World Factbook
Debt - external
Debt - external compares the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis.
| Rank | Country | Debt - external | Date of Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $17,910,000,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 2 | United Kingdom | $8,126,000,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 3 | France | $5,360,000,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 4 | Germany | $5,326,000,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 5 | Netherlands | $4,063,000,000,000 | 31 December 2016 est. |
| 6 | Luxembourg | $3,781,000,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 7 | Japan | $3,240,000,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 8 | Ireland | $2,470,000,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 9 | Italy | $2,444,000,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 10 | Spain | $2,094,000,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 11 | Australia | $1,714,000,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 12 | Switzerland | $1,664,000,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 13 | Canada | $1,608,000,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 14 | China | $1,598,000,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 15 | Belgium | $1,281,000,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 16 | Sweden | $939,900,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 17 | Norway | $642,300,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 18 | Hong Kong | $633,600,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 19 | Austria | $630,800,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 20 | Singapore | $566,100,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 21 | Brazil | $547,400,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 22 | Russia | $539,600,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 23 | Greece | $506,600,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 24 | India | $501,600,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 25 | Denmark | $484,800,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 26 | Turkey | $452,400,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 27 | Portugal | $449,000,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 28 | Mexico | $445,800,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 29 | Korea, South | $384,600,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 30 | Indonesia | $344,400,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 31 | Poland | $241,000,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | $237,600,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 33 | Malaysia | $217,200,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 34 | Argentina | $214,900,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 35 | Czechia | $205,200,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | $205,100,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 37 | Chile | $183,400,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 38 | Taiwan | $181,900,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 39 | Qatar | $167,800,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | $167,500,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 41 | South Africa | $156,300,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 42 | Finland | $150,600,000,000 | 31 December 2016 est. |
| 43 | Hungary | $138,100,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 44 | Thailand | $132,000,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 45 | Ukraine | $130,000,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 46 | Colombia | $124,600,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 47 | Venezuela | $100,300,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 48 | Vietnam | $96,580,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 49 | Romania | $95,970,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 50 | Cyprus | $95,280,000,000 | 31 December 2013 est. |
| 51 | New Zealand | $91,620,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 52 | Panama | $91,530,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 53 | Malta | $90,980,000,000 | September 2016 est. |
| 54 | Israel | $88,660,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 55 | Pakistan | $82,190,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 56 | Egypt | $77,470,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 57 | Philippines | $76,180,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 58 | Slovakia | $75,040,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 59 | Iraq | $73,020,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 60 | Peru | $66,250,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 61 | Puerto Rico | $56,820,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. |
| 62 | Sudan | $56,050,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 63 | Bahrain | $52,150,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | $51,720,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 65 | Morocco | $51,480,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 66 | Bangladesh | $50,260,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 67 | Croatia | $48,100,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 68 | Kuwait | $47,240,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 69 | Slovenia | $46,300,000,000 | 31 January 2017 est. |
| 70 | Oman | $46,270,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 71 | Angola | $42,080,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 72 | Bulgaria | $42,060,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 73 | Nigeria | $40,960,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 74 | Latvia | $40,020,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 75 | Belarus | $39,920,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 76 | Lebanon | $39,300,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 77 | Ecuador | $39,290,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 78 | Lithuania | $34,480,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 79 | Tunisia | $30,190,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 80 | Cuba | $30,060,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 81 | Serbia | $29,500,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 82 | Jordan | $29,340,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | $29,160,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 84 | Uruguay | $28,370,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 85 | Kenya | $27,590,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 86 | Costa Rica | $26,830,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 87 | Ethiopia | $26,050,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 88 | Mongolia | $25,330,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 89 | Guatemala | $22,920,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 90 | Ghana | $22,140,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 91 | Iceland | $21,700,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 92 | Mauritius | $19,990,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 93 | Estonia | $19,050,000,000 | 31 December 2016 est. |
| 94 | Palau | $18,380,000,000 | 31 December 2014 est. |
