THE USA EXTERNAL DEBT TOPS THE WORLD LIST

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Map of countries by external debt based on 2005 (already outdated) CIA factbook figures.

This is a list of countries by external debt, the total public and private debt owed to, or invested by, nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services,^[1] where the public debt is the money or credit owed by any level of government, from central to local, and theprivate debt the money or credit owed by private households or private corporations based in the country under consideration.

The total United States public debt is numerically very similar to United States external debt, but only about a third of United States public debt is external. [1] For discussions of debt ceilings and government defaults in the US and Europe, public debt figures need to be considered.

For informational purposes several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list. Note that this list is gross debt, not net debt. For net debt, see Net international investment position.

Rank	Country	External debt[2] US dollars	Date	Per capita[3][4][5][6] US dollars	% of GDP[7][8][9]
1	United States	14,300,000,000,000	30 June 2010	45,097	95
—	European Union	13,720,000,000,000	30 June 2010	27,864	85
2	United Kingdom	8,981,000,000,000	30 June 2010	144,338	400
3	Germany	4,713,000,000,000	30 June 2010	57,755	142
4	France	4,698,000,000,000	30 June 2010	74,619	182
5	Netherlands	3,733,000,000,000	31 December 2009	225,814	471
6	Japan	2,441,000,000,000	30 September 2010	19,148	45
7	Ireland	2,253,000,000,000	30 September 2010	503,914	1,103
8	Norway	2,232,000,000,000	30 June 2010	454,768	538
9	Italy	2,223,000,000,000	30 June 2010 est.	36,841	108
10	Spain	2,166,000,000,000	30 June 2010	47,069	154
11	Luxembourg	1,892,000,000,000	30 June 2010	3,759,174	16
12	Belgium	1,241,000,000,000	30 June 2010	113,603	266
13	Switzerland	1,200,000,000,000	30 September 2010	154,063	229
14	Australia	1,169,000,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	52,596	95
15	Canada	1,009,000,000,000	30 June 2010	29,625	64
16	Sweden	853,300,000,000	30 June 2010	91,487	187
17	Austria	755,000,000,000	30 June 2010	90,128	200
—	Hong Kong	750,800,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	105,420	334
18	Denmark	559,500,000,000	30 June 2010	101,084	180
19	Greece	532,900,000,000	30 June 2010	47,636	174
20	Portugal	497,800,000,000	30 June 2010	46,795	217
21	Russia	480,200,000,000	30 November 2010 est.	3,421	33
22	China	406,600,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	303	7
23	Finland	370,800,000,000	30 June 2010	68,960	155
24	Korea, South	370,100,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	7,567	37
25	Brazil	310,800,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,608	15
26	Turkey	270,700,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	3,794	36
27	Poland	252,900,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	6,639	54
28	India	237,100,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	195	15
29	Mexico	212,500,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,956	20
30	Indonesia	196,100,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	837	28
31	Argentina	160,900,000,000	30 September 2010 est.	3,971	43
32	Hungary	148,400,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	14,821	115
33	United Arab Emirates	122,700,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	24,273	41
34	Romania	108,900,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	5,082	67
35	Ukraine	97,500,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	2,144	71
36	Kazakhstan	94,440,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	6,060	68
37	Republic of China	91,410,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	3,918	21
38	Israel	89,680,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	12,070	42
39	Czech Republic	86,790,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	8,260	45
40	Chile	84,510,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	4,916	42
41	Saudi Arabia	82,920,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	3,176	19
42	Thailand	82,500,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,292	26
43	South Africa	80,520,000,000	30 June 2010 est.	1,613	23
44	Malaysia	72,600,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	2,570	31
45	Qatar	71,380,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	41,988	55
46	New Zealand	219,589,000,000	March 2011[10]	50,260	127
47	Philippines	59,770,000,000	30 September 2010 est.	636	32
48	Croatia	59,700,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	13,519	99
49	Slovakia	59,330,000,000	30 June 2010 est.	10,926	68
