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Rank 	 Country 	 Debt - external 	 Date of Information
1 	 World 	 $   54,620,000,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
2 	 United States 	 $   12,250,000,000,000 	 30 June 2007
3 	 United Kingdom 	 $   10,450,000,000,000 	 30 June 2007
4 	 France 	 $    5,370,000,000,000 	 30 September 2008
5 	 Germany 	 $    4,489,000,000,000 	 30 June 2007
6 	 Spain 	 $    2,478,000,000,000 	 30 September 2008 est.
7 	 Netherlands 	 $    2,277,000,000,000 	 30 June 2007
8 	 Ireland 	 $    1,841,000,000,000 	 30 June 2007
9 	 Japan 	 $    1,492,000,000,000 	 30 June 2007
10 	 Switzerland 	 $    1,340,000,000,000 	 30 June 2007
11 	 Belgium 	 $    1,313,000,000,000 	 30 June 2007
12 	 Italy 	 $    1,060,000,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
13 	 Australia 	 $    1,032,000,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
14 	 Canada 	 $     758,600,000,000 	 30 June 2007
15 	 Austria 	 $     752,500,000,000 	 30 June 2007
16 	 Sweden 	 $     598,200,000,000 	 30 June 2006
17 	 Russia 	 $     527,100,000,000 	 June 2008 est.
18 	 Denmark 	 $     492,600,000,000 	 30 June 2007
19 	 Norway 	 $     469,100,000,000 	 30 June 2007
20 	 Portugal 	 $     461,200,000,000 	 31 December 2007
21 	 China 	 $     420,800,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
22 	 Korea, South 	 $     380,500,000,000 	 31 December 2008
23 	 Turkey 	 $     294,300,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
24 	 Finland 	 $     271,200,000,000 	 30 June 2007
25 	 Brazil 	 $     236,600,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
26 	 Poland 	 $     227,500,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
27 	 Mexico 	 $     181,200,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
28 	 India 	 $     163,800,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
29 	 Indonesia 	 $     151,700,000,000 	 30 September 2008
30 	 Hungary 	 $     144,200,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
31 	 Argentina 	 $     135,500,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
32 	 Taiwan 	 $     109,600,000,000 	 31 December 2008
33 	 Kazakhstan 	 $     103,600,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
34 	 Romania 	 $      92,760,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
35 	 Greece 	 $      92,190,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
36 	 Israel 	 $      91,250,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
37 	 Czech Republic 	 $      88,740,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
38 	 Ukraine 	 $      82,070,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
39 	 Hong Kong 	 $      78,840,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
40 	 United Arab Emirates 	 $      73,710,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
41 	 Thailand 	 $      64,800,000,000 	 September 2008 est.
42 	 Chile 	 $      64,570,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
43 	 Saudi Arabia 	 $      63,200,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
44 	 New Zealand 	 $      59,080,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
45 	 Malaysia 	 $      54,110,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
46 	 Bulgaria 	 $      54,010,000,000 	 30 November 2008
47 	 Philippines 	 $      53,480,000,000 	 31 September 2008 est.
48 	 Croatia 	 $      53,300,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
49 	 Slovakia 	 $      53,040,000,000 	 30 September 2008 est.
50 	 Qatar 	 $      48,910,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
51 	 Venezuela 	 $      47,990,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
52 	 Latvia 	 $      43,900,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
53 	 Pakistan 	 $      43,230,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
54 	 Colombia 	 $      41,680,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
55 	 Slovenia 	 $      40,420,000,000 	 30 June 2007
56 	 Iraq 	 $      40,400,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
57 	 South Africa 	 $      39,690,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
58 	 Kuwait 	 $      38,820,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
59 	 Lithuania 	 $      35,460,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
60 	 Peru 	 $      35,460,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
61 	 Sudan 	 $      30,480,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
62 	 Estonia 	 $      29,500,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
63 	 Cyprus 	 $      28,840,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
64 	 Egypt 	 $      28,840,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
65 	 Serbia 	 $      26,240,000,000 	 2007 est.
66 	 Singapore 	 $      25,540,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
67 	 Vietnam 	 $      23,720,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
68 	 Iran 	 $      21,770,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
69 	 Bangladesh 	 $      21,720,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
70 	 Lebanon 	 $      21,200,000,000 	 31 December 2008
71 	 Morocco 	 $      21,110,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
72 	 Tunisia 	 $      19,330,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
73 	 Cuba 	 $      18,250,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
74 	 Monaco 	 $      18,000,000,000 	 2000 est.
75 	 Ecuador 	 $      16,960,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
76 	 Cote d'Ivoire 	 $      14,460,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
77 	 Sri Lanka 	 $      12,990,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
78 	 Korea, North 	 $      12,500,000,000 	 2001 est.
79 	 Dominican Republic 	 $      11,700,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
80 	 Uruguay 	 $      11,480,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
81 	 Panama 	 $      10,890,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
82 	 Bahrain 	 $      10,570,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
83 	 Jamaica 	 $      10,380,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
84 	 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 	 $      10,000,000,000 	 2007 est.
