 December 2012 est.	946	55
61	Peru	5.259×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,126	22
62	Bangladesh	3.621×10^	31 December 2012 est.	149	23
63	Latvia	3.534×10^	31 December 2012	18,527	146
64	Lebanon	3.264×10^	31 December 2012 est.	8,815	88
65	Serbia	3.26×10^	31 December 2012 est.	4,178	80
66	Lithuania	3.284×10^	31 December 2012	9,995	80
67	Morocco	2.942×10^	31 December 2012 est.	712	22
68	Kuwait	2.821×10^	31 December 2012 est.	15,754	43
69	Bahrain	2.527×10^	31 December 2012 est.	13,261	65
70	Tunisia	2.449×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,779	42
71	Sri Lanka	2.282×10^	31 December 2012 est.	881	36
72	Cuba	2.236×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,780	34
73	Estonia	2.2228×10^	31 December 2013	16,944	87
74	Ecuador	2.003×10^	31 December 2012 est.	995	25
75	Angola	1.965×10^	31 December 2012 est.	944	21
76	The Bahamas	1.668×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,067	6
77	Dominican Republic	1.658×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,162	25
78	Monaco	1.65×10^	31 June 2010 est.	471,428	240
79	Guatemala	1.617×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,216	42
80	Jamaica	1.46×10^	31 December 2012 est.	4,660	92
81	Panama	1.313×10^	31 December 2012 est.	3,927	52
82	El Salvador	1.284×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,953	53
83	North Korea	3×10^	2012 est.	544
84	Costa Rica	1.204×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,874	24
85	Uruguay	1.161×10^	31 December 2012 est.	3,989	33
86	Ghana	1.123×10^	31 December 2012 est.	274	21
87	Tanzania	1.118×10^	31 December 2012 est.	183	33
88	Uzbekistan	1.046×10^	31 December 2012 est.	150	11
89	Nigeria	1.01×10^	31 December 2012 est.	71	5
90	Ethiopia	9.956×10^	31 December 2012 est.	51	14
91	Oman	9.768×10^	31 December 2012 est.	2,962	16
92	Kenya	3.624×10^	31 March 2014 est.	200	25
93	Iran	9.452×10^	31 December 2012 est.	170	4
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.051×10^	31 December 2012 est.	2,052	48
95	Syria	8.818×10^	31 December 2012 est.	373	13
96	Jordan	8.345×10^	31 December 2012 est.	903	20
97	Georgia	8.688742×10^	31 December 2012	1,940	54.8
98	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7.644×10^	31 December 2012 est.	197	122
99	Republic of the Congo	7.644×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,722	155
100	Zimbabwe	6.975×10^	31 December 2012 est.	609	103
101	Republic of Macedonia	6.74×10^	31 December 2012 est.	2,668	60
102	Yemen	6.726×10^	31 December 2012 est.	293	23
103	Armenia	6.435×10^	31 December 2012	1,584	56
104	Paraguay	5.714×10^	31 December 2012 est.	382	13
105	Bolivia	5.604×10^	31 December 2012 est.	275	15
106	Laos	5.599×10^	31 December 2012 est.	900	91
107	Burma	5.448×10^	31 December 2012 est.	117	17
108	Zambia	5.445×10^	31 December 2012 est.	264	22
109	Albania	5.281×10^	31 December 2012	882	23
110	Nicaragua	5.228×10^	31 December 2012 est.	693	62
111	Moldova	5.167×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,296	79
112	Cambodia	5.071×10^	31 December 2012 est.	304	37
113	Libya	5.278×10^	31 December 2012 est.	972	9
114	Honduras	4.884×10^	31 December 2012 est.	465	23
115	Mozambique	4.88×10^	31 December 2012 est.	231	50
117	Papua New Guinea	4.86×10^	31 December 2012 est.	238	16
118	Trinidad and Tobago	4.78×10^	31 December 2012 est.	3,502	21
119	Cote d'Ivoire	4.742×10^	31 December 2012 est.	527	51
120	Barbados	4.49×10^	2010 est.	2,456	22
121	Algeria	4.344×10^	31 December 2012 est.	115	3
122	Namibia	4.204×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,131	20
123	Uganda	4.126×10^	31 December 2012 est.	85	17
124	Senegal	4.117×10^	31 December 2012 est.	296	30
125	Azerbaijan	4.042×10^	31 December 2012 est.	8,513	6
126	Nepal	3.774×10^	31 December 2011	161	35
127	Kyrgyzstan	3.666×10^	31 December 2012	699	81
128	Cameroon	3.343×10^	31 December 2012 est.	164	15
129	Mauritius	2.942×10^	31 December 2012 est.	3,937	52
130	Somalia	2.942×10^	31 December 2010 est.	386
131	Tajikistan	2.771×10^	31 December 2012 est.	262	35
132	Gabon	2.758×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,587	18
133	Mali	2.725×10^	31 December 2012	254	88
134	Guinea	2.652×10^	31 December 2012 est.	305	68
135	Madagascar	2.631×10^	31 December 2012 est.	140	36
136	Burkina Faso	2.442×10^	31 December 2012 est.	136	23
137	Mongolia	2.07×10^	31 December 2011	686	41
138	Botswana	1.968×10^	31 December 2012 est.	1,208	16
139	Chad	1.749×10^	31 December 2012 est.	160	21
140	Belize	1.457×10^	31 December 2012 est.	3,079	75
141	Seychelles	1.453×10^	31 December 2012 est.	15,614	147
142	Niger	1.451×10^	31 December 2012 est.	178	79
143	Afghanistan	1.28×10^	FY10/11	92	22
144	Bhutan	1.275×10^	2011	1,193	64
145	Guyana	1.234×10^	31 December 2010	1,049	42
146	Equatorial Guinea	1.232×10^	31 December 2012 est.	634	6
147	Malawi	1.214×10^	31 December 2012 est.	77	24
148	Montenegro	1.2×10^	2011 est.	939	24
149	Guinea-Bissau	1.095×10^	31 December 2010 est.	722	259
150	Belarus	1.067×10^	31 December 2012 est.	2,629	45
151	Palestine	1.04×10^	2010 est.	414
152	Eritrea	1.026×10^	31 December 2012 est.	195	58
153	Maldives	1.015×10^	2011 est.	2,947	50
154	Benin	953,500,000	31 December 2012 est.	308	43
—	Faroe Islands	888,800,000	2010
155	Haiti	854,700,000	31 December 2012 est.	36	5
156	Sierra Leone	827,600,000	31 December 2012 est.	340	61
157	Djibouti	802,900,000	31 December 2012 est.	573	56
158	Cape Verde	741,300,000	31 December 2012 est.	714	52
159	Swaziland	737,300,000	31 December 2012 est.	428	14
160	Lesotho	715,400,000	31 December 2012 est.	255	30
161	The Gambia	545,800,000	31 December 2012 est.	306	50
162	Grenada	538,000,000	2010 est.	3,402	74
163	Suriname	504,300,000	2005 est.	1,011	28
164	Comoros	485,400,000	31 December 2010 est.	430	115
—	Aruba	478,600,000	2005 est.	4,935	21
165	Saint Lucia	471,400,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,586	32
166	Central African Republic	469,500,000	31 December 2012 est.	270	68
167	Antigua and Barbuda	458,000,000	June 2010	4,388	36
168	Turkmenistan	428,900,000	31 December 2012 est.	978	25
169	Liberia	400,300,000	31 December 2012	65	22
170	Sao Tome and Principe	316,600,000	31 December 2012 est.	2,193	349
171	Vanuatu	307,700,000	31 December 2012 est.	389	22
172	Fiji	268,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	150	5
173	Dominica	253,800,000	31 December 2012 est.	3,000	75
174	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	252,200,000	31 December 2012 est.	4,477	85
175	Samoa	235,500,000	31 December 2009 est.	968	47
176	Burundi	231,700,000	31 December 2012	167	202
177	Saint Kitts and Nevis	189,100,000	31 December 2012 est.	6,408	79
178	Solomon Islands	166,000,000	2004	355	44
—	Bermuda	160,000,000	FY99/00	2,575	5
179	Cook Islands	141,000,000	1996 est.	7,756
180	Tonga	118,600,000	31 December 2012 est.	799	33
181	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
182	Federated States of Micronesia	60,800,000	FY05 est.	556	25
—	Greenland	36,400,000	2010	1,035	5
183	Nauru	33,300,000	2004 est.
184	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
185	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
190	Palau	0	2000	0	0

