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/Region | Per capita US dollars |
External debt US dollars |
% of GDP | % of total wealth[1] | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 98.1 thousand | 32.9 trillion | 122.56 | 23.52 | August 2023 [2][3] |
United Kingdom | 130 thousand | 8.7 trillion | 287.08 | 54.47 | December 2023[4] |
Japan | 34.8 thousand | 4.34 trillion | 98.44 | 19.22 | June 2023[4] |
Netherlands | 216 thousand | 3.79 trillion | 381.62 | 77.84 | December 2022[4] |
France | 49.8 thousand | 3.28 trillion | 112.06 | 20.86 | March 2023[2] |
Ireland | 629 thousand | 3.26 trillion | 548.53 | 357.06 | June 2023[4] |
Italy | 52.7 thousand | 3.1 trillion | 143.09 | 28.13 | June 2023[2] |
Germany | 33.6 thousand | 2.81 trillion | 65.33 | 16.13 | March 2023[2] |
Canada | 66.9 thousand | 2.65 trillion | 126.94 | 23.53 | March 2023[4] |
China | 1.74 thousand | 2.45 trillion | 13.55 | 2.90 | December 2022[4] |
Switzerland | 263 thousand | 2.3 trillion | 284.57 | 47.63 | December 2022[4] |
Australia | 72.2 thousand | 1.9 trillion | 111.17 | 19.55 | June 2023[4] |
Hong Kong | 248 thousand | 1.82 trillion | 504.10 | 19.68 | December 2022[4] |
Spain | 34.9 thousand | 1.67 trillion | 111.84 | 32.20 | March 2023[2] |
Brazil | 7.34 thousand | 1.49 trillion | 71.59 | 44.11 | April 2023[2] |
Sweden | 95.2 thousand | 1.03 trillion | 171.81 | 18.10 | June 2023[4] |
Mexico | 6.71 thousand | 880 billion | 52.92 | 42.76 | July 2023[2] |
Singapore | 144 thousand | 815 billion | 158.13 | 44.89 | June 2023[2] |
Norway | 135 thousand | 738 billion | 133.14 | 6.72 | June 2023[4] |
South Korea | 12.9 thousand | 665 billion | 38.62 | 20.41 | June 2023[4] |
Belgium | 55.7 thousand | 652 billion | 104.42 | 4.07 | March 2023[2] |
India | 449.28 | 625 billion | 16.83 | 52.10 | March 2023[2] |
Turkey | 5.51 thousand | 476 billion | 46.21 | 33.23 | March 2023[4] |
Portugal | 42.8 thousand | 440 billion | 164.48 | 22.35 | June 2023[4] |
Austria | 44.2 thousand | 401 billion | 77.76 | 12.13 | March 2023[2] |
Indonesia | 1.42 thousand | 395 billion | 29.10 | 45.73 | August 2023[2] |
Poland | 9.5 thousand | 385 billion | 49.30 | 24.18 | June 2023[2] |
Greece | 32.9 thousand | 350 billion | 322.85 | 39.33 | September 2022[2] |
Russia | 1.97 thousand | 282 billion | 13.67 | 6.43 | July 2023[2] |
Thailand | 4.02 thousand | 282 billion | 49.09 | 19.85 | July 2023[2] |
Argentina | 5.88 thousand | 275 billion | 42.91 | 65.48 | March 2023[4] |
Saudi Arabia | 7.59 thousand | 264 billion | 23.83 | 11.64 | 2022[2] |
South Africa | 4.27 thousand | 263 billion | 65.81 | 28.40 | June 2023[2] |
Malaysia | 7.79 thousand | 260 billion | 58.17 | 38.35 | June 2023[4] |
Philippines | 2.3 thousand | 260 billion | 58.90 | 25.72 | July 2023[2] |
Chile | 11.6 thousand | 233 billion | 65.09 | 29.91 | July 2023[4] |
United Arab Emirates | 24.2 thousand | 220 billion | 59.69 | 17.71 | 31 December 2016 est.[5] |
Finland | 38.8 thousand | 215 billion | 71.30 | 27.15 | March 2023[2] |
New Zealand | 39.9 thousand | 206 billion | 81.76 | 14.45 | March 2023[4] |
Czech Republic | 19.3 thousand | 203 billion | 61.47 | 26.36 | March 2023[4] |
Mauritius | 158 thousand | 199 billion | 1.37 thousand | 292.65 | March 2023[4] |
Qatar | 70.5 thousand | 195 billion | 106.09 | 47.91 | 2018[4] |
