|  |  | Debt - external (2001) | Debt - external (2003) | 
				|  | Afghanistan | $5.5 billion (1996 est.) | NA (1996 est.) | 
				|  | Albania | $1 billion (2000) | $784 million (2000) | 
				|  | Algeria | $25 billion (2000 est.) | $21.6 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | American Samoa | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Andorra | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Angola | $10.8 billion (2000 est.) | $9.9 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Anguilla | $8.8 million (1998) | $8.8 million (1998) | 
				|  | Antigua and Barbuda | $357 million (1998) | $231 million (1999) | 
				|  | Argentina | $154 billion (2000 est.) | $155 billion (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Armenia | $836 million (January 2001) | $905 million (June 2001) | 
				|  | Aruba | $285 million (1996) | $285 million (1996) | 
				|  | Australia | $220.6 billion (2000) | $176.8 billion (yearend 2002 est.) | 
				|  | Austria | $16 billion (1999) | $12.1 billion (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Azerbaijan | $1 billion (2000) | $1.4 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Bahamas, The | $385.8 million (2000 est.) | $371.6 million (2001) | 
				|  | Bahrain | $2.7 billion (2000) | $3.7 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Bangladesh | $17 billion (2000) | $16.5 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Barbados | $425 million (2000 est.) | $692 million (2002) | 
				|  | Belarus | $1 billion (2000 est.) | $851 million (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Belgium | $28.3 billion (1999 est.) | $28.3 billion (1999 est.) | 
				|  | Belize | $338 million (1998) | $475 million (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Benin | $1.6 billion (1998 est.) | $1.6 billion (2000) | 
				|  | Bermuda | $NA | $145 million (FY 99/00) | 
				|  | Bhutan | $120 million (1998) | $245 million (2000) | 
				|  | Bolivia | $6.6 billion (2000) | $5.9 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $3.4 billion (2000 est.) | $2.8 billion (2001) | 
				|  | Botswana | $455 million (2000) | $360 million (2002) | 
				|  | Brazil | $232 billion (2000) | $222.4 billion (2002) | 
				|  | British Virgin Islands | $36.1 million (1997) | $36.1 million (1997) | 
				|  | Brunei | $0 | $0 | 
				|  | Bulgaria | $10.4 billion (2000 est.) | $10.3 billion (yearend 2002) | 
				|  | Burkina Faso | $1.3 billion (1997) | $1.3 billion (2000) | 
				|  | Burma | $6 billion (FY99/00 est.) | $6.1 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Burundi | $1.12 billion (1999 est.) | $1.14 billion (2001) | 
				|  | Cambodia | $829 million (1999 est.) | $829 million (1999 est.) | 
				|  | Cameroon | $10.9 billion (2000 est.) | $8.6 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Canada | $1.9 billion (2000) | $1.9 billion $NA (2000) | 
				|  | Cape Verde | $260 million (2000) | $325 million (2002) | 
				|  | Cayman Islands | $70 million (1996) | $70 million (1996) | 
				|  | Central African Republic | $790 million (1999 est.) | $881.4 million (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Chad | $1 billion (1999 est.) | $1.1 billion (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Chile | $39 billion (2000) | $40.4 billion (2002) | 
				|  | China | $162 billion (2000 est.) | $149.4 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Christmas Island | $NA | $NA | 
				|  Islands-2001-bmala.jpg) | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Colombia | $34 billion (2000 est.) | $38.4 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Comoros | $197 million (1997 est.) | $232 million (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | $13 billion (1998 est.) | $12.9 billion (2000 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 | $4.2 billion (2000 est.) | $4.8 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Cote d'Ivoire | $13.9 billion (2000 est.) | $10.3 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Croatia | $9.9 billion (December 1999) | $16.5 billion (yearend 2002 est.) | 
				|  | Cuba | $11.1 billion (convertible currency, 1999); another $15 billion -$20 billion owed to Russia (2000) | $12.3 billion (convertible currency); another $15 billion -$20 billion owed to Russia (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: $NA; Turkish Cypriot area: $NA | Greek Cypriot area: $8 billion; Turkish Cypriot area: $NA (2002) | 
				|  | Czech Republic | $21.3 billion (2000) | $23.8 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Denmark | $21.7 billion (2000) | $21.7 billion (2000) | 
				|  | Djibouti | $356 million (1999 est.) | $366 million (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Dominica | $108.9 million (1999) | $161.5 million (2001) | 
