| Field Listing - Debt - external
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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 | $4.413 billion (2006 est.)
American Samoa | $NA
Andorra | $NA
Angola | $10.66 billion (2006 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 | $109.7 billion (2006 est.)
Armenia | $1.16 billion (30 September 2006)
Aruba | $478.6 million (2005 est.)
Australia | $628.1 billion (2006 est.)
Austria | $594.3 billion (October 2006 est.)
Azerbaijan | $1.972 billion (2006 est.)
Bahamas, The | $342.6 million (2004 est.)
Bahrain | $7.159 billion (2006 est.)
Bangladesh | $19.59 billion (2006 est.)
Barbados | $668 million (2003)
Belarus | $5.929 billion (2006 est.)
Belgium | $1.053 trillion (30 June 2006 est.)
Belize | $1.2 billion (June 2005 est.)
Benin | $1.6 billion (2000)
Bermuda | $160 million (FY99/00)
Bhutan | $593 million (2004)
Bolivia | $4.455 billion (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | $6.51 billion (2006 est.)
Botswana | $483 million (2006 est.)
Brazil | $191.2 billion (2006 est.)
British Virgin Islands | $36.1 million (1997)
Brunei | $0 (2005)
Bulgaria | $26.63 billion (2006 est.)
Burkina Faso | $1.85 billion (2003)
Burma | $6.632 billion (2006 est.)
Burundi | $1.2 billion (2003)
Cambodia | $3.636 billion (2006 est.)
Cameroon | $3.688 billion (2006 est.)
Canada | $684.7 billion (30 June 2006)
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 | $47.71 billion (2006 est.)
China | $315 billion (2006 est.)
Colombia | $38.47 billion (2006 est.)
Comoros | $232 million (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | $10 billion (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | $5 billion (2000 est.)
Cook Islands | $141 million (1996 est.)
Costa Rica | $6.332 billion (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | $10.9 billion (2006 est.)
Croatia | $33.89 billion (2006 est.)
Cuba | $16.62 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion owed to Russia (2006 est.)
Cyprus | area under government control: $12.63 billion area administered by Turkish Cypriots: $NA (2006 est.)
Czech Republic | $55.47 billion (2006 est.)
Denmark | $405 billion (30 June 2006)
Djibouti | $394 million (2004 est.)
Dominica | $213 million (2004)
Dominican Republic | $7.909 billion (2006 est.)
Ecuador | $16.93 billion (2006 est.)
Egypt | $31.93 billion (2006 est.)
El Salvador | $7.518 billion (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | $229 million (2006 est.)
Eritrea | $311 million (2000 est.)
Estonia | $16.16 billion (2006 est.)
Ethiopia | $3.406 billion (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | $NA
Faroe Islands | $64 million (1999)
Fiji | $127 million (2004 est.)
Finland | $251.9 billion (30 June 2006)
France | $3.461 trillion (30 June 2006)
French Polynesia | $NA
Gabon | $3.849 billion (2006 est.)
Gambia, The | $628.8 million (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip | $NA
Georgia | $2.04 billion (2004)
Germany | $3.904 trillion (30 June 2006)
Ghana | $3.319 billion (2006 est.)
Gibraltar | $NA
Greece | $81.05 billion (2006 est.)
Greenland | $25 million (1999)
Grenada | $347 million (2004)
Guam | $NA
Guatemala | $5.175 billion (2006 est.)
Guernsey | $NA
Guinea | $3.226 billion (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | $941.5 million (2000 est.)
Guyana | $1.2 billion (2002)
Haiti | $1.312 billion (2006 est.)
Honduras | $3.901 billion (2006 est.)
Hong Kong | $72.79 billion (2006 est.)
Hungary | $82.02 billion (2006 est.)
Iceland | $3.073 billion (2002)
India | $131.1 billion (2006 est.)
Indonesia | $130.2 billion (2006 est.)
Iran | $13.73 billion (2006 est.)
Iraq | $54.46 billion (2006 est.)
Ireland | $1.392 trillion (30 June 2006)
Isle of Man | $NA
Israel | $83.01 billion (2006 est.)
Italy | $1.957 trillion (30 June 2006 est.)
Jamaica | $6.926 billion (2006 est.)
Japan | $1.547 trillion (30 June 2006)
Jersey | $NA
Jordan | $7.628 billion (2006 est.)
Kazakhstan | $73.45 billion (2006 est.)
Kenya | $6.931 billion (2006 est.)
Kiribati | $10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North | $12 billion (1996 est.)
Korea, South | $187.2 billion (2006 est.)
Kuwait | $25.26 billion (2006 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | $2.483 billion (30 June 2006 est.)
Laos | $3.179 billion (2006)
Latvia | $22.94 billion (2006 est.)
Lebanon | $32.11 billion (2006 est.)
Lesotho | $652 million (2006 est.)