Taiwan | 8.28 thousand | 193 billion | 24.40 | 3.56 | March 2023[4] |
Colombia | 3.6 thousand | 188 billion | 56.03 | 33.33 | June 2023[4] |
Puerto Rico (United States) | 48.2 thousand | 167 billion | 161.93 | 31 January 2015 est. | |
Egypt | 1.56 thousand | 165 billion | 42.72 | 13.21 | March 2023[4] |
Kazakhstan | 8.09 thousand | 161 billion | 65.71 | 22.36 | March 2023[4] |
Romania | 8.41 thousand | 158 billion | 45.40 | 23.69 | June 2023[2] |
Israel | 16 thousand | 153 billion | 29.28 | 11.18 | December 2022[4] |
Hungary | 15 thousand | 147 billion | 160.00 | 32.10 | June 2023[2] |
Vietnam | 500.00 | 142 billion | 39.10 | 13.96 | 2021[2] |
Pakistan | 554.00 | 124 billion | 43.00 | 18.29 | June 2023[4] |
Ukraine | 2.2 thousand | 124 billion | 81.00 | 18.26 | July 2023[2] |
Denmark | 82 thousand | 123 billion | 119.00 | 6.58 | March 2023[2] |
Slovakia | 15.9 thousand | 121 billion | 112.00 | 44.81 | December 2022[4] |
Venezuela | 3.5 thousand | 110 billion | 23.00 | March 2019[4] | |
Malta | 223 thousand | 104 billion | 691.00 | 179.31 | March 2023[4] |
Bangladesh | 460.00 | 98.9 billion | 22.00 | 8.92 | June 2023[6] |
Algeria | 89.00 | 98.7 billion | 2.00 | 27.88 | 2021[2] |
Nigeria | 60.00 | 96.4 billion | 2.00 | 13.79 | March 2023[2] |
Morocco | 1.4 thousand | 91.1 billion | 46.00 | 26.25 | December 2022[2] |
Peru | 2.3 thousand | 86.3 billion | 44.00 | 16.63 | June 2023[2] |
Sri Lanka | 2.2 thousand | 83.1 billion | 68.00 | 23.15 | March 2023[2] |
Iraq | 1.8 thousand | 68 billion | 44.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[7] | |
Sudan | 1.1 thousand | 62.4 billion | 121.00 | 283.64 | 2021[4] |
Slovenia | 25 thousand | 60.7 billion | 104.00 | 32.29 | April 2023[4] |
Ecuador | 2.1 thousand | 57.5 billion | 57.00 | 22.55 | July 2023[4] |
Uruguay | 7.6 thousand | 57.2 billion | 50.00 | 26.36 | March 2023[4] |
Oman | 4.4 thousand | 54 billion | 35.00 | 28.57 | 2021[2] |
Croatia | 10.7 thousand | 52.9 billion | 74.00 | 23.00 | December 2022[4] |
Panama | 4.4 thousand | 46.7 billion | 56.60 | 31.13 | July 2023[2] |
Jordan | 3.4 thousand | 44.1 billion | 83.00 | 18.77 | June 2023[2] |
Latvia | 21.2 thousand | 43.6 billion | 126.00 | 30.92 | June 2023[4] |
Bahrain | 14.9 thousand | 39.4 billion | 66.00 | 33.97 | July 2023[2] |
Serbia | 37.8 thousand | 38.6 billion | 56.50 | 20.75 | July 2023[2] |
Tunisia | 2.2 thousand | 37.7 billion | 97.00 | 21.30 | March 2023[2] |
Angola | 1.4 thousand | 37.7 billion | 41.00 | 68.55 | 31 December 2016 est.[8] |
Belarus | 4 thousand | 37.6 billion | 66.00 | 14.75 | March 2023[4] |
Lebanon | 6 thousand | 34.5 billion | 220.00 | 10.00 | March 2023[4] |
Estonia | 15.7 thousand | 34.2 billion | 89.00 | 41.71 | March 2023[4] |
Mongolia | 7.8 thousand | 33.8 billion | 245.00 | 225.33 | June 2023[4] |
Uzbekistan | 500.00 | 33.3 billion | 24.00 | December 2020[4] | |
Ivory Coast | 420.00 | 29.8 billion | 24.00 | 2021[4] | |
Ghana | 700.00 | 29.2 billion | 30.00 | 26.07 | November 2022[4] |
Lithuania | 12.7 thousand | 28.5 billion | 74.00 | 19.39 | March 2023[2] |
Cuba | 2.3 thousand | 26.3 billion | 34.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[9] | |
Dominican Republic | 2.4 thousand | 26.1 billion | 36.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[10] | |
Ethiopia | 1,296 | 26 billion | 129.13 | 19.77 | January 25,2024[11] |
