List of countries by external debt

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/Region	External debt[2] US dollars	Date	Per capita[3][4][5][6] US dollars	% of GDP[7][8][9]
1	United States	17,564,382,000,000[10]	31 December 2015	58,255	103
2	United Kingdom	9,591,672,000,000	31 March 2014	46,244	569
3	France	5,750,152,000,000	31 March 2014	86,317	222
4	Germany	5,546,869,000,000	31 March 2014	68,720	145
5	Luxembourg[note 1]	3,472,282,000,000	31 March 2014	3,696,467	3,443
6	Japan	2,861,488,000,000	31 March 2014	24,000	60
7	Italy	2,651,413,000,000	31 March 2014 est.	43,621	124
8	Netherlands	2,526,895,000,000	31 March 2014	226,503	316
9	Spain	2,305,648,000,000	31 March 2014	52,045	167
10	Singapore	1,766,401,000,000[11]	13 November 2015	226,930	408
11	China	1,680,000,000,000	30 June 2015[12]	1,195	16.2
12	Switzerland	1,610,897,000,000	31 March 2014	193,939	229
13	Canada	622,000,000,000	04 May 2016 est.	37,165	92
14	Australia	1,395,638,000,000	31 March 2014 est.	52,596	95
15	Belgium	1,286,918,000,000	31 March 2014	113,603	266
—	Hong Kong	1,231,233,000,000	31 March 2014 est.	105,420	334
16	Sweden	1,145,785,000,000	31 March 2014	91,487	187
17	Austria	820,010,000,000	31 March 2014	90,128	200
18	Norway	737,118,000,000	31 March 2014	131,220	141
19	Russian Federation	599,819,000,000	31 March 2014	3,634	23
20	Denmark	593,221,000,000	31 March 2014	101,084	180
21	Portugal	548,800,000,000	30 June 2011	47,835	223
22	India	480,200,000,000	31 December 2015 est.[13]	380	20.8
23	Brazil	428,300,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,608	15
24	South Korea	425,353,000,000	31 March 2014 est.	7,567	37
25	Turkey	405,223,000,000	30 June 2015	5,216	52.5[14]
26	Greece	360,000,000,000	30 June 2015	47,636	174[15]
27	Mexico	352,900,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,956	20 [16]
28	Indonesia	298,100,000,000	31 March 2015 est.	3,534	32.91
29	Ireland	263,967,288,631[17]	30 September 2014	52,227	103
30	Malaysia	230,870,491,803	15 March 2015[18]	7,829.11	63.7
31	Poland	211,457,000,000	May 2015	5,286	39.9
32	Hungary	202,000,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	14,821	115
33	Taiwan	171,559,000,000	31 March 2015[19][20]	7,394.78	37.4
—	Puerto Rico	167,400,000,000	31 January 2015 est.	47,828	164
34	United Arab Emirates	163,800,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	24,273	41
35	Ukraine	142,000,000,000	31 March 2014 est.	2,995	81
36	Finland	139,700,000,000	24 March 2015	25,627	94
37	South Africa	137,500,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,613	23
38	Qatar	137,000,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	41,988	55
39	Thailand	136,635,000,000	1 July 2015	2,027	34.4
40	Saudi Arabia	134,000,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	3,176	19
41	Argentina	115,700,000,000	31 December 2014 est.	2,282	17
42	Czech Republic	108,067,000,000	31 March 2014 est.	8,260	45
43	Cyprus	106,500,000,000	31 December 2011 est.	37,812	129
44	Venezuela	105,700,000,000 [21]	31 December 2012	1,906	19
45	Kazakhstan	105,500,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	6,060	68
46	Chile	102,100,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	5,867	38
47	Colombia	100,000,000,000	2 February 2015 est.[22]	1,269	20
48	Israel	99,750,000,000	31 March 2014 est.	12,070	33
49	Iceland[23][24]	93,377,000,000	2 Jun 2015	282,960	724
50	New Zealand	90,230,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	52,300	126
51	Romania	89,261,000,000	30 September 2015 est.	4,485	36
52	Slovenia	71,700,000,000	31 December 2014	25,555	78.1[25]
53	Slovakia	68,440,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	10,926	68
54	Vietnam	68,380,000,000	31 December 2013 est.	379	32
55	Nigeria	68,100,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	71	5
56	Croatia	67,100,000,000	22 January 2015 est.	13,519	78[25]
57	Pakistan	67,000,000,000	21 May 2013 est.	366	30
58	Philippines	58,500,000,000	30 December 2013 est.	636	32
59	Peru	52,590,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,126	22
60	Iraq	50,268,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,641	64
61	Malta	48,790,000,000	30 June 2011	14,233	72
62	Egypt	48,760,000,000	31 December 2013 est.	391	14
63	Sudan	39,700,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	946	55
64	Bangladesh	36,210,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	149	23
65	Bulgaria	33,851,800,000	25 March 2016 est.	6,261	73
66	Lebanon	32,640,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	8,815	88
67	Serbia	32,600,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	4,178	80
68	Morocco	29,420,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	712	22
69	Kuwait	28,210,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	15,754	43
70	Bahrain	25,270,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	13,261	65
71	Tunisia	24,490,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,779	42
72	Sri Lanka	22,820,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	881	36
73	Cuba	22,360,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,780	34
74	Ecuador	20,030,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	995	25
75	Angola	19,650,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	944	21
76	Lithuania	17,282,000,000	7 July 2015	5,871	42.8
77	The Bahamas	16,680,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,067	6
78	Dominican Republic	16,580,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,162	25
79	Monaco[note 2]	16,500,000,000	31 June 2010 est.	471,428	240
80	Guatemala	16,170,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,216	42
81	Jamaica	14,600,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	4,660	92
82	Panama	13,130,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	3,927	52
83	El Salvador	12,840,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,953	53
84	Costa Rica	12,040,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,874	24
