List of countries by external debt
This is a list of countries by external debt, which is the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods or services, 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.

List of countries by external debt

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Table Section Text: This is a list of countries by external debt, which is the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods or services, 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.

Rank	Country/Region	External debt US dollars	Date	Per capita US dollars	% of GDP

1	United States	1.62846×1013	December 2017	58,200	115

2	United Kingdom	8.475956×1012	31 December 2017	127,000	313

3	France	5.689745×1012	31 December 2017	87,200	213

4	Germany	5.398267×1012	31 December 2017	65,600	141

5	Netherlands	4.5104×1012	31 December 2017	265,400	522

6	Luxembourg	3.781×1012	31 December 2017	6,968,000	6,307

7	Japan	3.586817×1012	31 December 2017	28,200	74

8	Italy	2.51069×1012	31 December 2017	42,300	124

9	Spain	2.259127×1012	31 December 2017	48,700	167

10	Canada	1.9319×1012	31 December 2017	52,300	115

11	China	1.8435×1012	31 March 2018	1,326	15

12	Switzerland	1.820695×1012	31 December 2017	213,100	269

13	Australia	1.48772×1012	30 June 2017	60,800	126

14	Singapore	1.320567×1012	30 June 2017	231,000	453

15	Belgium	1.278465×1012	30 June 2017	112,000	265

16	Hong Kong	1.08160806×1011	30 June 2017	14,820	35

17	Sweden	9.939396629×1011	30 June 2017	94,500	177

18	Austria	6.3834×1011	30 June 2017	73,100	167

19	Norway	6.044238×1011	30 June 2017	117,000	169

20	Brazil	5.56418×1011	30 September 2017	3,200	30

21	Russia	5.37458×1011	30 September 2017	3,700	40

22	India	5.29×1011	29 June 2018	380	18

23	Denmark	4.91617×1011	30 June 2017	85,700	163

24	Finland	4.83369×1011	30 June 2017	87,500	196

25	Greece	4.76997×1011	31 December 2017	42,800	228

26	Turkey	4.53207×1011	31 December 2017	5,500	53

27	Portugal	4.47022×1011	30 June 2017	43,300	216

28	Mexico	4.37367×1011	31 December 2017	3,300	38

29	South Korea	4.07341×1011	30 June 2017	7,500	27

30	Poland	3.63658×1011	30 June 2017	9,500	70

31	Indonesia	3.35289×1011	30 June 2017	1,300	34

32	Malaysia	2.278445×1011	31 March 2018	6,800	75

33	Ireland	2.276×1011	31 December 2017	49,000	64

34	United Arab Emirates	2.204×1011	31 December 2016 est.	23,500	59

35	Saudi Arabia	2.009×1011	31 December 2016 est.	6,100	31

36	Argentina	3.63117×1011	31 December 2017	8,280	66

37	Mauritius	1.9971×1011	30 June 2018	148,000	1,536

38	Taiwan	1.99051×1011	30 June 2018	7,400	33

39	New Zealand	1.98815×1011	31 March 2018	40,300	100

40	Chile	1.832943×1011	31 May 2018	9,000	66

—	Puerto Rico	1.674×1011	31 January 2015 est.	47,800	164

41	Kazakhstan	1.65501×1011	31 March 2017	9,100	117

42	Qatar	1.592×1011	31 December 2016 est.	68,100	102

43	Thailand	1.4942955×1011	31 December 2017	2,170	33

44	Hungary	1.48024×1011	30 June 2017	15,000	121

45	South Africa	1.42833×1011	31 December 2016	2,600	48

46	Czech Republic	1.37606×1011	31 December 2016	13,000	70

47	Colombia	1.210972×1011	31 January 2017	2,500	43

48	Cyprus	1.19672×1011	30 June 2017	97,200	597

49	Ukraine	1.14836×1011	30 June 2017	2,600	122

50	Venezuela	1.10878×1011	30 September 2015	3,500	23

51	Romania	1.0888×1011	31 July 2017	5,100	55

53	Malta	9.62513×1010	30 June 2017	223,000	879

52	Pakistan	9.9108×1010	31 Dec 2018	380	36

54	Israel	8.94384×1010	30 June 2017	10,700	26

55	Slovakia	8.663×1010	30 June 2017	15,900	91

56	Peru	7.46512×1010	31 December 2016	2,300	38

57	Philippines	7.2493×1010	30 June 2017	720	25

58	Iraq	6.801×1010	31 December 2016 est.	1,800	44

59	Egypt	6.73226×1010	31 December 2016	700	41

61	Vietnam	5.09377×1010	31 December 2015	500	26

