List of countries by external debt

For net international debt by country (external debt owing to other countries minus external debt of other countries held), see Net international investment position.

This is a list of countries by external debt to GDP, 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.

List of countries by external debt
Rank Country/Region External debt[2]
US dollars
Date Per capita[3][4][5][6]
US dollars
% of GDP[7][8][9]
1 United States 19,643,000,000,00031 March 2016[10]60,340 114
2  United Kingdom 9,591,672,000,000 31 March 2014 146,244569
3  France 5,750,152,000,000 31 March 2014 86,317222
4  Germany 5,546,869,000,000 31 March 2014 68,720145
5  Luxembourg[note 1] 3,472,282,000,000 31 March 20143,696,4673,443
6  Japan 2,861,488,000,000 31 March 2014 24,00060
7  Italy 2,651,413,000,000 31 March 2014 est. 43,621124
8  Netherlands 680,000,000,000 2016[11] 40,476316
9  Spain 2,305,648,000,000 31 March 2014 52,045167
10  Singapore 1,766,401,000,000 13 November 2015[12] 226,930408
11  China 1,680,000,000,000 30 June 2015[13] 1,19516.2
12   Switzerland 1,610,897,000,000 31 March 2014 193,939229
13  Canada 1,491,000,000,000 4 May 2016 est. 37,16592
14  Australia 1,395,638,000,000 31 March 2014 est. 52,59695
15  Belgium 1,286,918,000,000 31 March 2014 113,603266
16  Hong Kong 1,231,233,000,000 31 March 2014 est. 105,420334
17  Sweden 145,154,804,082[14] 30 September 2016 145,58534
18  Austria 820,010,000,000 31 March 2014 90,128200
19  Norway 61,455,264 30 June 2016 120.02
20  Russian Federation 599,819,000,000 31 March 2014 3,63423
21  Denmark 593,221,000,000 31 March 2014 101,084180
22  Portugal 548,800,000,000 30 June 2011 47,835223
23  India 485,600,000,000 2 July 2016 [15] 40521
24  Brazil 428,300,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,60815
25  South Korea 425,353,000,000 31 March 2014 est. 7,56737
26  Turkey 405,223,000,000 2015 5,21655 [16]
27  Greece 360,000,000,000 30 June 2015 47,636174[17]
28  Mexico 352,900,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,95620
29  Indonesia 324,203,000,000 31 July 2016 est. [18] 1,25036.77
30  Ireland 263,967,288,631[19] 30 September 2014 52,227103
31  Malaysia 230,870,491,803 15 March 2015[20] 7,829.1163.7
32  Poland 211,457,000,000 May 2015 5,28639.9
33  Hungary 202,000,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 14,821115
34  Taiwan 171,559,000,000 31 March 2015[21][22] 7,394.7837.4
35  Puerto Rico 167,400,000,000 31 January 2015 est. 47,828164
36  United Arab Emirates 163,800,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 24,27341
37  Ukraine 142,000,000,000 31 March 2014 est. 2,99581
38  Finland 139,700,000,000 24 March 2015 25,62794
39  South Africa 137,500,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,61323
40  Qatar 137,000,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 41,98855
41  Thailand 136,635,000,000 1 July 2015 2,02734.4
42  Saudi Arabia 134,000,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 3,17619
43  Argentina 115,700,000,000 31 December 2014 est.2,28217
44  Czech Republic 108,067,000,000 31 March 2014 est. 8,26045
45  Cyprus 106,500,000,000 31 December 2011 est. 37,812129
46  Venezuela 105,700,000,000[23] 31 December 2012 1,90619
47  Kazakhstan 105,500,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 6,06068
48  Chile 102,100,000,000 31 December 2012 est.5,86738
49  Colombia 100,000,000,000 2 February 2015 est.[24] 1,26920
50  Israel 99,750,000,000 31 March 2014 est. 12,07033
51  Iceland[25][26]93,377,000,000 2 Jun 2015282,960724
52  New Zealand 90,230,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 52,300126
53  Romania 89,261,000,000 30 September 2015 est. 4,48536
54  Slovenia 71,700,000,000 31 December 2014 25,55578.1[27]
55  Slovakia 68,440,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 10,92668
56  Vietnam 68,380,000,000 31 December 2013 est. 37932
57  Nigeria 68,100,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 715
58  Croatia 62,387,000,000 22 January 2015 est. 13,51978[27]
59  Pakistan 67,000,000,000 21 May 2013 est. 36630
60  Philippines 58,500,000,000 30 December 2013 est. 63632
61  Peru 52,590,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,12622
62  Iraq 50,268,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,64164
63  Malta 48,790,000,000 30 June 2011 14,23372
64  Egypt 53,400,000,000 11 June 2016[28] 56816
65  Sudan 39,700,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 94655
66  Bangladesh 36,210,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 14923
