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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 | $3.957 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
American Samoa | $NA
Andorra | $NA
Angola | $8.357 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Anguilla | $8.8 million (1998)
Antigua and Barbuda | $359.8 million (June 2006)
Argentina | $135.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Armenia | $1.372 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Aruba | $478.6 million (2005 est.)
Australia | $826.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Austria | $752.5 billion (30 June 2007)
Azerbaijan | $2.439 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bahamas, The | $342.6 million (2004 est.)
Bahrain | $7.858 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bangladesh | $21.23 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Barbados | $668 million (2003)
Belarus | $7.347 billion (31 December 2007)
Belgium | $1.313 trillion (30 June 2007)
Belize | $1.2 billion (June 2005 est.)
Benin | $1.2 billion (2007)
Bermuda | $160 million (FY99/00)
Bhutan | $713.3 million (2006)
Bolivia | $4.495 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | $6.734 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Botswana | $408 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Brazil | $229.4 billion (31 December 2007)
British Virgin Islands | $36.1 million (1997)
Brunei | $0 (2005)
Bulgaria | $34.88 billion (30 June 2007)
Burkina Faso | $1.33 billion (2007)
Burma | $7.022 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Burundi | $1.2 billion (2003)
Cambodia | $3.89 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Cameroon | $2.554 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Canada | $758.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Cape Verde | $325 million (2002)
Cayman Islands | $70 million (1996)
Central African Republic | $1.153 billion (2007 est.)
Chad | $1.6 billion (2005 est.)
Chile | $57.6 billion (31 December 2007)
China | $363 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Colombia | $41.39 billion (30 June 2007)
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 | $7.416 billion (30 June 2007)
Cote d'Ivoire | $13.79 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Croatia | $46.3 billion (30 June 2007)
Cuba | $16.79 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion owed to Russia (31 December 2007 est.)
Cyprus | $26.97 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Czech Republic | $74.7 billion (31 December 2007)
Denmark | $492.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Djibouti | $428 million (2006)
Dominica | $213 million (2004)
Dominican Republic | $10.21 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ecuador | $17.12 billion (31 December 2007)
Egypt | $29.2 billion (30 June 2007)
El Salvador | $9.574 billion (December 2007)
Equatorial Guinea | $338 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Eritrea | $311 million (2000 est.)
Estonia | $24.82 billion (30 June 2007)
Ethiopia | $2.621 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | $NA
Faroe Islands | $64 million (1999)
Fiji | $127 million (2004 est.)
Finland | $271.2 billion (30 June 2007)
France | $4.396 trillion (30 June 2007)
French Polynesia | $NA
Gabon | $4.895 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Gambia, The | $628.8 million (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip | $NA
Georgia | $4.5 billion (2007)
Germany | $4.489 trillion (30 June 2007)
Ghana | $4.891 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Gibraltar | $NA
Greece | $86.72 billion (31 December 2007)
Greenland | $25 million (1999)
Grenada | $347 million (2004)
Guam | $NA
Guatemala | $5.908 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Guernsey | $NA
Guinea | $3.351 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | $941.5 million (2000 est.)
Guyana | $1.2 billion (2002)
Haiti | $1.475 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Honduras | $3.411 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Hong Kong | $588 billion (2007 est.)
Hungary | $125.9 billion (31 December 2007)
Iceland | $3.073 billion (2002)
India | $149.2 billion (31 December 2007)
Indonesia | $140 billion (31 December 2007)
Iran | $20.68 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Iraq | $100.9 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ireland | $1.841 trillion (30 June 2007)
Isle of Man | $NA
Israel | $89.95 billion (31 December 2007)
Italy | $996.3 billion (31 December 2007)
Jamaica | $9.657 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Japan | $1.492 trillion (30 June 2007)
Jersey | $NA
Jordan | $8.133 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kazakhstan | $96.36 billion (31 December 2007)
Kenya | $6.713 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kiribati | $10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North | $12.5 billion (2001 est.)
Korea, South | $220.1 billion (31 December 2007)
Kosovo | according to the national bank of Serbia, Kosovo's external debt was around $1.2 billion; Kosovo was willing to accept around $900 million (2007)
Kuwait | $33.62 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | $2.966 billion (30 June 2007)
Laos | $3.179 billion (2006)
Latvia | $33.53 billion (31 December 2007)
Lebanon | $31.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Lesotho | $689 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Liberia | $3.2 billion (2005 est.)