85	Syria	11,640,000,000	31 December 2014 est.	5,100	57
86	Uruguay	11,610,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	3,989	33
87	Ghana	11,230,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	274	21
88	Tanzania	11,180,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	183	33
89	Uzbekistan	10,460,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	150	11
90	Latvia	10,380,000,000	7 July 2015	5,186	38.3
91	Ethiopia	9,956,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	51	14
92	Oman	9,768,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	2,962	16
93	Iran	9,452,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	170	4
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9,051,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	2,052	48
95	Georgia	8,688,742,000	31 December 2012	1,940	54.8
96	Jordan	8,345,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	903	20
97	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7,644,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	197	122
98	Republic of the Congo	7,644,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,722	155
99	Zimbabwe	6,975,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	609	103
100	Republic of Macedonia	6,740,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	2,668	60
101	Yemen	6,726,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	293	23
102	Armenia	6,435,000,000	31 December 2012	1,584	56
103	Paraguay	5,714,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	382	13
104	Bolivia	5,604,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	275	15
105	Laos	5,599,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	900	91
106	Burma	5,448,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	117	17
107	Zambia	5,445,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	264	22
108	Albania	5,281,000,000	31 December 2012	882	23
109	Libya	5,278,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	972	9
110	Nicaragua	5,228,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	693	62
111	Moldova	5,167,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,296	79
112	Cambodia	5,071,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	304	37
113	Honduras	4,884,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	465	23
114	Mozambique	4,880,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	231	50
115	Papua New Guinea	4,860,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	238	16
116	Trinidad and Tobago	4,780,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	3,502	21
117	Cote d'Ivoire	4,742,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	527	51
118	Barbados	4,490,000,000	2010 est.	2,456	22
119	Algeria	4,344,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	115	3
120	Namibia	4,204,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,131	20
121	Uganda	4,126,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	85	17
122	Senegal	4,117,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	296	30
123	Azerbaijan	4,042,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	8,513	6
124	Nepal	3,774,000,000	31 December 2011	161	35
125	Kyrgyzstan	3,666,000,000	31 December 2012	699	81
126	Kenya	3,624,000,000	31 March 2014 est.	200	25
127	Cameroon	3,343,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	164	15
128	North Korea	3,000,000,000	2012 est.	544	13
129	Mauritius	2,942,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	3,937	52
130	Somalia	2,942,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	386
131	Tajikistan	2,771,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	262	35
132	Gabon	2,758,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,587	18
133	Mali	2,725,000,000	31 December 2012	254	88
134	Guinea	2,652,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	305	68
135	Madagascar	2,631,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	140	36
136	Burkina Faso	2,442,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	136	23
137	Estonia	2,313,000,000	7 July 2015	1,758	10.59
138	Mongolia	2,070,000,000	31 December 2011	686	41
139	Botswana	1,968,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	1,208	16
140	Chad	1,749,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	160	21
141	Belize	1,457,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	3,079	75
142	Seychelles	1,453,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	15,614	147
143	Niger	1,451,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	178	79
144	Afghanistan	1,280,000,000	FY10/11	92	22
145	Bhutan	1,275,000,000	2011	1,193	64
146	Guyana	1,234,000,000	31 December 2010	1,049	42
147	Equatorial Guinea	1,232,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	634	6
148	Malawi	1,214,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	77	24
149	Montenegro	1,200,000,000	2011 est.	939	24
150	Guinea-Bissau	1,095,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	722	259
151	Belarus	1,067,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	2,629	45
152	Palestine	1,040,000,000	2010 est.	414
153	Eritrea	1,026,000,000	31 December 2012 est.	195	58
154	Maldives	1,015,000,000	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[26]	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

• Balance of trade
• Domestic Liability Dollarization
• List of sovereign states by external assets
• National debt of the United States

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.
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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.
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18. http://www.economist.com/content/global_debt_clock?page=6
19. http://www.cbc.gov.tw/public/data/economic/statistics/bop/Debt2.pdf
20. Private sector of Taiwan included
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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