Compare Debt - external (2002) - Debt - external (2008)

Debt - external (2002)

Debt - external (2008)

$5.5 billion (1996 est.)

$8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia; Afghanistan has $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks (2004)

Albania

$784 million (2000)

$1.55 billion (2004)

Algeria

$24.7 billion (2001 est.)

$3.358 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

American Samoa

$NA

Andorra

$NA

Angola

$10.4 billion (2001 est.)

$8.835 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Anguilla

$8.8 million (1998)

Antigua and Barbuda

$231 million (1999)

$359.8 million (June 2006)

Argentina

$155 billion (2001 est.)

$118 billion (30 September 2007)

Armenia

$839 million (June 2001)

$1.372 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Aruba

$285 million (1996)

$478.6 million (2005 est.)

Australia

$176.8 billion (2001 est.)

$757.9 billion (30 June 2007)

Austria

$12.1 billion (2001 est.)

$752.5 billion (30 June 2007)

Azerbaijan

$1.4 billion (2002)

$2.022 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Bahamas, The

$381.9 million (2000)

$342.6 million (2004 est.)

Bahrain

$2.8 billion (2000)

$7.692 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Bangladesh

$17 billion (2000) (2000)

$20.25 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Barbados

$425 million

$668 million (2003)

Belarus

$770 million (2001 est.)

$9.272 billion (30 June 2007)

Belgium

$28.3 billion (1999 est.)

$1.313 trillion (30 June 2007)

Belize

$500 million (2000 est.)

$1.2 billion (June 2005 est.)

Benin

$1.18 billion (2000)

$1.2 billion (2007)

Bermuda

$145 million (FY99/00)

$160 million (FY99/00)

Bhutan

$245 million (1998)

$593 million (2004)

Bolivia

$5.8 billion (2001 est.)

$3.8 billion (31December 2007 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$2.8 billion (2001)

$7.057 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Botswana

$325 million (2001)

$513 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Brazil

$251 billion (2001) (2001)

$230.3 billion (30 June 2007)

British Virgin Islands

$36.1 million (1997)

Brunei

$0

$0 (2005)

Bulgaria

$10.3 billion (2001 est.)

$29.29 billion (30 June 2007)

Burkina Faso

$1.5 billion (1999)

$1.33 billion (2007)

Burma

$6 billion

$6.914 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Burundi

$1.12 billion (2001 est.)

$1.2 billion (2003)

Cambodia

$829 million (1999 est.)

$3.98 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Cameroon

$10.9 billion (2000 est.)

$2.449 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Canada

$1.9 billion (2000) (2000)

$758.6 billion (30 June 2007)

Cape Verde

$301 million (2000)

$325 million (2002)

Cayman Islands

$70 million (1996)

Central African Republic

$881.4 million (2000 est.)

$1.153 billion (2007 est.)

Chad

$1.1 billion (2000 est.)

$1.6 billion (2005 est.)

Chile

$39.6 billion (2001) (2001)

$49.18 billion (30 June 2007)

China

$149.4 billion (2002 est.)

$363 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Christmas Island

$NA

-

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

-

Colombia

$39 billion (2001 est.)

$43.3 billion (30 June 2007)

Comoros

$225 million

$232 million (2000 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

$12.9 billion (2000 est.)

$10 billion (2006 est.)

Congo, Republic of the

$5 billion (1999 est.)

$5 billion (2000 est.)

Cook Islands

$141 million (1996 est.)

Costa Rica

$4.6 billion (2001 est.)

$7.163 billion (30 June 2007)

Cote d'Ivoire

$13.3 billion (2000 est.)

$10.91 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Croatia

$16.5 billion (2001)

$41.56 billion (30 June 2007)

Cuba

$12.3 billion (convertible currency, 2000 est.); another $15 billion -$20 billion owed to Russia (2001) (2002 est.)

$16.79 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion owed to Russia (31 December 2007 est.)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area: $NA; Turkish Cypriot area: $NA

area under government control: $26.12 billion

area administered by Turkish Cypriots: $NA (31 December 2007 est.)