| 95 | Papua New Guinea | $17,940,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 96 | Paraguay | $17,700,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 97 | Tanzania | $17,660,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 98 | Bahamas, The | $17,560,000,000 | 31 December 2013 est. |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | $17,410,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 100 | Georgia | $16,990,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 101 | Uzbekistan | $16,900,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 102 | El Salvador | $15,510,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 103 | Jamaica | $14,940,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 104 | Laos | $14,900,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 105 | Cote d'Ivoire | $13,070,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 106 | Bolivia | $12,810,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 107 | Cambodia | $11,870,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 108 | Zambia | $11,660,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 109 | Nicaragua | $11,310,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 110 | Mozambique | $10,910,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $10,870,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 112 | Uganda | $10,800,000,000 | 22 March 2018 est. |
| 113 | Armenia | $10,410,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 114 | Albania | $9,505,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 115 | Cameroon | $9,375,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | $9,357,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 117 | Macedonia | $8,790,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 118 | Honduras | $8,625,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 119 | Senegal | $8,571,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | $8,238,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | $8,164,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 122 | Iran | $7,995,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 123 | Namibia | $7,969,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 124 | Yemen | $7,068,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 125 | Burma | $6,594,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 126 | Moldova | $6,549,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 127 | Gabon | $6,490,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 128 | Algeria | $6,260,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 129 | Nepal | $5,849,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 130 | Tajikistan | $5,750,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 131 | Somalia | $5,300,000,000 | 31 December 2014 est. |
| 132 | Korea, North | $5,000,000,000 | 2013 est. |
| 133 | Syria | $4,989,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 134 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | $4,963,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 135 | Congo, Republic of the | $4,605,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 136 | Barbados | $4,490,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 137 | Mali | $4,192,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 138 | Mauritania | $4,150,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 139 | Madagascar | $4,089,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 140 | Niger | $3,728,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 141 | Rwanda | $3,258,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 142 | Burkina Faso | $3,056,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 143 | Libya | $3,020,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 144 | Afghanistan | $2,840,000,000 | FY/ |
| 145 | Benin | $2,804,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 146 | Haiti | $2,762,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 147 | Bhutan | $2,671,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 148 | Seychelles | $2,559,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 149 | Montenegro | $2,516,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 150 | Bermuda | $2,515,000,000 | 2017 est. |
| 151 | Botswana | $2,187,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 152 | Malawi | $2,102,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 153 | Djibouti | $1,954,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 154 | Chad | $1,724,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 155 | Cabo Verde | $1,713,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 156 | Suriname | $1,700,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 157 | Guyana | $1,690,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 158 | West Bank | $1,662,000,000 | 31 March 2016 est. |
| 159 | Sierra Leone | $1,615,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 160 | Guinea | $1,458,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 161 | Togo | $1,442,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 162 | Belize | $1,315,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | $1,211,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | $1,095,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. |
| 165 | Liberia | $1,036,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 166 | Fiji | $1,022,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 167 | Lesotho | $934,600,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 168 | Maldives | $848,800,000 | 31 December 2016 est. |
| 169 | Grenada | $793,500,000 | 2017 est. |
| 170 | Eritrea | $792,700,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 171 | Central African Republic | $779,900,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | $757,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 173 | Aruba | $693,200,000 | 31 December 2014 est. |
| 174 | Burundi | $610,900,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 175 | Gambia, The | $586,800,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | $570,600,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 177 | Turkmenistan | $539,400,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 178 | Eswatini | $526,300,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 179 | Kosovo | $506,000,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 180 | Samoa | $447,200,000 | 31 December 2013 est. |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | $441,200,000 | 31 December 2012 |
| 182 | Faroe Islands | $387,600,000 | 2012 |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $362,200,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 184 | Timor-Leste | $311,500,000 | 31 December 2014 est. |
| 185 | Sao Tome and Principe | $292,900,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 186 | Dominica | $280,400,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $201,800,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 188 | Vanuatu | $200,500,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 189 | Comoros | $199,800,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 190 | Tonga | $189,900,000 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 191 | Cook Islands | $141,000,000 | 1996 est. |
| 192 | New Caledonia | $112,000,000 | 31 December 2013 est. |
| 193 | Marshall Islands | $97,960,000 | 2013 est. |
| 194 | Micronesia, Federated States of | $93,600,000 | 2013 est. |
| 195 | Anguilla | $41,040,000 | 31 December 2013 |
| 196 | Kiribati | $40,900,000 | 2016 est. |
| 197 | Greenland | $36,400,000 | 2010 |
| 198 | British Virgin Islands | $36,100,000 | 1997 |
| 199 | Nauru | $33,300,000 | 2004 est. |
| 200 | Montserrat | $8,900,000 | 1997 |
| 201 | Wallis and Futuna | $3,670,000 | 2004 |
| 202 | Niue | $418,000 | 2002 est. |
| 203 | Andorra | $0 | 2016 |
| 204 | Brunei | $0 | 2014 |
| 205 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | $0 | 2017 est. |
| 206 | Liechtenstein | $0 | 2015 est. |
| 207 | Macau | $0 | 31 December 2013 |
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