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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 | $21.9 billion (2004 est.)
American Samoa | $NA
Andorra | $NA
Angola | $10.45 billion (2004 est.)
Anguilla | $8.8 million (1998)
Antigua and Barbuda | $231 million (1999)
Argentina | $157.7 billion (2004 est.)
Armenia | $905 million (June 2001)
Aruba | $285 million (1996)
Australia | $308.7 billion (3rd quarter, 2004 est.)
Austria | $15.5 billion (2003 est.)
Azerbaijan | $1.832 billion (2004 est.)
Bahamas, The | $308.5 million (2002)
Bahrain | $6.215 billion (2004 est.)
Bangladesh | $19.97 billion (2004 est.)
Barbados | $668 million (2003)
Belarus | $600 million (2004 est.)
Belgium | $28.3 billion (1999 est.)
Belize | $1.362 billion (June 2004 est.)
Benin | $1.6 billion (2000)
Bermuda | $160 million (FY99/00)
Bhutan | $245 million (2000)
Bolivia | $5.439 billion (June 2004 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | $3 billion (2004 est.)
Botswana | $531 million (2004 est.)
Brazil | $219.8 billion (2004 est.)
British Virgin Islands | $36.1 million (1997)
Brunei | $0
Bulgaria | $16.1 billion (November 2004 est.)
Burkina Faso | $1.3 billion (2000)
Burma | $6.752 billion (2004 est.)
Burundi | $1.133 billion (2002)
Cambodia | $2.4 billion (2002 est.)
Cameroon | $8.46 billion (2004 est.)
Canada | $570 billion (2004)
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 | $44.6 billion (2004 est.)
China | $233.3 billion (3rd quarter 2004 est.)
Colombia | $38.7 billion (2004 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 | $5.962 billion (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | $11.81 billion (2004 est.)
Croatia | $26.4 billion (2004 est.)
Cuba | $12.09 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion owed to Russia (2004 est.)
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: $7.327 billion; north Cyprus: $NA (2004 est.)
Czech Republic | $36.28 billion (2004 est.)
Denmark | $21.7 billion (2000)
Djibouti | $366 million (2002 est.)
Dominica | $161.5 million (2001)
Dominican Republic | $7.745 billion (2004 est.)
East Timor | none
Ecuador | $16.81 billion (2004 est.)
Egypt | $33.75 billion (2004 est.)
El Salvador | $4.792 billion (September 2004 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | $248 million (2000 est.)
Eritrea | $311 million (2000 est.)
Estonia | $8.373 billion (2004 est.)
Ethiopia | $2.9 billion (2001 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | $NA
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
Gabon | $3.804 billion (2004 est.)
Gambia, The | $476 million (2001 est.)
Gaza Strip | $108 million (includes West Bank) (1997 est.)
Georgia | $1.8 billion (2002)
Germany | NA
Ghana | $7.396 billion (2004 est.)
Gibraltar | $NA (2000 est.)
Greece | $67.23 billion (2004 est.)
Greenland | $25 million (1999)
Grenada | $196 million (2000)
Guadeloupe | $NA (yearend 2003 est.)
Guam | NA
Guatemala | $5.969 billion (2004 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 (2004 est.)
Honduras | $5.365 billion (September 2004 est.)
Hong Kong | $66.94 billion (2004 est.)
Hungary | $57 billion (2004 est.)
Iceland | $3.073 billion (2002)
India | $117.2 billion (2004 est.)
Indonesia | $141.5 billion (2004 est.)
Iran | $13.4 billion (2004 est.)
Iraq | $125 billion (2004 est.)
Ireland | $11 billion (1998)
Israel | $74.46 billion (2004 est.)
Italy | $913.9 billion (2004 est.)
Jamaica | $5.964 billion (2004 est.)
Japan | NA (2002 est.)
Jersey | none
Jordan | $7.32 billion (2004 est.)
Kazakhstan | $26.03 billion (2004 est.)
Kenya | $6.792 billion (2004 est.)
Kiribati | $10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North | $12 billion (1996 est.)
Korea, South | $160 billion (2004 est.)
Kuwait | $15.02 billion (2004 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | $1.97 billion (2004 est.)
Laos | $2.49 billion (2001)
Latvia | $7.368 billion (2004 est.)
Lebanon | $15.84 billion (2004 est.)
