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DEFINITION:
Total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $15.93 trillion | 2012 | ||
| 2 | United Kingdom | $10.09 trillion | 2012 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | $6.25 trillion | 2012 | |||
| 3 | Germany | $5.72 trillion | 2012 | ||
| 4 | France | $5.17 trillion | 2012 | ||
| 5 | Japan | $3.02 trillion | 2012 | ||
| 6 | Luxembourg | $2.64 trillion | 2012 | ||
| 7 | Italy | $2.49 trillion | 2012 | ||
| 8 | Netherlands | $2.49 trillion | 2012 | ||
| 9 | Spain | $2.31 trillion | 2012 | ||
| 10 | Ireland | $2.16 trillion | 2012 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | $2.07 trillion | 2012 | |||
| 11 | Switzerland | $1.56 trillion | 2012 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | $1.51 trillion | 2012 | |||
| 12 | Australia | $1.50 trillion | 2012 | ||
| 13 | Belgium | $1.42 trillion | 2012 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | $1.42 trillion | 2012 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | $1.40 trillion | 2012 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | $1.39 trillion | 2012 | |||
| 14 | Canada | $1.33 trillion | 2012 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | $1.29 trillion | 2012 | |||
| Cold countries average (profile) | $1.19 trillion | 2011 | |||
| 15 | Singapore | $1.17 trillion | 2012 | ||
| 16 | Sweden | $1.03 trillion | 2012 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | $985.59 billion | 2012 | |||
| 17 | Austria | $808.10 billion | 2012 | ||
| 18 | China | $728.90 billion | 2012 | ||
| 19 | Norway | $659.10 billion | 2012 | ||
| 20 | Russia | $631.80 billion | 2012 | ||
| 21 | Finland | $599.30 billion | 2012 | ||
| 22 | Denmark | $587.60 billion | 2012 | ||
| 23 | Greece | $576.60 billion | 2012 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | $530.27 billion | 2012 | |||
| Christian countries average (profile) | $521.75 billion | 2011 | |||
| 24 | Portugal | $508.30 billion | 2012 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | $483.60 billion | 2012 | |||
| 25 | Brazil | $438.90 billion | 2012 | ||
| 26 | South Korea | $420.40 billion | 2012 | ||
| 27 | India | $378.90 billion | 2012 | ||
| 28 | Poland | $364.20 billion | 2012 | ||
| 29 | Mexico | $347.10 billion | 2012 | ||
| 30 | Turkey | $336.70 billion | 2012 | ||
| 31 | Indonesia | $224.10 billion | 2012 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | $197.83 billion | 2012 | |||
| 32 | Hungary | $169.30 billion | 2012 | ||
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | $162.30 billion | 2012 | ||
| 34 | Ukraine | $136.50 billion | 2012 | ||
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | $136.30 billion | 2012 | ||
| 36 | Qatar | $134.80 billion | 2012 | ||
| 37 | Hong Kong | $134.70 billion | 2012 | ||
| 38 | Thailand | $133.70 billion | 2012 | ||
| 39 | Kazakhstan | $133.50 billion | 2012 | ||
| 40 | Taiwan | $130.80 billion | 2012 | ||
| 41 | South Africa | $130.40 billion | 2012 | ||
| 42 | Romania | $129.30 billion | 2012 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | $129.05 billion | 2011 | |||
| 43 | Argentina | $113.70 billion | 2012 | ||
| 44 | Chile | $112.70 billion | 2012 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | $106.22 billion | 2011 | |||
| 45 | Cyprus | $103.50 billion | 2012 | ||
| 46 | Czech Republic | $101.00 billion | 2012 | ||
| 47 | Iceland | $100.20 billion | 2012 | ||
| 48 | Malaysia | $98.82 billion | 2012 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | $97.05 billion | 2012 | |||
| 49 | Israel | $93.98 billion | 2012 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | $87.77 billion | 2012 | |||
| 50 | New Zealand | $85.18 billion | 2012 | ||
| 51 | Colombia | $80.72 billion | 2012 | ||
| 52 | Venezuela | $75.75 billion | 2012 | ||
| 53 | Philippines | $74.88 billion | 2012 | ||
| Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | $70.82 billion | 2012 | |||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | $70.02 billion | 2012 | |||
| 54 | Slovakia | $68.44 billion | 2012 | ||
