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Rank Country Debt - external Date of Information 1 World $ 12,700,000,000,000 2004 est. 2 United Kingdom $ 4,710,000,000,000 2003 3 United States $ 1,400,000,000,000 2001 est. 4 Italy $ 913,900,000,000 2004 est. 5 Spain $ 771,100,000,000 2004 est. 6 Canada $ 570,000,000,000 2004 7 Australia $ 308,700,000,000 3rd quarter, 2004 est. 8 Portugal $ 274,700,000,000 2004 est. 9 China $ 233,300,000,000 3rd quarter 2004 est. 10 Brazil $ 219,800,000,000 2004 est. 11 Russia $ 169,600,000,000 2004 est. 12 Korea, South $ 160,000,000,000 2004 est. 13 Argentina $ 157,700,000,000 2004 est. 14 Mexico $ 149,900,000,000 2004 est. 15 Indonesia $ 141,500,000,000 2004 est. 16 Iraq $ 125,000,000,000 2004 est. 17 India $ 117,200,000,000 2004 est. 18 Poland $ 99,150,000,000 2004 est. 19 Israel $ 74,460,000,000 2004 est. 20 Greece $ 67,230,000,000 2004 est. 21 Hong Kong $ 66,940,000,000 2004 est. 22 Sweden $ 66,500,000,000 1994 23 Hungary $ 57,000,000,000 2004 est. 24 Philippines $ 55,600,000,000 September 2004 est. 25 Taiwan $ 55,500,000,000 2004 est. 26 Malaysia $ 53,360,000,000 2004 est. 27 Thailand $ 50,590,000,000 2004 est. 28 New Zealand $ 47,340,000,000 2004 est. 29 Chile $ 44,600,000,000 2004 est. 30 Colombia $ 38,700,000,000 2004 est. 31 Czech Republic $ 36,280,000,000 2004 est. 32 Saudi Arabia $ 34,350,000,000 2004 est. 33 Pakistan $ 33,970,000,000 2004 est. 34 Egypt $ 33,750,000,000 2004 est. 35 Venezuela $ 33,290,000,000 2004 est. 36 Nigeria $ 30,550,000,000 2004 est. 37 Finland $ 30,000,000,000 December 1993 38 Peru $ 29,790,000,000 2004 est. 39 Belgium $ 28,300,000,000 1999 est. 40 South Africa $ 27,010,000,000 2004 est. 41 Croatia $ 26,400,000,000 2004 est. 42 Kazakhstan $ 26,030,000,000 2004 est. 43 Romania $ 24,590,000,000 2004 est. 44 Algeria $ 21,900,000,000 2004 est. 45 Denmark $ 21,700,000,000 2000 46 Sudan $ 21,000,000,000 2004 est. 47 Bangladesh $ 19,970,000,000 2004 est. 48 Slovakia $ 19,540,000,000 2004 est. 49 Singapore $ 19,400,000,000 2004 est. 50 Qatar $ 18,620,000,000 2004 est. 51 Monaco $ 18,000,000,000 2000 est. 52 Morocco $ 17,070,000,000 2004 est. 53 Turkey $ 16,900,000,000 2004 est. 54 Ecuador $ 16,810,000,000 2004 est. 55 Vietnam $ 16,550,000,000 2004 est. 56 Ukraine $ 16,370,000,000 2004 est. 57 Bulgaria $ 16,100,000,000 November 2004 est. 58 Lebanon $ 15,840,000,000 2004 est. 59 Austria $ 15,500,000,000 2003 est. 60 Kuwait $ 15,020,000,000 2004 est. 61 Tunisia $ 14,710,000,000 2004 est. 62 Slovenia $ 14,650,000,000 2004 est. 63 Iran $ 13,400,000,000 2004 est. 64 Serbia and Montenegro $ 12,970,000,000 2004 est. 65 Uruguay $ 12,800,000,000 March 2004 66 Cuba $ 12,090,000,000 2004 est. 67 Korea, North $ 12,000,000,000 1996 est. 68 Cote d'Ivoire $ 11,810,000,000 2004 est. 69 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 11,600,000,000 2000 est. 70 Ireland $ 11,000,000,000 1998 71 Sri Lanka $ 10,850,000,000 2004 est. 72 Angola $ 10,450,000,000 2004 est. 73 Lithuania $ 10,010,000,000 2004 est. 74 Panama $ 8,780,000,000 2004 est. 75 Cameroon $ 8,460,000,000 2004 est. 76 Estonia $ 8,373,000,000 2004 est. 77 Afghanistan $ 8,000,000,000 2004 78 Dominican Republic $ 7,745,000,000 2004 est. 79 Ghana $ 7,396,000,000 2004 est. 80 Latvia $ 7,368,000,000 2004 est. 81 Cyprus $ 7,327,000,000 2004 est. 82 Tanzania $ 7,321,000,000 2004 est. 83 Jordan $ 7,320,000,000 2004 est. 84 Kenya $ 6,792,000,000 2004 est. 85 Burma $ 6,752,000,000 2004 est. 86 Bahrain $ 6,215,000,000 2004 est. 87 Guatemala $ 5,969,000,000 2004 est. 88 Jamaica $ 5,964,000,000 2004 est. 89 Costa Rica $ 5,962,000,000 2004 est. 90 United Arab Emirates $ 5,900,000,000 2004 est. 91 Bolivia $ 5,439,000,000 June 2004 est. 92 Yemen $ 5,400,000,000 2004 est. 93 Honduras $ 5,365,000,000 September 2004 est. 94 Zambia $ 5,353,000,000 2004 est. 95 Congo, Republic of the $ 5,000,000,000 2000 est. 96 Oman $ 4,814,000,000 2004 est. 97 El Salvador $ 4,792,000,000 September 2004 est. 98 Madagascar $ 4,600,000,000 2002 