Cyprus | 97.2 thousand | 25.4 billion | 849.00 | 23.30 | July 2023[2] |
Costa Rica | 5.1 thousand | 24.9 billion | 43.00 | 11.80 | 31 December 2016 est.[12] |
Luxembourg | 115 thousand | 24.2 billion | 22.10 | 8.09 | March 2023[2] |
Cambodia | 600.00 | 22.4 billion | 57.00 | 35.00 | December 2022[4] |
Papua New Guinea | 2.8 thousand | 22 billion | 111.00 | 51.16 | 31 December 2016 est.[13] |
Iceland | 72.7 thousand | 21.8 billion | 81.00 | 16.90 | March 2023[4] |
Paraguay | 2.4 thousand | 21.8 billion | 54.00 | 32.06 | September2022[4] |
Template:Country data Trinidad & Tobago | 15.7 thousand | 21.5 billion | 76.00 | 42.16 | 31 December 2016[14] |
Bulgaria | 5.7 thousand | 21 billion | 63.00 | 8.14 | July 2023[2] |
Guatemala | 1.1 thousand | 19.1 billion | 28.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[15] | |
Palau | 846 thousand | 18.4 billion | 62.10 | 31 December 2014 est.[16] | |
Bahamas | 44.2 thousand | 17.6 billion | 194.00 | 110.00 | 31 December 2013 est.[17] |
Jamaica | 6 thousand | 16.8 billion | 122.00 | 37.33 | 31 December 2016 est.[18] |
Monaco | 434 thousand | 16.5 billion | 240.00 | 30 June 2010 est. | |
Tanzania | 280.00 | 15.9 billion | 34.00 | 10.97 | 31 December 2016 est.[19] |
Bolivia | 600.00 | 15.5 billion | 33.00 | 14.76 | March 2023[4] |
El Salvador | 2.4 thousand | 14.9 billion | 56.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[20] | |
Albania | 3.63 thousand | 14 billion | 66.00 | 18.18 | June 2023[2] |
Myanmar | 120.00 | 13.9 billion | 17.00 | 4.91 | 2021[4] |
Nicaragua | 1.8 thousand | 11.1 billion | 83.00 | 16.09 | 31 December 2016 est.[21] |
Georgia | 3.9 thousand | 11.1 billion | 128.00 | 24.13 | June 2023[2] |
Zimbabwe | 670.00 | 10.9 billion | 77.00 | 15.35 | 31 December 2016 est.[22] |
Laos | 1.7 thousand | 10.2 billion | 53.00 | 29.14 | 2022[4] |
Mozambique | 320.00 | 10.2 billion | 72.00 | 63.75 | 2020[4] |
Nepal | 120.00 | 9.13 billion | 16.00 | 10.14 | December 2022[4] |
Zambia | 540.00 | 8.92 billion | 45.00 | 33.04 | March 2023[4] |
Iran | 90.00 | 8.67 billion | 2.00 | 0.29 | 2022[4] |
Azerbaijan | 1.3 thousand | 8.14 billion | 22.00 | 5.18 | December2021[4] |
Honduras | 1 thousand | 8.04 billion | 38.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[23] | |
North Macedonia | 3.7 thousand | 7.92 billion | 73.00 | June 2023[2] | |
Cameroon | 300.00 | 7.38 billion | 24.00 | 16.04 | 31 December 2016 est.[24] |
Yemen | 260.00 | 7.19 billion | 21.00 | 31 January 2015[25] | |
Armenia | 2.04 thousand | 6.66 billion | 102.00 | 14.17 | July 2023[4] |
Tajikistan | 260.00 | 6.66 billion | 38.00 | 26.64 | December 2021[4] |
Namibia | 2.5 thousand | 6.52 billion | 64.00 | 21.03 | 31 December 2016 est.[26] |
Uganda | 150.00 | 6.24 billion | 24.00 | 12.73 | 31 December 2016 est.[27] |
Senegal | 390.00 | 6.19 billion | 42.00 | 15.10 | 31 December 2016 est.[28] |
Syria | 300.00 | 5.92 billion | 24.00 | 32.89 | 31 December 2016 est.[29] |
Kyrgyzstan | 1.3 thousand | 5.74 billion | 112.00 | 22.96 | June 2023[2] |
Moldova | 1.6 thousand | 5.65 billion | 70.00 | 8.69 | July 2023[2] |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 70.00 | 5.33 billion | 13.00 | 7.51 | 31 December 2016 est.[30] |
Gabon | 2.9 thousand | 5.16 billion | 35.00 | 22.43 | 31 December 2016 est.[31] |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.3 thousand | 5.04 billion | 23.00 | 5.79 | December 2022[4] |
