| Country | DEBT - EXTERNAL |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
$1.28 billion (FY10/11) $2.7 billion (FY08/09) |
| Albania |
$8.421 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $8.269 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Algeria |
$5.088 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $4.677 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| American Samoa |
$NA |
| Andorra |
$0 (2016) |
| Angola |
$27.14 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $27.99 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Anguilla |
$41.04 million (31 December 2013) $8.8 million (1998) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
$441.2 million (31 December 2012) $458 million (June 2010) |
| Argentina |
$190.2 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $159.7 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Armenia |
$8.987 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $8.925 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Aruba |
$693.2 million (31 December 2014 est.) $666.4 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Australia |
$1.547 trillion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.538 trillion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Austria |
$689.1 billion (31 March 2016 est.) $679.3 billion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
$13.83 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $13.22 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
$17.56 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $16.35 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Bahrain |
$42.55 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $40.07 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
$41.85 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $38.64 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Barbados |
$4.49 billion (2010 est.) $668 million (2003 est.) |
| Belarus |
$37.74 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $37.88 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Belgium |
$1.281 trillion (31 March 2016 est.) $1.214 trillion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Belize |
$1.338 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.33 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Benin |
$2.476 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $2.179 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Bermuda |
$2.435 billion (2015 est.) $1.4 billion (2012 est.) |
| Bhutan |
$2.355 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.955 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Bolivia |
$11.65 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $9.849 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
$10.64 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $12.89 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Botswana |
$2.421 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $2.148 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Brazil |
$551.3 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $543.4 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands |
$36.1 million (1997) |
| Brunei |
$0 (2014) $0 (2013) note: public external debt only; private external debt unavailable |
| Bulgaria |
$37.99 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $37.49 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
$2.88 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $2.627 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Burma |
$8.2 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $6.401 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Burundi |
$622.4 million (31 December 2016 est.) $626 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
$1.688 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.52 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Cambodia |
$10.3 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $9.319 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Cameroon |
$7.364 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $6.558 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Canada |
$1.608 trillion (31 March 2016 est.) $1.55 trillion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
$691.5 million (31 December 2016 est.) $661.8 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Chad |
$1.281 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.617 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Chile |
$158.1 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $153 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| China |
$1.467 trillion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.418 trillion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Colombia |
$115 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $111.1 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Comoros |
$132 million (31 December 2016 est.) $133.5 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
$5.35 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $5.435 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
$4.721 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $4.204 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Cook Islands |
$141 million (1996 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
$24.3 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $23.67 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
$11.02 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $10.03 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Croatia |
$45.1 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $49.33 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Cuba |
$20.59 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $29.54 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Cyprus |
$95.28 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $103.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Czechia |
$138 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $129.2 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Denmark |
$484.8 billion (31 March 2016 est.) $519.8 billion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Djibouti |
$1.519 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.222 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Dominica |
$288.6 million (31 December 2016 est.) $314.2 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
$27.7 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $26.63 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Ecuador |
$32.32 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $27.27 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Egypt |
$62.38 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $46.58 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| El Salvador |
$15.2 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $15.03 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
$1.074 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.131 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Eritrea |
$875.6 million (31 December 2016 est.) $873.1 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Estonia |
$19.05 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $18.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
$24.82 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $20.41 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| European Union |
$13.05 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $14.14 trillion (31 December 2013) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
$NA |
| Faroe Islands |
$387.6 million (2012) $274.5 million (2010) |
| Fiji |
$696.4 million (31 December 2016 est.) $871.3 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Finland |
$544.7 billion (31 March 2016 est.) $524.7 billion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| France |
$5.36 trillion (31 March 2016 est.) $5.25 trillion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| French Polynesia |
$NA |
| Gabon |
$5.321 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $5.097 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
g: $571.2 million (31 December 2016 est.) $526.7 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
see entry for the West Bank |
| Georgia |
