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Country | Debt - external
Afghanistan | NA (1996 est.)
Albania | $784 million (2000)
Algeria | $21.6 billion (2002 est.)
American Samoa | $NA
Andorra | $NA
Angola | $9.9 billion (2002 est.)
Anguilla | $8.8 million (1998)
Antigua and Barbuda | $231 million (1999)
Argentina | $155 billion (2001 est.)
Armenia | $905 million (June 2001)
Aruba | $285 million (1996)
Australia | $176.8 billion (yearend 2002 est.)
Austria | $12.1 billion (2001 est.)
Azerbaijan | $1.4 billion (2002)
Bahamas, The | $371.6 million (2001)
Bahrain | $3.7 billion (2002)
Bangladesh | $16.5 billion (2002)
Barbados | $692 million (2002)
Belarus | $851 million (2001 est.)
Belgium | $28.3 billion (1999 est.)
Belize | $475 million (2001 est.)
Benin | $1.6 billion (2000)
Bermuda | $145 million (FY 99/00)
Bhutan | $245 million (2000)
Bolivia | $5.9 billion (2002 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | $2.8 billion (2001)
Botswana | $360 million (2002)
Brazil | $222.4 billion (2002)
British Virgin Islands | $36.1 million (1997)
Brunei | $0
Bulgaria | $10.3 billion (yearend 2002)
Burkina Faso | $1.3 billion (2000)
Burma | $6.1 billion (2002 est.)
Burundi | $1.14 billion (2001)
Cambodia | $829 million (1999 est.)
Cameroon | $8.6 billion (2002 est.)
Canada | $1.9 billion $NA (2000)
Cape Verde | $325 million (2002)
Cayman Islands | $70 million (1996)
Central African Republic | $881.4 million (2000 est.)
Chad | $1.1 billion (2000 est.)
Chile | $40.4 billion (2002)
China | $149.4 billion (2002 est.)
Christmas Island | $NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | $NA
Colombia | $38.4 billion (2002 est.)
Comoros | $232 million (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | $12.9 billion (2000 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | $5 billion (2000 est.)
Cook Islands | $141 million (1996 est.)
Costa Rica | $4.8 billion (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | $10.3 billion (2002 est.)
Croatia | $16.5 billion (yearend 2002 est.)
Cuba | $12.3 billion (convertible currency); another $15 billion -$20 billion owed to Russia (2002 est.)
Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: $8 billion; Turkish Cypriot area: $NA (2002)
Czech Republic | $23.8 billion (2002)
Denmark | $21.7 billion (2000)
Djibouti | $366 million (2002 est.)
Dominica | $161.5 million (2001)
Dominican Republic | $4.8 billion (2002 est.)
East Timor | $NA
Ecuador | $14.4 billion (2002)
Egypt | $30.5 billion (2002 est.)
El Salvador | $5.6 billion (2001 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | $248 million (2000 est.)
Eritrea | $311 million (2000 est.)
Estonia | $3.3 billion (2001 est.)
Ethiopia | $5.3 billion (2001 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | $NA
Faroe Islands | $64 million (1999)
Fiji | $135.9 million (2000)
Finland | $30 billion (December 1993)
France | NA (1998)
French Guiana | $1.2 billion (1988)
French Polynesia | $NA
Gabon | $3.8 billion (2002 est.)
Gambia, The | $476 million (2001 est.)
Gaza Strip | $108 million (includes West Bank) (1997 est.)
Georgia | $1.7 billion (2001)
Germany | $NA
Ghana | $7.2 billion (2002 est.)
Gibraltar | $NA
Greece | $63.4 billion (2002 est.)
Greenland | $25 million (1999)
Grenada | $196 million (2000)
Guadeloupe | $NA
Guam | $NA
Guatemala | $4.9 billion (2002 est.)
Guernsey | $NA
Guinea | $3.4 billion (2000 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | $941.5 million (2000 est.)
Guyana | $1.2 billion (2002)
Haiti | $1.2 billion (1999)
Honduras | $5.4 billion (2002)
Hong Kong | $49.5 billion (2002 est.)
Hungary | $31.5 billion (2002 est.)
Iceland | $2.6 billion (1999)
India | $100.6 billion (2001 est.)
Indonesia | $131 billion (2002 est.)
Iran | $8.7 billion (2002 est.)
Iraq | $120 billion (2002 est.)
Ireland | $11 billion (1998)
Israel | $42.8 billion (2001 est.)
Italy | NA
Jamaica | $5.3 billion (2002 est.)
Japan | $NA
Jersey | none
Jordan | $8.2 billion (2002 est.)
Kazakhstan | $6.6 billion (2002 est.)
Kenya | $5.7 billion (2002 est.)
Kiribati | $10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North | $12 billion (1996 est.)
Korea, South | $135.2 billion (yearend 2002 est.)
Kuwait | $10.4 billion (2000 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | $1.5 billion (2002 est.)