North Korea | 200.00 | 5 billion | 18.00 | 2013 est.[32] | |
Republic of the Congo | 1 thousand | 4.82 billion | 55.00 | 80.33 | 31 December 2016 est.[33] |
Barbados | 15.7 thousand | 4.49 billion | 100.00 | 28.06 | 2010 est.[34] |
Montenegro | 6.74 thousand | 4.39 billion | 151.00 | 12.19 | June 2023[2] |
Madagascar | 160.00 | 4.01 billion | 41.00 | 13.37 | 31 December 2016 est.[35] |
Kosovo | 1.2 thousand | 3.66 billion | 37.00 | December 2022[4] | |
Mali | 200.00 | 3.63 billion | 26.00 | 16.50 | 31 December 2016 est.[36] |
Mauritania | 840.00 | 3.59 billion | 76.00 | 59.83 | 31 December 2016 est.[37] |
Libya | 550.00 | 3.53 billion | 9.00 | 8.02 | 31 December 2016 est.[38] |
Botswana | 720.00 | 3.5 billion | 8.00 | 12.96 | 2023[2] |
Burkina Faso | 160.00 | 3.09 billion | 26.00 | 19.31 | 31 December 2016 est.[39] |
Somalia | 270.00 | 0.00 | 52.00 | 31 December 2013 est.[40] | |
Niger | 130.00 | 2.73 billion | 36.00 | 21.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[41] |
Seychelles | 26.2 thousand | 2.55 billion | 180.00 | 63.75 | 31 December 2016 est.[42] |
Rwanda | 200.00 | 2.44 billion | 29.00 | 8.71 | 31 December 2016 est.[43] |
Bermuda (UK) | 39.7 thousand | 2.44 billion | 47.00 | 2015 est.[44] | |
Benin | 200.00 | 2.34 billion | 26.00 | 15.60 | 31 December 2016 est.[45] |
Bhutan | 2.9 thousand | 2.26 billion | 108.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[46] | |
Haiti | 180.00 | 2.02 billion | 24.00 | 40.40 | 31 December 2016 est.[47] |
Malawi | 100.00 | 1.92 billion | 39.00 | 8.73 | 31 December 2016 est.[48] |
South Sudan | 167.00 | 1.92 billion | 62.70 | 2017[49] | |
Chad | 130.00 | 1.88 billion | 18.00 | 18.80 | 31 December 2016 est.[50] |
Cape Verde | 3.1 thousand | 1.66 billion | 99.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[51] | |
Sierra Leone | 230.00 | 1.56 billion | 36.00 | 39.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[52] |
Palestine | 340.00 | 1.54 billion | 35.00 | December 2018[4] | |
Equatorial Guinea | 1.5 thousand | 1.36 billion | 12.00 | 6.80 | 31 December 2016 est.[53] |
Djibouti | 1.5 thousand | 1.34 billion | 71.00 | 67.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[54] |
Guinea | 100.00 | 1.33 billion | 20.00 | 7.39 | 31 December 2016 est.[43] |
Belize | 3.5 thousand | 1.33 billion | 75.00 | 44.33 | 31 December 2016 est.[53] |
Afghanistan | 40.00 | 1.28 billion | 7.00 | 3.12 | 2011[55] |
Suriname | 2.2 thousand | 1.24 billion | 30.00 | 62.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[56] |
Togo | 150.00 | 1.17 billion | 26.00 | 19.50 | 31 December 2016 est.[57] |
Guyana | 1.5 thousand | 1.14 billion | 36.00 | 19.00 | 31 December 2015[58] |
Andorra | 14.3 thousand | 1.11 billion | 41.00 | 2014 est.[59] | |
Liberia | 230.00 | 1.11 billion | 51.00 | 7.93 | 31 December 2016 est.[60] |
Guinea-Bissau | 570.00 | 1.1 billion | 94.00 | 55.00 | 31 December 2010 est.[61] |
Lesotho | 430.00 | 949 million | 53.00 | 47.45 | 31 December 2016 est.[62] |
Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 18.4 thousand | 889 million | 38.00 | 2010[63] | |
Fiji | 900.00 | 833 million | 18.00 | 6.94 | 31 December 2016 est.[64] |
Eritrea | 150.00 | 820 million | 15.00 | 16.40 | 31 December 2016 est.[65] |
