Economy > Debt > External per capita: Countries Compared
- Home
- Country Info
- Stats
- Economy
- Debt
- External per capita
DEFINITION:
Total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
CONTENTS
Loading...
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | $561,079.77 | 2000 | ||
| 2 | Ireland | $422,545.14 | 2007 | ||
| 3 | Switzerland | $177,457.19 | 2007 | ||
| 4 | United Kingdom | $171,348.98 | 2007 | ||
| 5 | Netherlands | $138,996.60 | 2007 | ||
| 6 | Belgium | $123,568.33 | 2007 | ||
| 7 | Norway | $99,614.52 | 2007 | ||
| 8 | Austria | $90,654.04 | 2007 | ||
| 9 | Denmark | $90,196.03 | 2007 | ||
| 10 | Hong Kong | $85,016.56 | 2007 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | $73,130.90 | 2007 | |||
| 11 | France | $68,674.01 | 2007 | ||
| 12 | Sweden | $65,877.39 | 2006 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | $65,419.43 | 2007 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | $59,308.32 | 2007 | |||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | $58,495.18 | 2007 | |||
| 13 | Germany | $54,566.65 | 2007 | ||
| 14 | Finland | $51,278.95 | 2007 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | $42,448.81 | 2007 | |||
| 15 | United States | $40,666.44 | 2007 | ||
| 16 | Italy | $39,494.54 | 2007 | ||
| 17 | Australia | $39,251.23 | 2007 | ||
| 18 | Portugal | $39,167.32 | 2007 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | $39,051.09 | 2007 | |||
| 19 | Greece | $33,191.09 | 2007 | ||
| 20 | Qatar | $28,712.52 | 2007 | ||
| 21 | Cyprus | $25,369.32 | 2007 | ||
| 22 | Spain | $24,153.87 | 2007 | ||
| 23 | Canada | $23,038.48 | 2007 | ||
| 24 | Slovenia | $20,028.52 | 2007 | ||
| 25 | Estonia | $18,499.31 | 2007 | ||
| 26 | Hungary | $14,210.73 | 2007 | ||
| 27 | Kuwait | $13,158.92 | 2007 | ||
| 28 | Latvia | $13,114.54 | 2007 | ||
| 29 | Israel | $12,527.68 | 2007 | ||
| 30 | Seychelles | $12,453.99 | 2007 | ||
| 31 | New Zealand | $12,165.65 | 2007 | ||
| 32 | Japan | $11,677.16 | 2007 | ||
| 33 | Iceland | $10,687.84 | 2002 | ||
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | $10,639.35 | 2007 | ||
| 35 | Croatia | $10,437.33 | 2007 | ||
| 36 | Lebanon | $7,633.20 | 2007 | ||
| 37 | Bahrain | $7,611.74 | 2007 | ||
| 38 | Czech Republic | $7,228.45 | 2007 | ||
| 39 | South Korea | $7,051.73 | 2007 | ||
| 40 | Slovakia | $6,792.26 | 2007 | ||
| 41 | Macau | $6,760.56 | 2004 | ||
| 42 | Lithuania | $6,724.69 | 2007 | ||
| 43 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $6,484.79 | 2004 | ||
| 44 | Kazakhstan | $6,064.25 | 2007 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | $5,601.17 | 2007 | |||
| 45 | Singapore | $5,576.86 | 2007 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | $5,241.23 | 2007 | |||
| 46 | Aruba | $4,784.52 | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Bulgaria | $4,553.67 | 2007 | ||
| 48 | Poland | $4,454.29 | 2007 | ||
| 49 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $4,381.79 | 2010 | ||
| 50 | Antigua and Barbuda | $4,263.18 | 2007 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | $3,788.40 | 2007 | |||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | $3,686.87 | 2007 | |||
| 51 | Jamaica | $3,609.01 | 2007 | ||