Laos | $2.53 billion (1999)
Latvia | $3.4 billion (2000 est.)
Lebanon | $9.3 billion (2002 est.)
Lesotho | $735 million (2002)
Liberia | $2.1 billion (2000 est.)
Libya | $4.4 billion (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein | $0 (2001)
Lithuania | $5.8 billion (2002 est.)
Luxembourg | $NA
Macau | $255 million (2000 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | $1.3 billion (2001 est.)
Madagascar | $4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi | $2.9 billion (2002)
Malaysia | $47.5 billion (2002 est.)
Maldives | $281 million (2003 est.)
Mali | $3.3 billion (2000)
Malta | $130 million (1997)
Man, Isle of | $NA
Marshall Islands | $86.5 million (FY 99/00 est.)
Martinique | $180 million (1994)
Mauritania | $2.5 billion (2000)
Mauritius | $2.4 billion (2002 est.)
Mayotte | $NA
Mexico | $150 billion (2000 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | $53.1 million (FY 02/03 est.)
Moldova | $1.3 billion (2002)
Monaco | $NA
Mongolia | $913 million (2001 est.)
Montserrat | $8.9 million (1997)
Morocco | $17.7 billion (2002 est.)
Mozambique | $966 million (2002 est.)
Namibia | $517 million (2002 est.)
Nauru | $33.3 million
Nepal | $2.55 billion (FY 00/01)
Netherlands Antilles | $1.35 billion (1996)
New Caledonia | $79 million (1998 est.)
New Zealand | $33 billion (2002 est.)
Nicaragua | $5.8 billion (2002 est.)
Niger | $1.6 billion (1999 est.)
Nigeria | $29.7 billion (2002 est.)
Niue | $418,000 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island | $NA
Northern Mariana Islands | $NA
Norway | $0 (Norway is a net external creditor)
Oman | $5.7 billion (2002 est.)
Pakistan | $32.3 billion (2002 est.)
Palau | $0 (FY 99/00)
Panama | $7 billion (2002 est.)
Papua New Guinea | $2.8 billion (2002 est.)
Paraguay | $3.2 billion (2002 est.)
Peru | $29.2 billion (2002 est.)
Philippines | $60.3 billion (2002)
Pitcairn Islands | $NA
Poland | $64 billion (2002)
Portugal | $13.1 billion (1997 est.)
Puerto Rico | $NA
Qatar | $15.4 billion (2002 est.)
Reunion | $NA
Romania | $13.7 billion (2002 est.)
Russia | $153.5 billion (yearend 2002)
Rwanda | $1.3 billion (2000 est.)
Saint Helena | $NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis | $171 million (2001)
Saint Lucia | $214 million (2000)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | $NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $167.2 million (2000)
Samoa | $197 million (2000)
San Marino | $NA
Sao Tome and Principe | $253.8 million (2000)
Saudi Arabia | $25.9 billion (2003 est.)
Senegal | $3.1 billion (2002 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | $9.2 billion (2001 est.)
Seychelles | $170 million (2002 est.)
Sierra Leone | $1.5 billion (2002 est.)
Singapore | $8.2 billion (2002 est.)
Slovakia | $9.6 billion (2002 est.)
Slovenia | $7.9 billion (2001)
Solomon Islands | $137 million (2001 est.)
Somalia | $2.6 billion (2000 est.)
South Africa | $24.7 billion (2002 est.)
Spain | $90 billion (1993 est.)
Sri Lanka | $9.8 billion (2002)
Sudan | $15.8 billion (2002 est.)
Suriname | $321 million (2002 est.)
Swaziland | $320 million (2002 est.)
Sweden | $66.5 billion (1994)
Switzerland | $NA
Syria | $22 billion (2002 est.)
Taiwan | $24.7 billion (2002)
Tajikistan | $1 billion (2002 est.)
Tanzania | $6.8 billion (2002 est.)
Thailand | $62.5 billion (2002 est.)
Togo | $1.4 billion (2000)
Tokelau | $0
Tonga | $57.5 million (June 2001)
Trinidad and Tobago | $2.8 billion (2002 est.)
Tunisia | $13.6 billion (2003 est.)
Turkey | $118.3 billion (Yearend 2001)
Turkmenistan | $2.4 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | $NA
Tuvalu | $NA
Uganda | $2.8 billion (2002 est.)
Ukraine | $14.2 billion (2002)
United Arab Emirates | $18.5 billion (2002 est.)
United Kingdom | $NA
United States | $862 billion (1995 est.)
Uruguay | $11.8 billion (2002 est.)
Uzbekistan | $4.6 billion (2002 est.)
Vanuatu | $68.6 million (2000 est.)
Venezuela | $38.2 billion (2000)
Vietnam | $14.1 billion (2001)
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 (2002 est.)
Yemen | $6.2 billion (2002)
Zambia | $5.8 billion (2001)
Zimbabwe | $3.9 billion (2002 est.)
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