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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 | $1.55 billion (2004)
Algeria | $19.45 billion (2005 est.)
American Samoa | $NA
Andorra | $NA
Angola | $9.401 billion (2005 est.)
Anguilla | $8.8 million (1998)
Antigua and Barbuda | $427.3 million; note - data are for public external debt, not total external debt (2000)
Argentina | $118.2 billion (2005 est.)
Armenia | $1.819 billion (20 September 2005)
Aruba | $478.6 million (2005 est.)
Australia | $323.4 billion (2005 est.)
Austria | $510.6 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Azerbaijan | $1.873 billion (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The | $342.6 million (2004 est.)
Bahrain | $6.814 billion (2005 est.)
Bangladesh | $20.63 billion (2005 est.)
Barbados | $668 million (2003)
Belarus | $4.662 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Belgium | $980.1 billion (30 June 2005 est.)
Belize | $1.362 billion (June 2004 est.)
Benin | $1.6 billion (2000)
Bermuda | $160 million (FY99/00)
Bhutan | $593 million (2004)
Bolivia | $6.309 billion (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | $3.116 billion (2005 est.)
Botswana | $519 million (2005 est.)
Brazil | $188 billion (2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands | $36.1 million (1997)
Brunei | $0 $NA
Bulgaria | $15.32 billion (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso | $1.85 billion (2003)
Burma | $6.99 billion (2005 est.)
Burundi | $1.2 billion (2003)
Cambodia | $800 million (2003 est.)
Cameroon | $9.168 billion (2005 est.)
Canada | $439.8 billion (30 November 2005)
Cape Verde | $325 million (2002)
Cayman Islands | $70 million (1996)
Central African Republic | $1.06 billion (2002 est.)
Chad | $1.5 billion (2003 est.)
Chile | $47.45 billion (2005 est.)
China | $252.8 billion (2005 est.)
Colombia | $32.35 billion (2005 est.)
Comoros | $232 million (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | $10.6 billion (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | $5 billion (2000 est.)
Cook Islands | $141 million (1996 est.)
Costa Rica | $5.049 billion (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | $13.43 billion (2005 est.)
Croatia | $30.62 billion (2005 est.)
Cuba | $12.56 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion owed to Russia (2005 est.)
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: $10.53 billion; north Cyprus: $NA (2005 est.)
Czech Republic | $49.14 billion (2005 est.)
Denmark | $352.9 billion (30 June 2005)
Djibouti | $394 million (2004 est.)
Dominica | $213 million (2004)
Dominican Republic | $7.687 billion (2005 est.)
East Timor | $0
Ecuador | $18.09 billion (2005 est.)
Egypt | $35.26 billion (2005 est.)
El Salvador | $8.087 billion (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | $353 million (2005 est.)
Eritrea | $311 million (2000 est.)
Estonia | $11.03 billion (2005 est.)
Ethiopia | $5.101 billion (2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | $NA
Faroe Islands | $64 million (1999)
Fiji | $127 million (2004 est.)
Finland | $211.7 billion (30 June 2005)
France | $2.826 trillion (30 June 2005)
French Guiana | $800.3 million (2003)
French Polynesia | $NA
Gabon | $3.903 billion (2005 est.)
Gambia, The | $628.8 million (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip | $0; note - includes West Bank (2002)
Georgia | $2.04 billion (2004)
Germany | $3.626 trillion (30 June 2005)
Ghana | $6.999 billion (2005 est.)
Gibraltar | $NA (2000 est.)
Greece | $75.18 billion (2005 est.)
Greenland | $25 million (1999)
Grenada | $347 million (2004)
Guadeloupe | $NA
Guam | $NA
Guatemala | $5.503 billion (2005 est.)
Guernsey | $NA
Guinea | $3.46 billion (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | $941.5 million (2000 est.)
Guyana | $1.2 billion (2002)
Haiti | $1.313 billion (2005 est.)
Honduras | $5.795 billion (2005 est.)
Hong Kong | $72.04 billion (2005 est.)
Hungary | $66.22 billion (2005 est.)
Iceland | $3.073 billion (2002)
India | $125.5 billion (2005 est.)
Indonesia | $135 billion (2005 est.)
Iran | $19.06 billion (2005 est.)
Iraq | $92.33 billion (2005 est.)
Ireland | $1.049 trillion (30 June 2005)
Isle of Man | $NA
Israel | $75.55 billion (2005 est.)
Italy | $922.5 billion (2005 est.)
Jamaica | $7.162 billion (2005 est.)
Japan | $1.545 trillion (31 December 2004)
Jersey | $NA
Jordan | $8.528 billion (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan | $41.66 billion (2005 est.)
Kenya | $7.391 billion (2005 est.)
Kiribati | $10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North | $12 billion (1996 est.)
Korea, South | $153.9 billion (2005 est.)
Kuwait | $16.12 billion (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | $2.428 billion (31 December 2004 est.)
Laos | $2.49 billion (2001)
Latvia | $10.8 billion (1 January 2006)
Lebanon | $26 billion (2005 est.)
