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  Rank Order - Debt - external


Countries, for which no information is available, are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Debt - external
Date of Information
1
 World $ 2,000,000,000,000 2002 est.
2
 United States $ 862,000,000,000 1995 est.
3
 Brazil $ 222,400,000,000 2002
4
 Australia $ 176,800,000,000 yearend 2002 est.
5
 Argentina $ 155,000,000,000 2001 est.
6
 Russia $ 153,500,000,000 yearend 2002
7
 Mexico $ 150,000,000,000 2000 est.
8
 China $ 149,400,000,000 2002 est.
9
 Korea, South $ 135,200,000,000 yearend 2002 est.
10
 Indonesia $ 131,000,000,000 2002 est.
11
 Iraq $ 120,000,000,000 2002 est.
12
 Turkey $ 118,300,000,000 Yearend 2001
13
 India $ 100,600,000,000 2001 est.
14
 Spain $ 90,000,000,000 1993 est.
15
 Sweden $ 66,500,000,000 1994
16
 Poland $ 64,000,000,000 2002
17
 Greece $ 63,400,000,000 2002 est.
18
 Thailand $ 62,500,000,000 2002 est.
19
 Philippines $ 60,300,000,000 2002
20
 Hong Kong $ 49,500,000,000 2002 est.
21
 Malaysia $ 47,500,000,000 2002 est.
22
 Israel $ 42,800,000,000 2001 est.
23
 Chile $ 40,400,000,000 2002
24
 Colombia $ 38,400,000,000 2002 est.
25
 Venezuela $ 38,200,000,000 2000
26
 New Zealand $ 33,000,000,000 2002 est.
27
 Pakistan $ 32,300,000,000 2002 est.
28
 Hungary $ 31,500,000,000 2002 est.
29
 Egypt $ 30,500,000,000 2002 est.
30
 Finland $ 30,000,000,000 December 1993
31
 Nigeria $ 29,700,000,000 2002 est.
32
 Peru $ 29,200,000,000 2002 est.
33
 Belgium $ 28,300,000,000 1999 est.
34
 Saudi Arabia $ 25,900,000,000 2003 est.
35
 South Africa $ 24,700,000,000 2002 est.
36
 Taiwan $ 24,700,000,000 2002
37
 Czech Republic $ 23,800,000,000 2002
38
 Syria $ 22,000,000,000 2002 est.
39
 Denmark $ 21,700,000,000 2000
40
 Algeria $ 21,600,000,000 2002 est.
41
 United Arab Emirates $ 18,500,000,000 2002 est.
42
 Morocco $ 17,700,000,000 2002 est.
43
 Bangladesh $ 16,500,000,000 2002
44
 Croatia $ 16,500,000,000 yearend 2002 est.
45
 Sudan $ 15,800,000,000 2002 est.
46
 Qatar $ 15,400,000,000 2002 est.
47
 Ecuador $ 14,400,000,000 2002
48
 Ukraine $ 14,200,000,000 2002
49
 Vietnam $ 14,100,000,000 2001
50
 Romania $ 13,700,000,000 2002 est.
51
 Tunisia $ 13,600,000,000 2003 est.
52
 Portugal $ 13,100,000,000 1997 est.
53
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 12,900,000,000 2000 est.
54
 Cuba $ 12,300,000,000 2002 est.
55
 Austria $ 12,100,000,000 2001 est.
56
 Korea, North $ 12,000,000,000 1996 est.
57
 Uruguay $ 11,800,000,000 2002 est.
58
 Ireland $ 11,000,000,000 1998
59
 Kuwait $ 10,400,000,000 2000 est.
60
 Bulgaria $ 10,300,000,000 yearend 2002
61
 Cote d'Ivoire $ 10,300,000,000 2002 est.
62
 Angola $ 9,900,000,000 2002 est.
63
 Sri Lanka $ 9,800,000,000 2002
64
 Slovakia $ 9,600,000,000 2002 est.
65
 Lebanon $ 9,300,000,000 2002 est.
66
 Serbia and Montenegro $ 9,200,000,000 2001 est.
67
 Iran $ 8,700,000,000 2002 est.
68
 Cameroon $ 8,600,000,000 2002 est.
69
 Jordan $ 8,200,000,000 2002 est.
70
 Singapore $ 8,200,000,000 2002 est.
71
 Cyprus $ 8,000,000,000 2002
72
 Slovenia $ 7,900,000,000 2001
73
 Ghana $ 7,200,000,000 2002 est.
74
 Panama $ 7,000,000,000 2002 est.
75
 Tanzania $ 6,800,000,000 2002 est.
76
 Kazakhstan $ 6,600,000,000 2002 est.
77
 Yemen $ 6,200,000,000 2002
78
 Burma $ 6,100,000,000 2002 est.
79
 Bolivia $ 5,900,000,000 2002 est.
80
 Lithuania $ 5,800,000,000 2002 est.
81
 Zambia $ 5,800,000,000 2001
82
 Nicaragua $ 5,800,000,000 2002 est.
83
 Kenya $ 5,700,000,000 2002 est.
84
 Oman $ 5,700,000,000 2002 est.
85
 El Salvador $ 5,600,000,000 2001 est.
86
 Honduras $ 5,400,000,000 2002
87
 Ethiopia $ 5,300,000,000 2001 est.
88
 Jamaica $ 5,300,000,000 2002 est.
89
 Congo, Republic of the $ 5,000,000,000 2000 est.
90
 Guatemala $ 4,900,000,000 2002 est.
91
 Costa Rica $ 4,800,000,000 2002 est.
92
 Dominican Republic $ 4,800,000,000 2002 est.
93
 Madagascar $ 4,600,000,000 2002
94
 Uzbekistan $ 4,600,000,000 2002 est.
