| Country | DEBT - EXTERNAL |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
$1.28 billion (FY10/11) $2.7 billion (FY08/09) |
| Albania |
$8.782 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $8.209 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Algeria |
$4.872 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $5.285 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| American Samoa |
$NA |
| Andorra |
$NA |
| Angola |
$22.93 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $22.41 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Anguilla |
$8.8 million (1998) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
$441.2 million (31 December 2012) $458 million (June 2010) |
| Argentina |
$115.7 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $118.7 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Armenia |
$8.452 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $8.694 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Aruba |
$533.4 million (2005 est.) |
| Australia |
$1.48 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.459 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Austria |
$820 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $812 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
$12.91 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $10.64 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
$17.56 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $16.35 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Bahrain |
$18.72 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $17.56 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
$33.2 billion (30 June 2014 est.) $28.26 billion (30 June 2013 est.) |
| Barbados |
$4.49 billion (2010 est.) $668 million (2003 est.) |
| Belarus |
$40.33 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $39.22 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Belgium |
$1.424 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.417 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Belize |
$1.24 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.239 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Benin |
$2.458 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $2.224 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Bermuda |
$2.435 billion (2015 est.) $1.4 billion (2012 est.) |
| Bhutan |
$1.707 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.578 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Bolivia |
$8.073 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $7.734 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
$11.37 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $11.14 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Botswana |
$2.505 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $2.461 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Brazil |
$535.4 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $482.8 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands |
$36.1 million (1997) |
| Brunei |
$0 (2005) note: public external debt only; private external debt unavailable |
| Bulgaria |
$54.04 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $52 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
$2.974 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $2.669 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Burma |
$2.491 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $2.56 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Burundi |
$742.1 million (31 December 2014 est.) $705.8 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
$1.559 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.421 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Cambodia |
$5.631 billion (2014 est.) $5.124 billion (2013 est.) |
| Cameroon |
$5.006 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $4.217 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Canada |
$1.331 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.191 trillion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
$560.6 million (31 December 2014 est.) $543.3 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Chad |
$3.222 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.878 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Chile |
$140 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $130.9 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| China |
$894.9 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $863.2 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Colombia |
$84 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $80.63 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Comoros |
$251.6 million (31 December 2014 est.) $251.4 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
$6.955 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $6.292 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
$3.956 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $3.561 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Cook Islands |
$141 million (1996 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
$18.37 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $17.19 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
$11.5 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $10.26 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Croatia |
$62.09 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $61.04 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Cuba |
$25.23 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $24.65 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Cyprus |
$95.28 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $103.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
$116.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $114.3 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Denmark |
$586.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $571.4 billion (31 December 2011) |
| Djibouti |
$891.3 million (31 December 2014 est.) $863.6 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Dominica |
$299 million (31 December 2014 est.) $286.2 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
$19.72 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $18.78 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Ecuador |
$21.74 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $19.23 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Egypt |
$55.86 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $49.28 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| El Salvador |
$15.46 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $14.01 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
$1.385 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.548 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Eritrea |
$1.049 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.028 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Estonia |
$22.79 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $21.33 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
$17.02 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $14.49 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| European Union |
$15.95 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $14.78 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
$NA |
| Faroe Islands |
$888.8 million (2010) $68.1 million (2006) |
| Fiji |
$587.4 million (31 December 2014 est.) $569.6 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Finland |
$586.9 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $478.5 billion (31 December 2011) |
| France |
$5.371 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $5.004 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| French Polynesia |
$NA |
| Gabon |
$3.741 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $3.463 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
$583.9 million (31 December 2014 est.) $547.4 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
see entry for West Bank |
| Georgia |
$12.3 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $12.11 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Germany |
$5.717 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $5.338 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Ghana |
$12.97 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $11.46 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
$NA |
| Greece |
$568.7 billion (30 September 2013 est.) $577.2 billion (2012) |
| Greenland |
$36.4 million (2010) $58 million (2009) |
| Grenada |
$679 million (2013 est.) $538 million (2010 est.) |
| Guam |
$NA |
| Guatemala |
$15.94 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $15.58 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Guernsey |
$NA |
| Guinea-Bissau |
$1.095 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $941.5 million (31 December 2000 est.) |
| Guinea |
$843.5 million (31 December 2014 est.) $724.9 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Guyana |
$1.846 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Haiti |
$1.687 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.431 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Honduras |
$7.111 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $6.636 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
$171.3 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $165.6 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Hungary |
$164.8 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $167.1 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Iceland |
$102 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $110.8 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| India |
$425.3 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $386.7 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Indonesia |
$278.5 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $259.1 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Iran |
$10.17 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $10.63 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Iraq |
$58.19 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $59.49 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Ireland |
$2.164 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.213 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Isle of Man |
$NA |
| Israel |
$99.75 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $95.53 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Italy |
$2.604 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) $2.516 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Jamaica |
$15.99 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $15.24 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Japan |
$5.18 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) $4.026 trillion (31 December 2012) |
| Jersey |
$NA |
| Jordan |
$26.06 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $22.61 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
$163.2 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $150.5 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Kenya |
$16.77 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $13.18 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Kiribati |
$13.6 million (2013 est.) $14.1 million (2012 est.) |
| Korea, North |
$5 billion (2013 est.) |
| Korea, South |
$425.4 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $423.5 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Kosovo |
$411.6 million (2014 est.) $448.2 million (2013 est.) |
| Kuwait |
$33.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $33.96 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
$6.819 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $6.376 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Laos |
$7.52 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $6.861 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Latvia |
$38.54 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $38.28 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Lebanon |
$31.61 billion (30 December 2014 est.) $31.56 billion (30 December 2013 est.) |
| Lesotho |