Maldives | 2 thousand | 742 million | 23.00 | 7.42 | 2014 est.[66] |
Burundi | 60.00 | 705 million | 26.00 | 17.63 | 31 December 2016 est.[67] |
Aruba | 6.6 thousand | 693 million | 28.00 | 31 December 2014 est.[68] | |
Central African Republic | 130.00 | 687 million | 39.00 | 34.35 | 31 December 2016 est.[69] |
Kuwait | 140.00 | 685 million | 0.42 | 0.12 | July 2023[2] |
Grenada | 6.3 thousand | 679 million | 66.00 | 2013 est.[70] | |
Gambia | 260.00 | 542 million | 61.00 | 18.07 | 31 December 2016 est.[71] |
Saint Lucia | 2.7 thousand | 513 million | 36.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[72] | |
Turkmenistan | 90.00 | 503 million | 1.00 | 0.64 | 31 December 2016 est.[73] |
Solomon Islands | 800.00 | 492 million | 40.00 | 31 December 2013 est.[74] | |
Eswatini | 360.00 | 471 million | 14.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[75] | |
Samoa | 2.3 thousand | 447 million | 51.00 | 31 December 2013 est.[76] | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 4.7 thousand | 441 million | 34.00 | 31 December 2012[77] | |
San Marino | 10.6 thousand | 352 million | 23.00 | 2016[78] | |
Brunei | 27.2 thousand | 340 million | 2.80 | 2.83 | 2017[79] |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.9 thousand | 321 million | 42.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[80] | |
Timor-Leste | 250.00 | 312 million | 12.00 | 7.80 | 31 December 2014 est.[81] |
Dominica | 3.9 thousand | 289 million | 55.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[82] | |
Cook Islands | 13.4 thousand | 281 million | 23.00 | 31 December 2011[83] | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 1.2 thousand | 237 million | 67.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[84] | |
Tonga | 2.2 thousand | 233 million | 54.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[85] | |
Vanuatu | 750.00 | 208 million | 27.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[86] | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.3 thousand | 188 million | 20.00 | 31 December 2016 est.[87] | |
Comoros | 160.00 | 133 million | 21.00 | 6.65 | 31 December 2016 est.[88] |
New Caledonia (France) | 420.00 | 112 million | 1.00 | 31 December 2013 est.[89] | |
Marshall Islands | 1.8 thousand | 98 million | 52.00 | 2013 est.[90] | |
Micronesia | 900.00 | 93.6 million | 29.00 | 2013 est.[91] | |
Cayman Islands (UK) | 2.1 thousand | 79 million | 7.00 | 1998 est. | |
Kenya | 370.00 | 69.9 million | 26.00 | 0.02 | May 2023[2] |
Greenland (Denmark) | 650.00 | 36.4 million | 2.00 | 2010[92] | |
Nauru | 3.2 thousand | 33.3 million | 22.00 | 2004 est.[93] | |
British Virgin Islands (UK) | 570.00 | 17.7 million | 2.00 | 31 December 2016[94] | |
Tuvalu | 1.22 thousand | 14.8 million | 37.00 | 2017 est.[95] | |
Kiribati | 120.00 | 13.6 million | 8.00 | 2013 est.[96] | |
Anguilla (UK) | 590.00 | 8.8 million | 5.00 | 1998[97] | |
Wallis and Futuna (France) | 280.00 | 3.67 million | 6.00 | 2004[98] | |
Montserrat (UK) | 200.00 | 1.04 million | 2.00 | 31 December 2011[99] | |
Liechtenstein | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2001[100] | |
Niue (New Zealand) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27 October 2016[101] |
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of countries by external debt.
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