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

Debt - external (2008)

Debt - external (2002)

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

$5.5 billion (1996 est.)

Albania

$1.55 billion (2004)

$784 million (2000)

Algeria

$3.358 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$24.7 billion (2001 est.)

American Samoa

$NA

Andorra

$NA

Angola

$8.835 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$10.4 billion (2001 est.)

Anguilla

$8.8 million (1998)

Antigua and Barbuda

$359.8 million (June 2006)

$231 million (1999)

Argentina

$118 billion (30 September 2007)

$155 billion (2001 est.)

Armenia

$1.372 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$839 million (June 2001)

Aruba

$478.6 million (2005 est.)

$285 million (1996)

Australia

$757.9 billion (30 June 2007)

$176.8 billion (2001 est.)

Austria

$752.5 billion (30 June 2007)

$12.1 billion (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan

$2.022 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$1.4 billion (2002)

Bahamas, The

$342.6 million (2004 est.)

$381.9 million (2000)

Bahrain

$7.692 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$2.8 billion (2000)

Bangladesh

$20.25 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$17 billion (2000) (2000)

Barbados

$668 million (2003)

$425 million

Belarus

$9.272 billion (30 June 2007)

$770 million (2001 est.)

Belgium

$1.313 trillion (30 June 2007)

$28.3 billion (1999 est.)

Belize

$1.2 billion (June 2005 est.)

$500 million (2000 est.)

Benin

$1.2 billion (2007)

$1.18 billion (2000)

Bermuda

$160 million (FY99/00)

$145 million (FY99/00)

Bhutan

$593 million (2004)

$245 million (1998)

Bolivia

$3.8 billion (31December 2007 est.)

$5.8 billion (2001 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$7.057 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$2.8 billion (2001)

Botswana

$513 million (31 December 2007 est.)

$325 million (2001)

Brazil

$230.3 billion (30 June 2007)

$251 billion (2001) (2001)

British Virgin Islands

$36.1 million (1997)

Brunei

$0 (2005)

$0

Bulgaria

$29.29 billion (30 June 2007)

$10.3 billion (2001 est.)

Burkina Faso

$1.33 billion (2007)

$1.5 billion (1999)

Burma

$6.914 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$6 billion

Burundi

$1.2 billion (2003)

$1.12 billion (2001 est.)

Cambodia

$3.98 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$829 million (1999 est.)

Cameroon

$2.449 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$10.9 billion (2000 est.)

Canada

$758.6 billion (30 June 2007)

$1.9 billion (2000) (2000)

Cape Verde

$325 million (2002)

$301 million (2000)

Cayman Islands

$70 million (1996)

Central African Republic

$1.153 billion (2007 est.)

$881.4 million (2000 est.)

Chad

$1.6 billion (2005 est.)

$1.1 billion (2000 est.)

Chile

$49.18 billion (30 June 2007)

$39.6 billion (2001) (2001)

China

$363 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$149.4 billion (2002 est.)

Christmas Island

-

$NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

-

$NA

Colombia

$43.3 billion (30 June 2007)

$39 billion (2001 est.)

Comoros

$232 million (2000 est.)

$225 million

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

$10 billion (2006 est.)

$12.9 billion (2000 est.)

Congo, Republic of the

$5 billion (2000 est.)

$5 billion (1999 est.)

Cook Islands

$141 million (1996 est.)

Costa Rica

$7.163 billion (30 June 2007)

$4.6 billion (2001 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

$10.91 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$13.3 billion (2000 est.)

Croatia

$41.56 billion (30 June 2007)

$16.5 billion (2001)

Cuba

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

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

Cyprus

area under government control: $26.12 billion

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

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

Czech Republic

$61.74 billion (30 June 2007)

$24.6 billion (2001)

Denmark

$492.6 billion (30 June 2007)

$21.7 billion (2000)

Djibouti

$428 million (2006)

$366 million (2002 est.)

