Economy > Debt > External > Per capita: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | $448,031.51 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 2 | Switzerland | $177,373.94 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 3 | United Kingdom | $171,942.20 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 4 | Netherlands | $137,411.93 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 5 | Belgium | $126,344.44 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 6 | Norway | $101,362.90 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 7 | Austria | $91,770.72 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 8 | Denmark | $90,085.81 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 9 | Hong Kong | $84,235.72 per capita | 2007 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | $76,253.19 per capita | 2007 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | $66,716.77 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 10 | Sweden | $66,130.66 per capita | 2006 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | $60,693.86 per capita | 2007 | |||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | $56,975.69 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 11 | France | $56,702.84 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 12 | Germany | $54,477.50 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 13 | Finland | $51,770.94 per capita | 2007 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | $41,658.14 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 14 | United States | $40,678.76 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 15 | Australia | $40,368.64 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 16 | Italy | $40,328.31 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 17 | Portugal | $39,040.35 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 18 | Qatar | $36,473.70 per capita | 2007 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | $36,320.90 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 19 | Greece | $34,699.23 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 20 | Cyprus | $34,206.05 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 21 | Spain | $26,799.72 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 22 | Canada | $22,719.28 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 23 | Slovenia | $20,117.01 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 24 | Estonia | $18,861.44 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 25 | Netherlands Antilles | $14,817.27 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 26 | Hungary | $14,353.00 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 27 | Israel | $13,996.34 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | $13,879.35 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 29 | Kuwait | $13,418.16 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 30 | Latvia | $13,209.08 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 31 | Seychelles | $12,931.19 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 32 | New Zealand | $12,498.27 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 33 | Japan | $11,708.07 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 34 | Bahrain | $11,089.90 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 35 | Iceland | $10,670.14 per capita | 2002 | ||
| 36 | Croatia | $10,304.20 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 37 | Lebanon | $8,049.93 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 38 | Czech Republic | $7,302.95 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 39 | South Korea | $6,987.49 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 40 | Macau | $6,780.22 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 41 | Slovakia | $6,729.69 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 42 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $6,683.13 per capita | 2004 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | $6,655.04 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 43 | Lithuania | $6,348.87 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 44 | Kazakhstan | $6,143.31 per capita | 2007 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | $6,132.00 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 45 | Singapore | $5,620.46 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 46 | Antigua and Barbuda | $5,178.39 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 47 | Aruba | $4,771.69 per capita | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Bulgaria | $4,763.17 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 49 | Poland | $4,408.30 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 50 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $4,394.49 per capita | 2010 | ||
| 51 | French Guiana | $4,281.58 per capita | 2003 | ||
| 52 | Taiwan | $4,280.61 per capita | 2007 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | $3,787.49 per capita | 2007 | |||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | $3,713.52 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 53 | Iraq | $3,669.14 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 54 | Chile | $3,537.05 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 55 | Jamaica | $3,473.58 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 56 | Uruguay | $3,467.60 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 57 | Argentina | $3,369.57 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 58 | Gabon | $3,364.57 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 59 | Romania | $3,346.19 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 60 | Grenada | $3,281.42 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 61 | Panama | $3,223.15 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 62 | Turkey | $3,181.62 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 63 | Belize | $3,031.21 per capita | 2009 | ||
| 64 | Dominica | $2,980.23 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 65 | Maldives | $2,972.14 per capita | 2010 | ||
| 66 | Russia | $2,721.79 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | $2,715.29 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 68 | Nauru | $2,599.74 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 69 | Serbia and Montenegro | $2,585.15 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 70 | Barbados | $2,490.64 per capita | 2003 | ||
| 71 | Malaysia | $2,329.86 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 72 | Bermuda | $2,300.13 per capita | 2003 | ||
| 73 | Sao Tome and Principe | $2,178.32 per capita | 2002 | ||
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | $2,123.11 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 75 | Tunisia | $1,875.21 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 76 | Costa Rica | $1,793.95 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 77 | Mauritius | $1,717.99 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 78 | Mexico | $1,674.32 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 79 | Venezuela | $1,665.03 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 80 | Oman | $1,652.78 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 81 | Guyana | $1,605.38 per capita | 2002 | ||
| 82 | Saint Lucia | $1,582.18 per capita | 2004 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | $1,493.13 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 83 | Ukraine | $1,491.15 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,479.29 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 85 | South Africa | $1,472.80 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 86 | Congo, Republic of the | $1,454.42 per capita | 2000 | ||
| 87 | Faroe Islands | $1,409.94 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 88 | El Salvador | $1,377.94 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 89 | Marshall Islands | $1,377.15 per capita | 2008 | ||
