▷ List of Gross External Debt by Country - Economics Help

External debt is the total public (government) and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods, or services. This is gross (total) external debt. It does not measure net debt.

External debt is different to measures of public (government) debt. See: List of national debt by country.

Some countries with very high levels of external debt, also have very high levels of external credit. For example, Luxembourg, Switzerland and China have high levels of assets – i.e. they hold the external debt of other countries. In fact, they are net international creditors because there assets are greater than their debt levels.

Countries with large banking systems tend to have higher levels of external debt because they correspondingly hold more international assets. The problem comes when the assets they hold fall in value.

External debt can be problematic for developing countries if interest payments on their external debt levels impact on a countries ability to invest and spend on current public services.

List of External Debt by Country

1	Luxembourg	3,443
2	Ireland	1,008
3	Iceland	999
4	United Kingdom	406
5	Sao Tome and Principe	349
6	Netherlands	344
7	Hong Kong	334
8	Belgium	266
9	Guinea-Bissau	259
10	Monaco[note 2]	240
11	Switzerland	229
12	Portugal	223
13	Burundi	202
14	Austria	200
15	Sweden	187
16	France	182
17	Denmark	180
18	Greece	174
19	Spain	167
20	Finland	155
21	Congo, Republic of the	155
22	Seychelles	147
23	Latvia	146
24	Germany	142
25	Norway	141
26	Cyprus	129
27	New Zealand	126
28	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	122
29	Hungary	115
30	Comoros	115
31	Italy	108
32	United States	106
33	Zimbabwe	103
34	Croatia	99
35	Australia	95
36	Jamaica	92
37	Laos	91
38	Bulgaria	90
39	Lebanon	88
40	Mali	88
41	Estonia	87
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	85
43	Kyrgyzstan	81
44	Serbia	80
45	Lithuania	80
46	Moldova	79
47	Niger	79
48	Saint Kitts and Nevis	79
49	Belize	75
50	Dominica	75
51	Grenada	74
52	Malta	72
53	Ukraine	71
54	Kazakhstan	68
55	Slovakia	68
56	Guinea	68
57	Central African Republic	68
58	Romania	67
59	Bahrain	65
60	Canada	64
61	Iraq	64
62	Bhutan	64
63	Nicaragua	62
64	Sierra Leone	61
65	Japan	60
66	Republic of Macedonia	60
67	Eritrea	58
68	Armenia	56
69	Djibouti	56
70	Qatar	55
71	Sudan	55
72	Georgia	54.8
73	Marshall Islands	54
74	El Salvador	53
75	Panama	52
76	Mauritius	52
77	Cape Verde	52
78	Cote d’Ivoire	51
79	Mozambique	50
80	Maldives	50
81	Gambia, The	50
82	Turkey	48
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48
84	Slovenia	47.6
85	Poland	47
86	Samoa	47
87	Czech Republic	45
88	Belarus	45
89	Solomon Islands	44
90	Kuwait	43
91	Benin	43
92	Israel	42
93	Tunisia	42
94	Guatemala	42
95	Guyana	42
96	United Arab Emirates	41
97	Mongolia	41
98	Chile	38
99	China	37.5
100	Korea, South	37
101	Cambodia	37
102	Sri Lanka	36
103	Madagascar	36
104	Antigua and Barbuda	36
105	Nepal	35
106	Tajikistan	35
107	Cuba	34
108	Uruguay	33
109	Tanzania	33
110	Tonga	33
111	Philippines	32
112	Vietnam	32
113	Saint Lucia	32
114	Malaysia	31
115	Pakistan	30
116	Senegal	30
117	Lesotho	30
118	Indonesia	28
119	Suriname	28
120	Thailand	26
121	Ecuador	25
122	Dominican Republic	25
123	Kenya	25
124	Turkmenistan	25
125	Micronesia, Federated States of	25
126	Costa Rica	24
127	Malawi	24
128	Montenegro	24
129	Russia	23
130	South Africa	23
131	Bangladesh	23
132	Yemen	23
133	Albania	23
134	Honduras	23
135	Burkina Faso	23
136	Peru	22
137	Morocco	22
138	Zambia	22
139	Barbados	22
140	Afghanistan	22
141	Liberia	22
142	Vanuatu	22
143	Angola	21
144	Ghana	21
145	Trinidad and Tobago	21
146	Chad	21
147	Aruba	21
148	India	20
149	Mexico	20
150	Colombia	20
151	Namibia	20
152	Saudi Arabia	19
153	Venezuela	19
154	Gabon	18
155	Burma	17
156	Uganda	17
157	Oman	16
158	Papua New Guinea	16
159	Botswana	16
160	Brazil	15
161	Bolivia	15
162	Cameroon	15
163	Egypt	14
164	Ethiopia	14
165	Swaziland	14
166	Kiribati	14
167	Syria	13
168	Paraguay	13
169	Uzbekistan	11
170	Libya	9
171	Cayman Islands	7
172	Bahamas, The	6
173	Azerbaijan	6
174	Equatorial Guinea	6
175	Nigeria	5
176	Haiti	5
177	Fiji	5
178	Bermuda	5
179	Greenland	5
180	Iran	4
181	Algeria	3
182	New Caledonia	3
183	Brunei	0
184	Liechtenstein	0
185	Taiwan	0
186	Palau	0

External links

External Debt CIA
External debt wikipedia

UK External debt

Sources:

External Debt CIA

UK External debt

List of Gross External Debt by Country – Economics Help

List of External Debt by Country