Czech Republic

$24.6 billion (2001)

$61.74 billion (30 June 2007)

Denmark

$21.7 billion (2000)

$492.6 billion (30 June 2007)

Djibouti

$366 million (2002 est.)

$428 million (2006)

Dominica

$150 million (2000) (2000)

$213 million (2004)

Dominican Republic

$5.4 billion (2001 est.)

$8.842 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

East Timor

$NA

-

Ecuador

$14 billion (2001) (2001)

$17.56 billion (31 October 2007)

Egypt

$29 billion (2001 est.)

$29.9 billion (30 June 2007)

El Salvador

$4.9 billion (2001 est.)

$5.444 billion (December 2007)

Equatorial Guinea

$225 million (2000 est.)

$288 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Eritrea

$281 million (2000 est.)

$311 million (2000 est.)

Estonia

$3.3 billion (2001 est.)

$20.24 billion (30 June 2007)

Ethiopia

$5.3 billion (2001 est.)

$3.793 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

Faroe Islands

$64 million (1999)

Fiji

$162.7 million (1999)

$127 million (2004 est.)

Finland

$30 billion (December 1993)

$271.2 billion (30 June 2007)

France

$106 billion (1998)

$4.396 trillion (30 June 2007)

French Guiana

$1.2 billion (1988) (1988)

-

French Polynesia

$NA

Gabon

$3.6 billion (2001 est.)

$3.579 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Gambia, The

$440 million (2001 est.)

$628.8 million (2003 est.)

Gaza Strip

$108 million (includes West Bank) (1997 est.)

$NA

Georgia

$1.7 billion (2001)

$4.5 billion (2007)

Germany

$NA

$4.489 trillion (30 June 2007)

Ghana

$5.96 billion (2001 est.)

$3.387 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Gibraltar

$NA

Greece

$63.4 billion (2002 est.)

$371.5 billion (30 June 2007)

Greenland

$25 million (1999) (1999)

$25 million (1999)

Grenada

$196 million (2000) (2000)

$347 million (2004)

Guadeloupe

$NA

-

Guam

$NA

Guatemala

$4.5 billion (2001 est.)

$5.561 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Guernsey

$NA

Guinea

$3.6 billion (1999 est.)

$3.298 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

$931 million (1999 est.)

$941.5 million (2000 est.)

Guyana

$1.1 billion (2000) (2000)

$1.2 billion (2002)

Haiti

$1.2 billion (1999) (1999)

$1.248 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Honduras

$5.6 billion (2001) (2001)

$3.871 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Hong Kong

$58.8 billion (2001 est.)

$588 billion (2007 est.)

Hungary

$31.5 billion (2002 est.)

$142.9 billion (30 June 2007)

Iceland

$2.6 billion (1999)

$3.073 billion (2002)

India

$100.6 billion (end-March 2001) (2001 est.)

$165.4 billion (30 June 2007)

Indonesia

$135 billion (2001 est.)

$137.2 billion (30 June 2007)

Iran

$8.2 billion (2002 est.)

$13.8 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Iraq

$62.2 billion (2001 est.)

$56.31 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Ireland

$11 billion (1998) (1998)

$1.841 trillion (30 June 2007)

Isle of Man

$NA

Israel

$42.8 billion (2001 est.)

$87.43 billion (30 June 2007)

Italy

$NA

$2.345 trillion (30 June 2007)

Jamaica

$5.2 billion (2001 est.)

$7.138 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Japan

$NA

$1.492 trillion (30 June 2007)

Jersey

none

$NA

Jordan

$8.2 billion (2002 est.)

$7.483 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Kazakhstan

$11.6 billion (2001 est.)

$92.08 billion (30 June 2007)

Kenya

$8 billion (2001 est.)

$7.715 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Kiribati

$10 million (1999 est.)

Korea, North

$12 billion (1996 est.)

$12.5 billion (2001 est.)

Korea, South

$128.2 billion (2001)

$342.7 billion (30 September 2007)

Kosovo

-

Serbia continued to pay Kosovo's external debt, which it claimed was around $1.2 billion; Kosovo was willing to accept around $900 million, according to the national bank of Serbia (2007)

Kuwait

$6.9 billion (2000 est.)