| 55 | Croatia | $65.37 billion | 2012 | ||
| 56 | Vietnam | $63.95 billion | 2012 | ||
| 57 | Iraq | $60.20 billion | 2012 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | $60.01 billion | 2012 | |||
| 58 | Puerto Rico | $56.82 billion | 2010 | ||
| 59 | Pakistan | $54.50 billion | 2012 | ||
| 60 | Slovenia | $53.88 billion | 2012 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | $50.66 billion | 2012 | |||
| 61 | Peru | $50.47 billion | 2012 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | $49.63 billion | 2011 | |||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | $46.48 billion | 2012 | |||
| 62 | Malta | $45.77 billion | 2012 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | $45.70 billion | 2012 | |||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | $40.11 billion | 2012 | |||
| 63 | Sudan | $39.54 billion | 2012 | ||
| 64 | Latvia | $39.43 billion | 2012 | ||
| 65 | Egypt | $38.69 billion | 2012 | ||
| 66 | Bulgaria | $36.52 billion | 2012 | ||
| 67 | Serbia | $33.69 billion | 2012 | ||
| 68 | Lithuania | $32.84 billion | 2012 | ||
| 69 | Morocco | $32.15 billion | 2012 | ||
| 70 | Serbia and Montenegro | $30.90 billion | 2010 | ||
| 71 | Kuwait | $29.76 billion | 2012 | ||
| 72 | Bangladesh | $29.53 billion | 2012 | ||
| 73 | Bahrain | $27.54 billion | 2012 | ||
| 74 | Sri Lanka | $26.83 billion | 2012 | ||
| 75 | Estonia | $25.69 billion | 2012 | ||
| 76 | Lebanon | $25.16 billion | 2012 | ||
| 77 | Tunisia | $24.60 billion | 2012 | ||
| 78 | Cuba | $22.51 billion | 2012 | ||
| 79 | Angola | $21.85 billion | 2012 | ||
| 80 | Jordan | $19.67 billion | 2012 | ||
| 81 | Monaco | $18.00 billion | 2000 | ||
| 82 | Ecuador | $17.68 billion | 2012 | ||
| 83 | Guatemala | $16.61 billion | 2012 | ||
| 84 | The Bahamas | $16.35 billion | 2012 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | $16.34 billion | 2011 | |||
| 85 | Dominican Republic | $16.33 billion | 2012 | ||
| 86 | Uruguay | $16.02 billion | 2012 | ||
| 87 | Iran | $14.84 billion | 2012 | ||
| 88 | Jamaica | $14.09 billion | 2012 | ||
| 89 | Costa Rica | $13.81 billion | 2012 | ||
| =90 | Panama | $13.56 billion | 2012 | ||
| =90 | El Salvador | $13.56 billion | 2012 | ||
| 92 | Nigeria | $13.40 billion | 2012 | ||
| 93 | Papua New Guinea | $12.96 billion | 2012 | ||
| 94 | Ghana | $12.64 billion | 2012 | ||
| 95 | North Korea | $12.50 billion | 2001 | ||
| 96 | Tanzania | $11.82 billion | 2012 | ||
| 97 | Georgia | $11.67 billion | 2012 | ||
| 98 | Kenya | $11.06 billion | 2012 | ||
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $10.81 billion | 2012 | ||
| 100 | Ethiopia | $10.03 billion | 2012 | ||
| 101 | Oman | $9.99 billion | 2012 | ||
| 102 | Azerbaijan | $9.11 billion | 2012 | ||
| 103 | Zimbabwe | $8.77 billion | 2012 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | $8.64 billion | 2012 | |||
| 104 | Syria | $8.39 billion | 2012 | ||
| 105 | Cote d'Ivoire | $8.10 billion | 2012 | ||
| 106 | Nicaragua | $7.79 billion | 2012 | ||
| 107 | Armenia | $7.63 billion | 2012 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | $7.60 billion | 2012 | |||
| 108 | Yemen | $7.42 billion | 2012 | ||
| 109 | Uzbekistan | $7.34 billion | 2012 | ||
| 110 | Bolivia | $6.89 billion | 2012 | ||
| 111 | Republic of Macedonia | $6.81 billion | 2012 | ||
| 112 | Laos | $6.29 billion | 2012 | ||
| 113 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | $6.09 billion | 2012 | ||
| 114 | Paraguay | $5.99 billion | 2012 | ||
| 115 | Moldova | $5.89 billion | 2012 | ||
| 116 | Albania | $5.84 billion | 2012 | ||
| 117 | Algeria | $5.64 billion | 2012 | ||
| 118 | Zambia | $5.62 billion | 2012 | ||
| 119 | Burma | $5.59 billion | 2012 | ||
| 120 | Libya | $5.28 billion | 2012 | ||
| 121 | Honduras | $5.23 billion | 2012 | ||
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | $4.72 billion | 2012 | ||
| 123 | Mozambique | $4.70 billion | 2012 | ||
| 124 | Mongolia | $4.67 billion | 2012 | ||
| 125 | Cambodia | $4.57 billion | 2012 | ||
| 126 | Barbados | $4.49 billion | 2010 | ||
| 127 | Uganda | $4.46 billion | 2012 | ||