67  Bulgaria 33,851,800,000 25 March 2016 est. 6,26173
68  Lebanon 32,640,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 8,81588
69  Serbia 32,600,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 4,17880
70  Morocco 29,420,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 71222
71  Kuwait 28,210,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 15,75443
72  Bahrain 25,270,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 13,26165
73  Tunisia 24,490,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,77942
74  Sri Lanka 64,000,000,000 2015 est. 88194
75  Cuba 22,360,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,78034
76  Ecuador 20,030,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 99525
77  Angola 19,650,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 94421
78  Lithuania 17,282,000,000 7 July 2015 5,87142.8
79  Bahamas 16,680,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,0676
80  Dominican Republic 16,580,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,16225
81  Monaco[note 2] 16,500,000,000 31 June 2010 est. 471,428240
82  Guatemala 16,170,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,21642
83  Jamaica 14,600,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 4,66092
84  Panama 13,130,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 3,92752
85  El Salvador 12,840,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,95353
86  Costa Rica 12,040,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,87424
87  Syria 11,640,000,000 31 December 2014 est. 5,10057
88  Uruguay 11,610,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 3,98933
89  Ghana 11,230,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 27421
90  Tanzania 11,180,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 18333
91  Uzbekistan 10,460,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 15011
92  Latvia 10,380,000,000 7 July 2015 5,18638.3
93  Ethiopia 9,956,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 5114
94  Oman 9,768,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 2,96216
95  Iran 9,452,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1704
96  Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,051,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 2,05248
97  Georgia 8,688,742,000 31 December 2012 1,94054.8
98  Jordan 8,345,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 90320
99  Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,644,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 197122
100  Republic of the Congo 7,644,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,722155
101  Zimbabwe 6,975,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 609103
102  Macedonia 6,740,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 2,66860
103  Yemen 6,726,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 29323
104  Armenia 6,435,000,000 31 December 2012 1,58456
105  Paraguay 5,714,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 38213
106  Bolivia 5,604,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 27515
107  Laos 5,599,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 90091
108  Burma 5,448,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 11717
109  Zambia 5,445,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 26422
110  Albania 5,281,000,000 31 December 2012 88223
111  Libya 5,278,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 9729
112  Nicaragua 5,228,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 69362
113  Moldova 5,167,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,29679
114  Cambodia 5,700,000,000[29] 30 June 2016 36731
115  Honduras 4,884,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 46523
116  Mozambique 4,880,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 23150
117  Papua New Guinea 4,860,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 23816
118  Trinidad & Tobago 23,000,000,000 10 October 2016 est. 17,04176
119  Cote d'Ivoire 4,742,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 52751
120  Barbados 4,490,000,000 2010 est. 2,45622
121  Algeria 4,344,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1153
122  Namibia 4,204,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,13120
123  Uganda 4,126,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 8517
124  Senegal 4,117,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 29630
125  Azerbaijan 4,042,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 8,5136
126    Nepal 3,774,000,000 31 December 2011 16135
127  Kyrgyzstan 3,666,000,000 31 December 2012 69981
