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Country | Debt - external
Afghanistan | $8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia; Afghanistan has $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks (2004)
Albania | $1.41 billion (2003)
Algeria | $22.71 billion (2003 est.)
American Samoa | NA (2002 est.)
Andorra | NA
Angola | $9.164 billion (2003 est.)
Anguilla | $8.8 million (1998)
Antigua and Barbuda | $231 million (1999)
Argentina | $145.6 billion (2003 est.)
Armenia | $905 million (June 2001)
Aruba | $285 million (1996)
Australia | $233.5 billion (2003 est.)
Austria | $15.5 billion (2003 est.)
Azerbaijan | $1.575 billion (2003)
Bahamas, The | $308.5 million (2002)
Bahrain | $4.682 billion (2003)
Bangladesh | $18.06 billion (2003)
Barbados | $668 million (2003)
Belarus | $851 million (2001 est.)
Belgium | $28.3 billion (1999 est.)
Belize | $475 million (2001 est.)
Benin | $1.6 billion (2000)
Bermuda | $160 million (FY99/00)
Bhutan | $245 million (2000)
Bolivia | $5.332 billion (2003 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | $3.5 billion (2003)
Botswana | $392 million (2003)
Brazil | $214.9 billion (2003)
British Virgin Islands | $36.1 million (1997)
Brunei | $0
Bulgaria | $12.05 billion (2003)
Burkina Faso | $1.3 billion (2000)
Burma | $6.011 billion (2003 est.)
Burundi | $1.133 billion (2002)
Cambodia | $2.4 billion (2002 est.)
Cameroon | $7.236 billion (2003 est.)
Canada | $1.9 billion (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 | $43.15 billion (2003)
China | $197.8 billion (2003 est.)
Christmas Island | NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA
Colombia | $38.26 billion (2003 est.)
Comoros | $232 million (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | $11.6 billion (2000 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | $5 billion (2000 est.)
Cook Islands | $141 million (1996 est.)
Costa Rica | $5.366 billion (2003 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | $11.85 billion (2003 est.)
Croatia | $23.56 billion (2003 est.)
Cuba | $12.52 billion (convertible currency); another $15 billion -$20 billion owed to Russia (2003 est.)
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: $8.85 billion; north Cyprus: NA (2003)
Czech Republic | $28 billion (2003)
Denmark | $21.7 billion (2000)
Djibouti | $366 million (2002 est.)
Dominica | $161.5 million (2001)
Dominican Republic | $6.567 billion (2003 est.)
East Timor | NA
Ecuador | $15.69 billion (2003)
Egypt | $30.34 billion (2003 est.)
El Salvador | $6.575 billion (2003 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | $248 million (2000 est.)
Eritrea | $311 million (2000 est.)
Estonia | $7.002 billion (2003 est.)
Ethiopia | $2.9 billion (2001 est.)
European Union | $NA
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA (1999 est.)
Faroe Islands | $64 million (1999)
Fiji | $188.1 million (2001 est.)
Finland | $30 billion (December 1993)
France | NA
French Guiana | $1.2 billion (1988)
French Polynesia | NA (2000 est.)
Gabon | $3.284 billion (2003 est.)
Gambia, The | $476 million (2001 est.)
Gaza Strip | $108 million (includes West Bank) (1997 est.)
Georgia | $1.8 billion (2002)
Germany | NA (2000 est.)
Ghana | $7.398 billion (2003 est.)
Gibraltar | NA (2000 est.)
Greece | $65.51 billion (2003 est.)
Greenland | $25 million (1999)
Grenada | $196 million (2000)
Guadeloupe | NA (yearend 2003 est.)
Guam | NA (2003 est.)
Guatemala | $4.957 billion (2003 est.)
Guernsey | NA
Guinea | $3.25 billion (2001 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | $941.5 million (2000 est.)
Guyana | $1.2 billion (2002)
Haiti | $1.2 billion (1999)
Honduras | $5.246 billion (2003)
Hong Kong | $59.21 billion (2003 est.)
Hungary | $42.38 billion (2003 est.)
Iceland | $2.6 billion (1999)
India | $101.7 billion (2003 est.)
Indonesia | $135.7 billion (2003 est.)
Iran | $10.96 billion (2003 est.)
Iraq | $93.95 billion (2003 est.)
Ireland | $11 billion (1998)
Israel | $70.97 billion (2003 est.)
Italy | $868.5 billion NA (2003)
Jamaica | $4.962 billion (2003 est.)
Japan | NA (2002 est.)
Jersey | none
Jordan | $7.683 billion (2003 est.)
Kazakhstan | $24.45 billion (2003 est.)
Kenya | $5.916 billion (2003 est.)
Kiribati | $10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North | $12 billion (1996 est.)
Korea, South | $130.3 billion (2003 est.)
Kuwait | $12.18 billion (2003 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | $1.5 billion (2002 est.)