$33.61 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

$1.6 billion (2001 est.)

$2.966 billion (30 June 2007)

Laos

$2.53 billion (1999)

$3.179 billion (2006)

Latvia

$3.4 billion (2000 est.)

$29.85 billion (30 June 2007)

Lebanon

$8.4 billion (2001 est.)

$34.67 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Lesotho

$715 million (2001 est.)

$693 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Liberia

$2.1 billion (2000 est.)

$3.2 billion (2005 est.)

Libya

$4.7 billion (2001 est.)

$4.837 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Liechtenstein

$0 (1996) (2001)

$0 (2001)

Lithuania

$5.8 billion (2002 est.)

$22.7 billion (30 June 2007)

Luxembourg

$NA

Macau

$1.5 billion (1998)

$0 (2006)

Macedonia

-

$2.561 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

$1.3 billion (2001 est.)

-

Madagascar

$4.5 billion (2000)

$4.6 billion (2002)

Malawi

$2.8 billion (2001 est.)

$622 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Malaysia

$44.7 billion (2001 est.)

$57.83 billion (30 June 2007)

Maldives

$237 million (2000 est.)

$482 million (2006 est.)

Mali

$3.3 billion (2000)

$2.8 billion (2002)

Malta

$130 million (1997) (1997)

$188.8 million (2005)

Marshall Islands

$86.5 million

$86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)

Martinique

$180 million (1994) (1994)

-

Mauritania

$1.6 billion (2000) (2000)

$2.5 billion (2000)

Mauritius

$2.3 billion (2000 est.)

$2.583 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Mayotte

$NA

Mexico

$191 billion (2001) (2001)

$182 billion (30 June 2007)

Micronesia, Federated States of

$66.5 million

$60.8 million (FY05 est.)

Moldova

$1.3 billion (2002)

$2.774 billion (30 June 2007)

Monaco

$NA

$18 billion (2000 est.)

Mongolia

$760 million (2000 est.)

$1.38 billion (2005)

Montenegro

-

$650 million (2006)

Montserrat

$8.9 million (1997) (1997)

$8.9 million (1997)

Morocco

$19 billion (2001 est.)

$16.86 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Mozambique

$1 billion (2001 est.)

$4.284 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Namibia

$217 million (2000 est.)

$1.429 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Nauru

$33.3 million

$33.3 million (2002)

Nepal

$2.55 billion (FY00/01)

$3.07 billion (March 2006)

Netherlands

-

$2.277 trillion (30 June 2007)

Netherlands Antilles

$1.35 billion (1996) (1996)

$2.68 billion (2004)

New Caledonia

$79 million (1998 est.)

New Zealand

$31.1 billion (2001 est.)

$50.02 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Nicaragua

$6.1 billion (2001 est.)

$3.702 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Niger

$1.6 billion (1999 est.)

$2.1 billion (2003 est.)

Nigeria

$32 billion (2000 est.)

$5.815 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Niue

$NA

$418,000 (2002 est.)

Norfolk Island

$NA

Northern Mariana Islands

$NA

Norway

$0 (Norway is a net external creditor)

$469.1 billion; note - Norway is a net external creditor (30 June 2007)

Oman

$5.3 billion (2000 est.)

$3.483 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Pakistan

$31.5 billion (2001 est.)

$40.32 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Palau

$0 (FY99/00)

Panama

$7.6 billion (2001 est.)

$10.56 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Papua New Guinea

$2.6 billion (2000 est.)

$1.814 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Paraguay

$2.9 billion (2001 est.)

$3.632 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Peru

$33.1 billion (2001 est.)

$27.81 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Philippines

$50 billion (2001)

$62.84 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

$NA

-

Poland

$64 billion (2000)

$187.8 billion (30 June 2007)

Portugal

$13.1 billion (1997 est.)

$415.5 billion (30 June 2007)

Puerto Rico

$NA

Qatar

$13.1 billion (2000 est.)

$31.07 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Reunion

$NA

-

Romania

$11.6 billion (2001 est.)

$85.86 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Russia

$149 billion (2001 est.)