				|  | Dominican Republic | $4.7 billion (2000 est.) | $4.8 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | East Timor | - | $NA | 
				|  | Ecuador | $15 billion (1999) | $14.4 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Egypt | $31 billion (2000 est.) | $30.5 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | El Salvador | $4.1 billion (2000 est.) | $5.6 billion (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Equatorial Guinea | $290 million (1999 est.) | $248 million (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Eritrea | $281 million (2000 est.) | $311 million (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Estonia | $1.6 billion (2000 est.) | $3.3 billion (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Ethiopia | $10 billion (1999 est.) | $5.3 billion (2001 est.) | 
				| -2001-bmala.jpg) | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Faroe Islands | $64 million (1999) | $64 million (1999) | 
				|  | Fiji | $193 million (1998) | $135.9 million (2000) | 
				|  | Finland | $30 billion (December 1993) | $30 billion (December 1993) | 
				|  | France | $106 billion (1998) | NA (1998) | 
				|  | French Guiana | $1.2 billion (1988) | $1.2 billion (1988) | 
				|  | French Polynesia | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Gabon | $3.9 billion (2000 est.) | $3.8 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Gambia, The | $440 million (2001 est.) | $476 million (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Gaza Strip | $108 million (1997 est.) (includes West Bank) | $108 million (includes West Bank) (1997 est.) | 
				|  | Georgia | $1.9 billion (2000) | $1.7 billion (2001) | 
				|  | Germany | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Ghana | $7 billion (1999 est.) | $7.2 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Gibraltar | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Greece | $57 billion (2000 est.) | $63.4 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Greenland | $25 million (1999) | $25 million (1999) | 
				|  | Grenada | $182.8 million (1998) | $196 million (2000) | 
				|  | Guadeloupe | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Guam | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Guatemala | $4.7 billion (2000 est.) | $4.9 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Guernsey | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Guinea | $3.6 billion (1999 est.) | $3.4 billion (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Guinea-Bissau | $964 million (1998 est.) | $941.5 million (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Guyana | $1.1 billion (2000) | $1.2 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Haiti | $1 billion (1998 est.) | $1.2 billion (1999) | 
				|  | Honduras | $5.4 billion (2000) | $5.4 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Hong Kong | $48.1 billion (1999) | $49.5 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Hungary | $29.6 billion (2000) | $31.5 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Iceland | $2.6 billion (1999) | $2.6 billion (1999) | 
				|  | India | $99.6 billion (2000) | $100.6 billion (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Indonesia | $144 billion (2000 est.) | $131 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Iran | $7.5 billion (2000 est.) | $8.7 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Iraq | $139 billion (2000 est.) | $120 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Ireland | $11 billion (1998) | $11 billion (1998) | 
				|  | Isle of Man | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Israel | $38 billion (2000 est.) | $42.8 billion (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Italy | $NA | NA | 
				|  | Jamaica | $4.7 billion (2000 est.) | $5.3 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Japan | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Jersey | none | none | 
				|  | Jordan | $8 billion (2000 est.) | $8.2 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Kazakhstan | $12.5 billion (2000 est.) | $6.6 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Kenya | $6.2 billion (2000) | $5.7 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Kiribati | $10 million (1999 est.) | $10 million (1999 est.) | 
				|  | Korea, North | $12 billion (1996 est.) | $12 billion (1996 est.) | 
				|  | Korea, South | $137 billion (November 2000) | $135.2 billion (yearend 2002 est.) | 
				|  | Kuwait | $6.9 billion (2000 est.) | $10.4 billion (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Kyrgyzstan | $1.4 billion (2000 est.) | $1.5 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Laos | $2.46 billion (1998 est.) | $2.53 billion (1999) | 