Liberia | $3.2 billion (2005 est.)
Libya | $4.492 billion (2006 est.)
Liechtenstein | $0 (2001)
Lithuania | $16.2 billion (2006 est.)
Luxembourg | $NA
Macau | $3.1 billion (2004)
Macedonia | $2.365 billion (2006 est.)
Madagascar | $4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi | $468 million (2006 est.)
Malaysia | $50.47 billion (2006 est.)
Maldives | $482 million (2006 est.)
Mali | $2.8 billion (2002)
Malta | $188.8 million (2005)
Marshall Islands | $86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)
Mauritania | $2.5 billion (2000)
Mauritius | $2.419 billion (2006 est.)
Mayotte | $NA
Mexico | $164.7 billion (2006 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | $60.8 million (FY05 est.)
Moldova | $2.482 billion (2006 est.)
Monaco | $18 billion (2000 est.)
Mongolia | $1.38 billion (2005)
Montenegro | $NA
Montserrat | $8.9 million (1997)
Morocco | $16.63 billion (2006 est.)
Mozambique | $3.527 billion (2006 est.)
Namibia | $1.348 billion (2006 est.)
Nauru | $33.3 million (2002)
Nepal | $3.07 billion (March 2006)
Netherlands | $1.899 trillion (30 June 2006)
Netherlands Antilles | $2.68 billion (2004)
New Caledonia | $79 million (1998 est.)
New Zealand | $45.81 billion (2006 est.)
Nicaragua | $3.918 billion (2006 est.)
Niger | $2.1 billion (2003 est.)
Nigeria | $6.575 billion (2006 est.)
Niue | $418,000 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island | $NA
Northern Mariana Islands | $NA
Norway | $350.3 billion; note - Norway is a net external creditor (30 June 2006)
Oman | $3.465 billion (2006 est.)
Pakistan | $36.24 billion (2006 est.)
Palau | $0 (FY99/00)
Panama | $9.972 billion (2006 est.)
Papua New Guinea | $1.813 billion (2006 est.)
Paraguay | $3.362 billion (2006 est.)
Peru | $28.32 billion (2006 est.)
Philippines | $62.44 billion (2006 est.)
Poland | $121.5 billion (2006 est.)
Portugal | $368.2 billion (2006 est.)
Puerto Rico | $NA
Qatar | $25.7 billion (2006 est.)
Romania | $54.39 billion (2006 est.)
Russia | $282.3 billion (2006 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 | $46.6 billion (2006 est.)
Senegal | $1.437 billion (2006 est.)
Serbia | $15.43 billion (including Montenegro) (2005 est.)
Seychelles | $847 million (2006 est.)
Sierra Leone | $1.61 billion (2003 est.)
Singapore | $24.36 billion (2006 est.)
Slovakia | $28.95 billion (2006 est.)
Slovenia | $21.41 billion (2006 est.)
Solomon Islands | $166 million (2004)
Somalia | $3 billion (2001 est.)
South Africa | $31.84 billion (2006 est.)
Spain | $996.7 billion (2006 est.)
Sri Lanka | $12.16 billion (2006 est.)
Sudan | $28.2 billion (2006 est.)
Suriname | $504.3 million (2005 est.)
Swaziland | $484 million (2006 est.)
Sweden | $598.2 billion (30 June 2006)
Switzerland | $1.077 trillion (30 June 2006)
Syria | $6.601 billion; note - excludes military debt and debt to Russia (2006 est.)
Taiwan | $91.92 billion (2006 est.)
Tajikistan | $876 million (2006 est.)
Tanzania | $4.786 billion (2006 est.)
Thailand | $59.93 billion (2006 est.)
Togo | $2 billion (2005)
Tonga | $80.7 million (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago | $2.729 billion (2006 est.)
Tunisia | $18.55 billion (2006 est.)
Turkey | $207.4 billion (2006 est.)
Turkmenistan | $2.4 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | $NA
Tuvalu | $NA
Uganda | $1.136 billion (2006 est.)
Ukraine | $39.19 billion (2006 est.)
United Arab Emirates | $38.31 billion (2006 est.)
United Kingdom | $8.28 trillion (30 June 2006)
United States | $10.04 trillion (30 June 2006 est.)
Uruguay | $11.74 billion (2006 est.)
Uzbekistan | $4.767 billion (2006 est.)
Vanuatu | $81.2 million (2004)
Venezuela | $41.4 billion (2006 est.)
Vietnam | $20.92 billion (2006 est.)
Virgin Islands | $NA
Wallis and Futuna | $3.67 million (2004)
West Bank | $NA
Western Sahara | $NA
World | $43.42 trillion note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private (2004 est.)
Yemen | $5.494 billion (2006 est.)
Zambia | $2.513 billion (2006 est.)
Zimbabwe | $4.576 billion (2006 est.)
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