60	Slovenia	4.995×1010	30 June 2017	24,000	109

61	Morocco	4.88303×1010	30 June 2017	1,400	44

62	Kuwait	4.789×1010	31 December 2016 est.	11,700	43

63	Sri Lanka	4.65857×1010	31 December 2016	2,200	59

64	Croatia	4.60847×1010	30 June 2017	10,700	87

65	Sudan	4.5×1010	31 December 2015	1,100	47

66	Latvia	4.1147×1010	30 June 2017	21,200	147

67	Bulgaria	4.0419×1010	31 January 2018	5,700	66

68	Belarus	3.8975×1010	30 June 2017	4,000	83

69	Angola	3.77×1010	31 December 2016 est.	1,400	41

70	Ecuador	3.67472×1010	31 August 2017	2,100	35

71	Lithuania	3.64277×1010	30 June 2017	12,700	86

72	Serbia	2.7954×1010	30 June 2017	3,200	78

73	Lebanon	2.7796×1010	31 December 2016	4,600	54

74	Jordan	2.77564×1010	30 June 2017	3,400	30

75	Cuba	2.632×1010	31 December 2016 est.	2,300	34

76	Uruguay	2.61492×1010	31 December 2016	7,600	50

77	Dominican Republic	2.605×1010	31 December 2016 est.	2,400	36

78	Bangladesh	2.5963×1010	30 June 2016	160	12

79	Mongolia	2.5215×1010	30 June 2017	7,800	186

80	Tunisia	2.51247×1010	31 December 2012	2,200	56

81	Costa Rica	2.491×1010	31 December 2016 est.	5,100	43

82	Iceland	2.43906×1010	30 June 2017	72,700	118

83	Ethiopia	2.249×1010	31 December 2016 est.	220	32

84	Kenya	2.21719×1010	30 June 2017	370	26

85	Papua New Guinea	2.204×1010	31 December 2016 est.	2,800	111

86	Trinidad & Tobago	2.15321×1010	31 December 2016	15,700	76

87	Ghana	2.117×1010	31 December 2016 est.	700	50

88	Bahrain	2.116×1010	31 December 2016 est.	14,900	66

89	Oman	2.085×1010	31 December 2016 est.	4,400	35

90	Estonia	2.05251×1010	31 December 2016	15,700	91

91	Guatemala	1.909×1010	31 December 2016 est.	1,100	28

92	Palau	1.838×1010	31 December 2014 est.	846,000	6,209

93	Panama	1.8341×1010	28 February 2018	4,400	30

94	Bahamas	1.756×1010	31 December 2013 est.	44,200	194

95	Jamaica	1.676×1010	31 December 2016 est.	6,000	122

96	Monaco	1.65×1010	30 June 2010 est.	434,000	240

97	Georgia	1.64165×1010	30 June 2017	3,900	108

98	Paraguay	1.61224×1010	31 December 2016	2,400	58

99	Tanzania	1.589×1010	31 December 2016 est.	280	34

100	Uzbekistan	1.575×1010	31 December 2016 est.	500	24

101	Nigeria	1.5047×1010	30 June 2017	60	3

102	El Salvador	1.49×1010	31 December 2016 est.	2,400	56

103	Laos	1.198×1010	31 December 2016 est.	1,700	87

104	Nicaragua	1.11×1010	31 December 2016 est.	1,800	83

105	Zimbabwe	1.09×1010	31 December 2016 est.	670	77

106	Armenia	1.0044×1010	30 June 2017	3,300	94

107	Ivory Coast	1.00281×1010	31 December 2015	420	28

108	Cambodia	9.8244×109	31 December 2016	600	49

109	Mozambique	9.554×109	31 December 2016 est.	320	79

110	Zambia	9.27×109	31 December 2016 est.	540	45

111	Albania	8.6315×109	30 June 2017	2,900	73

112	Honduras	8.042×109	31 December 2016 est.	1,000	38

113	Kyrgyzstan	7.8668×109	31 December 2016	1,300	120

114	Macedonia	7.6455×109	31 December 2016	3,700	74

115	Cameroon	7.375×109	31 December 2016 est.	300	24

116	Yemen	7.1915×109	31 January 2015	260	21

117	Iran	7.116×109	31 December 2016 est.	90	2

118	Azerbaijan	6.9132×109	31 December 2016	1,300	20

119	Moldova	6.5947×109	31 December 2016	1,600	98

120	Namibia	6.515×109	31 December 2016 est.	2,500	64

121	Myanmar	6.4012×109	31 December 2015	120	17

122	Bolivia	6.3408×109	31 December 2015	600	19

123	Uganda	6.241×109	31 December 2016 est.	150	24

124	Senegal	6.186×109	31 December 2016 est.	390	42

125	Syria	5.918×109	31 December 2016 est.	300	24

126	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.331×109	31 December 2016 est.	70	13

127	Gabon	5.158×109	31 December 2016 est.	2,900	35

128	North Korea	5×109	2013 est.	200	18

129	Republic of the Congo	4.817×109	31 December 2016 est.	1,000	55

130	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.7166×109	30 June 2017	1,300	31

