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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Per capita | Total | % of GDP | % of total wealth[1] | ||
United States of America | 77,056 | 34.5 trillion | 91.96 | 17.66 | Mar 2024[2][3] |
European Union | 38,855 | 17.8 trillion | 100.15 | 16.69 | Mar 2024[2] |
United Kingdom | 142,909 | 9.82 trillion | 280.82 | 60.41 | Mar 2024[2] |
France | 117,508 | 7.81 trillion | 249.40 | 48.65 | Mar 2024[2] |
Germany | 79,288 | 6.7 trillion | 146.02 | 38.78 | Mar 2024[2] |
Netherlands | 235,605 | 4.26 trillion | 373.10 | 87.55 | Mar 2024[2] |
South Korea | 33,756 | 4.2 trillion | 102.14 | 19.61 | Jun 2024[2] |
Japan | 33,557 | 4.198 trillion | 99.19 | 15.63 | June 2024[4] |
Luxembourg | 5.7 million | 3.79 trillion | 50.00 | 1267.43 | Mar 2024[2] |
Ireland | 42,000 | 184 billion | 570.76 | 356.79 | Jun 2024[2] |
Canada | 77,896 | 3.06 trillion | 136.53 | 27.18 | Mar 2024[2] |
Italy | 46,845 | 2.79 trillion | 119.72 | 25.48 | Mar 2024[2] |
Spain | 55,750 | 2.67 trillion | 162.17 | 31.47 | Mar 2024[2] |
China | 1,720 | 2.45 trillion | 13.21 | 2.90 | Dec 2023[2] |
Switzerland | 252,952 | 2.24 trillion | 239.10 | 47.24 | Mar 2024[2] |
Singapore | 345,576 | 2 trillion | 380.90 | 104.72 | Mar 2024[2] |
Australia | 70,283 | 1.86 trillion | 103.84 | 18.76 | Jun 2024[2] |
Hong Kong | 247,055 | 1.84 trillion | 452.04 | 52.64 | Dec 2023[2] |
Belgium | 134,266 | 1.57 trillion | 240.03 | 47.94 | Mar 2024[2] |
Brazil | 7,056 | 1.49 trillion | 63.91 | 32.19 | April 2023[5] |
Sweden | 100,558 | 1.06 trillion | 170.30 | 45.79 | Jun 2024[2] |
Mexico | 6,784 | 880 billion | 43.64 | 18.10 | July 2023[5] |
Norway | 135,083 | 746 billion | 141.48 | 45.25 | Jun 2024[2] |
Austria | 77,420 | 707 billion | 130.69 | 39.75 | Mar 2024[2] |
India | 451.00 | 682 billion | 16.46 | 4.22 | Jun 2024[5] |
Greece | 57,950 | 594 billion | 237.17 | 68.71 | Mar 2024[2] |
Denmark | 92,778 | 552 billion | 134.60 | 28.89 | Mar 2024[2] |
Turkey | 5,807 | 507 billion | 45.51 | 48.02 | Mar 2024[2] |
Portugal | 42,136 | 440 billion | 147.02 | 33.37 | Mar 2024[2] |
Poland | 11,133 | 432 billion | 51.09 | 26.82 | Mar 2024[2] |
Indonesia | 1,449 | 407 billion | 27.60 | 12.23 | May 2024[2] |
Russia | 2,105 | 306 billion | 14.88 | 6.93 | Jun 2024[2] |
Hungary | 31,154 | 302 billion | 135.07 | 61.09 | Mar 2024[2] |
Argentina | 6,368 | 290 billion | 47.99 | 68.08 | Mar 2024[2] |
Malaysia | 8,018 | 282 billion | 63.22 | 39.72 | Jun 2024[2] |
Saudi Arabia | 8,183 | 264 billion | 23.87 | 11.64 | 2022[5] |
Chile | 12,631 | 248 billion | 74.40 | 30.91 | Jul 2024[2] |