$929.5 million (31 December 2014 est.) $916.8 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Liberia |
$625.9 million (31 December 2014 est.) $586.9 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Libya |
$3.904 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $5.86 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
$0 (2001) note: public external debt only; private external debt unavailable |
| Lithuania |
$28.88 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $30.95 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
$2.935 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.084 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Macau |
$0 (31 December 2013) $0 (31 December 2012) |
| Macedonia |
$7.241 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $7.194 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Madagascar |
$3.63 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $3.282 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Malawi |
$1.729 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.487 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Malaysia |
$109.3 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $106.7 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Maldives |
$793.6 million (2013 est.) $890.8 million (2012 est.) |
| Mali |
$3.737 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $3.431 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Malta |
$122.8 billion (30 December 2014 est.) $112.7 billion (31 December 2013) |
| Marshall Islands |
$97.96 million (2013 est.) $87 million (2008 est.) |
| Mauritania |
$3.996 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $3.702 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Mauritius |
$5.7 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $5.229 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Mexico |
$438.4 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $394.8 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
$93.6 million (2013 est.) $93.5 million (2012 est.) |
| Moldova |
$6.778 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $6.501 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Monaco |
$NA |
| Mongolia |
$5.352 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $5.371 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Montenegro |
$1.576 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.433 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Montserrat |
$8.9 million (1997) |
| Morocco |
$35.54 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $34.93 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Mozambique |
$7.521 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $6.416 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Namibia |
$6.021 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $4.845 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Nauru |
$33.3 million (2004 est.) |
| Nepal |
$3.549 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $3.648 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Netherlands |
$2.347 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) $2.434 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
$112 million (31 December 2013 est.) $79 million (31 December 1998 est.) |
| New Zealand |
$87.16 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $86.89 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
$10.25 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $9.709 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Nigeria |
$22.01 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $18.63 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Niger |
$2.851 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $2.313 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Niue |
$418,000 (2002 est.) |
| Norfolk Island |
$NA |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
$NA |
| Norway |
$720.6 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $595.7 billion (31 December 2011) note: Norway is a net external creditor |
| Oman |
$11.3 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $10.83 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Pakistan |
$62.33 billion (30 June 2014 est.) $57.8 billion (30 June 2013 est.) |
| Palau |
$67 million (2014) $65 million (2013) |
| Panama |
$15.47 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $13.88 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
$30.87 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $28.07 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Paraguay |
$8.759 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $7.291 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Peru |
$56.47 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $55.62 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Philippines |
$77.67 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $78.49 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Poland |
$395.2 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $377.9 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Portugal |
$508.3 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $482.2 billion (31 December 2011) |
| Puerto Rico |
$56.82 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $52.98 billion (31 December 2009 est.) |
| Qatar |
$158 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $149.3 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Romania |
$114.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $129.3 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Russia |
$683.6 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $728.9 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Rwanda |
$1.901 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.8 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
$NA |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
$162.9 million (31 December 2014 est.) $158.7 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
$498.2 million (31 December 2014 est.) $485.9 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
$NA |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
$248.7 million (31 December 2014 est.) $256.7 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Samoa |
$368.3 million (31 December 2011 est.) $422.9 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| San Marino |
$NA |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
$416.4 million (31 December 2014 est.) $299.6 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
$164.3 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $152 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Senegal |
$5.747 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $4.91 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Serbia |
$28.63 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $34.75 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Seychelles |
$2.099 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $2.049 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
$1.46 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.26 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Singapore |
$0 (2014 est.) $0 (2013 est.) |
| Slovakia |
$106.6 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $114 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Slovenia |
$52.53 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $52.48 billion (31 December 2012) |
| Solomon Islands |
$255.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) $228.1 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Somalia |
$3.05 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.055 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| South Africa |
$143 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $142.2 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Spain |
$2.278 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.269 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Sri Lanka |
$27.11 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $26.26 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Sudan |
$47.45 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $44.76 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Suriname |
$1.037 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $983 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Swaziland |
$568.3 million (31 December 2014 est.) $488.5 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Sweden |
$1.039 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $992.5 billion (31 December 2011) |
| Switzerland |
$1.544 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.424 trillion (31 December 2011) |
| Syria |
$11.64 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $9.904 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Taiwan |
$191.9 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $170.1 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
$3.821 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $3.714 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Tanzania |
$15.35 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $13.83 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Thailand |
$140.7 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $141.9 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Togo |
$926.3 million (31 December 2014 est.) $840.8 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Tonga |
$199.3 million (31 December 2014 est.) $196.5 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
$4.924 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $4.676 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Tunisia |
$29.56 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $26.8 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Turkey |
$407.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $390 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
$578.4 million (31 December 2014 est.) $534.2 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
$NA |
| Tuvalu |
$NA |
| Uganda |
$4.095 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $3.594 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Ukraine |
$153.6 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $136 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
$173.3 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $168.8 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
$8.795 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) $8.572 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| United States |
$15.68 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) $15.51 trillion (31 December 2011 est.) note: approximately 4/5ths of US external debt is denominated in US dollars; foreign lenders have been willing to hold US dollar denominated debt instruments because they view the dollar as the world's reserve currency |
| Uruguay |
$17.54 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $16.27 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
$8.751 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $8.517 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
$307.7 million (31 December 2011 est.) $369.2 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Venezuela |
$69.66 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $70.16 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Vietnam |
$68.05 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $61.85 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Virgin Islands |
$NA |
| Wallis and Futuna |
$3.67 million (2004) |
| West Bank |
$1.04 billion (2010 est.) $1.3 billion (2007 est.) note: data include the Gaza Strip |
| Western Sahara |
$NA |
| World |
$72.87 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $68.82 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private |
| Yemen |
$8.002 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $7.708 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Zambia |
$7.384 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $5.943 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
$9.361 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $8.71 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |