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Debt - external (Country profile category: Economy)

Afghanistan:
$5.5 billion (1996 est.)

Albania:
$820 million (1998)

Algeria:
$30 billion (1999 est.)

American Samoa:
$NA

Andorra:
$NA

Angola:
$10.5 billion (1999 est.)

Anguilla:
$8.8 million (1998)

Antigua and Barbuda:
$357 million (1998)

Argentina:
$149 billion (1999 est.)

Armenia:
$862.7 million (1999)

Aruba:
$285 million (1996)

Australia:
$222 billion (1999)

Austria:
$31.7 billion (1998)

Azerbaijan:
$684 million (1998)

Bahamas, The:
$349 million (1998)

Bahrain:
$2 billion (1997)

Bangladesh:
$16.5 billion (1998)

Barbados:
$550 million (1998 est.)

Belarus:
$1.1 billion (1998 est.)

Belgium:
$28.3 billion (1999 est.)

Belize:
$380 million (1997)

Benin:
$1.6 billion (1997 est.)

Bermuda:
$NA

Bhutan:
$120 million (1998)

Bolivia:
$5.7 billion (1999)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
$4.1 billion (1997 est.)

Botswana:
$651 million (1998)

Brazil:
$200 billion (1999)

British Virgin Islands:
$36.1 million (1997)

Brunei:
$0

Bulgaria:
$10 billion (1999 est.)

Burkina Faso:
$1.3 billion (1997)

Burma:
$5.9 billion (FY98/99 est.)

Burundi:
$1.247 billion (1997 est.)

Cambodia:
$829 million (1999 est.)

Cameroon:
$11.5 billion (1999 est.)

Canada:
$253 billion (1996)

Cape Verde:
$220 million (1998)

Cayman Islands:
$70 million (1996)

Central African Republic:
$790 million (1999 est.)

Chad:
$1 billion (1999 est.)

Chile:
$39 billion (1999)

China:
$159 billion (1998 est.)

Christmas Island:
$NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
$NA

Colombia:
$35 billion (1998 est.)

Comoros:
$197 million (1997 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
$12.3 billion (1997 est.)

Congo, Republic of the:
$5 billion (1997)

Cook Islands:
$141 million (1996 est.)

Costa Rica:
$3.9 billion (1998 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire:
$16.8 billion (1998 est.)

Croatia:
$8.1 billion (October 1999)

Cuba:
$11.2 billion (convertible currency, 1998); another $20 billion owed to Russia (1998)

Cyprus:
Greek Cypriot area: $1.27 billion; Turkish Cypriot area: $NA (1998)

Czech Republic:
$24.3 billion (1999 est.)

Denmark:
$44 billion (1996 est.)

Djibouti:
$350 million (1999 est.)

Dominica:
$90 million (1998 est.)

Dominican Republic:
$3.7 billion (1999 est.)

Ecuador:
$15.3 billion (1999)

Egypt:
$30 billion (1999 est.)

El Salvador:
$3.3 billion (1999 est.)

Equatorial Guinea:
$290 million (1999 est.)

Eritrea:
$76 million (1997 est.)

Estonia:
$270 million (January 1996)

Ethiopia:
$10 billion (1997)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
$NA

Faroe Islands:
$767 million (1995 est.)

Fiji:
$213 million (1997)

Finland:
$30 billion (December 1993)

France:
$117.6 billion (1996 est.)

French Guiana:
$1.2 billion (1988)

French Polynesia:
$NA

Gabon:
$4.6 billion (1999 est.)

Gambia, The:
$430 million (1997 est.)

Gaza Strip:
$108 million (includes West Bank) (1997 est.)

Georgia:
$1.8 billion (1998)

Germany:
$NA

Ghana:
$6 billion (1998 est.)

Gibraltar:
$NA

Greece:
$41.9 billion (1998)

Greenland:
$243 million (1995)

Grenada:
$89.2 million (1998)

Guadeloupe:
$NA

Guam:
$NA

Guatemala:
$4.4 billion (1998 est.)

Guernsey:
$NA

Guinea:
$3.15 billion (1998 est.)

Guinea-Bissau:
$921 million (1997 est.)

Guyana:
$1.4 billion (1998)

Haiti:
$1 billion (1997 est.)

Honduras:
$4.4 billion (1999)

Hong Kong:
$48.1 billion (1999)

Hungary:
$27 billion (1999)

Iceland:
$2.6 billion (1999)

India:
$98 billion (March 1999)

Indonesia:
$140 billion (1998 est.)

Iran:
$21.9 billion (1996 est.)

Iraq:
$130 billion (1999 est.)

Ireland:
$11 billion (1998)

Israel:
$18.7 billion (1997)

Italy:
$45 billion (1996 est.)

Jamaica:
$3.8 billion (1998 est.)

Japan:
$NA

Jersey:
none

Jordan:
$8.4 billion (1998 est.)

Kazakhstan:
$7.9 billion (1999 est.)

Kenya:
$6.5 billion (1998)

Kiribati:
$7.2 million (1996 est.)

Korea, North:
$12 billion (1996 est.)

Korea, South:
$142 billion (1999)

Kuwait:
$9.27 billion (1998 est.)

Kyrgyzstan:
$1.1 billion (1999 est.)

Laos:
$2.32 billion (1997 est.)

Latvia:
$212 million (1998)

Lebanon:
$8.8 billion (1999 est.)

Lesotho:
$675 million (1998 est.)

Liberia:
$3 billion (1999 est.)

Libya:
$4 billion (1998 est.)

Liechtenstein:
$0 (1996)

Lithuania:
$NA

Luxembourg:
$NA

Macau:
$1.7 billion (1997)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
$1.7 billion (1998 est.)

Madagascar:
$4.1 billion (1997 est.)

Malawi:
$2.3 billion (1999 est.)

Malaysia:
$43.6 billion (1999 est.)

Maldives:
$188 million (1998 est.)

Mali:
$3.1 billion (1998)

Malta:
$130 million (1997)

Man, Isle of:
$NA

Marshall Islands:
$125 million (FY96/97 est.)

Martinique:
$180 million (1994)

Mauritania:
$2.5 billion (1997)

Mauritius:
$1.9 billion (1998 est.)

Mayotte:
$NA

Mexico:
$155.8 billion (1999)

Micronesia, Federated States of:
$111 million (1997 est.)

Moldova:
$1.3 billion (December 1999)

Monaco:
$NA

Mongolia:
$715 million (1998 est.)

Montserrat:
$8.9 million (1997)

Morocco:
$19.1 billion (1999 est.)

Mozambique:
$4.8 billion (1999)

Namibia:
$159 million (1999 est.)

Nauru:
$33.3 million

Nepal:
$2.4 billion (1997)

Netherlands:
$0

Netherlands Antilles:
$1.35 billion (1996)

New Caledonia:
$79 million (1998 est.)

New Zealand:
$53 billion (1998)

Nicaragua:
$5.7 billion (1999 est.)

Niger:
$1.3 billion (1999 est.)

Nigeria:
$29 billion (1999 est.)

Niue:
$NA

Norfolk Island:
$NA

Northern Mariana Islands:
$NA

Norway:
$0 (Norway is a net external creditor)

Oman:
$4.8 billion (1998 est.)

Pakistan:
$32 billion (1999 est.)

Palau:
about $100 million (1989)

Panama:
$7 billion (1999)

Papua New Guinea:
$2.4 billion (1999 est.)

Paraguay:
$2.7 billion (1999)

Peru:
$31 billion (1998 est.)

Philippines:
$51.9 billion (1999)

Pitcairn Islands:
$NA

Poland:
$44 billion (1998)

Portugal:
$13.1 billion (1997 est.)

Puerto Rico:
$NA

Qatar:
$10 billion (1998 est.)

Reunion:
$NA

Romania:
$9 billion (1999 est.)

Russia:
$166 billion (yearend 1999)

Rwanda:
$1.2 billion (1998)

Saint Helena:
$NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
$62 million (1997)

Saint Lucia:
$135 million (1998)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
$NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
$83.6 million (1997)

Samoa:
$156 million (1997 est.)

San Marino:
$NA

Sao Tome and Principe:
$274 million (1998)

Saudi Arabia:
$28 billion (1998 est.)

Senegal:
$3.4 billion (1998 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro:
$14.1 billion (1999 est.)

Seychelles:
$149 million (1997 est.)

Sierra Leone:
$1.15 billion (1998)

Singapore:
$NA

Slovakia:
$10.6 billion (1999)

Slovenia:
$4.9 billion (1998 est.)

Solomon Islands:
$135 million (1997)

Somalia:
$2.6 billion (1997 est.)

South Africa:
$25.7 billion (1998 est.)

Spain:
$90 billion (1993 est.)

Sri Lanka:
$8.4 billion (1998)

Sudan:
$24 billion (1999 est.)

Suriname:
$175.6 million (1998 est.)

Swaziland:
$180 million (1999)

Sweden:
$66.5 billion (1994)

Switzerland:
$NA

Syria:
$22 billion (1999 est.)

Tajikistan:
$1.3 billion (1999 est.)

Tanzania:
$7.7 billion (1999 est.)

Thailand:
$80 billion (1999 est.)

Togo:
$1.3 billion (1997)

Tokelau:
$0

Tonga:
$62 million (1998)

Trinidad and Tobago:
$2.2 billion (1997 est.)

Tunisia:
$12.1 billion (1999 est.)

Turkey:
$104 billion (1999)

Turkmenistan:
$2.1 billion (1999 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands:
$NA

Tuvalu:
$NA

Uganda:
$3.1 billion (1998 est.)

Ukraine:
$12.6 billion (January 2000 est.)

United Arab Emirates:
$15.5 billion (1998 est.)

United Kingdom:
$NA

United States:
$862 billion (1995 est.)

Uruguay:
$8 billion (1999 est.)

Uzbekistan:
$3.2 billion (1998 est.)

Vanuatu:
$48 million (1997 est.)

Venezuela:
$32 billion (1999)

Vietnam:
$7.3 billion Western countries; $4.5 billion CEMA debts primarily to Russia; $9 billion to $18 billion nonconvertible debt (former CEMA, Iraq, Iran)

Virgin Islands:
$NA

Wallis and Futuna:
$NA

West Bank:
$108 million (includes Gaza Strip) (1997 est.)

Western Sahara:
$NA

World:
$2 trillion for less developed countries (1999 est.)

Yemen:
$4.5 billion (1999)

Zambia:
$6.7 billion (1998 est.)

Zimbabwe:
$5 billion (1998)

Taiwan:
$35 billion (September 1999)

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