128  Kenya 3,624,000,000 31 March 2014 est. 20025
129  Cameroon 3,343,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 16415
130  North Korea 3,000,000,000 2012 est. 54413
131  Mauritius 2,942,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 3,93752
132  Somalia 2,942,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 386
133  Tajikistan 2,771,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 26235
134  Gabon 2,758,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,58718
135  Mali 2,725,000,000 31 December 2012 25488
136  Guinea 2,652,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 30568
137  Madagascar 2,631,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 14036
138  Burkina Faso 2,442,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 13623
139  Estonia 2,313,000,000 7 July 2015 1,75810.59
140  Mongolia 2,070,000,000 31 December 2011 68641
141  Botswana 1,968,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,20816
142  Chad 1,749,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 16021
143  Belize 1,457,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 3,07975
144  Seychelles 1,453,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 15,614147
145  Niger 1,451,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 17879
146  Afghanistan 1,280,000,000 FY-2010/11 9222
147  Bhutan 1,275,000,000 2011 1,19364
148  Guyana 1,234,000,000 31 December 2010 1,04942
149  Equatorial Guinea 1,232,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 6346
150  Malawi 1,214,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 7724
151  Montenegro 1,200,000,000 2011 est. 93924
152  Guinea-Bissau 1,095,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 722259
153  Belarus 1,067,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 2,62945
154  Palestine 1,040,000,000 2010 est. 414
155  Eritrea 1,026,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 19558
156  Maldives 1,015,000,000 2011 est. 2,94750
157  Benin 953,500,000 31 December 2012 est. 30843
 Faroe Islands 888,800,000 2010 est.
158  Haiti 854,700,000 31 December 2012 est. 365
159  Sierra Leone 827,600,000 31 December 2012 est. 34061
160  Djibouti 802,900,000 31 December 2012 est. 57356
161  Cape Verde 741,300,000 14 November 2016 est. 12352
162  Swaziland 737,300,000 31 December 2012 est. 42814
163  Lesotho 715,400,000 31 December 2012 est. 25530
164  The Gambia 545,800,000 31 December 2012 est. 30650
165  Grenada 538,000,000 2010 est. 3,40274
166  Suriname 504,300,000 2005 est. 1,01128
167  Comoros 485,400,000 31 December 2010 est. 430115
168  Aruba 478,600,000 2005 est. 4,93521
169  Saint Lucia 471,400,000 31 December 2012 est. 1,58632
170  Central African Republic 469,500,000 31 December 2012 est. 27068
171  Antigua and Barbuda 458,000,000 June 2010 4,38836
172  Turkmenistan 428,900,000 31 December 2012 est. 97825
173  Liberia 400,300,000 31 December 2012[30]6522
174  Sao Tome and Principe 316,600,000 31 December 2012 est. 2,193349
175  Vanuatu 307,700,000 31 December 2012 est. 38922
176  Fiji 268,000,000 31 December 2012 est. 1505
177  Dominica 253,800,000 31 December 2012 est. 3,00075
178  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 252,200,000 31 December 2012 est. 4,47785
179  Samoa 235,500,000 31 December 2009 est. 96847
180  Burundi 231,700,000 31 December 2012 167202
181  Saint Kitts and Nevis 189,100,000 31 December 2012 est. 6,40879
182  Solomon Islands 166,000,000 2004 35544
183  Bermuda 160,000,000 FY-1999/2000 2,5755
184  Cook Islands 141,000,000 1996 est. 7,756
185  Tonga 118,600,000 31 December 2012 est. 79933
186  Marshall Islands 87,000,000 2008 est. 1,37754
 New Caledonia 79,000,000 1998 est. 3853
 Cayman Islands 79,000,000 1998 est. 2,0787
187  Federated States of Micronesia 60,800,000 FY-2005 est.55625
188  Greenland 36,400,000 2010 1,0355
189  Nauru 33,300,000 2004 est.
190  Kiribati 10,000,000 1999 est. 12014
 Montserrat 8,900,000 1997
 Anguilla 8,800,000 1998
 Wallis and Futuna 3,670,000 2004
191  Niue 418,000 2002 est.
192  Macau 0 2010 00
 British Virgin Islands 0 2012
193  Brunei 0 2011 00
194  Liechtenstein 0 2016 00
195  Palau 0 2000 00

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. 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

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  2. Debt - external, The World Factbook, e 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.
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  22. Private sector of Taiwan included
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