Dominica

$213 million (2004)

$150 million (2000) (2000)

Dominican Republic

$8.842 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$5.4 billion (2001 est.)

East Timor

-

$NA

Ecuador

$17.56 billion (31 October 2007)

$14 billion (2001) (2001)

Egypt

$29.9 billion (30 June 2007)

$29 billion (2001 est.)

El Salvador

$5.444 billion (December 2007)

$4.9 billion (2001 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

$288 million (31 December 2007 est.)

$225 million (2000 est.)

Eritrea

$311 million (2000 est.)

$281 million (2000 est.)

Estonia

$20.24 billion (30 June 2007)

$3.3 billion (2001 est.)

Ethiopia

$3.793 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$5.3 billion (2001 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$NA

Faroe Islands

$64 million (1999)

Fiji

$127 million (2004 est.)

$162.7 million (1999)

Finland

$271.2 billion (30 June 2007)

$30 billion (December 1993)

France

$4.396 trillion (30 June 2007)

$106 billion (1998)

French Guiana

-

$1.2 billion (1988) (1988)

French Polynesia

$NA

Gabon

$3.579 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$3.6 billion (2001 est.)

Gambia, The

$628.8 million (2003 est.)

$440 million (2001 est.)

Gaza Strip

$NA

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

Georgia

$4.5 billion (2007)

$1.7 billion (2001)

Germany

$4.489 trillion (30 June 2007)

$NA

Ghana

$3.387 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$5.96 billion (2001 est.)

Gibraltar

$NA

Greece

$371.5 billion (30 June 2007)

$63.4 billion (2002 est.)

Greenland

$25 million (1999)

$25 million (1999) (1999)

Grenada

$347 million (2004)

$196 million (2000) (2000)

Guadeloupe

-

$NA

Guam

$NA

Guatemala

$5.561 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$4.5 billion (2001 est.)

Guernsey

$NA

Guinea

$3.298 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$3.6 billion (1999 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

$941.5 million (2000 est.)

$931 million (1999 est.)

Guyana

$1.2 billion (2002)

$1.1 billion (2000) (2000)

Haiti

$1.248 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$1.2 billion (1999) (1999)

Honduras

$3.871 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$5.6 billion (2001) (2001)

Hong Kong

$588 billion (2007 est.)

$58.8 billion (2001 est.)

Hungary

$142.9 billion (30 June 2007)

$31.5 billion (2002 est.)

Iceland

$3.073 billion (2002)

$2.6 billion (1999)

India

$165.4 billion (30 June 2007)

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

Indonesia

$137.2 billion (30 June 2007)

$135 billion (2001 est.)

Iran

$13.8 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$8.2 billion (2002 est.)

Iraq

$56.31 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$62.2 billion (2001 est.)

Ireland

$1.841 trillion (30 June 2007)

$11 billion (1998) (1998)

Isle of Man

$NA

Israel

$87.43 billion (30 June 2007)

$42.8 billion (2001 est.)

Italy

$2.345 trillion (30 June 2007)

$NA

Jamaica

$7.138 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$5.2 billion (2001 est.)

Japan

$1.492 trillion (30 June 2007)

$NA

Jersey

$NA

none

Jordan

$7.483 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$8.2 billion (2002 est.)

Kazakhstan

$92.08 billion (30 June 2007)

$11.6 billion (2001 est.)

Kenya

$7.715 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$8 billion (2001 est.)

Kiribati

$10 million (1999 est.)

Korea, North

$12.5 billion (2001 est.)

$12 billion (1996 est.)

Korea, South

$342.7 billion (30 September 2007)

$128.2 billion (2001)

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

$33.61 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$6.9 billion (2000 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

$2.966 billion (30 June 2007)

$1.6 billion (2001 est.)

Laos

$3.179 billion (2006)

$2.53 billion (1999)

Latvia

$29.85 billion (30 June 2007)

$3.4 billion (2000 est.)

Lebanon

$34.67 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$8.4 billion (2001 est.)

Lesotho

$693 million (31 December 2007 est.)

$715 million (2001 est.)

Liberia

$3.2 billion (2005 est.)

$2.1 billion (2000 est.)

Libya

$4.837 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$4.7 billion (2001 est.)

Liechtenstein

$0 (2001)

$0 (1996) (2001)

Lithuania

$22.7 billion (30 June 2007)

$5.8 billion (2002 est.)

Luxembourg

$NA

Macau

$0 (2006)

$1.5 billion (1998)

Macedonia

$2.561 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

-

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

-

$1.3 billion (2001 est.)

Madagascar

$4.6 billion (2002)

$4.5 billion (2000)

Malawi

$622 million (31 December 2007 est.)

$2.8 billion (2001 est.)

Malaysia

$57.83 billion (30 June 2007)

$44.7 billion (2001 est.)

Maldives

$482 million (2006 est.)

$237 million (2000 est.)

Mali

$2.8 billion (2002)

$3.3 billion (2000)

Malta

$188.8 million (2005)

$130 million (1997) (1997)

Marshall Islands

$86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)

$86.5 million

Martinique

-

$180 million (1994) (1994)

Mauritania

$2.5 billion (2000)

$1.6 billion (2000) (2000)

Mauritius

$2.583 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$2.3 billion (2000 est.)

Mayotte

$NA

Mexico

$182 billion (30 June 2007)

$191 billion (2001) (2001)

Micronesia, Federated States of

$60.8 million (FY05 est.)

$66.5 million

Moldova

$2.774 billion (30 June 2007)

$1.3 billion (2002)

Monaco

$18 billion (2000 est.)

$NA

Mongolia

$1.38 billion (2005)

$760 million (2000 est.)

Montenegro

$650 million (2006)

-

Montserrat

$8.9 million (1997)

$8.9 million (1997) (1997)

Morocco

$16.86 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$19 billion (2001 est.)

Mozambique

$4.284 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$1 billion (2001 est.)

Namibia

$1.429 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$217 million (2000 est.)

Nauru

$33.3 million (2002)

$33.3 million

Nepal

$3.07 billion (March 2006)

$2.55 billion (FY00/01)

Netherlands

$2.277 trillion (30 June 2007)

-

Netherlands Antilles

$2.68 billion (2004)

$1.35 billion (1996) (1996)

New Caledonia

$79 million (1998 est.)

New Zealand

$50.02 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$31.1 billion (2001 est.)

Nicaragua

$3.702 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$6.1 billion (2001 est.)

Niger

$2.1 billion (2003 est.)

$1.6 billion (1999 est.)

Nigeria

$5.815 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$32 billion (2000 est.)

Niue

$418,000 (2002 est.)

$NA

Norfolk Island

$NA

Northern Mariana Islands

$NA

Norway

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

$0 (Norway is a net external creditor)

Oman

$3.483 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$5.3 billion (2000 est.)

Pakistan

$40.32 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$31.5 billion (2001 est.)

Palau

$0 (FY99/00)

Panama

$10.56 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$7.6 billion (2001 est.)

Papua New Guinea

$1.814 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$2.6 billion (2000 est.)

Paraguay

$3.632 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$2.9 billion (2001 est.)

Peru

$27.81 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$33.1 billion (2001 est.)

Philippines

$62.84 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$50 billion (2001)

Pitcairn Islands

-

$NA

Poland

$187.8 billion (30 June 2007)

$64 billion (2000)

Portugal

$415.5 billion (30 June 2007)

$13.1 billion (1997 est.)

Puerto Rico

$NA

Qatar

$31.07 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$13.1 billion (2000 est.)

Reunion

-

$NA

Romania

$85.86 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$11.6 billion (2001 est.)

Russia

$384.8 billion (30 June 2007)

$149 billion (2001 est.)

Rwanda

$1.4 billion (2004 est.)