$384.8 billion (30 June 2007)

Rwanda

$1.3 billion (2000 est.)

$1.4 billion (2004 est.)

Saint Helena

$NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$140 million (2000) (2000)

$314 million (2004)

Saint Lucia

$214 million (2000) (2000)

$257 million (2004)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$167.2 million (2000) (2000)

$223 million (2004)

Samoa

$192 million (1999)

$177 million (2004)

San Marino

$NA

Sao Tome and Principe

$253.8 million (2000) (2000)

$318 million (2002)

Saudi Arabia

$23.8 billion (2001 est.)

$52.89 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Senegal

$3.1 billion (2002 est.)

$1.604 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Serbia

-

$28.24 billion (includes Montenegro) (2007 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

$9.2 billion (2001 est.)

-

Seychelles

$240 million (1999 est.)

$957 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Sierra Leone

$1.3 billion (2000)

$1.61 billion (2003 est.)

Singapore

$8.3 billion (2001 est.)

$25.53 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Slovakia

$9.6 billion (2002 est.)

$36.66 billion (30 June 2007)

Slovenia

$7.9 billion (2001)

$40.42 billion (30 June 2007)

Solomon Islands

$137 million (2001 est.)

$166 million (2004)

Somalia

$2.6 billion (2000 est.)

$3 billion (2001 est.)

South Africa

$25.5 billion (2001 est.)

$64.8 billion (30 September 2007)

Spain

$90 billion (1993 est.)

$2.047 trillion (30 June 2007 est.)

Sri Lanka

$9.9 billion (2000)

$13.52 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Sudan

$24.9 billion (2000 est.)

$29.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Suriname

$512 million (2000 est.)

$504.3 million (2005 est.)

Swaziland

$336 million (2001 est.)

$538.6 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Sweden

$66.5 billion (1994) (1994)

$598.2 billion (30 June 2006)

Switzerland

$NA

$1.34 trillion (30 June 2007)

Syria

$22 billion (2001 est.)

$6.61 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Taiwan

$40 billion (2000)

$85.8 billion (31 December 2007)

Tajikistan

$1.23 billion (2000 est.)

$1.308 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Tanzania

$6.8 billion (2000 est.)

$4.984 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Thailand

$69.4 billion (2001 est.)

$58.6 billion (30 June 2007)

Togo

$1.5 billion (1999) (1999)

$2 billion (2005)

Tokelau

$0

-

Tonga

$57.5 million (June 2001)

$80.7 million (2004)

Trinidad and Tobago

$2.2 billion (2000 est.)

$3.025 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Tunisia

$11.5 billion (2001 est.)

$18.56 billion (December 2007)

Turkey

$118.3 billion (September 2001 )

$226.4 billion (30 June 2007)

Turkmenistan

$2.3 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.)

$2.4 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

$NA

Tuvalu

$NA

Uganda

$3.4 billion (2001 est.)

$1.39 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Ukraine

$11.8 billion (2001)

$65.38 billion (30 June 2007)

United Arab Emirates

$12.6 billion (2001 est.)

$41.51 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

United Kingdom

$NA

$10.45 trillion (30 June 2007)

United States

$862 billion (1995 est.)

$12.25 trillion (30 June 2007)

Uruguay

$7.7 billion (2001 est.)

$12 billion (30 September 2007)

Uzbekistan

$5.1 billion (2001 est.)

$5.398 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Vanuatu

$64.6 million (1999 est.)

$81.2 million (2004)

Venezuela

$34.5 billion (2000) (2000)

$45.44 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Vietnam

$13.2 billion (2000)

$24.41 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Virgin Islands

$NA

Wallis and Futuna

$NA

$3.67 million (2004)

West Bank

$108 million (includes Gaza Strip) (1997 est.)

$NA

Western Sahara

$NA

World

$2 trillion for less developed countries (2001 est.)

$54.31 trillion

note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private (2004 est.)

Yemen

$4.7 billion (2001)

$6.122 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Zambia

$5.8 billion (2001)

$2.798 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Zimbabwe

$5 billion (2001 est.)