50	Colombia	57,740,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,269	20
51	Pakistan	57,210,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	343	33
52	Kuwait	56,810,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	15,754	43
53	Venezuela	55,610,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,906	19
54	Iraq	52,580,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,641	64
55	Slovenia	51,570,000,000	30 June 2010	25,555	108
56	Bulgaria	47,150,000,000	30 November 2010 est.	6,261	99
57	Sudan	37,980,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	946	55
58	Latvia	37,280,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	16,584	155
59	Lebanon	34,450,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	8,815	88
60	Vietnam	33,450,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	379	32
61	Peru	33,290,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,126	22
62	Cyprus	32,610,000,000	31 December 2008 est.	37,812	129
63	Serbia	30,900,000,000	30 November 2010 est.	4,178	80
64	Egypt	30,610,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	391	14
65	Lithuania	27,600,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	8,381	76
66	Estonia	25,130,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	18,852	127
67	Belarus	24,800,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	2,629	45
68	Bangladesh	24,460,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	149	23
69	Morocco	22,690,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	712	22
70	Singapore	21,660,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	4,194	10
71	Cuba	19,750,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,780	34
72	Tunisia	18,760,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,779	42
73	Monaco	16,500,000,000	July 2011 est.	5,265	260
74	Angola	17,980,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	944	21
75	Sri Lanka	17,970,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	881	36
76	Guatemala	17,470,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,216	42
77	Ecuador	14,710,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	995	25
78	Bahrain	14,680,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	13,261	65
79	Panama	13,850,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	3,927	52
80	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	13,500,000,000	2009 est.	197	122
81	Uruguay	13,390,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	3,989	33
82	Dominican Republic	13,090,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,326	25
83	Iran	12,840,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	170	4
84	Jamaica	12,660,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	4,660	92
85	Korea, North	12,500,000,000	2001 est.	544	N/A
86	Cote d'Ivoire	11,600,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	527	51
87	El Salvador	11,450,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,953	53
88	Nigeria	11,020,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	71	5
89	Oman	8,829,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	2,962	16
90	Costa Rica	8,550,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,874	24
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7,996,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	2,052	48
92	Kenya	7,935,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	200	25
93	Syria	7,682,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	373	13
94	Zimbabwe	7,662,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	609	103
95	Tanzania	7,576,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	183	33
96	Yemen	7,147,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	293	23
97	Burma	7,145,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	117	17
98	Ghana	6,483,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	274	21
99	Libya	6,378,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	972	9
100	Malta	5,978,000,000	31 December 2010	14,233	72
101	Laos	5,797,000,000	2010 est.	900	91
102	Jordan	5,522,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	903	20
103	F.Y.R.O.M.	5,485,000,000	30 September 2010 est.	2,668	60
104	Armenia	5,227,000,000	30 June 2010	1,584	56
105	Mauritius	5,043,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	3,937	52
107	Turkmenistan	5,000,000,000	2009 est.	978	25
106	Congo, Republic of the	5,000,000,000	2000 est.	1,722	155
108	Mozambique	4,990,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	231	50
109	Moldova	4,618,000,000	30 September 2010 est.	1,296	79
110	Nepal	4,500,000,000	2009	161	35
111	Cambodia	4,338,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	304	37
112	Trinidad and Tobago	4,303,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	3,502	21
