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The World Factbook. 2008.

Debt—external

CountryDebt—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$3.358 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
American Samoa$NA
Andorra$NA
Angola$8.835 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Anguilla$8.8 million (1998)
Antigua and Barbuda$359.8 million (June 2006)
Argentina$118 billion (30 September 2007)
Armenia$1.372 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Aruba$478.6 million (2005 est.)
Australia$757.9 billion (30 June 2007)
Austria$752.5 billion (30 June 2007)
Azerbaijan$2.022 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bahamas, The$342.6 million (2004 est.)
Bahrain$7.692 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bangladesh$20.25 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Barbados$668 million (2003)
Belarus$9.272 billion (30 June 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$593 million (2004)
Bolivia$3.8 billion (31December 2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina$7.057 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Botswana$513 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Brazil$230.3 billion (30 June 2007)
British Virgin Islands$36.1 million (1997)
Brunei$0 (2005)
Bulgaria$29.29 billion (30 June 2007)
Burkina Faso$1.33 billion (2007)
Burma$6.914 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Burundi$1.2 billion (2003)
Cambodia$3.98 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Cameroon$2.449 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$49.18 billion (30 June 2007)
China$363 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Colombia$43.3 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$7.163 billion (30 June 2007)
Cote d’Ivoire$10.91 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Croatia$41.56 billion (30 June 2007)
Cuba$16.79 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion owed to Russia (31 December 2007 est.)
Cyprusarea under government control: $26.12 billion
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: $NA (31 December 2007 est.)
Czech Republic$61.74 billion (30 June 2007)
Denmark$492.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Djibouti$428 million (2006)
Dominica$213 million (2004)
Dominican Republic$8.842 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ecuador$17.56 billion (31 October 2007)
Egypt$29.9 billion (30 June 2007)
El Salvador$5.444 billion (December 2007)
Equatorial Guinea$288 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Eritrea$311 million (2000 est.)
Estonia$20.24 billion (30 June 2007)
Ethiopia$3.793 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)$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$3.579 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$3.387 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Gibraltar$NA
Greece$371.5 billion (30 June 2007)
Greenland$25 million (1999)
Grenada$347 million (2004)
Guam$NA
Guatemala$5.561 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Guernsey$NA
Guinea$3.298 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau$941.5 million (2000 est.)
Guyana$1.2 billion (2002)
Haiti$1.248 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Honduras$3.871 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Hong Kong$588 billion (2007 est.)
Hungary$142.9 billion (30 June 2007)
Iceland$3.073 billion (2002)
India$165.4 billion (30 June 2007)
Indonesia$137.2 billion (30 June 2007)
Iran$13.8 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Iraq$56.31 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ireland$1.841 trillion (30 June 2007)
Isle of Man$NA
Israel$87.43 billion (30 June 2007)
Italy$2.345 trillion (30 June 2007)
Jamaica$7.138 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Japan$1.492 trillion (30 June 2007)
Jersey$NA
Jordan$7.483 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kazakhstan$92.08 billion (30 June 2007)
Kenya$7.715 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kiribati$10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North$12.5 billion (2001 est.)
Korea, South$342.7 billion (30 September 2007)
KosovoNA
KosovoSerbia continued to pay Kosovo’s external debt, which it claimed was around $1.2 billion; Kosovo was willing to accept around $900 million, according to the national bank of Serbia (2007)
Kuwait$33.61 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan$2.966 billion (30 June 2007)
Laos$3.179 billion (2006)
Latvia$29.85 billion (30 June 2007)
Lebanon$34.67 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Lesotho$693 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Liberia$3.2 billion (2005 est.)
Libya$4.837 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Liechtenstein$0 (2001)
Lithuania$22.7 billion (30 June 2007)
Luxembourg$NA
Macau$0 (2006)
Macedonia$2.561 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Madagascar$4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi$622 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Malaysia$57.83 billion (30 June 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$2.5 billion (2000)
Mauritius$2.583 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mayotte$NA
Mexico$182 billion (30 June 2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of$60.8 million (FY05 est.)
Moldova$2.774 billion (30 June 2007)
Monaco$18 billion (2000 est.)
Mongolia$1.38 billion (2005)
Montenegro$650 million (2006)
Montserrat$8.9 million (1997)
Morocco$16.86 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mozambique$4.284 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Namibia$1.429 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$50.02 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Nicaragua$3.702 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Niger$2.1 billion (2003 est.)
Nigeria$5.815 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$3.483 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Pakistan$40.32 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Palau$0 (FY99/00)
Panama$10.56 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea$1.814 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Paraguay$3.632 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Peru$27.81 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Philippines$62.84 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Poland$187.8 billion (30 June 2007)
Portugal$415.5 billion (30 June 2007)
Puerto Rico$NA
Qatar$31.07 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Romania$85.86 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Russia$384.8 billion (30 June 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$52.89 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Senegal$1.604 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Serbia$28.24 billion (includes Montenegro) (2007 est.)
Seychelles$957 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Sierra Leone$1.61 billion (2003 est.)
Singapore$25.53 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Slovakia$36.66 billion (30 June 2007)
Slovenia$40.42 billion (30 June 2007)
Solomon Islands$166 million (2004)
Somalia$3 billion (2001 est.)
South Africa$64.8 billion (30 September 2007)
Spain$2.047 trillion (30 June 2007 est.)
Sri Lanka$13.52 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Sudan$29.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Suriname$504.3 million (2005 est.)
Swaziland$538.6 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Sweden$598.2 billion (30 June 2006)
Switzerland$1.34 trillion (30 June 2007)
Syria$6.61 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Taiwan$85.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Tajikistan$1.308 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tanzania$4.984 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Thailand$58.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Togo$2 billion (2005)
Tonga$80.7 million (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago$3.025 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tunisia$18.56 billion (December 2007)
Turkey$226.4 billion (30 June 2007)
Turkmenistan$2.4 billion to $5 billion (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands$NA
Tuvalu$NA
Uganda$1.39 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ukraine$65.38 billion (30 June 2007)
United Arab Emirates$41.51 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
United Kingdom$10.45 trillion (30 June 2007)
United States$12.25 trillion (30 June 2007)
Uruguay$12 billion (30 September 2007)
Uzbekistan$5.398 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vanuatu$81.2 million (2004)
Venezuela$45.44 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vietnam$24.41 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Virgin Islands$NA
Wallis and Futuna$3.67 million (2004)
West Bank$NA
Western Sahara$NA
World$54.31 trillion
note: this figure is the sum total of all countries’ external debt, both public and private (2004 est.)
Yemen$6.122 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zambia$2.798 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zimbabwe$4.876 billion (31 December 2007 est.)