$4.876 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

	Debt - external (2002)	Debt - external (2008)
Afghanistan	$5.5 billion (1996 est.)	$8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia; Afghanistan has $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks (2004)
Albania	$784 million (2000)	$1.55 billion (2004)
Algeria	$24.7 billion (2001 est.)	$3.358 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
American Samoa	$NA	$NA
Andorra	$NA	$NA
Angola	$10.4 billion (2001 est.)	$8.835 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Anguilla	$8.8 million (1998)	$8.8 million (1998)
Antigua and Barbuda	$231 million (1999)	$359.8 million (June 2006)
Argentina	$155 billion (2001 est.)	$118 billion (30 September 2007)
Armenia	$839 million (June 2001)	$1.372 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Aruba	$285 million (1996)	$478.6 million (2005 est.)
Australia	$176.8 billion (2001 est.)	$757.9 billion (30 June 2007)
Austria	$12.1 billion (2001 est.)	$752.5 billion (30 June 2007)
Azerbaijan	$1.4 billion (2002)	$2.022 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bahamas, The	$381.9 million (2000)	$342.6 million (2004 est.)
Bahrain	$2.8 billion (2000)	$7.692 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bangladesh	$17 billion (2000) (2000)	$20.25 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Barbados	$425 million	$668 million (2003)
Belarus	$770 million (2001 est.)	$9.272 billion (30 June 2007)
Belgium	$28.3 billion (1999 est.)	$1.313 trillion (30 June 2007)
Belize	$500 million (2000 est.)	$1.2 billion (June 2005 est.)
Benin	$1.18 billion (2000)	$1.2 billion (2007)
Bermuda	$145 million (FY99/00)	$160 million (FY99/00)
Bhutan	$245 million (1998)	$593 million (2004)
Bolivia	$5.8 billion (2001 est.)	$3.8 billion (31December 2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	$2.8 billion (2001)	$7.057 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Botswana	$325 million (2001)	$513 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Brazil	$251 billion (2001) (2001)	$230.3 billion (30 June 2007)
British Virgin Islands	$36.1 million (1997)	$36.1 million (1997)
Brunei	$0	$0 (2005)
Bulgaria	$10.3 billion (2001 est.)	$29.29 billion (30 June 2007)
Burkina Faso	$1.5 billion (1999)	$1.33 billion (2007)
Burma	$6 billion	$6.914 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Burundi	$1.12 billion (2001 est.)	$1.2 billion (2003)
Cambodia	$829 million (1999 est.)	$3.98 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Cameroon	$10.9 billion (2000 est.)	$2.449 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Canada	$1.9 billion (2000) (2000)	$758.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Cape Verde	$301 million (2000)	$325 million (2002)
Cayman Islands	$70 million (1996)	$70 million (1996)
Central African Republic	$881.4 million (2000 est.)	$1.153 billion (2007 est.)
Chad	$1.1 billion (2000 est.)	$1.6 billion (2005 est.)
Chile	$39.6 billion (2001) (2001)	$49.18 billion (30 June 2007)
China	$149.4 billion (2002 est.)	$363 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Christmas Island	$NA	-
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	$NA	-
Colombia	$39 billion (2001 est.)	$43.3 billion (30 June 2007)
Comoros	$225 million	$232 million (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	$12.9 billion (2000 est.)	$10 billion (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the	$5 billion (1999 est.)	$5 billion (2000 est.)
Cook Islands	$141 million (1996 est.)	$141 million (1996 est.)
Costa Rica	$4.6 billion (2001 est.)	$7.163 billion (30 June 2007)
Cote d'Ivoire	$13.3 billion (2000 est.)	$10.91 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Croatia	$16.5 billion (2001)	$41.56 billion (30 June 2007)
Cuba	$12.3 billion (convertible currency, 2000 est.); another $15 billion -$20 billion owed to Russia (2001) (2002 est.)	$16.79 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion owed to Russia (31 December 2007 est.)
Cyprus	Greek Cypriot area: $NA; Turkish Cypriot area: $NA	area under government control: $26.12 billion area administered by Turkish Cypriots: $NA (31 December 2007 est.)
