| Country | DEBT - EXTERNAL |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
$1.28 billion (FY10/11) $2.7 billion (FY08/09) |
| Albania |
$7.716 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $8 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Algeria |
$5.143 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $5.453 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| American Samoa |
$NA |
| Andorra |
$NA |
| Angola |
$33.83 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $28.45 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Anguilla |
$8.8 million (1998) $41.04 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
$441.2 million (31 December 2012) $458 million (June 2010) |
| Argentina |
$136.1 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $140.4 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Armenia |
$8.554 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $8.551 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Aruba |
$693.2 million (31 December 2014 est.) $666.4 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Australia |
$1.524 trillion (31 December 2015 est.) $1.552 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Austria |
$675 billion (30 September 2015 est.) $740.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
$12.28 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $11.69 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
$17.56 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $16.35 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Bahrain |
$19.74 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $18.88 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
$35.49 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $34.93 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Barbados |
$4.49 billion (2010 est.) $668 million (2003 est.) |
| Belarus |
$34.85 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $40.01 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Belgium |
$1.312 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.285 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Belize |
$1.309 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $1.288 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Benin |
$2.115 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $1.984 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Bermuda |
$2.435 billion (2015 est.) $1.4 billion (2012 est.) |
| Bhutan |
$1.911 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $1.841 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Bolivia |
$9.035 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $8.781 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
$9.597 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $10.59 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Botswana |
$2.221 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $2.384 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Brazil |
$542.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $556.9 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands |
$36.1 million (1997) |
| Brunei |
$0 (2014) $0 (2013) note: public external debt only; private external debt unavailable |
| Bulgaria |
$42.5 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $48.74 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
$2.669 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $2.544 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Burma |
$7.407 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $6.351 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Burundi |
$684.1 million (31 December 2015 est.) $690.2 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
$1.534 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $1.537 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Cambodia |
$7.483 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $6.811 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Cameroon |
$6.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $5.289 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Canada |
$1.491 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.395 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
$661.9 million (31 December 2015 est.) $657.4 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Chad |
$2.802 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $2.857 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Chile |
$156.1 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $149.6 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| China |
$958.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $959.5 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Colombia |
$107.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $102.3 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Comoros |
$132.8 million (31 December 2015 est.) $145 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
$5.106 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $5.508 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
$4.324 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $3.901 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Cook Islands |
$141 million (1996 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
$23.18 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $20.97 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
$11.71 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $10.86 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Croatia |
$50.88 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $56.6 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Cuba |
$26 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $25.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Cyprus |
$95.28 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $103.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Czechia |
$126.2 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $129.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Denmark |
$534.6 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $609.8 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Djibouti |
$1.09 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $957.5 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Dominica |
$275.4 million (31 December 2015 est.) $291.3 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
$25.71 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $26.71 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Ecuador |
$30.79 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $26.33 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Egypt |
$44.61 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $39.62 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| El Salvador |
$14.67 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $14.56 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
$1.194 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $1.459 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Eritrea |
$831.2 million (31 December 2015 est.) $908.1 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Estonia |
$18.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $20.11 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
$19.04 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $16.59 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| European Union |
$13.05 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $14.14 trillion (31 December 2013) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
$NA |
| Faroe Islands |
$888.8 million (2010) $68.1 million (2006) |
| Fiji |
$820.1 million (31 December 2015 est.) $863.5 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Finland |
$547.5 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $571.8 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| France |
$5.496 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $5.549 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| French Polynesia |
$NA |
| Gabon |
$4.883 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $4.326 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
g: $502.5 million (31 December 2015 est.) $500.1 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
see entry for the West Bank |
| Georgia |
$13.31 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $13.91 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Germany |
$5.597 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $5.998 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Ghana |
$19.15 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $17.61 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
$NA |
| Greece |
$514.4 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $575.4 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Greenland |
$36.4 million (2010) $58 million (2009) |
| Grenada |
$679 million (2013 est.) $538 million (2010 est.) |
| Guam |
$NA |
| Guatemala |
$18.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $18.76 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Guernsey |
$NA |
| Guinea-Bissau |
$1.095 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $941.5 million (31 December 2000 est.) |
| Guinea |
$1.329 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $1.407 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Guyana |
$2.303 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $1.974 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Haiti |
$1.969 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $1.937 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Honduras |
$7.649 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $7.331 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
$491.9 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $460.9 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Hungary |
$127.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $145.3 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Iceland |
$31.04 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $97.8 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| India |
$480.8 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $463.2 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Indonesia |
$316 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $293.4 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Iran |
$5.348 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $5.495 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Iraq |
$60.28 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $58.14 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Ireland |
$1.96 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $2.078 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Isle of Man |
$NA |
| Israel |
$89.36 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $96.13 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Italy |
$2.459 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $2.635 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Jamaica |
$16.49 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $17.25 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Japan |
$5.18 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) $4.026 trillion (31 December 2012) |
| Jersey |
$NA |
| Jordan |
$25.16 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $24.26 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
$153.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $157.6 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Kenya |
$17.92 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $16.18 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Kiribati |
$13.6 million (2013 est.) $14.1 million (2012 est.) |
| Korea, North |
$5 billion (2013 est.) |
| Korea, South |
$381.8 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $407 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Kosovo |
$411.6 million (2014 est.) $448.2 million (2013 est.) |
| Kuwait |
$36.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $35.26 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
$7.37 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $7.257 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Laos |
$10.77 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $10.72 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Latvia |
$40.5 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $42.06 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Lebanon |