$1.3 billion (2000 est.)

Saint Helena

$NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$314 million (2004)

$140 million (2000) (2000)

Saint Lucia

$257 million (2004)

$214 million (2000) (2000)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$223 million (2004)

$167.2 million (2000) (2000)

Samoa

$177 million (2004)

$192 million (1999)

San Marino

$NA

Sao Tome and Principe

$318 million (2002)

$253.8 million (2000) (2000)

Saudi Arabia

$52.89 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$23.8 billion (2001 est.)

Senegal

$1.604 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$3.1 billion (2002 est.)

Serbia

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

-

Serbia and Montenegro

-

$9.2 billion (2001 est.)

Seychelles

$957 million (31 December 2007 est.)

$240 million (1999 est.)

Sierra Leone

$1.61 billion (2003 est.)

$1.3 billion (2000)

Singapore

$25.53 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$8.3 billion (2001 est.)

Slovakia

$36.66 billion (30 June 2007)

$9.6 billion (2002 est.)

Slovenia

$40.42 billion (30 June 2007)

$7.9 billion (2001)

Solomon Islands

$166 million (2004)

$137 million (2001 est.)

Somalia

$3 billion (2001 est.)

$2.6 billion (2000 est.)

South Africa

$64.8 billion (30 September 2007)

$25.5 billion (2001 est.)

Spain

$2.047 trillion (30 June 2007 est.)

$90 billion (1993 est.)

Sri Lanka

$13.52 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$9.9 billion (2000)

Sudan

$29.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$24.9 billion (2000 est.)

Suriname

$504.3 million (2005 est.)

$512 million (2000 est.)

Swaziland

$538.6 million (31 December 2007 est.)

$336 million (2001 est.)

Sweden

$598.2 billion (30 June 2006)

$66.5 billion (1994) (1994)

Switzerland

$1.34 trillion (30 June 2007)

$NA

Syria

$6.61 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$22 billion (2001 est.)

Taiwan

$85.8 billion (31 December 2007)

$40 billion (2000)

Tajikistan

$1.308 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$1.23 billion (2000 est.)

Tanzania

$4.984 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$6.8 billion (2000 est.)

Thailand

$58.6 billion (30 June 2007)

$69.4 billion (2001 est.)

Togo

$2 billion (2005)

$1.5 billion (1999) (1999)

Tokelau

-

$0

Tonga

$80.7 million (2004)

$57.5 million (June 2001)

Trinidad and Tobago

$3.025 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$2.2 billion (2000 est.)

Tunisia

$18.56 billion (December 2007)

$11.5 billion (2001 est.)

Turkey

$226.4 billion (30 June 2007)

$118.3 billion (September 2001 )

Turkmenistan

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

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

Turks and Caicos Islands

$NA

Tuvalu

$NA

Uganda

$1.39 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$3.4 billion (2001 est.)

Ukraine

$65.38 billion (30 June 2007)

$11.8 billion (2001)

United Arab Emirates

$41.51 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$12.6 billion (2001 est.)

United Kingdom

$10.45 trillion (30 June 2007)

$NA

United States

$12.25 trillion (30 June 2007)

$862 billion (1995 est.)

Uruguay

$12 billion (30 September 2007)

$7.7 billion (2001 est.)

Uzbekistan

$5.398 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$5.1 billion (2001 est.)

Vanuatu

$81.2 million (2004)

$64.6 million (1999 est.)

Venezuela

$45.44 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$34.5 billion (2000) (2000)

Vietnam

$24.41 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$13.2 billion (2000)

Virgin Islands

$NA

Wallis and Futuna

$3.67 million (2004)

$NA

West Bank

$NA

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

Western Sahara

$NA

World

$54.31 trillion

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

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

Yemen

$6.122 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$4.7 billion (2001)

Zambia

$2.798 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$5.8 billion (2001)

Zimbabwe

$4.876 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

$5 billion (2001 est.)

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