July 14, 2011

Global Debt - Countries with the Highest Debt

Global debt is increasingly becoming a serious global issue. Below is a list of countries with the highest external debts.
Country
 External Debt ($US) Date % of GDP
1
  United States 13,980,000,000,000 2010 95%
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  European Union 13,720,000,000,000 2010 85%
2
  United Kingdom 8,981,000,000,000 2010 400%
3
  Germany 4,713,000,000,000 2010 142%
4
  France 4,698,000,000,000 2010 182%
5
  Netherlands 3,733,000,000,000 2009 471%
6
  Japan 2,441,000,000,000 2010 45%
7
  Ireland 2,253,000,000,000 2010 1103%
8
  Norway 2,232,000,000,000 2010 538%
9
  Italy 2,223,000,000,000 2010 108%
10
  Spain 2,166,000,000,000 2010 154%
11
  Luxembourg 1,892,000,000,000 2010 3443%
12
  Belgium 1,241,000,000,000 2010 266%
13
  Switzerland 1,200,000,000,000 2010 229%
14
  Australia 1,169,000,000,000 2010 95%
15
  Canada 1,009,000,000,000 2010 64%
16
  Sweden 853,300,000,000 2010 187%
17
  Austria 755,000,000,000 2010 200%
—
  Hong Kong 750,800,000,000 2010 334%
18
  Denmark 559,500,000,000 2010 180%
19
  Greece 532,900,000,000 2010 174%
20
  Portugal 497,800,000,000 2010 217%
21
  Russia 480,200,000,000 2010 33%
22
  China 406,600,000,000 2010 7%
23
  Finland 370,800,000,000 2010 155%
24
  Korea, South 370,100,000,000 2010 37%
25
  Brazil 310,800,000,000 2010 15%
26
  Turkey 270,700,000,000 2010 36%
27
  Poland 252,900,000,000 2010 54%
28
  India 237,100,000,000 2010 15%
29
  Mexico 212,500,000,000 2010 20%
30
  Indonesia 196,100,000,000 2010 28%
31
  Argentina 160,900,000,000 2010 43%
32
  Hungary 148,400,000,000 2010 115%
33
  United Arab Emirates 122,700,000,000 2010 41%
34
  Romania 108,900,000,000 2010 67%
35
  Ukraine 97,500,000,000 2010 71%
36
  Kazakhstan 94,440,000,000 2010 68%
37
  Taiwan 91,410,000,000 2010 21%
38
  Israel 89,680,000,000 2010 42%
39
  Czech Republic 86,790,000,000 2010 45%
40
  Chile 84,510,000,000 2010 42%
41
  Saudi Arabia 82,920,000,000 2010 19%
42
  Thailand 82,500,000,000 2010 26%
43
  South Africa 80,520,000,000 2010 23%
44
  Malaysia 72,600,000,000 2010 31%
45
  Qatar 71,380,000,000 2010 55%
46
  New Zealand 64,330,000,000 2010 46%
47
  Philippines 59,770,000,000 2010 32%
48
  Croatia 59,700,000,000 2010 99%
49
  Slovakia 59,330,000,000 2010 68%
50
  Colombia 57,740,000,000 2010 20%
51
  Pakistan 57,210,000,000 2010 33%
52
  Kuwait 56,810,000,000 2010 43%
53
  Venezuela 55,610,000,000 2010 19%
54
  Iraq 52,580,000,000 2010 64%
55
  Slovenia 51,570,000,000 2010 108%
56
  Bulgaria 47,150,000,000 2010 99%
57
  Sudan 37,980,000,000 2010 55%
58
  Latvia 37,280,000,000 2010 155%
59
  Lebanon 34,450,000,000 2010 88%
60
  Vietnam 33,450,000,000 2010 32%
61
  Peru 33,290,000,000 2010 22%
62
  Cyprus 32,610,000,000 2010 129%
63
  Serbia 30,900,000,000 2010 80%
64
  Egypt 30,610,000,000 2010 14%
65
  Lithuania 27,600,000,000 2010 76%
66
  Estonia 25,130,000,000 2010 127%
67
  Belarus 24,800,000,000 2010 45%
68
  Bangladesh 24,460,000,000 2010 23%
69
  Morocco 22,690,000,000 2010 22%
70
  Singapore 21,660,000,000 2010 10%
71
  Cuba 19,750,000,000 2010 34%
72
  Tunisia 18,760,000,000 2010 42%
73
  Monaco 18,000,000,000 2010 680%
74
  Angola 17,980,000,000 2010 21%
75
  Sri Lanka 17,970,000,000 2010 36%
76
  Guatemala 17,470,000,000 2010 42%
77
  Ecuador 14,710,000,000 2010 25%
78
  Bahrain 14,680,000,000 2010 65%
79
  Panama 13,850,000,000 2010 52%
80
  Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13,500,000,000 2009 122%
81
  Uruguay 13,390,000,000 2010 33%
82
  Dominican Republic 13,090,000,000 2010 25%
83
  Iran 12,840,000,000 2010 4%
84
  Jamaica 12,660,000,000 2010 92%
85
  Korea, North 12,500,000,000 2001 N/A
86
  Cote d'Ivoire 11,600,000,000 2010 51%
87
  El Salvador 11,450,000,000 2010 53%
88
  Nigeria 11,020,000,000 2010 5%
89
  Oman 8,829,000,000 2010 16%
90
  Costa Rica 8,550,000,000 2010 24%
91
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,996,000,000 2010 48%
92
  Kenya 7,935,000,000 2010 25%
93
  Syria 7,682,000,000 2010 13%
94
  Zimbabwe 7,662,000,000 2010 103%
95
  Tanzania 7,576,000,000 2010 33%