				|  | Latvia | $800 million (2000 est.) | $3.4 billion (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Lebanon | $9.6 billion (2000 est.) | $9.3 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Lesotho | $720 million (2000 est.) | $735 million (2002) | 
				|  | Liberia | $3 billion (1999 est.) | $2.1 billion (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Libya | $4.1 billion (2000 est.) | $4.4 billion (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Liechtenstein | $0 (1996) | $0 (2001) | 
				|  | Lithuania | $2.5 billion (2000 est.) | $5.8 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Luxembourg | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Macau | $1.7 billion (1997) | $255 million (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | $1.4 billion (2000) | $1.3 billion (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Madagascar | $4.4 billion (1999) | $4.6 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Malawi | $2.9 billion (2000 est.) | $2.9 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Malaysia | $41.8 billion (2000 est.) | $47.5 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Maldives | $237 million (2000 est.) | $281 million (2003 est.) | 
				|  | Mali | $3 billion (1999) | $3.3 billion (2000) | 
				|  | Malta | $130 million (1997) | $130 million (1997) | 
				|  | Marshall Islands | $125 million (FY96/97 est.) | $86.5 million (FY 99/00 est.) | 
				|  | Martinique | $180 million (1994) | $180 million (1994) | 
				|  | Mauritania | $2.1 billion (1999) | $2.5 billion (2000) | 
				|  | Mauritius | $1.9 billion (1998 est.) | $2.4 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Mayotte | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Mexico | $162 billion (2000) | $150 billion (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Micronesia, Federated States of | $111 million (1997 est.) | $53.1 million (FY 02/03 est.) | 
				|  | Moldova | $900 million (2000) | $1.3 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Monaco | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Mongolia | $760 million (2000 est.) | $913 million (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Montserrat | $8.9 million (1997) | $8.9 million (1997) | 
				|  | Morocco | $18.4 billion (2000 est.) | $17.7 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Mozambique | $1.4 billion (2000 est.) | $966 million (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Namibia | $217 million (2000 est.) | $517 million (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Nauru | $33.3 million | $33.3 million | 
				|  | Nepal | $2.4 billion (1997) | $2.55 billion (FY 00/01) | 
				|  | Netherlands | $0 | - | 
				|  | Netherlands Antilles | $1.35 billion (1996) | $1.35 billion (1996) | 
				|  | New Caledonia | $79 million (1998 est.) | $79 million (1998 est.) | 
				|  | New Zealand | $30.8 billion (2000 est.) | $33 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Nicaragua | $6.4 billion (2000 est.) | $5.8 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Niger | $1.3 billion (1999 est.) | $1.6 billion (1999 est.) | 
				|  | Nigeria | $32 billion (2000 est.) | $29.7 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Niue | $NA | $418,000 (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Norfolk Island | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Northern Mariana Islands | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Norway | $0 (Norway is a net external creditor) | $0 (Norway is a net external creditor) | 
				|  | Oman | $4.5 billion (2000 est.) | $5.7 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Pakistan | $38 billion (2000 est.) | $32.3 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Palau | $0 (FY99/00) | $0 (FY 99/00) | 
				|  | Panama | $7.56 billion (2000 est.) | $7 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Papua New Guinea | $2.9 billion (2000 est.) | $2.8 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Paraguay | $3 billion (2000 est.) | $3.2 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Peru | $31 billion (2000 est.) | $29.2 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Philippines | $52 billion (1999) | $60.3 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Pitcairn Islands | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Poland | $57 billion (2000) | $64 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Portugal | $13.1 billion (1997 est.) | $13.1 billion (1997 est.) | 
				|  | Puerto Rico | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Qatar | $13.1 billion (2000 est.) | $15.4 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Reunion | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Romania | $9.3 billion (2000 est.) | $13.7 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Russia | $163 billion (2000 est.) | $153.5 billion (yearend 2002) | 