85 	 El Salvador 	 $       9,422,000,000 	 31 November 2008 est.
86 	 Nigeria 	 $       9,132,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
87 	 Belarus 	 $       9,127,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
88 	 Bosnia and Herzegovina 	 $       8,353,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
89 	 Afghanistan 	 $       8,000,000,000 	 2004
90 	 Angola 	 $       7,907,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
91 	 Costa Rica 	 $       7,401,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
92 	 Burma 	 $       7,170,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
93 	 Kenya 	 $       6,749,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
94 	 Syria 	 $       6,720,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
95 	 Jordan 	 $       6,597,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
96 	 Yemen 	 $       6,472,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
97 	 Guatemala 	 $       6,337,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
98 	 Oman 	 $       6,120,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
99 	 Ghana 	 $       5,697,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
100 	 Libya 	 $       5,521,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
101 	 Tanzania 	 $       5,311,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
102 	 Zimbabwe 	 $       5,255,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
103 	 Congo, Republic of the 	 $       5,000,000,000 	 2000 est.
104 	 Macedonia 	 $       4,624,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
105 	 Bolivia 	 $       4,603,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
106 	 Madagascar 	 $       4,600,000,000 	 2002
107 	 Georgia 	 $       4,500,000,000 	 2007
108 	 Cambodia 	 $       4,317,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
109 	 Mozambique 	 $       4,316,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
110 	 Moldova 	 $       4,092,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
111 	 Uzbekistan 	 $       4,052,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
112 	 Honduras 	 $       3,602,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
113 	 Guinea 	 $       3,529,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
114 	 Paraguay 	 $       3,487,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
115 	 Trinidad and Tobago 	 $       3,400,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
116 	 Nepal 	 $       3,285,000,000 	 2008
117 	 Nicaragua 	 $       3,214,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
118 	 Liberia 	 $       3,200,000,000 	 2005 est.
119 	 Laos 	 $       3,179,000,000 	 2006
120 	 Gabon 	 $       3,173,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
121 	 Ethiopia 	 $       3,158,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
122 	 Iceland 	 $       3,073,000,000 	 2002
123 	 Somalia 	 $       3,000,000,000 	 2001 est.
124 	 Kyrgyzstan 	 $       2,966,000,000 	 30 June 2007
125 	 Algeria 	 $       2,913,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
126 	 Zambia 	 $       2,913,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
127 	 Mali 	 $       2,800,000,000 	 2002
128 	 Azerbaijan 	 $       2,733,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
129 	 Netherlands Antilles 	 $       2,680,000,000 	 2004
130 	 Mauritius 	 $       2,550,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
131 	 Senegal 	 $       2,528,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
132 	 Cameroon 	 $       2,360,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
133 	 Niger 	 $       2,100,000,000 	 2003 est.
134 	 Togo 	 $       2,000,000,000 	 2005
135 	 Uganda 	 $       1,705,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
136 	 Equatorial Guinea 	 $       1,652,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