Laos | $2.49 billion (2001)
Latvia | $6.793 billion (2003 est.)
Lebanon | $20.79 billion (2003 est.)
Lesotho | $735 million (2002)
Liberia | $2.1 billion (2000 est.)
Libya | $4.194 billion (2003 est.)
Liechtenstein | $0 (2001)
Lithuania | $7.671 billion (2003 est.)
Luxembourg | NA
Macau | $121 million (2001 est.)
Macedonia | $1.929 billion (2003 est.)
Madagascar | $4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi | $3.026 billion (2003)
Malaysia | $48.84 billion (2003 est.)
Maldives | $281 million (2003 est.)
Mali | $3.3 billion (2000)
Malta | $130 million (1997)
Man, Isle of | NA
Marshall Islands | $86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)
Martinique | $180 million (1994)
Mauritania | $2.5 billion (2000)
Mauritius | $1.75 billion (2003 est.)
Mayotte | NA
Mexico | $159.8 billion (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | $53.1 million (FY02/03 est.)
Moldova | $1.515 billion (2003)
Monaco | NA (2000 est.)
Mongolia | $885 million (2001 est.)
Montserrat | $8.9 million (1997)
Morocco | $17.32 billion (2003 est.)
Mozambique | $966 million (2002 est.)
Namibia | $1.04 billion (2003 est.)
Nauru | $33.3 million (2002)
Nepal | $2.7 billion (2001)
Netherlands Antilles | $1.35 billion (1996)
New Caledonia | $79 million (1998 est.)
New Zealand | $37.46 billion (2003 est.)
Nicaragua | $5.833 billion (2003 est.)
Niger | $1.6 billion (1999 est.)
Nigeria | $31.07 billion (2003 est.)
Niue | $418,000 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island | NA
Northern Mariana Islands | NA
Norway | $0 (Norway is a net external creditor) (2003 est.)
Oman | $5.973 billion (2003 est.)
Pakistan | $33.54 billion (2003 est.)
Palau | $0 (FY99/00)
Panama | $8.834 billion (2003 est.)
Papua New Guinea | $2.909 billion (2003 est.)
Paraguay | $2.96 billion (2003 est.)
Peru | $29.95 billion (2003 est.)
Philippines | $57.96 billion (2003)
Pitcairn Islands | NA
Poland | $86.82 billion (2003)
Portugal | $250.7 billion (2003 est.)
Puerto Rico | NA
Qatar | $17.5 billion (2003 est.)
Reunion | NA
Romania | $18.34 billion (2003 est.)
Russia | $175.9 billion (2003)
Rwanda | $1.3 billion (2000 est.)
Saint Helena | NA (1996)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | $171 million (2001)
Saint Lucia | $214 million (2000)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | NA (2003 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $167.2 million (2000)
Samoa | $197 million (2000)
San Marino | NA
Sao Tome and Principe | $318 million (2002)
Saudi Arabia | $39.16 billion (2003)
Senegal | $3.009 billion (2003 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | $14.01 billion (2003 est.)
Seychelles | $213 million (2003 est.)
Sierra Leone | $1.5 billion (2002 est.)
Singapore | $15.06 billion (2003 est.)
Slovakia | $18.31 billion (2003 est.)
Slovenia | $11.33 billion (2003)
Solomon Islands | $162.5 million (2001 est.)
Somalia | $2.6 billion (2000 est.)
South Africa | $25.9 billion (2003 est.)
Spain | $718.4 billion (2003 est.)
Sri Lanka | $10.52 billion (2003)
Sudan | $16.09 billion (2003 est.)
Suriname | $321 million (2002 est.)
Swaziland | $320 million (2002 est.)
Sweden | $66.5 billion (1994)
Switzerland | NA (2000)
Syria | $21.55 billion (2003 est.)
Taiwan | $53.44 billion (2003)
Tajikistan | $1 billion (2002 est.)
Tanzania | $6.549 billion (2003 est.)
Thailand | $53.75 billion (2003 est.)
Togo | $1.4 billion (2000)
Tokelau | $0
Tonga | $63.4 million (2001)
Trinidad and Tobago | $2.608 billion (2003 est.)
Tunisia | $14.39 billion (2003 est.)
Turkey | $147.3 billion (2003)
Turkmenistan | $2.4 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | NA (2002 est.)
Tuvalu | NA
Uganda | $3.818 billion (2003 est.)
Ukraine | $16.13 billion (2003)
United Arab Emirates | $20.71 billion (2003 est.)
United Kingdom | NA (2002 est.)
United States | $1.4 trillion (2001 est.)
Uruguay | $10.73 billion (2003)
Uzbekistan | $4.384 billion (2003 est.)
Vanuatu | $65.8 million (2001 est.)
Venezuela | $32.51 billion (2003)
Vietnam | $14.69 billion (2003)
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 | $6.044 billion (2003)
Zambia | $5.281 billion (2003)
Zimbabwe | $3.404 billion (2003 est.)
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