Lesotho | $735 million (2002)
Liberia | $2.1 billion (2000 est.)
Libya | $4.069 billion (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein | $0 (2001)
Lithuania | $10.01 billion (2004 est.)
Luxembourg | $NA
Macau | $2.7 billion (2003)
Macedonia | $1.863 billion (2004 est.)
Madagascar | $4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi | $3.129 billion (2004 est.)
Malaysia | $53.36 billion (2004 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 | $1.78 billion (2004 est.)
Mayotte | $NA
Mexico | $149.9 billion (2004 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | $53.1 million (FY02/03 est.)
Moldova | $1.4 billion (2004 est.)
Monaco | $18 billion (2000 est.)
Mongolia | $1.191 billion (2004 est.)
Montserrat | $8.9 million (1997)
Morocco | $17.07 billion (2004 est.)
Mozambique | $966 million (2002 est.)
Namibia | $1.136 billion (2004 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 | $47.34 billion (2004 est.)
Nicaragua | $4.573 billion (2004 est.)
Niger | $1.6 billion (1999 est.)
Nigeria | $30.55 billion (2004 est.)
Niue | $418,000 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island | NA
Northern Mariana Islands | NA
Norway | $0 (Norway is a net external creditor) (2003 est.)
Oman | $4.814 billion (2004 est.)
Pakistan | $33.97 billion (2004 est.)
Palau | $0 (FY99/00)
Panama | $8.78 billion (2004 est.)
Papua New Guinea | $2.463 billion (2004 est.)
Paraguay | $3.239 billion (2004 est.)
Peru | $29.79 billion (2004 est.)
Philippines | $55.6 billion (September 2004 est.)
Pitcairn Islands | NA
Poland | $99.15 billion (2004 est.)
Portugal | $274.7 billion (2004 est.)
Puerto Rico | NA
Qatar | $18.62 billion (2004 est.)
Reunion | $NA
Romania | $24.59 billion (2004 est.)
Russia | $169.6 billion (2004 est.)
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
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 | $34.35 billion (2004 est.)
Senegal | $3.476 billion (2004 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | $12.97 billion (2004 est.)
Seychelles | $218.1 million (2004 est.)
Sierra Leone | $1.5 billion (2002 est.)
Singapore | $19.4 billion (2004 est.)
Slovakia | $19.54 billion (2004 est.)
Slovenia | $14.65 billion (2004 est.)
Solomon Islands | $180.4 million (2002)
Somalia | $3 billion (2001 est.)
South Africa | $27.01 billion (2004 est.)
Spain | $771.1 billion (2004 est.)
Sri Lanka | $10.85 billion (2004 est.)
Sudan | $21 billion (2004 est.)
Suriname | $321 million (2002 est.)
Swaziland | $320 million (2002 est.)
Sweden | $66.5 billion (1994)
Switzerland | $NA (2000)
Syria | $4 billion (excludes military debt and debt to Russia) (2004 est.)
Taiwan | $55.5 billion (2004 est.)
Tajikistan | $888 million (2004 est.)
Tanzania | $7.321 billion (2004 est.)
Thailand | $50.59 billion (2004 est.)
Togo | $1.4 billion (2000)
Tokelau | $0
Tonga | $63.4 million (2001)
Trinidad and Tobago | $2.94 billion (2004 est.)
Tunisia | $14.71 billion (2004 est.)
Turkey | $16.9 billion (2004 est.)
Turkmenistan | $2.4 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | NA
Tuvalu | NA
Uganda | $3.865 billion (2004 est.)
Ukraine | $16.37 billion (2004 est.)
United Arab Emirates | $5.9 billion (2004 est.)
United Kingdom | $4.71 trillion (2003)
United States | $1.4 trillion (2001 est.)
Uruguay | $12.8 billion (March 2004)
Uzbekistan | $4.351 billion (2004 est.)
Vanuatu | $83.7 million (2002)
Venezuela | $33.29 billion (2004 est.)
Vietnam | $16.55 billion (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands | NA
Wallis and Futuna | $NA
West Bank | $108 million (includes Gaza Strip) (1997 est.)
Western Sahara | NA
World | $12.7 trillion (2004 est.)
Yemen | $5.4 billion (2004 est.)
Zambia | $5.353 billion (2004 est.)
Zimbabwe | $4.086 billion (2004 est.)
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