Global debt is increasingly becoming a serious global issue. Below is a list of countries with the highest external debts.
All the talk of financial crisis it was good idea to get a look at the situation of countries with their debt listed, it proved interesting to see, and shocking. These results are as of 2011, it would be interesting to see what the results are in the future, and if it continues to grow or shrink.
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Country
|
External Debt ($US) | Date | % of GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
 United States |
13,980,000,000,000 | 2010 | 95% |
|
—
|
 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% |
|
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|
 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 | 1999 | 0% |