$37.08 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $34.42 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Lesotho |
$866.7 million (31 December 2015 est.) $876.3 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Liberia |
$968 million (31 December 2015 est.) $633 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Libya |
$3.985 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $5.244 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
$0 (2001) note: public external debt only; private external debt unavailable |
| Lithuania |
$30.81 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $33.64 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
$3.331 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $3.525 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Macau |
$0 (31 December 2013) $0 (31 December 2012) |
| Macedonia |
$7.029 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $7.241 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Madagascar |
$3.332 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $2.853 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Malawi |
$1.715 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $1.637 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Malaysia |
$186.5 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $210.8 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Maldives |
$741.6 million (2014 est.) $792.2 million (2013 est.) |
| Mali |
$3.334 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $3.416 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Malta |
$99.02 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $103.8 billion (30 December 2014 est.) |
| Marshall Islands |
$97.96 million (2013 est.) $87 million (2008 est.) |
| Mauritania |
$3.415 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $3.522 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Mauritius |
$10.62 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $11.29 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Mexico |
$441.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $432.6 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
$93.6 million (2013 est.) $93.5 million (2012 est.) |
| Moldova |
$6.207 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $6.464 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Monaco |
$NA |
| Mongolia |
$18.16 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $20.83 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Montenegro |
$1.576 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.433 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Montserrat |
$8.9 million (1997) |
| Morocco |
$42.25 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $42.77 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Mozambique |
$9.743 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $9.171 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Namibia |
$6.124 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $5.829 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Nauru |
$33.3 million (2004 est.) |
| Nepal |
$4.609 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $4.01 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Netherlands |
$4.154 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $4.524 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
$112 million (31 December 2013 est.) $79 million (31 December 1998 est.) |
| New Zealand |
$83.4 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $89.55 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
$10.64 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $10.22 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Nigeria |
$32.27 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $26.86 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Niger |
$2.611 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $2.585 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Niue |
$418,000 (2002 est.) |
| Norfolk Island |
$NA |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
$NA |
| Norway |
$661.2 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $730.1 billion (31 December 2013 est.) note: Norway is a net external creditor |
| Oman |
$12.94 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $10.66 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Pakistan |
$60.91 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $62.18 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Palau |
$18.38 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $16.47 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Panama |
$21.03 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $19.34 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
$20.41 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $20.05 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Paraguay |
$14.41 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $14.09 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Peru |
$67.87 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $66.47 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Philippines |
$77.46 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $77.66 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Poland |
$332.2 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $338.6 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Portugal |
$493.7 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $531.6 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
$56.82 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $52.98 billion (31 December 2009 est.) |
| Qatar |
$141.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $138.2 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Romania |
$102.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $111.3 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Russia |
$520.2 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $600.7 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Rwanda |
$2.178 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $2.022 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
$NA |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
$168.3 million (31 December 2015 est.) $157.3 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
$517 million (31 December 2015 est.) $527.5 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
$NA |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
$327 million (31 December 2015 est.) $338.9 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Samoa |
$447.2 million (31 December 2013 est.) $450.2 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| San Marino |
$NA |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
$219 million (31 December 2015 est.) $211.9 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
$169.8 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $166.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Senegal |
$5.735 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $5.655 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Serbia |
$32.44 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $33.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Seychelles |
$2.758 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $2.837 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
$1.403 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $1.238 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Singapore |
$465.5 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $479.7 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Slovakia |
$67.66 billion (30 September 2015 est.) $67.78 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Slovenia |
$56.11 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $55.45 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
$491.5 million (31 December 2013 est.) $187.3 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Somalia |
$3.054 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $2.92 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| South Africa |
$131.7 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $144 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Spain |
$2.064 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $2.238 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
$45.47 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $43.61 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Sudan |
$49.42 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $47.85 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Suriname |
$1.15 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $1.088 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Swaziland |
$440.1 million (31 December 2015 est.) $438.4 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Sweden |
$1.01 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.107 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Switzerland |
$1.533 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.601 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Syria |
$5.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $4.597 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Taiwan |
$159 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $177.9 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
$3.938 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $4.047 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Tanzania |
$15.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $14.44 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Thailand |
$134.7 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $135.8 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
$311.5 million (31 December 2014 est.) $687 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Togo |
$1.034 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $995.2 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Tonga |
$206.2 million (31 December 2015 est.) $196.3 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
$2.115 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $2.072 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Tunisia |
$25.45 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $26.4 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Turkey |
$397.8 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $408.2 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
$454.7 million (31 December 2015 est.) $441.2 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
$NA |
| Tuvalu |
$NA |
| Uganda |
$5.649 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $5.135 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Ukraine |
$119.8 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $130.7 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
$204.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $192.5 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
$9.219 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $9.411 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| United States |
$17.26 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $16.49 trillion (31 December 2013 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 |
$20.07 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $19.03 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
$13.92 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $13.39 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
$190.9 million (31 December 2015 est.) $181.7 million (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Venezuela |
$101.9 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $116.7 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Vietnam |
$73.33 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $71.89 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Virgin Islands |
$NA |
| Wallis and Futuna |
$3.67 million (2004) |
| West Bank |
$1.089 billion (2014 est.) $1.191 billion (2013 est.) note: data include the Gaza Strip |
| Western Sahara |
$NA |
| World |
$76.92 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $77.28 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private |
| Yemen |
$7.697 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $7.71 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Zambia |
$8.88 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $7.367 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
$10.56 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $10.57 billion (31 December 2014 est.) |