$14.08 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $14.85 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Germany |
$5.326 trillion (31 March 2016 est.) $5.21 trillion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Ghana |
$21.95 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $20.68 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
$NA |
| Greece |
$506.6 billion (31 March 2016 est.) $468.2 billion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Greenland |
$36.4 million (2010) $58 million (2009) |
| Grenada |
$679 million (2013 est.) $538 million (2010 est.) |
| Guam |
$NA |
| Guatemala |
$21.45 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $20.18 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Guernsey |
$NA |
| Guinea-Bissau |
$1.095 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $941.5 million (31 December 2000 est.) |
| Guinea |
$1.462 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.389 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Guyana |
$1.542 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.639 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Haiti |
$2.17 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $2.085 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Honduras |
$7.852 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $7.584 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
$505.9 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $491.9 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Hungary |
$131.3 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $127.4 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Iceland |
$25.02 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $30.25 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| India |
$456.4 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $479.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Indonesia |
$316.5 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $308.5 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Iran |
$8.196 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $6.321 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Iraq |
$64.16 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $59.95 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Ireland |
$2.47 trillion (31 March 2016 est.) $2.35 trillion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Isle of Man |
$NA |
| Israel |
$87.96 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $86.11 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Italy |
$2.444 trillion (31 March 2016 est.) $2.3 trillion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Jamaica |
$15.17 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $14.27 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Japan |
$3.24 trillion (31 March 2016 est.) $2.83 trillion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Jersey |
$NA |
| Jordan |
$26.38 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $25.75 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
$163.8 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $154.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Kenya |
$22.6 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $19.15 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Kiribati |
$13.6 million (2013 est.) $14.1 million (2012 est.) |
| Korea, North |
$5 billion (2013 est.) |
| Korea, South |
$358.2 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $376.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Kosovo |
$1.4 billion (2016 est.) $1.3 billion (2015 est.) |
| Kuwait |
$38.34 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $35.59 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
$8.182 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $7.504 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Laos |
$12.9 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $11.65 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Latvia |
$40.02 billion (31 March 2016 est.) $38.19 billion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Lebanon |
$36.6 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $35.11 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Lesotho |
$921.3 million (31 December 2016 est.) $879.9 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Liberia |
$938.9 million (31 December 2016 est.) $836.3 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Libya |
$3.116 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $3.985 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
$0 (2015 est.) note: public external debt only; private external debt unavailable |
| Lithuania |
$34.48 billion (31 March 2016 est.) $31.6 billion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
$3.781 trillion (31 March 2016 est.) $3.806 trillion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Macau |
$0 (31 December 2013) $0 (31 December 2012) |
| Macedonia |
$7.685 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $6.942 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Madagascar |
$3.425 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $2.985 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Malawi |
$1.985 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.766 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Malaysia |
$195.3 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $191 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Maldives |
$693.7 million (2015 est.) $741.6 million (2014 est.) |
| Mali |
$3.981 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $3.668 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Malta |
$90.98 billion (September 2016 est.) $99.02 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Marshall Islands |
$97.96 million (2013 est.) $87 million (2008 est.) |
| Mauritania |
$3.899 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $3.691 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Mauritius |
$14.34 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $14.64 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Mexico |
$450.2 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $426.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
$93.6 million (2013 est.) $93.5 million (2012 est.) |
| Moldova |
$6.138 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $6.338 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Monaco |
$NA |
| Mongolia |
$19.79 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $21.54 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Montenegro |
$1.576 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.433 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Montserrat |
$8.9 million (1997) |
| Morocco |
$44.65 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $42.99 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Mozambique |
$10.48 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $10.06 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Namibia |
$6.904 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $6.155 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Nauru |
$33.3 million (2004 est.) |
| Nepal |
$4.321 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $4.155 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Netherlands |
$4.063 trillion (31 December 2016 est.) $4.054 trillion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
$112 million (31 December 2013 est.) $79 million (31 December 1998 est.) |
| New Zealand |
$84.03 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $86.15 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
$10.87 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $10.49 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Nigeria |
$31.41 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $29.03 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Niger |
$2.926 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $2.892 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Niue |
$418,000 (2002 est.) |
| Norfolk Island |
$NA |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
$NA |
| Norway |
$642.3 billion (31 March 2016 est.) $640.1 billion (31 March 2015 est.) note: Norway is a net external creditor |
| Oman |
$27.05 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $15.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Pakistan |