| 52 | Uruguay | $3,594.55 | 2007 | ||
| 53 | Iraq | $3,510.71 | 2007 | ||
| 54 | Romania | $3,459.43 | 2007 | ||
| 55 | Chile | $3,455.54 | 2007 | ||
| 56 | Argentina | $3,452.72 | 2007 | ||
| 57 | Gabon | $3,381.95 | 2007 | ||
| 58 | Grenada | $3,380.25 | 2004 | ||
| 59 | Belize | $3,355.30 | 2009 | ||
| 60 | Turkey | $3,257.72 | 2007 | ||
| 61 | Dominica | $3,028.79 | 2004 | ||
| 62 | Panama | $2,993.38 | 2007 | ||
| 63 | Maldives | $2,895.36 | 2010 | ||
| 64 | Russia | $2,707.95 | 2007 | ||
| 65 | Bermuda | $2,478.16 | 2011 | ||
| 66 | Barbados | $2,466.36 | 2003 | ||
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | $2,261.18 | 2007 | ||
| 68 | Sao Tome and Principe | $2,201.50 | 2002 | ||
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | $2,190.01 | 2007 | ||
| 70 | Malaysia | $2,156.72 | 2007 | ||
| 71 | Cayman Islands | $2,087.37 | 1996 | ||
| 72 | Oman | $2,061.30 | 2007 | ||
| 73 | Tunisia | $1,884.58 | 2007 | ||
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,740.65 | 2007 | ||
| 75 | Mauritius | $1,705.01 | 2007 | ||
| 76 | Marshall Islands | $1,665.23 | 2008 | ||
| 77 | Costa Rica | $1,661.58 | 2007 | ||
| 78 | Mexico | $1,603.10 | 2007 | ||
| 79 | Guyana | $1,598.66 | 2002 | ||
| 80 | Saint Lucia | $1,572.25 | 2004 | ||
| 81 | Venezuela | $1,566.75 | 2007 | ||
| 82 | El Salvador | $1,563.62 | 2007 | ||
| 83 | Ukraine | $1,484.43 | 2007 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | $1,476.15 | 2007 | |||
| 84 | Jordan | $1,436.67 | 2007 | ||
| 85 | South Africa | $1,342.80 | 2007 | ||
| 86 | Ecuador | $1,230.69 | 2007 | ||
| 87 | Brazil | $1,207.39 | 2007 | ||
| 88 | Bhutan | $1,186.59 | 2009 | ||
| 89 | Peru | $1,158.91 | 2007 | ||
| 90 | The Bahamas | $1,062.66 | 2004 | ||
| 91 | Dominican Republic | $1,061.88 | 2007 | ||
| 92 | Greenland | $1,029.77 | 2009 | ||
| 93 | Georgia | $1,025.43 | 2007 | ||
| 94 | Suriname | $1,009.56 | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Turkmenistan | $1,004.23 | 2009 | ||
| 96 | Samoa | $989.97 | 2004 | ||
| 97 | Liberia | $978.66 | 2005 | ||
| 98 | Belarus | $969.87 | 2007 | ||
| 99 | Colombia | $930.15 | 2007 | ||
| 100 | Mauritania | $923.16 | 2000 | ||
| 101 | Laos | $906.39 | 2010 | ||
| 102 | Albania | $891.73 | 2009 | ||
| 103 | Thailand | $886.85 | 2007 | ||
| 104 | Sudan | $885.66 | 2007 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | $859.14 | 2006 | |||
| 105 | Libya | $836.55 | 2007 | ||
| 106 | Tonga | $804.43 | 2004 | ||
| 107 | Moldova | $775.53 | 2007 | ||
| 108 | Cote d'Ivoire | $768.29 | 2007 | ||
| 109 | Guinea-Bissau | $739.41 | 2000 | ||
| 110 | Cape Verde | $707.85 | 2002 | ||
| 111 | Mongolia | $696.05 | 2009 | ||
| 112 | Philippines | $695.13 | 2007 | ||
| 113 | Morocco | $649.23 | 2007 | ||
| 114 | Sri Lanka | $608.81 | 2007 | ||
| 115 | Nicaragua | $597.08 | 2007 | ||
| 116 | Indonesia | $594.01 | 2007 | ||
| 117 | Federated States of Micronesia | $587.87 | 2011 | ||
| 118 | Paraguay | $570.10 | 2007 | ||
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | $562.98 | 2007 | ||
| 120 | Djibouti | $543.46 | 2006 | ||
| 121 | North Korea | $542.45 | 2001 | ||
| 122 | Equatorial Guinea | $528.44 | 2007 | ||
| 123 | Namibia | $482.05 | 2007 | ||