Czech Republic	$24.6 billion (2001)	$61.74 billion (30 June 2007)
Denmark	$21.7 billion (2000)	$492.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Djibouti	$366 million (2002 est.)	$428 million (2006)
Dominica	$150 million (2000) (2000)	$213 million (2004)
Dominican Republic	$5.4 billion (2001 est.)	$8.842 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
East Timor	$NA	-
Ecuador	$14 billion (2001) (2001)	$17.56 billion (31 October 2007)
Egypt	$29 billion (2001 est.)	$29.9 billion (30 June 2007)
El Salvador	$4.9 billion (2001 est.)	$5.444 billion (December 2007)
Equatorial Guinea	$225 million (2000 est.)	$288 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Eritrea	$281 million (2000 est.)	$311 million (2000 est.)
Estonia	$3.3 billion (2001 est.)	$20.24 billion (30 June 2007)
Ethiopia	$5.3 billion (2001 est.)	$3.793 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	$NA	$NA
Faroe Islands	$64 million (1999)	$64 million (1999)
Fiji	$162.7 million (1999)	$127 million (2004 est.)
Finland	$30 billion (December 1993)	$271.2 billion (30 June 2007)
France	$106 billion (1998)	$4.396 trillion (30 June 2007)
French Guiana	$1.2 billion (1988) (1988)	-
French Polynesia	$NA	$NA
Gabon	$3.6 billion (2001 est.)	$3.579 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Gambia, The	$440 million (2001 est.)	$628.8 million (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip	$108 million (includes West Bank) (1997 est.)	$NA
Georgia	$1.7 billion (2001)	$4.5 billion (2007)
Germany	$NA	$4.489 trillion (30 June 2007)
Ghana	$5.96 billion (2001 est.)	$3.387 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Gibraltar	$NA	$NA
Greece	$63.4 billion (2002 est.)	$371.5 billion (30 June 2007)
Greenland	$25 million (1999) (1999)	$25 million (1999)
Grenada	$196 million (2000) (2000)	$347 million (2004)
Guadeloupe	$NA	-
Guam	$NA	$NA
Guatemala	$4.5 billion (2001 est.)	$5.561 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Guernsey	$NA	$NA
Guinea	$3.6 billion (1999 est.)	$3.298 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau	$931 million (1999 est.)	$941.5 million (2000 est.)
Guyana	$1.1 billion (2000) (2000)	$1.2 billion (2002)
Haiti	$1.2 billion (1999) (1999)	$1.248 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Honduras	$5.6 billion (2001) (2001)	$3.871 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Hong Kong	$58.8 billion (2001 est.)	$588 billion (2007 est.)
Hungary	$31.5 billion (2002 est.)	$142.9 billion (30 June 2007)
Iceland	$2.6 billion (1999)	$3.073 billion (2002)
India	$100.6 billion (end-March 2001) (2001 est.)	$165.4 billion (30 June 2007)
Indonesia	$135 billion (2001 est.)	$137.2 billion (30 June 2007)
Iran	$8.2 billion (2002 est.)	$13.8 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Iraq	$62.2 billion (2001 est.)	$56.31 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ireland	$11 billion (1998) (1998)	$1.841 trillion (30 June 2007)
Isle of Man	$NA	$NA
Israel	$42.8 billion (2001 est.)	$87.43 billion (30 June 2007)
Italy	$NA	$2.345 trillion (30 June 2007)
Jamaica	$5.2 billion (2001 est.)	$7.138 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Japan	$NA	$1.492 trillion (30 June 2007)
Jersey	none	$NA
Jordan	$8.2 billion (2002 est.)	$7.483 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kazakhstan	$11.6 billion (2001 est.)	$92.08 billion (30 June 2007)
Kenya	$8 billion (2001 est.)	$7.715 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kiribati	$10 million (1999 est.)	$10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North	$12 billion (1996 est.)	$12.5 billion (2001 est.)
Korea, South	$128.2 billion (2001)	$342.7 billion (30 September 2007)
Kosovo	-	Serbia continued to pay Kosovo's external debt, which it claimed was around $1.2 billion; Kosovo was willing to accept around $900 million, according to the national bank of Serbia (2007)
Kuwait	$6.9 billion (2000 est.)	$33.61 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan	$1.6 billion (2001 est.)	$2.966 billion (30 June 2007)
Laos	$2.53 billion (1999)	$3.179 billion (2006)