| 128 | Namibia | $4.29 billion | 2012 | ||
| 129 | Senegal | $4.22 billion | 2012 | ||
| 130 | Nepal | $3.96 billion | 2011 | ||
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | $3.75 billion | 2012 | ||
| 132 | Tajikistan | $3.44 billion | 2012 | ||
| 133 | Cameroon | $3.21 billion | 2012 | ||
| 134 | Gabon | $3.20 billion | 2012 | ||
| 135 | Madagascar | $3.12 billion | 2012 | ||
| 136 | Somalia | $3.05 billion | 2011 | ||
| 137 | Mali | $3.04 billion | 2012 | ||
| 138 | Congo, Republic of the | $3.00 billion | 2012 | ||
| 139 | Mauritania | $2.92 billion | 2012 | ||
| 140 | Netherlands Antilles | $2.68 billion | 2004 | ||
| 141 | Burkina Faso | $2.61 billion | 2012 | ||
| 142 | Mauritius | $2.61 billion | 2012 | ||
| 143 | Guinea | $2.58 billion | 2012 | ||
| 144 | Botswana | $2.44 billion | 2012 | ||
| 145 | Equatorial Guinea | $1.86 billion | 2012 | ||
| 146 | Guyana | $1.85 billion | 2011 | ||
| 147 | Chad | $1.79 billion | 2012 | ||
| 148 | Seychelles | $1.73 billion | 2012 | ||
| 149 | Montenegro | $1.70 billion | 2012 | ||
| 150 | Niger | $1.55 billion | 2012 | ||
| 151 | Belize | $1.47 billion | 2012 | ||
| 152 | Bermuda | $1.40 billion | 2012 | ||
| 153 | Malawi | $1.35 billion | 2012 | ||
| 154 | Afghanistan | $1.28 billion | 2011 | ||
| 155 | Bhutan | $1.27 billion | 2011 | ||
| 156 | Belarus | $1.23 billion | 2012 | ||
| 157 | Cape Verde | $1.18 billion | 2012 | ||
| 158 | Sierra Leone | $1.17 billion | 2012 | ||
| 159 | Rwanda | $1.15 billion | 2012 | ||
| 160 | Benin | $1.12 billion | 2012 | ||
| 161 | Guinea-Bissau | $1.09 billion | 2010 | ||
| 162 | Eritrea | $1.06 billion | 2012 | ||
| =163 | Gaza Strip | $1.04 billion | 2010 | ||
| =163 | West Bank | $1.04 billion | 2010 | ||
| 165 | Haiti | $957.60 million | 2012 | ||
| 166 | Maldives | $890.80 million | 2012 | ||
| 167 | Faroe Islands | $888.80 million | 2010 | ||
| 168 | Suriname | $810.80 million | 2012 | ||
| 169 | French Guiana | $800.30 million | 2003 | ||
| 170 | Lesotho | $779.80 million | 2012 | ||
| 171 | Djibouti | $773.90 million | 2012 | ||
| 172 | Fiji | $685.50 million | 2012 | ||
| 173 | Togo | $658.10 million | 2012 | ||
| 174 | Burundi | $641.90 million | 2012 | ||
| 175 | Central African Republic | $632.70 million | 2012 | ||
| 176 | Swaziland | $604.80 million | 2012 | ||
| 177 | Grenada | $538.00 million | 2010 | ||
| 178 | Aruba | $533.40 million | 2005 | ||
| 179 | The Gambia | $481.50 million | 2012 | ||
| 180 | Antigua and Barbuda | $441.20 million | 2012 | ||
| 181 | Saint Lucia | $438.70 million | 2012 | ||
| 182 | Turkmenistan | $428.90 million | 2012 | ||
| 183 | Samoa | $368.30 million | 2011 | ||
| 184 | Liberia | $349.20 million | 2012 | ||
| 185 | Kosovo | $326.00 million | 2011 | ||
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | $313.30 million | 2012 | ||
| 187 | Dominica | $272.10 million | 2012 | ||
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $265.00 million | 2012 | ||
| 189 | Solomon Islands | $255.50 million | 2011 | ||
| 190 | Vanuatu | $201.80 million | 2011 | ||
| 191 | Tonga | $198.60 million | 2012 | ||
| 192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $189.30 million | 2012 | ||
| 193 | Cook Islands | $141.00 million | 1996 | ||
| 194 | Comoros | $136.10 million | 2012 | ||
| 195 | Marshall Islands | $87.00 million | 2008 | ||
| 196 | New Caledonia | $79.00 million | 1998 | ||
| 197 | Cayman Islands | $70.00 million | 1996 | ||
| 198 | Federated States of Micronesia | $60.80 million | 2011 | ||
| 199 | Greenland | $36.40 million | 2010 | ||
| 200 | British Virgin Islands | $36.10 million | 1997 | ||
| 201 | Nauru | $33.30 million | 2004 | ||
| 202 | Kiribati | $10.00 million | 1999 | ||
| 203 | Montserrat | $8.90 million | 1997 | ||
| 204 | Anguilla | $8.80 million | 1998 | ||
| 205 | Wallis and Futuna | $3.67 million | 2004 | ||
| 206 | Niue | $418,000.00 | 2002 | ||
| =207 | Macau | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =207 | Palau | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
| =207 | Brunei | 0.0 | 2005 | ||
| =207 | Liechtenstein | 0.0 | 2001 |