Libya | $4.837 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Liechtenstein | $0 (2001)
Lithuania | $27.19 billion (31 December 2007)
Luxembourg | $NA
Macau | $0 (2006)
Macedonia | $3.967 billion (31 December 2007)
Madagascar | $4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi | $894 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Malaysia | $53.09 billion (31 December 2007)
Maldives | $482 million (2006 est.)
Mali | $2.8 billion (2002)
Malta | $188.8 million (2005)
Marshall Islands | $86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)
Mauritania | NA
Mauritius | $2.149 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mayotte | $NA
Mexico | $179.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of | $60.8 million (FY05 est.)
Moldova | $3.3 billion (31 December 2007)
Monaco | $18 billion (2000 est.)
Mongolia | $1.438 billion (2007)
Montenegro | $650 million (2006)
Montserrat | $8.9 million (1997)
Morocco | $19.91 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mozambique | $4.189 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Namibia | $1.003 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Nauru | $33.3 million (2002)
Nepal | $3.07 billion (March 2006)
Netherlands | $2.277 trillion (30 June 2007)
Netherlands Antilles | $2.68 billion (2004)
New Caledonia | $79 million (1998 est.)
New Zealand | $51.44 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Nicaragua | $3.341 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Niger | $2.1 billion (2003 est.)
Nigeria | $8.007 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Niue | $418,000 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island | $NA
Northern Mariana Islands | $NA
Norway | $469.1 billion; note - Norway is a net external creditor (30 June 2007)
Oman | $5.297 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Pakistan | $38.8 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Palau | $0 (FY99/00)
Panama | $10.45 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea | $1.646 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Paraguay | $3.492 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Peru | $32.83 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Philippines | $61.78 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Poland | $169.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Portugal | $461.2 billion (31 December 2007)
Puerto Rico | $NA
Qatar | $33.09 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Romania | $74.54 billion (31 December 2007)
Russia | $356.5 billion (31 December 2007)
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 | $58.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Senegal | $2.19 billion (31 December 2007)
Serbia | $26.24 billion (includes debt for Montenegro and Kosovo) (2007 est.)
Seychelles | $1.059 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Sierra Leone | $1.61 billion (2003 est.)
Singapore | $25.59 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Slovakia | $36.63 billion (31 December 2007)
Slovenia | $40.42 billion (30 June 2007)
Solomon Islands | $166 million (2004)
Somalia | $3 billion (2001 est.)
South Africa | $39.78 billion (31 December 2007)
Spain | $1.084 trillion (30 June 2007 est.)
Sri Lanka | $12.2 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Sudan | $29.42 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Suriname | $504.3 million (2005 est.)
Swaziland | $524 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Sweden | $598.2 billion (30 June 2006)
Switzerland | $1.34 trillion (30 June 2007)
Syria | $6.633 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Taiwan | $97.85 billion (31 December 2007)
Tajikistan | $1.56 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tanzania | $4.382 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Thailand | $59.52 billion (31 December 2007)
Togo | $2 billion (2005)
Tonga | $80.7 million (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago | $2.869 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tunisia | $19.27 billion (December 2007)
Turkey | $247.1 billion (31 December 2007)
Turkmenistan | $1.4 billion to $5 billion (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | $NA
Tuvalu | $NA
Uganda | $1.498 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ukraine | $69.04 billion (31 December 2007)
United Arab Emirates | $61.68 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
United Kingdom | $10.45 trillion (30 June 2007)
United States | $12.25 trillion (30 June 2007)
Uruguay | $11.42 billion (31 December 2007)
Uzbekistan | $3.927 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vanuatu | $81.2 million (2004)
Venezuela | $43.33 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vietnam | $21.83 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Virgin Islands | $NA
Wallis and Futuna | $3.67 million (2004)
West Bank | $NA
Western Sahara | $NA
World | $51.78 trillion note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private (2004 est.)
Yemen | $6.044 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zambia | $2.596 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zimbabwe | $5.155 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
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