Latvia	$3.4 billion (2000 est.)	$29.85 billion (30 June 2007)
Lebanon	$8.4 billion (2001 est.)	$34.67 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Lesotho	$715 million (2001 est.)	$693 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Liberia	$2.1 billion (2000 est.)	$3.2 billion (2005 est.)
Libya	$4.7 billion (2001 est.)	$4.837 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Liechtenstein	$0 (1996) (2001)	$0 (2001)
Lithuania	$5.8 billion (2002 est.)	$22.7 billion (30 June 2007)
Luxembourg	$NA	$NA
Macau	$1.5 billion (1998)	$0 (2006)
Macedonia	-	$2.561 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	$1.3 billion (2001 est.)	-
Madagascar	$4.5 billion (2000)	$4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi	$2.8 billion (2001 est.)	$622 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Malaysia	$44.7 billion (2001 est.)	$57.83 billion (30 June 2007)
Maldives	$237 million (2000 est.)	$482 million (2006 est.)
Mali	$3.3 billion (2000)	$2.8 billion (2002)
Malta	$130 million (1997) (1997)	$188.8 million (2005)
Marshall Islands	$86.5 million	$86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)
Martinique	$180 million (1994) (1994)	-
Mauritania	$1.6 billion (2000) (2000)	$2.5 billion (2000)
Mauritius	$2.3 billion (2000 est.)	$2.583 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mayotte	$NA	$NA
Mexico	$191 billion (2001) (2001)	$182 billion (30 June 2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of	$66.5 million	$60.8 million (FY05 est.)
Moldova	$1.3 billion (2002)	$2.774 billion (30 June 2007)
Monaco	$NA	$18 billion (2000 est.)
Mongolia	$760 million (2000 est.)	$1.38 billion (2005)
Montenegro	-	$650 million (2006)
Montserrat	$8.9 million (1997) (1997)	$8.9 million (1997)
Morocco	$19 billion (2001 est.)	$16.86 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mozambique	$1 billion (2001 est.)	$4.284 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Namibia	$217 million (2000 est.)	$1.429 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Nauru	$33.3 million	$33.3 million (2002)
Nepal	$2.55 billion (FY00/01)	$3.07 billion (March 2006)
Netherlands	-	$2.277 trillion (30 June 2007)
Netherlands Antilles	$1.35 billion (1996) (1996)	$2.68 billion (2004)
New Caledonia	$79 million (1998 est.)	$79 million (1998 est.)
New Zealand	$31.1 billion (2001 est.)	$50.02 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Nicaragua	$6.1 billion (2001 est.)	$3.702 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Niger	$1.6 billion (1999 est.)	$2.1 billion (2003 est.)
Nigeria	$32 billion (2000 est.)	$5.815 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Niue	$NA	$418,000 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island	$NA	$NA
Northern Mariana Islands	$NA	$NA
Norway	$0 (Norway is a net external creditor)	$469.1 billion; note - Norway is a net external creditor (30 June 2007)
Oman	$5.3 billion (2000 est.)	$3.483 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Pakistan	$31.5 billion (2001 est.)	$40.32 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Palau	$0 (FY99/00)	$0 (FY99/00)
Panama	$7.6 billion (2001 est.)	$10.56 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea	$2.6 billion (2000 est.)	$1.814 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Paraguay	$2.9 billion (2001 est.)	$3.632 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Peru	$33.1 billion (2001 est.)	$27.81 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Philippines	$50 billion (2001)	$62.84 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Pitcairn Islands	$NA	-
Poland	$64 billion (2000)	$187.8 billion (30 June 2007)
Portugal	$13.1 billion (1997 est.)	$415.5 billion (30 June 2007)
Puerto Rico	$NA	$NA
Qatar	$13.1 billion (2000 est.)	$31.07 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Reunion	$NA	-
Romania	$11.6 billion (2001 est.)	$85.86 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Russia	$149 billion (2001 est.)	$384.8 billion (30 June 2007)
Rwanda	$1.3 billion (2000 est.)	$1.4 billion (2004 est.)
Saint Helena	$NA	$NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis	$140 million (2000) (2000)	$314 million (2004)