95
 Libya $ 4,400,000,000 2001 est.
96
 Zimbabwe $ 3,900,000,000 2002 est.
97
 Gabon $ 3,800,000,000 2002 est.
98
 Bahrain $ 3,700,000,000 2002
99
 Guinea $ 3,400,000,000 2000 est.
100
 Latvia $ 3,400,000,000 2000 est.
101
 Estonia $ 3,300,000,000 2001 est.
102
 Mali $ 3,300,000,000 2000
103
 Paraguay $ 3,200,000,000 2002 est.
104
 Senegal $ 3,100,000,000 2002 est.
105
 Malawi $ 2,900,000,000 2002
106
 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 2,800,000,000 2001
107
 Uganda $ 2,800,000,000 2002 est.
108
 Papua New Guinea $ 2,800,000,000 2002 est.
109
 Trinidad and Tobago $ 2,800,000,000 2002 est.
110
 Iceland $ 2,600,000,000 1999
111
 Somalia $ 2,600,000,000 2000 est.
112
 Nepal $ 2,550,000,000 FY 00/01
113
 Laos $ 2,530,000,000 1999
114
 Mauritania $ 2,500,000,000 2000
115
 Mauritius $ 2,400,000,000 2002 est.
116
 Turkmenistan $ 2,400,000,000 2001 est.
117
 Liberia $ 2,100,000,000 2000 est.
118
 Canada $ 1,900,000,000 2000
119
 Georgia $ 1,700,000,000 2001
120
 Benin $ 1,600,000,000 2000
121
 Niger $ 1,600,000,000 1999 est.
122
 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,500,000,000 2002 est.
123
 Sierra Leone $ 1,500,000,000 2002 est.
124
 Azerbaijan $ 1,400,000,000 2002
125
 Togo $ 1,400,000,000 2000
126
 Netherlands Antilles $ 1,350,000,000 1996
127
 Moldova $ 1,300,000,000 2002
128
 Burkina Faso $ 1,300,000,000 2000
129
 Rwanda $ 1,300,000,000 2000 est.
130
 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of $ 1,300,000,000 2001 est.
131
 French Guiana $ 1,200,000,000 1988
132
 Guyana $ 1,200,000,000 2002
133
 Haiti $ 1,200,000,000 1999
134
 Burundi $ 1,140,000,000 2001
135
 Chad $ 1,100,000,000 2000 est.
136
 Tajikistan $ 1,000,000,000 2002 est.
137
 Mozambique $ 966,000,000 2002 est.
138
 Guinea-Bissau $ 941,500,000 2000 est.
139
 Mongolia $ 913,000,000 2001 est.
140
 Armenia $ 905,000,000 June 2001
141
 Central African Republic $ 881,400,000 2000 est.
142
 Belarus $ 851,000,000 2001 est.
143
 Cambodia $ 829,000,000 1999 est.
144
 Albania $ 784,000,000 2000
145
 Lesotho $ 735,000,000 2002
146
 Barbados $ 692,000,000 2002
147
 Namibia $ 517,000,000 2002 est.
148
 Gambia, The $ 476,000,000 2001 est.
149
 Belize $ 475,000,000 2001 est.
150
 Bahamas, The $ 371,600,000 2001
151
 Djibouti $ 366,000,000 2002 est.
152
 Botswana $ 360,000,000 2002
153
 Cape Verde $ 325,000,000 2002
154
 Suriname $ 321,000,000 2002 est.
155
 Swaziland $ 320,000,000 2002 est.
156
 Eritrea $ 311,000,000 2000 est.
157
 Aruba $ 285,000,000 1996
158
 Maldives $ 281,000,000 2003 est.
159
 Macau $ 255,000,000 2000 est.
160
 Sao Tome and Principe $ 253,800,000 2000
161
 Equatorial Guinea $ 248,000,000 2000 est.
162
 Bhutan $ 245,000,000 2000
163
 Comoros $ 232,000,000 2000 est.
164
 Antigua and Barbuda $ 231,000,000 1999
165
 Saint Lucia $ 214,000,000 2000
166
 Samoa $ 197,000,000 2000
167
 Grenada $ 196,000,000 2000
168
 Martinique $ 180,000,000 1994
169
 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 171,000,000 2001
170
 Seychelles $ 170,000,000 2002 est.
171
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 167,200,000 2000
172
 Dominica $ 161,500,000 2001
173
 Bermuda $ 145,000,000 FY 99/00
174
 Cook Islands $ 141,000,000 1996 est.
175
 Solomon Islands $ 137,000,000 2001 est.
176
 Fiji $ 135,900,000 2000
177
 Malta $ 130,000,000 1997
178
 Gaza Strip $ 108,000,000 1997 est.
179
 West Bank $ 108,000,000 1997 est.
180
 Marshall Islands $ 86,500,000 FY 99/00 est.
181
 New Caledonia $ 79,000,000 1998 est.
182
 Cayman Islands $ 70,000,000 1996
183
 Vanuatu $ 68,600,000 2000 est.
184
 Faroe Islands $ 64,000,000 1999
185
 Tonga $ 57,500,000 June 2001
186
 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 53,100,000 FY 02/03 est.
187
 British Virgin Islands $ 36,100,000 1997
188
 Nauru $ 33,300,000 NA
189
 Greenland $ 25,000,000 1999
190
 Kiribati $ 10,000,000 1999 est.
191
 Montserrat $ 8,900,000 1997
192
 Anguilla $ 8,800,000 1998
193
 Niue $ 418,000 2002 est.
194
 Brunei $ 0 NA
195
 Norway $ 0 NA
196
 Tokelau $ 0 NA
197
 Palau $ 0 FY 99/00
198
 Liechtenstein $ 0 2001

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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