| 90 | Jordan | $1,343.59 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 91 | Ecuador | $1,276.56 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 92 | Brazil | $1,207.30 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 93 | Peru | $1,144.91 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 94 | Suriname | $1,122.57 per capita | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Bhutan | $1,102.47 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 96 | Dominican Republic | $1,090.13 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 97 | The Bahamas | $1,074.78 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 98 | Liberia | $974.64 per capita | 2005 | ||
| 99 | Georgia | $968.57 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 100 | Samoa | $963.29 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 101 | Belarus | $953.45 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 102 | Mauritania | $945.35 per capita | 2000 | ||
| 103 | Colombia | $932.64 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 104 | Laos | $930.47 per capita | 2010 | ||
| 105 | Thailand | $900.59 per capita | 2007 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | $847.96 per capita | 2006 | |||
| 106 | Libya | $801.24 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 107 | Tonga | $791.32 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 108 | Cote d'Ivoire | $765.54 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 109 | Sudan | $747.09 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 110 | Guinea-Bissau | $689.41 per capita | 2000 | ||
| 111 | Cape Verde | $688.02 per capita | 2002 | ||
| 112 | Angola | $681.45 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 113 | Philippines | $678.33 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 114 | Moldova | $642.06 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 115 | Equatorial Guinea | $613.21 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 116 | Morocco | $589.80 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 117 | Nicaragua | $588.69 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 118 | Indonesia | $584.59 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 119 | Sri Lanka | $583.00 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 120 | North Korea | $567.90 per capita | 2001 | ||
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | $561.30 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 122 | Djibouti | $531.24 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 123 | Paraguay | $523.61 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 124 | Albania | $498.12 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 125 | Bolivia | $492.92 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 126 | Namibia | $488.06 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 127 | Federated States of Micronesia | $487.94 per capita | 2003 | ||
| 128 | Mongolia | $487.16 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 129 | Malta | $467.91 per capita | 2005 | ||
| 130 | Guatemala | $464.17 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 131 | Swaziland | $462.46 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 132 | Armenia | $461.70 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 133 | Honduras | $455.79 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 134 | Greenland | $445.63 per capita | 1999 | ||
| 135 | The Gambia | $437.37 per capita | 2003 | ||
| 136 | Comoros | $429.37 per capita | 2000 | ||
| 137 | Zimbabwe | $418.73 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 138 | Somalia | $415.04 per capita | 2001 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | $396.06 per capita | 2006 | |||
| 139 | Vanuatu | $391.64 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 140 | New Caledonia | $385.37 per capita | 1998 | ||
| 141 | Egypt | $363.48 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 142 | Solomon Islands | $356.38 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 143 | Syria | $343.42 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 144 | Guinea | $336.86 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 145 | Togo | $325.47 per capita | 2005 | ||
| 146 | Lesotho | $324.19 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 147 | Iran | $316.22 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 148 | Sierra Leone | $314.50 per capita | 2003 | ||
| 149 | Azerbaijan | $300.36 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 150 | Papua New Guinea | $283.99 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 151 | Cambodia | $277.94 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 152 | China | $274.62 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 153 | Yemen | $271.88 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 154 | Madagascar | $268.32 per capita | 2002 | ||
| 155 | Central African Republic | $263.90 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 156 | Vietnam | $256.03 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 157 | Pakistan | $235.52 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 158 | Wallis and Futuna | $231.11 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 159 | Mali | $226.58 per capita | 2002 | ||
| 160 | Zambia | $226.18 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 161 | Botswana | $224.73 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 162 | Tajikistan | $220.44 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 163 | Ghana | $213.29 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 164 | Mozambique | $200.38 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 165 | Kenya | $181.86 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 166 | Senegal | $174.89 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 167 | Burundi | $170.53 per capita | 2003 | ||
| 168 | Haiti | $169.41 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 169 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | $168.53 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 170 | Chad | $164.12 per capita | 2005 | ||
| 171 | Niger | $160.90 per capita | 2003 | ||
| 172 | Rwanda | $157.62 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 173 | Fiji | $151.04 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 174 | Benin | $148.55 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 175 | Burma | $148.22 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 176 | India | $146.39 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 177 | Cameroon | $141.41 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 178 | Uzbekistan | $141.36 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 179 | Bangladesh | $141.11 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 180 | Algeria | $118.71 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 181 | Kiribati | $113.12 per capita | 1999 | ||
| 182 | Tanzania | $111.26 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 183 | Nepal | $111.00 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 184 | Burkina Faso | $92.84 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 185 | Eritrea | $87.44 per capita | 2000 | ||
| 186 | Malawi | $65.72 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 187 | Nigeria | $59.30 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 188 | Uganda | $49.50 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 189 | Ethiopia | $34.26 per capita | 2007 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Economy > Debt > External > Per capita
- All of the top 2 countries by debt > external > per capita are Tourist destination.
- 4 of the top 5 countries by debt > external > per capita are Heavily indebted.
- Ireland has had the highest debt > external > per capita since 2005.
- 104 of the top 189 countries by debt > external > per capita are Hot countries.
- Iceland has ranked in the top 2 for debt > external > per capita since 1999.
- Switzerland has ranked #2 in debt > external > per capita since 2006.
- Uganda has ranked second last for debt > external > per capita since 2006.
- 2 of the top 5 countries by debt > external > per capita are Densely populated.