Lesotho | $735 million (2002)
Liberia | $3.2 billion (2005 est.)
Libya | $4.267 billion (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein | $0 (2001)
Lithuania | $11.7 billion (2 February 2006)
Luxembourg | $NA
Macau | $3.1 billion (2004)
Macedonia | $2.19 billion (2005 est.)
Madagascar | $4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi | $3.287 billion (2005 est.)
Malaysia | $52 billion (2005 est.)
Maldives | $304 million (2004 est.)
Mali | $2.8 billion (2002)
Malta | $188.8 million (2005)
Marshall Islands | $86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)
Martinique | $180 million (1994)
Mauritania | $2.5 billion (2000)
Mauritius | $3.246 billion (2005 est.)
Mayotte | $NA
Mexico | $137.2 billion (2005 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | $60.8 million (FY05 est.)
Moldova | $1.986 billion (2005 est.)
Monaco | $18 billion (2000 est.)
Mongolia | $1.36 billion (2004)
Montenegro | NA
Montserrat | $8.9 million (1997)
Morocco | $15.61 billion (2005 est.)
Mozambique | $5.456 billion (2005 est.)
Namibia | $712.9 million (2005 est.)
Nauru | $33.3 million (2002)
Nepal | $3.34 billion (March 2005)
Netherlands | $1.645 trillion (30 June 2005)
Netherlands Antilles | $2.68 billion (2004)
New Caledonia | $79 million (1998 est.)
New Zealand | $42.84 billion (2005 est.)
Nicaragua | $3.188 billion (2005 est.)
Niger | $2.1 billion (2003 est.)
Nigeria | $32.45 billion (2005 est.)
Niue | $418,000 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island | $NA
Northern Mariana Islands | $NA
Norway | $281 billion; note - Norway is a net external creditor (30 June 2005)
Oman | $4.361 billion (2005 est.)
Pakistan | $38.8 billion (2005 est.)
Palau | $0 (FY99/00)
Panama | $9.758 billion (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea | $1.882 billion (2005 est.)
Paraguay | $3.45 billion (2005 est.)
Peru | $30.94 billion (2005 est.)
Philippines | $65.71 billion (2005 est.)
Poland | $101.5 billion (2005 est.)
Portugal | $287.8 billion (2005 est.)
Puerto Rico | $NA
Qatar | $21.13 billion (2005 est.)
Reunion | $NA
Romania | $35.68 billion (2005 est.)
Russia | $215.3 billion (2005 est.)
Rwanda | $1.4 billion (2004 est.)
Saint Helena | $NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis | $314 million (2004)
Saint Lucia | $257 million (2004)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | $NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $223 million (2004)
Samoa | $177 million (2004)
San Marino | $NA
Sao Tome and Principe | $318 million (2002)
Saudi Arabia | $36.78 billion (2005 est.)
Senegal | $3.529 billion (2005 est.)
Serbia | $15.43 billion (including Montenegro) (2005 est.)
Seychelles | $508 million (2005 est.)
Sierra Leone | $1.61 billion (2003 est.)
Singapore | $23.76 billion (2005 est.)
Slovakia | $26.94 billion (2005 est.)
Slovenia | $18.97 billion (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands | $166 million (2004)
Somalia | $3 billion (2001 est.)
South Africa | $29.97 billion (2005 est.)
Spain | $970.7 billion (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka | $11.05 billion (2005 est.)
Sudan | $27.34 billion (2005 est.)
Suriname | $504.3 million (2005 est.)
Swaziland | $357 million (2003 est.)
Sweden | $516.1 billion (30 June 2005)
Switzerland | $856 billion (30 June 2005)
Syria | $8.566 billion; note - excludes military debt and debt to Russia (2005 est.)
Taiwan | $87.5 billion (2005 est.)
Tajikistan | $888 million (2004 est.)
Tanzania | $8.178 billion (2005 est.)
Thailand | $52.46 billion (2005 est.)
Togo | $2 billion (2005)
Tokelau | $0
Tonga | $80.7 million (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago | $2.767 billion (2005 est.)
Tunisia | $16.09 billion (2005 est.)
Turkey | $170.1 billion (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan | $2.4 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | $NA
Tuvalu | $NA
Uganda | $4.973 billion (2005 est.)
Ukraine | $23.93 billion (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates | $34.47 billion (2005 est.)
United Kingdom | $7.107 trillion (30 June 2005)
United States | $8.837 trillion (30 June 2005 est.)
Uruguay | $13.24 billion (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan | $5.032 billion (2005 est.)
Vanuatu | $81.2 million (2004)
Venezuela | $41.51 billion (2005 est.)
Vietnam | $20.16 billion (2005 est.)
Virgin Islands | $NA
Wallis and Futuna | $3.67 million $NA
West Bank | $0; note - includes Gaza Strip (2002)
Western Sahara | $NA
World | $36.89 trillion note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private (2004 est.)
Yemen | $5.347 billion (2005 est.)
Zambia | $4.641 billion (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe | $5.216 billion (2005 est.)
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