| 124 | Honduras | $475.17 | 2007 | ||
| 125 | Angola | $471.81 | 2007 | ||
| 126 | Malta | $467.52 | 2005 | ||
| 127 | The Gambia | $466.28 | 2003 | ||
| 128 | Bolivia | $464.53 | 2007 | ||
| 129 | Swaziland | $461.68 | 2007 | ||
| 130 | Armenia | $458.88 | 2007 | ||
| 131 | Guatemala | $443.61 | 2007 | ||
| 132 | Comoros | $439.13 | 2000 | ||
| 133 | Zimbabwe | $404.63 | 2007 | ||
| 134 | Vanuatu | $397.78 | 2004 | ||
| 135 | Somalia | $394.26 | 2001 | ||
| 136 | Egypt | $393.37 | 2007 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | $386.71 | 2006 | |||
| 137 | New Caledonia | $385.37 | 1998 | ||
| 138 | Solomon Islands | $362.58 | 2004 | ||
| 139 | Togo | $361.00 | 2005 | ||
| 140 | Lesotho | $352.29 | 2007 | ||
| 141 | Sierra Leone | $341.63 | 2003 | ||
| 142 | Syria | $339.08 | 2007 | ||
| 143 | Guinea | $333.53 | 2007 | ||
| 144 | Iran | $287.99 | 2007 | ||
| 145 | Yemen | $285.33 | 2007 | ||
| 146 | Azerbaijan | $284.22 | 2007 | ||
| 147 | Cambodia | $282.96 | 2007 | ||
| 148 | Central African Republic | $280.75 | 2007 | ||
| 149 | China | $275.44 | 2007 | ||
| 150 | Madagascar | $274.86 | 2002 | ||
| 151 | Vietnam | $259.20 | 2007 | ||
| 152 | Mali | $257.29 | 2002 | ||
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | $257.28 | 2007 | ||
| 154 | Pakistan | $236.69 | 2007 | ||
| 155 | Tajikistan | $219.38 | 2007 | ||
| 156 | Ghana | $217.13 | 2007 | ||
| 157 | Zambia | $214.38 | 2007 | ||
| 158 | Botswana | $213.03 | 2007 | ||
| 159 | Mozambique | $188.94 | 2007 | ||
| 160 | Senegal | $183.96 | 2007 | ||
| 161 | Kenya | $177.82 | 2007 | ||
| 162 | Niger | $171.37 | 2003 | ||
| 163 | Nepal | $169.52 | 2009 | ||
| 164 | Burundi | $165.19 | 2003 | ||
| 165 | Chad | $159.77 | 2005 | ||
| 166 | Fiji | $155.07 | 2004 | ||
| 167 | Haiti | $155.04 | 2007 | ||
| 168 | Rwanda | $151.28 | 2004 | ||
| 169 | Uzbekistan | $146.16 | 2007 | ||
| 170 | Bangladesh | $144.96 | 2007 | ||
| 171 | India | $142.70 | 2007 | ||
| 172 | Burma | $138.15 | 2007 | ||
| 173 | Benin | $137.81 | 2007 | ||
| 174 | Cameroon | $133.73 | 2007 | ||
| 175 | Kiribati | $122.88 | 1999 | ||
| 176 | Algeria | $112.74 | 2007 | ||
| 177 | Tanzania | $106.57 | 2007 | ||
| 178 | Afghanistan | $97.44 | 2009 | ||
| 179 | Burkina Faso | $93.43 | 2007 | ||
| 180 | Eritrea | $78.95 | 2000 | ||
| 181 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | $71.09 | 2009 | ||
| 182 | Malawi | $65.19 | 2007 | ||
| 183 | Nigeria | $54.40 | 2007 | ||
| 184 | Uganda | $48.75 | 2007 | ||
| 185 | Ethiopia | $32.58 | 2007 | ||
| 186 | Palau | 0.0 | 2011 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Economy > Debt > External per capita
- All of the top 3 countries by debt > external per capita are Christian.
- All of the top 3 countries by debt > external per capita are Tourist destination.
- 102 of the top 185 countries by debt > external per capita are Hot countries.
- 3 of the top 6 countries by debt > external per capita are Densely populated.
- Iceland has ranked in the top 2 for debt > external per capita since 1999.
- Switzerland has ranked in the top 2 for debt > external per capita since 2006.
- United Kingdom has ranked in the top 3 for debt > external per capita since 2005.
