This is a list of countries by external debt: it is the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods or services, where the public debt is the money or credit owed by any level of government, from central to local, and the private debt the money or credit owed by private households or private corporations based on the country under consideration.
For information purposes, several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list.
Note that while a country may have a relatively large external debt (either in absolute or per capita terms) it could actually be a "net international creditor" if its external debt is less than the total of external debt of other countries held by it.
Country or territory | External debt (USD) | Date | |||||
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data-sort-type="number" | Per capita[1] | data-sort-type="number" | Total | data-sort-type="number" | % of GDP[2] < | -- Thousands separators will be displayed automatically. Please don't type them as it causes a sorting error. --> | % of total wealth[3] |
123 | 17.66 | December 2023[4] [5] | |||||
97.78 | 16.69 | Dec 2023 | |||||
276.07 | 60.41 | Dec 2023 | |||||
France | 48.65 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Germany | 38.78 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Japan | 19.61 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Netherlands | 373.10 | 87.55 | Mar 2024 | ||||
Luxembourg | 5,790,000 | 1267.43 | Mar 2024 | ||||
Ireland | 356.79 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Canada | 27.18 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Italy | 25.48 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Spain | 31.47 | Mar 2024 | |||||
China | 2.90 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Switzerland | 47.24 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Singapore | 104.72 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Hong Kong | 52.64 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Australia | 18.76 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Belgium | 47.94 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Brazil | 32.19 | April 2023[6] | |||||
Sweden | 45.79 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Mexico | 18.10 | July 2023 | |||||
Norway | 45.25 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Austria | 39.75 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Finland | 85.15 | Mar 2024 | |||||
6.75 | Mar 2024 | ||||||
India | 4.22 | April 2024 | |||||
Greece | 68.71 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Denmark | 28.89 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Turkey | 48.02 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Portugal | 33.37 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Poland | 26.82 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Indonesia | 12.23 | Apr 2024 | |||||
6.93 | Mar 2024 | ||||||
Argentina | 68.08 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Hungary | 61.09 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Malaysia | 39.72 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Saudi Arabia | 11.64 | 2022 | |||||
Chile | 30.91 | Apr 2024 | |||||
Malta | 382.92 | Dec 2023 | |||||
United Arab Emirates | 17.76 | 31 December 2016 est.[7] | |||||
New Zealand | 15.20 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Czech Republic | 26.92 | March 2024 | |||||
3.69 | March 2024 | ||||||
Mauritius | 289.66 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Colombia | 34.80 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Cyprus | 174.25 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Puerto Rico | 31 January 2015 est. | ||||||
Qatar | 47.79 | 2018[8] | |||||