Saint Lucia	$214 million (2000) (2000)	$257 million (2004)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	$NA	$NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	$167.2 million (2000) (2000)	$223 million (2004)
Samoa	$192 million (1999)	$177 million (2004)
San Marino	$NA	$NA
Sao Tome and Principe	$253.8 million (2000) (2000)	$318 million (2002)
Saudi Arabia	$23.8 billion (2001 est.)	$52.89 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Senegal	$3.1 billion (2002 est.)	$1.604 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Serbia	-	$28.24 billion (includes Montenegro) (2007 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro	$9.2 billion (2001 est.)	-
Seychelles	$240 million (1999 est.)	$957 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Sierra Leone	$1.3 billion (2000)	$1.61 billion (2003 est.)
Singapore	$8.3 billion (2001 est.)	$25.53 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Slovakia	$9.6 billion (2002 est.)	$36.66 billion (30 June 2007)
Slovenia	$7.9 billion (2001)	$40.42 billion (30 June 2007)
Solomon Islands	$137 million (2001 est.)	$166 million (2004)
Somalia	$2.6 billion (2000 est.)	$3 billion (2001 est.)
South Africa	$25.5 billion (2001 est.)	$64.8 billion (30 September 2007)
Spain	$90 billion (1993 est.)	$2.047 trillion (30 June 2007 est.)
Sri Lanka	$9.9 billion (2000)	$13.52 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Sudan	$24.9 billion (2000 est.)	$29.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Suriname	$512 million (2000 est.)	$504.3 million (2005 est.)
Swaziland	$336 million (2001 est.)	$538.6 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Sweden	$66.5 billion (1994) (1994)	$598.2 billion (30 June 2006)
Switzerland	$NA	$1.34 trillion (30 June 2007)
Syria	$22 billion (2001 est.)	$6.61 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Taiwan	$40 billion (2000)	$85.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Tajikistan	$1.23 billion (2000 est.)	$1.308 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tanzania	$6.8 billion (2000 est.)	$4.984 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Thailand	$69.4 billion (2001 est.)	$58.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Togo	$1.5 billion (1999) (1999)	$2 billion (2005)
Tokelau	$0	-
Tonga	$57.5 million (June 2001)	$80.7 million (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago	$2.2 billion (2000 est.)	$3.025 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tunisia	$11.5 billion (2001 est.)	$18.56 billion (December 2007)
Turkey	$118.3 billion (September 2001 )	$226.4 billion (30 June 2007)
Turkmenistan	$2.3 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.)	$2.4 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands	$NA	$NA
Tuvalu	$NA	$NA
Uganda	$3.4 billion (2001 est.)	$1.39 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ukraine	$11.8 billion (2001)	$65.38 billion (30 June 2007)
United Arab Emirates	$12.6 billion (2001 est.)	$41.51 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
United Kingdom	$NA	$10.45 trillion (30 June 2007)
United States	$862 billion (1995 est.)	$12.25 trillion (30 June 2007)
Uruguay	$7.7 billion (2001 est.)	$12 billion (30 September 2007)
Uzbekistan	$5.1 billion (2001 est.)	$5.398 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vanuatu	$64.6 million (1999 est.)	$81.2 million (2004)
Venezuela	$34.5 billion (2000) (2000)	$45.44 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vietnam	$13.2 billion (2000)	$24.41 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Virgin Islands	$NA	$NA
Wallis and Futuna	$NA	$3.67 million (2004)
West Bank	$108 million (includes Gaza Strip) (1997 est.)	$NA
Western Sahara	$NA	$NA
World	$2 trillion for less developed countries (2001 est.)	$54.31 trillion note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private (2004 est.)
Yemen	$4.7 billion (2001)	$6.122 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zambia	$5.8 billion (2001)	$2.798 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zimbabwe	$5 billion (2001 est.)	$4.876 billion (31 December 2007 est.)