137 	 Sierra Leone 	 $       1,610,000,000 	 2003 est.
138 	 Chad 	 $       1,600,000,000 	 2005 est.
139 	 Mongolia 	 $       1,600,000,000 	 2008
140 	 Papua New Guinea 	 $       1,582,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
141 	 Albania 	 $       1,550,000,000 	 2004
142 	 Haiti 	 $       1,463,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
143 	 Rwanda 	 $       1,400,000,000 	 2004 est.
144 	 Turkmenistan 	 $       1,400,000,000 	 2004 est.
145 	 Armenia 	 $       1,372,000,000 	 31 December 2007 est.
146 	 Tajikistan 	 $       1,370,000,000 	 31 December 2008
147 	 Burkina Faso 	 $       1,330,000,000 	 2007
148 	 Gaza Strip 	 $       1,300,000,000 	 2007 est.
149 	 West Bank 	 $       1,300,000,000 	 2007 est.
150 	 Belize 	 $       1,200,000,000 	 June 2005 est.
151 	 Burundi 	 $       1,200,000,000 	 2003
152 	 Benin 	 $       1,200,000,000 	 2007
153 	 Seychelles 	 $       1,161,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
154 	 Central African Republic 	 $       1,153,000,000 	 2007 est.
155 	 Namibia 	 $       1,151,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
156 	 Malawi 	 $        974,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
157 	 Guinea-Bissau 	 $        941,500,000 	 2000 est.
158 	 Guyana 	 $        804,300,000 	 30 September 2008
159 	 Bhutan 	 $        713,300,000 	 2006
160 	 Barbados 	 $        668,000,000 	 2003
161 	 Montenegro 	 $        650,000,000 	 2006
162 	 Gambia, The 	 $        628,800,000 	 2003 est.
163 	 Lesotho 	 $        628,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
164 	 Swaziland 	 $        548,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
165 	 Suriname 	 $        504,300,000 	 2005 est.
166 	 Aruba 	 $        478,600,000 	 2005 est.
167 	 Maldives 	 $        477,000,000 	 2008 est.
168 	 Djibouti 	 $        428,000,000 	 2006
169 	 Botswana 	 $        395,000,000 	 31 December 2008 est.
170 	 Antigua and Barbuda 	 $        359,800,000 	 June 2006
171 	 Grenada 	 $        347,000,000 	 2004
172 	 Bahamas, The 	 $        342,600,000 	 2004 est.
173 	 Cape Verde 	 $        325,000,000 	 2002
174 	 Sao Tome and Principe 	 $        318,000,000 	 2002
175 	 Saint Kitts and Nevis 	 $        314,000,000 	 2004
176 	 Eritrea 	 $        311,000,000 	 2000 est.
177 	 Saint Lucia 	 $        257,000,000 	 2004
178 	 Comoros 	 $        232,000,000 	 2000 est.
179 	 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 	 $        223,000,000 	 2004
180 	 Dominica 	 $        213,000,000 	 2004
181 	 Malta 	 $        188,800,000 	 2005
182 	 Samoa 	 $        177,000,000 	 2004
183 	 Solomon Islands 	 $        166,000,000 	 2004
184 	 Bermuda 	 $        160,000,000 	 FY99/00
185 	 Cook Islands 	 $        141,000,000 	 1996 est.
186 	 Fiji 	 $        127,000,000 	 2004 est.
187 	 Marshall Islands 	 $         87,000,000 	 2008 est.
188 	 Vanuatu 	 $         81,200,000 	 2004
189 	 Tonga 	 $         80,700,000 	 2004
190 	 New Caledonia 	 $         79,000,000 	 1998 est.
191 	 Cayman Islands 	 $         70,000,000 	 1996
192 	 Faroe Islands 	 $         64,000,000 	 1999
193 	 Micronesia, Federated States of 	 $         60,800,000 	 FY05 est.
194 	 British Virgin Islands 	 $         36,100,000 	 1997
195 	 Nauru 	 $         33,300,000 	 2002
196 	 Greenland 	 $         25,000,000 	 1999
197 	 Kiribati 	 $         10,000,000 	 1999 est.
198 	 Montserrat 	 $          8,900,000 	 1997
199 	 Anguilla 	 $          8,800,000 	 1998
200 	 Wallis and Futuna 	 $          3,670,000 	 2004
201 	 Niue 	 $           418,000 	 2002 est.
202 	 Brunei 	 $                0 	 2005
203 	 Liechtenstein 	 $                0 	 2001
204 	 Palau 	 $                0 	 FY99/00
205 	 Macau 	 $                0 	 2006

 This file was last updated on 14 May, 2009