				|  | Rwanda | $1.3 billion (1999) | $1.3 billion (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Saint Helena | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $115.1 million (1998) | $171 million (2001) | 
				|  | Saint Lucia | $131.6 million (1998) | $214 million (2000) | 
				|  | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $99.3 million (1998) | $167.2 million (2000) | 
				|  | Samoa | $180 million (1998 est.) | $197 million (2000) | 
				|  | San Marino | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Sao Tome and Principe | $268 million (2000) | $253.8 million (2000) | 
				|  | Saudi Arabia | $26.3 billion (2000 est.) | $25.9 billion (2003 est.) | 
				|  | Senegal | $4.1 billion (1998 est.) | $3.1 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Serbia and Montenegro | - | $9.2 billion (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Seychelles | $240 million (1999 est.) | $170 million (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Sierra Leone | $1.28 billion (1999) | $1.5 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Singapore | $9.7 billion (2000) | $8.2 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Slovakia | $10.3 billion (2000 est.) | $9.6 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Slovenia | $6.2 billion (2000) | $7.9 billion (2001) | 
				|  | Solomon Islands | $152.4 million (1998) | $137 million (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Somalia | $2.6 billion (1999 est.) | $2.6 billion (2000 est.) | 
				|  | South Africa | $25.6 billion (2000 est.) | $24.7 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Spain | $90 billion (1993 est.) | $90 billion (1993 est.) | 
				|  | Sri Lanka | $9.9 billion (2000) | $9.8 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Sudan | $24.9 billion (2000 est.) | $15.8 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Suriname | $512 million (2000 est.) | $321 million (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Swaziland | $281 million (2000 est.) | $320 million (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Sweden | $66.5 billion (1994) | $66.5 billion (1994) | 
				|  | Switzerland | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Syria | $22 billion (2000 est.) | $22 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Taiwan | $40 billion (2000) | $24.7 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Tajikistan | $1.3 billion (1999 est.) | $1 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Tanzania | $6.8 billion (2000 est.) | $6.8 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Thailand | $90 billion (2000 est.) | $62.5 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Togo | $1.5 billion (1999) | $1.4 billion (2000) | 
				|  | Tokelau | $0 | $0 | 
				|  | Tonga | $62 million (1998) | $57.5 million (June 2001) | 
				|  | Trinidad and Tobago | $2.8 billion (2000 est.) | $2.8 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Tunisia | $13 billion (2000 est.) | $13.6 billion (2003 est.) | 
				|  | Turkey | $109 billion (2000 est.) | $118.3 billion (Yearend 2001) | 
				|  | Turkmenistan | $2.5 billion (2000 est.) | $2.4 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.) | 
				|  | Turks and Caicos Islands | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Tuvalu | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Uganda | $3.6 billion (2000 est.) | $2.8 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Ukraine | $10.3 billion (2000) | $14.2 billion (2002) | 
				|  | United Arab Emirates | $12.6 billion (2000 est.) | $18.5 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | United Kingdom | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | United States | $862 billion (1995 est.) | $862 billion (1995 est.) | 
				|  | Uruguay | $8 billion (2000 est.) | $11.8 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Uzbekistan | $3.3 billion (1999 est.) | $4.6 billion (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Vanuatu | $48 million (1997 est.) | $68.6 million (2000 est.) | 
				|  | Venezuela | $34 billion (2000) | $38.2 billion (2000) | 
				|  | Vietnam | $13.2 billion (2000) | $14.1 billion (2001) | 
				|  | Virgin Islands | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | Wallis and Futuna | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | West Bank | $108 million (includes Gaza Strip) (1997 est.) | $108 million (includes Gaza Strip) (1997 est.) | 
				|  | Western Sahara | $NA | $NA | 
				|  | World | $2 trillion for less developed countries (2000 est.) | $2 trillion for less developed countries (2002 est.) | 
				|  | Yemen | $4.4 billion (2000) | $6.2 billion (2002) | 
				|  | Yugoslavia | $14.1 billion (1999 est.) | - | 
				|  | Zambia | $6.5 billion (2000) | $5.8 billion (2001) | 
				|  | Zimbabwe | $4.1 billion (2000 est.) | $3.9 billion (2002 est.) |