Thailand | 13.60 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Egypt | 13.45 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Ukraine | 24.72 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Kazakhstan | 22.60 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Romania | 23.75 | June 2023 | |||||
South Africa | 17.07 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Israel | 11.31 | Dec 2023 | |||||
14.23 | 2022 | ||||||
Pakistan | 19.23 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Slovakia | 48.29 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Philippines | 12.73 | Mar 2024 | |||||
March 2019 | |||||||
Bangladesh | 9.33 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Peru | 16.63 | June 2023 | |||||
Iraq | 31 December 2016 est.[9] | ||||||
Morocco | 18.67 | Dec 2022 | |||||
Kuwait | 11.46 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Sudan | 283.64 | 2021 | |||||
Slovenia | 32.27 | April 2023 | |||||
Ecuador | 22.29 | Apr 2024 | |||||
Lithuania | 38.01 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Sri Lanka | 15.27 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Oman | 28.59 | 2021 | |||||
Croatia | 22.98 | December 2022 | |||||
Uruguay | 23.92 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Serbia | 26.99 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Bulgaria | 18.95 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Latvia | 31.17 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Panama | 28.84 | May 2024 | |||||
Nigeria | 6.08 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Tunisia | 23.83 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Jordan | 17.53 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Estonia | 48.41 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Bahrain | 33.98 | July 2023 | |||||
Kenya | 9.01 | May 2024 | |||||
Angola | 68.55 | 31 December 2016 est.[10] | |||||
Belarus | 14.27 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Mongolia | 233.35 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Lebanon | 10.05 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Uzbekistan | December 2020 | ||||||
2022 | |||||||
Ghana | 26.06 | November 2022 | |||||
Cuba | 31 December 2016 est.[11] | ||||||
Dominican Republic | 31 December 2016 est.[12] | ||||||
Ethiopia | 201 | 8.48 | January 25,2024[13] | ||||
Costa Rica | 11.81 | 31 December 2016 est.[14] | |||||
Iceland | 18.78 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Georgia | 52.54 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Zambia | 87.84 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Cambodia | 35.35 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Papua New Guinea | 51.26 | 31 December 2016 est.[15] | |||||
Paraguay | 32.00 | September 2022 | |||||
42.22 | 31 December 2016[16] | ||||||
Guatemala | 31 December 2016 est.[17] | ||||||
Palau | 1,020,000 | 31 December 2014 est.[18] | |||||
Bahamas | 109.75 | 31 December 2013 est.[19] | |||||
Jamaica | 37.24 | 31 December 2016 est.[20] | |||||
Monaco | 30 June 2010 est. | ||||||
10.96 | 31 December 2016 est.[21] | ||||||
15.03 | Dec 2023 | ||||||
El Salvador | 31 December 2016 est.[22] | ||||||
Dec 2023 | |||||||
Myanmar | 4.43 | 2022 | |||||
Albania | 14.52 | Mar 2024 | |||||
Nicaragua | 16.09 | 31 December 2016 est.[23] | |||||
Zimbabwe | 15.35 | 31 December 2016 est.[24] | |||||
16.10 | Dec 2023 | ||||||
29.24 | 2022 | ||||||
Kyrgyzstan | 40.46 | Dec 2023 | |||||
Mozambique | 62.96 | 2022 | |||||
Nepal | 10.65 | Sep 2023 | |||||
Azerbaijan | 5.18 | December 2021 | |||||
Honduras | 31 December 2016 est.[25] | ||||||
Cameroon | 16.03 | 31 December 2016 est.[26] | |||||
Yemen | 31 January 2015[27] | ||||||
Armenia | 13.39 | May 2024 | |||||
Tajikistan | 25.15 | Dec 2023 | |||||
0.21 | 2023 | ||||||
Namibia | 21.02 | 31 December 2016 est.[28] | |||||
Uganda | 12.74 | 31 December 2016 est.[29] | |||||
Senegal | 15.09 | 31 December 2016 est.[30] | |||||