96
  Yemen 7,147,000,000 2010 23%
97
  Burma 7,145,000,000 2010 17%
98
  Ghana 6,483,000,000 2010 21%
99
  Libya 6,378,000,000 2010 9%
100
  Malta 5,978,000,000 2010 72%
101
  Laos 5,797,000,000 2010 91%
102
  Jordan 5,522,000,000 2010 20%
103
  Macedonia 5,485,000,000 2010 60%
104
  Armenia 5,227,000,000 2010 56%
105
  Mauritius 5,043,000,000 2010 52%
107
  Turkmenistan 5,000,000,000 2009 25%
106
  Congo, Republic of the 5,000,000,000 2000 155%
108
  Mozambique 4,990,000,000 2010 50%
109
  Moldova 4,618,000,000 2010 79%
110
  Nepal 4,500,000,000 2009 35%
111
  Cambodia 4,338,000,000 2010 37%
112
  Trinidad and Tobago 4,303,000,000 2010 21%
113
  Ethiopia 4,289,000,000 2010 14%
114
  Uzbekistan 4,236,000,000 2010 11%
115
  Algeria 4,138,000,000 2010 3%
116
  Nicaragua 4,030,000,000 2010 62%
117
  Senegal 3,885,000,000 2010 30%
118
  Kyrgyzstan 3,738,000,000 2010 81%
119
  Honduras 3,540,000,000 2010 23%
120
  Zambia 3,495,000,000 2010 22%
121
  Georgia 3,381,000,000 2009 31%
122
  Cameroon 3,344,000,000 2010 15%
123
  Azerbaijan 3,221,000,000 2010 6%
124
  Liberia 3,200,000,000 2005 590%
125
  Iceland 3,073,000,000 2002 35%
126
  Guinea 3,072,000,000 2009 68%
127
  Somalia 3,000,000,000 2001 N/A
128
  Madagascar 2,973,000,000 2010 36%
129
  Benin 2,894,000,000 2009 43%
130
  Uganda 2,888,000,000 2010 17%
131
  Bolivia 2,864,000,000 2010 15%
132
  Albania 2,810,000,000 2009 23%
133
  Mali 2,800,000,000 2002 88%
134
  Afghanistan 2,700,000,000 2008 22%
135
  Paraguay 2,445,000,000 2010 13%
136
  Gabon 2,374,000,000 2010 18%
137
  Namibia 2,373,000,000 2010 20%
138
  Botswana 2,222,000,000 2010 16%
139
  Niger 2,100,000,000 2003 79%
140
  Burkina Faso 2,002,000,000 2010 23%
141
  Tajikistan 1,997,000,000 2010 35%
142
  Mongolia 1,860,000,000 2009 41%
143
  Chad 1,749,000,000 2008 21%
144
  Sierra Leone 1,610,000,000 2003 61%
145
  Papua New Guinea 1,548,000,000 2010 16%
146
  Seychelles 1,374,000,000 2010 147%
147
  Malawi 1,213,000,000 2010 24%
148
  Burundi 1,200,000,000 2003 202%
149
  Central African Republic 1,153,000,000 2007 68%
—
  West Bank 1,040,000,000 2010 N/A
150
  Belize> 1,010,000,000 2009 75%
151
  Eritrea 961,900,000 2008 58%
152
  Maldives 943,000,000 2010 50%
153
  >Guinea-Bissau 941,500,000 2000 259%
154
  Bhutan 836,000,000 2009 64%
155
  Equatorial Guinea 832,000,000 2010 6%
156
  Guyana 804,300,000 2008 42%
157
  Barbados 668,000,000 2003 22%
158
  Montenegro 650,000,000 2006 24%
159
  Lesotho 647,000,000 2010 30%
160
  Gambia, The 530,000,000 2010 50%
161
  Suriname 504,300,000 2005 28%
162
  Swaziland 497,000,000 2010 14%
163
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 479,000,000 2010 85%
—
  Aruba 478,600,000 2005 21%
164
  Djibouti 428,000,000 2006 56%
165
  Antigua and Barbuda 359,800,000 2006 36%
166
  Haiti 350,000,000 2010 5%
167
  Grenada 347,000,000 2004 74%
168
  Bahamas, The 342,600,000 2004 6%
169
  Cape Verde 325,000,000 2002 52%
170
  Sao Tome and Principe 318,000,000 2002 349%
171
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 314,000,000 2004 79%
172
  Saint Lucia 257,000,000 2004 32%
173
  Comoros 232,000,000 2000 115%
174
  Dominica 213,000,000 2004 75%
175
  Samoa 177,000,000 2004 47%
176
  Solomon Islands 166,000,000 2004 44%
—
  Bermuda 160,000,000 1999 5%
—
  Cook Islands 141,000,000 1996 N/A
177
  Fiji 127,000,000 2004 5%
178
  Marshall Islands 87,000,000 2008 54%
179
  Vanuatu 81,200,000 2004 22%
180
  Tonga 80,700,000 2004 33%
—
  New Caledonia 79,000,000 1998 3%
—
  Cayman Islands 70,000,000 1996 7%
—
  Faroe Islands 68,100,000 2006 N/A
181
  Micronesia, Federated States of 60,800,000 2005 25%
—
  Greenland 58,000,000 2009 5%
—
  British Virgin Islands 36,100,000 1997 N/A
182
  Nauru 33,300,000 2004 N/A
183
  Kiribati 10,000,000 1999 14%
—
  Montserrat 8,900,000 1997 N/A
—
  Anguilla 8,800,000 1998 N/A
—
  Wallis and Futuna 3,670,000 2004 N/A
—
  Niue 418,000 2002 N/A
—
  Macau 0 2010 0%
184
  Brunei 0 2005 0%
185
  Liechtenstein 0 2001 0%
186
  Palau 0 19990%

Source: List of countries by external debt

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