113	Ethiopia	4,289,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	51	14
114	Uzbekistan	4,236,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	150	11
115	Algeria	4,138,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	115	3
116	Nicaragua	4,030,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	693	62
117	Senegal	3,885,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	296	30
118	Kyrgyzstan	3,738,000,000	30 June 2010	699	81
119	Honduras	3,540,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	465	23
120	Zambia	3,495,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	264	22
121	Georgia	3,381,000,000	31 December 2009	771	31
122	Cameroon	3,344,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	164	15
123	Azerbaijan	3,221,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	356	6
124	Liberia	3,200,000,000	2005 est.	930	590
125	Iceland	3,073,000,000	2002	10,670	35
126	Guinea	3,072,000,000	31 December 2009 est.	305	68
127	Somalia	3,000,000,000	2001 est.	386	N/A
128	Madagascar	2,973,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	140	36
129	Benin	2,894,000,000	31 December 2009 est.	308	43
130	Uganda	2,888,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	85	17
131	Bolivia	2,864,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	275	15
132	Albania	2,810,000,000	2009	882	23
133	Mali	2,800,000,000	2002	254	88
134	Afghanistan	2,700,000,000	FY08/09	92	22
135	Paraguay	2,445,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	382	13
136	Gabon	2,374,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,587	18
137	Namibia	2,373,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,131	20
138	Botswana	2,222,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	1,208	16
139	Niger	2,100,000,000	2003 est.	178	79
140	Burkina Faso	2,002,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	136	23
141	Tajikistan	1,997,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	262	35
142	Mongolia	1,860,000,000	2009	686	41
143	Chad	1,749,000,000	31 December 2008 est.	160	21
144	Sierra Leone	1,610,000,000	2003 est.	340	61
145	Papua New Guinea	1,548,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	238	16
146	Seychelles	1,374,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	15,614	147
147	Malawi	1,213,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	77	24
148	Burundi	1,200,000,000	2003	167	202
149	Central African Republic	1,153,000,000	2007 est.	270	68
—	West Bank	1,040,000,000	2010 est.	414	N/A
150	Belize	1,010,000,000	2009 est.	3,079	75
151	Eritrea	961,900,000	31 December 2008 est.	195	58
152	Maldives	943,000,000	2010 est.	2,947	50
153	Guinea-Bissau	941,500,000	2000 est.	722	259
154	Bhutan	836,000,000	2009	1,193	64
155	Equatorial Guinea	832,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	634	6
156	Guyana	804,300,000	30 September 2008	1,049	42
157	Barbados	668,000,000	2003	2,456	22
158	Montenegro	650,000,000	2006	939	24
159	Lesotho	647,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	255	30
160	Gambia, The	530,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	306	50
161	Suriname	504,300,000	2005 est.	1,011	28
162	Swaziland	497,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	428	14
163	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	479,000,000	2010 est.	4,477	85
—	Aruba	478,600,000	2005 est.	4,935	21
164	Djibouti	428,000,000	2006	573	56
165	Antigua and Barbuda	359,800,000	June 2006	4,388	36
166	Haiti	350,000,000	31 December 2010 est.	36	5
167	Grenada	347,000,000	2004	3,402	74
168	Bahamas, The	342,600,000	2004 est.	1,067	6
169	Cape Verde	325,000,000	2002	714	52
170	Sao Tome and Principe	318,000,000	2002	2,193	349
171	Saint Kitts and Nevis	314,000,000	2004	6,408	79
172	Saint Lucia	257,000,000	2004	1,586	32
173	Comoros	232,000,000	2000 est.	430	115
174	Dominica	213,000,000	2004	3,000	75
175	Samoa	177,000,000	2004	968	47
176	Solomon Islands	166,000,000	2004	355	44
—	Bermuda	160,000,000	FY99/00	2,575	5
—	Cook Islands	141,000,000	1996 est.	7,756	N/A
177	Fiji	127,000,000	2004 est.	150	5
178	Marshall Islands	87,000,000	2008 est.	1,377	54
179	Vanuatu	81,200,000	2004	389	22
180	Tonga	80,700,000	2004	799	33
—	New Caledonia	79,000,000	1998 est.	385	3
—	Cayman Islands	70,000,000	1996	2,078	7
—	Faroe Islands	68,100,000	2006	N/A	N/A
181	Micronesia, Federated States of	60,800,000	FY05 est.	556	25
—	Greenland	58,000,000	2009	1,035	5
—	British Virgin Islands	36,100,000	1997	N/A	N/A
182	Nauru	33,300,000	2004 est.	N/A	N/A
183	Kiribati	10,000,000	1999 est.	120	14
—	Montserrat	8,900,000	1997	N/A	N/A
—	Anguilla	8,800,000	1998	N/A	N/A
—	Wallis and Futuna	3,670,000	2004	N/A	N/A
—	Niue	418,000	2002 est.	N/A	N/A
—	Macau	0	2010	0	0
184	Brunei	0	2005	0	0
185	Liechtenstein	0	2001	0	0
186	Palau	0	FY99/00	0	0