$70.45 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $65.48 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Palau |
$18.38 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $16.47 billion (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Panama |
$83.81 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $87.72 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
$18.28 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $20.03 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Paraguay |
$16.48 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $16.16 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Peru |
$66.76 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $65.94 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Philippines |
$75.01 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $77.73 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Poland |
$347.8 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $330.1 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Portugal |
$449 billion (31 March 2016 est.) $447 billion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
$56.82 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $52.98 billion (31 December 2009 est.) |
| Qatar |
$157.9 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $141.7 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Romania |
$93.71 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $95.96 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Russia |
$434.8 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $467.7 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Rwanda |
$2.611 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $2.244 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
$NA |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
$187.9 million (31 December 2016 est.) $168 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
$523.2 million (31 December 2016 est.) $529 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
$NA |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
$330.8 million (31 December 2016 est.) $338.6 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Samoa |
$447.2 million (31 December 2013 est.) $437.4 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| San Marino |
$NA |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
$308.5 million (31 December 2016 est.) $249.4 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
$189.3 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $171.5 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Senegal |
$6.327 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $5.893 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Serbia |
$30.38 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $30.81 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Seychelles |
$2.651 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $2.754 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
$1.503 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.378 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Singapore |
$504.2 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $489 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Slovakia |
$75.04 billion (31 March 2016 est.) $74.19 billion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Slovenia |
$46.3 billion (31 January 2017 est.) $48.2 billion (31 January 2016 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
$491.5 million (31 December 2013 est.) $207.4 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Somalia |
$5.3 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $2.892 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| South Africa |
$144.6 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $137.9 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Spain |
$2.094 trillion (31 March 2016 est.) $1.963 trillion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
$45.26 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $43.92 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Sudan |
$51.26 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $49.42 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Suriname |
$1.625 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.15 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Swaziland |
$468.9 million (31 December 2016 est.) $390.8 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Sweden |
$939.9 billion (31 March 2016 est.) $929.4 billion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Switzerland |
$1.664 trillion (31 March 2016 est.) $1.663 trillion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| Syria |
$5.085 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $4.42 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Taiwan |
$172.2 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $159 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
$5.495 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $5.1 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Tanzania |
$15.21 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $15.05 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Thailand |
$130.6 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $129.7 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
$311.5 million (31 December 2014 est.) $687 million (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Togo |
$1.22 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.056 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Tonga |
$198.2 million (31 December 2016 est.) $173.3 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
$8.746 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $7.195 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Tunisia |
$28.93 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $27.36 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Turkey |
$404.9 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $397.7 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
$425.3 million (31 December 2016 est.) $402.8 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
$NA |
| Tuvalu |
$NA |
| Uganda |
$6.408 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $5.756 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Ukraine |
$121.1 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $122.8 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
$218.7 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $202.1 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
$8.126 trillion (31 March 2016 est.) $8.642 trillion (31 March 2015 est.) |
| United States |
$17.91 trillion (31 March 2016 est.) $17.85 trillion (31 March 2015 est.) note: approximately 4/5ths of US external debt is denominated in US dollars; foreign lenders have been willing to hold US dollar denominated debt instruments because they view the dollar as the world's reserve currency |
| Uruguay |
$27.9 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $27.32 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
$16.76 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $14.84 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
$182.5 million (31 December 2016 est.) $170.2 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Venezuela |
$109.8 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $123.7 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Vietnam |
$84.34 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $77.8 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Virgin Islands |
$NA |
| Wallis and Futuna |
$3.67 million (2004) |
| West Bank |
$1.662 billion (31 March 2016 est.) $1.467 billion (31 March 2015 est.) note: data include the Gaza Strip |
| Western Sahara |
$NA |
| World |
$75.9 trillion (31 December 2016 est.) $74.88 trillion (31 December 2015 est.) note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private |
| Yemen |
$7.181 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $7.287 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Zambia |
$9.562 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $8.785 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
$10.14 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $8.735 billion (31 December 2015 est.) |