See also

• Balance of trade
• Domestic Liability Dollarization
• List of sovereign states by external assets

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. 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. 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. Riley, Charles (2013-12-30). "China debt surges as local governments spend - Dec. 30 2013". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2014-02-03. China's National Audit Office said that local government obligations hit 17.9 trillion yuan ($3 trillion) by the end of June -- a dramatic increase from the 10.7 trillion yuan figure reported in 2010.
11. http://www.economist.com/content/global_debt_clock?page=6
12. http://www.economist.com/content/global_debt_clock?page=6
13. http://www.economist.com/content/global_debt_clock?page=6
14. Central Bank of Iceland (September 3, 2009). "External debt Q2/2009". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
15. Statistics Iceland (September 11, 2008). "Gross domestic product 2008 – Revision". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
16. "La Deuda Externa Aumenta 8 Y Se Ubica En 105 Mil Millones - Economia" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
17. "Second Quarter Public Debt Management Report October 1-December 31, 2011" (PDF). Liberian Ministry of Finance Debt Management Unit. Retrieved June 21, 2012.

External links

• www.jedh.org - Gross external debt (Joint External Debt Hub)
• Russia’s External Debt down 10% to $36 Bln in 2011
• CIA Factbook - External debt by countries

• Debt
• Economics lists by country
• Government debt
• Lists of countries by population related issue