Country Profile and Demographics: National External Debt

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Demographics:

National Debt - External

This entry gives the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.

Country	National Debt - External (US Dollar)
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	$2.261 billion (30 June 2007)
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	$1.6 billion (2000)
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.)
Cyprus	area 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	$394 million (2004 est.)
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	$9.991 billion (30 June 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	$2.04 billion (2004)
Germany	$4.489 trillion (30 June 2007)
Ghana	$4.668 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	$549.7 billion (30 June 2007)
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 billion (1996 est.)
Korea, South	$311.1 billion (30 June 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	$3.1 billion (2004)
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 (including 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	$66.2 billion (30 June 2007 est.)
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	$96.72 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
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	$10.8 billion (30 June 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	$54.26 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.)

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