99 Nicaragua $ 4,573,000,000 2004 est. 100 Uzbekistan $ 4,351,000,000 2004 est. 101 Zimbabwe $ 4,086,000,000 2004 est. 102 Libya $ 4,069,000,000 2004 est. 103 Syria $ 4,000,000,000 2004 est. 104 Uganda $ 3,865,000,000 2004 est. 105 Gabon $ 3,804,000,000 2004 est. 106 Senegal $ 3,476,000,000 2004 est. 107 Mali $ 3,300,000,000 2000 108 Guinea $ 3,250,000,000 2001 est. 109 Paraguay $ 3,239,000,000 2004 est. 110 Malawi $ 3,129,000,000 2004 est. 111 Iceland $ 3,073,000,000 2002 112 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 3,000,000,000 2004 est. 113 Somalia $ 3,000,000,000 2001 est. 114 Trinidad and Tobago $ 2,940,000,000 2004 est. 115 Ethiopia $ 2,900,000,000 2001 est. 116 Macau $ 2,700,000,000 2003 117 Nepal $ 2,700,000,000 2001 118 Mauritania $ 2,500,000,000 2000 119 Laos $ 2,490,000,000 2001 120 Papua New Guinea $ 2,463,000,000 2004 est. 121 Cambodia $ 2,400,000,000 2002 est. 122 Turkmenistan $ 2,400,000,000 2001 est. 123 Liberia $ 2,100,000,000 2000 est. 124 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,970,000,000 2004 est. 125 Macedonia $ 1,863,000,000 2004 est. 126 Azerbaijan $ 1,832,000,000 2004 est. 127 Georgia $ 1,800,000,000 2002 128 Mauritius $ 1,780,000,000 2004 est. 129 Benin $ 1,600,000,000 2000 130 Niger $ 1,600,000,000 1999 est. 131 Sierra Leone $ 1,500,000,000 2002 est. 132 Albania $ 1,410,000,000 2003 133 Moldova $ 1,400,000,000 2004 est. 134 Togo $ 1,400,000,000 2000 135 Belize $ 1,362,000,000 June 2004 est. 136 Netherlands Antilles $ 1,350,000,000 1996 137 Rwanda $ 1,300,000,000 2000 est. 138 Burkina Faso $ 1,300,000,000 2000 139 French Guiana $ 1,200,000,000 1988 140 Haiti $ 1,200,000,000 2004 est. 141 Guyana $ 1,200,000,000 2002 142 Mongolia $ 1,191,000,000 2004 est. 143 Namibia $ 1,136,000,000 2004 est. 144 Burundi $ 1,133,000,000 2002 145 Chad $ 1,100,000,000 2000 est. 146 Mozambique $ 966,000,000 2002 est. 147 Guinea-Bissau $ 941,500,000 2000 est. 148 Armenia $ 905,000,000 June 2001 149 Tajikistan $ 888,000,000 2004 est. 150 Central African Republic $ 881,400,000 2000 est. 151 Lesotho $ 735,000,000 2002 152 Barbados $ 668,000,000 2003 153 Belarus $ 600,000,000 2004 est. 154 Botswana $ 531,000,000 2004 est. 155 Gambia, The $ 476,000,000 2001 est. 156 Djibouti $ 366,000,000 2002 est. 157 Cape Verde $ 325,000,000 2002 158 Suriname $ 321,000,000 2002 est. 159 Swaziland $ 320,000,000 2002 est. 160 Sao Tome and Principe $ 318,000,000 2002 161 Eritrea $ 311,000,000 2000 est. 162 Bahamas, The $ 308,500,000 2002 163 Aruba $ 285,000,000 1996 164 Maldives $ 281,000,000 2003 est. 165 Equatorial Guinea $ 248,000,000 2000 est. 166 Bhutan $ 245,000,000 2000 167 Comoros $ 232,000,000 2000 est. 168 Antigua and Barbuda $ 231,000,000 1999 169 Seychelles $ 218,100,000 2004 est. 170 Saint Lucia $ 214,000,000 2000 171 Samoa $ 197,000,000 2000 172 Grenada $ 196,000,000 2000 173 Fiji $ 188,100,000 2001 est. 174 Solomon Islands $ 180,400,000 2002 175 Martinique $ 180,000,000 1994 176 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 171,000,000 2001 177 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 167,200,000 2000 178 Dominica $ 161,500,000 2001 179 Bermuda $ 160,000,000 FY99/00 180 Cook Islands $ 141,000,000 1996 est. 181 Malta $ 130,000,000 1997 182 Gaza Strip $ 108,000,000 1997 est. 183 West Bank $ 108,000,000 1997 est. 184 Marshall Islands $ 86,500,000 FY99/00 est. 185 Vanuatu $ 83,700,000 2002 186 New Caledonia $ 79,000,000 1998 est. 187 Cayman Islands $ 70,000,000 1996 188 Faroe Islands $ 64,000,000 1999 189 Tonga $ 63,400,000 2001 190 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 53,100,000 FY02/03 est. 191 British Virgin Islands $ 36,100,000 1997 192 Nauru $ 33,300,000 2002 193 Greenland $ 25,000,000 1999 194 Kiribati $ 10,000,000 1999 est. 195 Montserrat $ 8,900,000 1997 196 Anguilla $ 8,800,000 1998 197 Niue $ 418,000 2002 est. 198 Brunei $ 0 199 Norway $ 0 2003 est. 200 Tokelau $ 0 201 Palau $ 0 FY99/00 202 Liechtenstein $ 0 2001 This file was last updated on 28 July, 2005