131	Barbados	4.49×109	2010 est.	15,700	100

132	Madagascar	4.007×109	31 December 2016 est.	160	41

133	Mali	3.626×109	31 December 2016 est.	200	26

134	Mauritania	3.585×109	31 December 2016 est.	840	76

135	Libya	3.531×109	31 December 2016 est.	550	9

136	Nepal	3.4502×109	31 July 2015	120	16

137	Algeria	3.139×109	30 June 2016	80	2

138	Burkina Faso	3.092×109	31 December 2016 est.	160	26

139	Somalia	3.054×109	31 December 2013 est.	270	52

140	Niger	2.729×109	31 December 2016 est.	130	36

141	Montenegro	2.64×109	30 June 2018	4,260	60

142	Seychelles	2.552×109	31 December 2016 est.	26,200	180

143	Rwanda	2.442×109	31 December 2016 est.	200	29

—	Bermuda	2.435×109	2015 est.	39,700	47

—	Kosovo	2.3897×109	30 June 2017	1,200	34

144	Benin	2.34×109	31 December 2016 est.	200	26

145	Tajikistan	2.2741×109	31 December 2016	260	35

146	Bhutan	2.261×109	31 December 2016 est.	2,900	108

147	Haiti	2.022×109	31 December 2016 est.	180	24

148	Malawi	1.921×109	31 December 2016 est.	100	35

149	Chad	1.875×109	31 December 2016 est.	130	18

150	Botswana	1.6854×109	31 March 2017	720	10

—	Palestine	1.662×109	31 March 2016 est.	340	17

151	Cape Verde	1.66×109	31 December 2016 est.	3,100	99

152	Sierra Leone	1.561×109	31 December 2016 est.	230	36

153	Equatorial Guinea	1.364×109	31 December 2016 est.	1,500	12

154	Djibouti	1.339×109	31 December 2016 est.	1,500	71

155	Guinea	1.332×109	31 December 2016 est.	100	20

156	Belize	1.327×109	31 December 2016 est.	3,500	75

157	Afghanistan	1.28×109	FY-2010/11	40	7

158	Suriname	1.235×109	31 December 2016 est.	2,200	30

159	Togo	1.173×109	31 December 2016 est.	150	26

160	Guyana	1.143×109	31 December 2015	1,500	36

161	Liberia	1.111×109	31 December 2016 est.	230	51

162	Guinea-Bissau	1.095×109	31 December 2010 est.	570	94

163	Lesotho	948,800,000	31 December 2016 est.	430	53

—	Faroe Islands	888,800,000	2010	18,400	38

164	Fiji	833,400,000	31 December 2016 est.	900	18

165	Eritrea	820,200,000	31 December 2016 est.	150	15

166	Maldives	741,600,000	2014 est.	2,000	23

167	Burundi	705,200,000	31 December 2016 est.	60	26

—	Aruba	693,200,000	31 December 2014 est.	6,600	28

168	Central African Republic	686,900,000	31 December 2016 est.	130	39

169	Grenada	679,000,000	2013 est.	6,300	66

170	The Gambia	541,800,000	31 December 2016 est.	260	61

171	Saint Lucia	513,200,000	31 December 2016 est.	2,700	36

172	Turkmenistan	502,800,000	31 December 2016 est.	90	1

173	Solomon Islands	491,500,000	31 December 2013 est.	800	40

174	Swaziland	470,500,000	31 December 2016 est.	360	14

175	Samoa	447,200,000	31 December 2013 est.	2,300	51

176	Antigua and Barbuda	441,200,000	31 December 2012	4,700	34

177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	321,100,000	31 December 2016 est.	2,900	42

178	Timor-Leste	311,500,000	31 December 2014 est.	250	12

179	Dominica	288,600,000	31 December 2016 est.	3,900	55

—	Cook Islands	281,200,000	31 December 2011	13,400	23

180	Sao Tome and Principe	236,500,000	31 December 2016 est.	1,200	67

181	Tonga	233,100,000	31 December 2016 est.	2,200	54

182	Vanuatu	208,100,000	31 December 2016 est.	750	27

183	Saint Kitts and Nevis	187,500,000	31 December 2016 est.	3,300	20

184	Comoros	133,300,000	31 December 2016 est.	160	21

—	New Caledonia	112,000,000	31 December 2013 est.	420	1

185	Marshall Islands	97,960,000	2013 est.	1,800	52

186	Federated States of Micronesia	93,600,000	2013 est.	900	29

—	Cayman Islands	79,000,000	1998 est.	2,100	7

—	Greenland	36,400,000	2010	650	2

187	Nauru	33,300,000	2004 est.	3,200	22

—	British Virgin Islands	17,670,000	31 December 2016	570	2

188	Kiribati	13,600,000	2013 est.	120	8

—	Anguilla	8,800,000	1998	590	5

—	Wallis and Futuna	3,670,000	2004	280	6

—	Montserrat	1,040,000	31 December 2011	200	2

189	Brunei	0	2014	0	0

190	Liechtenstein	0	2001	0	0

—	Macau	0	31 December 2013	0	0

—	Niue	0	27 October 2016	0	0

191	Andorra	N/A

192	San Marino	352,000,000	2016	10,604	22.5

193	South Sudan	N/A

194	Tuvalu	N/A

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