32.88 | 31 December 2016 est.[31] | ||||||
7.51 | 31 December 2016 est.[32] | ||||||
Somalia | 31 December 2013 est.[33] | ||||||
Gabon | 22.43 | 31 December 2016 est.[34] | |||||
2013 est.[35] | |||||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.67 | Mar 2024 | |||||
80.28 | 31 December 2016 est.[36] | ||||||
Barbados | 28.06 | 2010 est.[37] | |||||
Montenegro | 12.21 | June 2023 | |||||
Dec 2023 | |||||||
Madagascar | 13.36 | 31 December 2016 est.[38] | |||||
Algeria | 1.04 | 2021 | |||||
Mali | 16.48 | 31 December 2016 est.[39] | |||||
Mauritania | 59.75 | 31 December 2016 est.[40] | |||||
Libya | 8.02 | 31 December 2016 est.[41] | |||||
Burkina Faso | 19.32 | 31 December 2016 est.[42] | |||||
Niger | 20.99 | 31 December 2016 est.[43] | |||||
Seychelles | 63.80 | 31 December 2016 est.[44] | |||||
Rwanda | 8.72 | 31 December 2016 est.[45] | |||||
Bermuda (UK) | 2015 est.[46] | ||||||
Benin | 15.60 | 31 December 2016 est.[47] | |||||
Bhutan | 31 December 2016 est.[48] | ||||||
Haiti | 40.44 | 31 December 2016 est.[49] | |||||
Malawi | 8.73 | 31 December 2016 est.[50] | |||||
2017[51] | |||||||
Chad | 18.75 | 31 December 2016 est.[52] | |||||
Cape Verde | 31 December 2016 est.[53] | ||||||
Sierra Leone | 39.02 | 31 December 2016 est.[54] | |||||
0.27 | December 2018 | ||||||
Botswana | 5.30 | 2023 | |||||
Equatorial Guinea | 6.82 | 31 December 2016 est.[55] | |||||
Djibouti | 66.95 | 31 December 2016 est.[56] | |||||
Guinea | 7.40 | 31 December 2016 est. | |||||
Belize | 44.23 | 31 December 2016 est. | |||||
Afghanistan | 3.12 | 2011[57] | |||||
Suriname | 61.75 | 31 December 2016 est.[58] | |||||
Togo | 19.55 | 31 December 2016 est.[59] | |||||
Guyana | 19.05 | 31 December 2015[60] | |||||
Andorra | 2014 est.[61] | ||||||
Liberia | 7.94 | 31 December 2016 est.[62] | |||||
Guinea-Bissau | 54.75 | 31 December 2010 est.[63] | |||||
Lesotho | 47.44 | 31 December 2016 est.[64] | |||||
Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 2010[65] | ||||||
Fiji | 6.94 | 31 December 2016 est.[66] | |||||
Eritrea | 16.40 | 31 December 2016 est.[67] | |||||
Maldives | 7.42 | 2014 est.[68] | |||||
Burundi | 17.63 | 31 December 2016 est.[69] | |||||
Aruba | 31 December 2014 est.[70] | ||||||
Central African Republic | 34.34 | 31 December 2016 est.[71] | |||||
Grenada | 2013 est.[72] | ||||||
Gambia | 18.06 | 31 December 2016 est.[73] | |||||
Saint Lucia | 31 December 2016 est.[74] | ||||||
Turkmenistan | 0.64 | 31 December 2016 est.[75] | |||||
Solomon Islands | 31 December 2013 est.[76] | ||||||
31 December 2016 est.[77] | |||||||
Samoa | 31 December 2013 est.[78] | ||||||
Antigua and Barbuda | 31 December 2012[79] | ||||||
San Marino | 2016[80] | ||||||
2.83 | 2017[81] | ||||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31 December 2016 est.[82] | ||||||
Timor-Leste | 7.79 | 31 December 2014 est.[83] | |||||
Dominica | 31 December 2016 est.[84] | ||||||
Cook Islands | 31 December 2011[85] | ||||||
Sao Tome and Principe | 31 December 2016 est.[86] | ||||||
Tonga | 31 December 2016 est.[87] | ||||||
Vanuatu | 31 December 2016 est.[88] | ||||||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31 December 2016 est.[89] | ||||||
Comoros | 6.66 | 31 December 2016 est.[90] | |||||
New Caledonia (France) | 31 December 2013 est.[91] | ||||||
Marshall Islands | 2013 est.[92] | ||||||
2013 est.[93] | |||||||
Cayman Islands (UK) | 1998 est. | ||||||
Greenland (Denmark) | < | -- anti-exeptionalism-edit ;-) --> | 2010[94] | ||||
Nauru | 2004 est.[95] | ||||||
(UK) | 31 December 2016[96] | ||||||
Tuvalu | 2017 est.[97] | ||||||
Kiribati | 2013 est.[98] | ||||||
Anguilla (UK) | 1998[99] | ||||||
Wallis and Futuna (France) | 2004[100] | ||||||
Montserrat (UK) | 31 December 2011[101] | ||||||
Liechtenstein | 0 | 2001[102] | |||||
Niue (New Zealand) | 0 | 27 October 2016[103] |