United Arab Emirates | 20,710 | 220 billion | 41.76 | 17.76 | 31 December 2016 est.[6] |
Malta | 410,219 | 219 billion | 961.55 | 382.92 | Mar 2024[2] |
New Zealand | 41,904 | 217 billion | 84.14 | 15.20 | Mar 2024[2] |
Czech Republic | 19,174 | 207 billion | 63.60 | 26.92 | March 2024[2] |
Taiwan | 8,577 | 200 billion | 24.91 | 3.69 | Mar 2024[2] |
Mauritius | 154,187 | 197 billion | 1,204 | 289.66 | Mar 2024[2] |
Colombia | 3,753 | 196 billion | 50.86 | 34.80 | Jun 2024[2] |
Qatar | 65,289 | 195 billion | 79.49 | 47.79 | 2018[7] |
Thailand | 2,615 | 188 billion | 34.17 | 13.60 | Mar 2024[2] |
Cyprus | 138,129 | 186 billion | 542.88 | 174.25 | Mar 2024[2] |
Finland | 30,069 | 168 billion | 54.67 | 85.15 | Jul 2024[2] |
Ukraine | 4,448 | 168 billion | 88.83 | 24.72 | Mar 2024[2] |
Puerto Rico | 51,634 | 167 billion | 142.15 | 31 January 2015 est. | |
Kazakhstan | 7,994 | 163 billion | 54.77 | 22.60 | Mar 2024[2] |
Egypt | 1,402 | 161 billion | 46.21 | 13.45 | Dec 2023[2] |
Romania | 8,286 | 158 billion | 42.82 | 23.75 | June 2023[5] |
South Africa | 2,501 | 158 billion | 42.35 | 17.07 | Dec 2023[2] |
Israel | 16,712 | 155 billion | 29.15 | 11.31 | Dec 2023[2] |
Vietnam | 1,442 | 145 billion | 31.06 | 14.23 | 2022[2] |
Slovakia | 22,488 | 135 billion | 95.96 | 48.29 | Mar 2024[2] |
Pakistan | 527.00 | 130 billion | 38.55 | 19.23 | Mar 2024[2] |
Philippines | 1,120 | 129 billion | 27.29 | 12.73 | Mar 2024[2] |
Venezuela | 3,892 | 110 billion | 107.65 | March 2019[7] | |
Bangladesh | 579.00 | 99.3 billion | 21.82 | 9.33 | Mar 2024[2] |
Peru | 2,550 | 86.3 billion | 30.55 | 16.63 | June 2023[5] |
Morocco | 1,718 | 64.8 billion | 42.51 | 18.67 | Dec 2022[2] |
Kuwait | 13,354 | 64.6 billion | 40.29 | 11.46 | Dec 2023[2] |
Sudan | 1,247 | 62.4 billion | 232.27 | 283.64 | 2021[7] |
Slovenia | 28,637 | 60.7 billion | 84.14 | 32.27 | April 2023[7] |
Ecuador | 3,195 | 57.4 billion | 47.25 | 22.29 | Jun 2024[2] |
Lithuania | 19,578 | 55.9 billion | 68.84 | 38.01 | Mar 2024[2] |
Sri Lanka | 2,411 | 55.4 billion | 65.65 | 15.27 | Mar 2024[2] |
Oman | 10,700 | 54 billion | 49.60 | 28.59 | 2021[5] |
Croatia | 13,566 | 52.9 billion | 60.01 | 22.98 | December 2022[7] |
Uruguay | 14,781 | 50.1 billion | 60.62 | 23.92 | Mar 2024[2] |
Serbia | 7,276 | 49.3 billion | 60.19 | 26.99 | Dec 2023[2] |
Bulgaria | 6,945 | 47.2 billion | 43.73 | 18.95 | Jun 2024[2] |
Latvia | 23,410 | 44.1 billion | 96.92 | 31.17 | Mar 2024[2] |
Panama | 9,732 | 43.4 billion | 49.68 | 28.84 | Jul 2024[2] |
Nigeria | 186.00 | 42.5 billion | 16.81 | 6.08 | Dec 2023[2] |
Jordan | 3,631 | 41.5 billion | 77.54 | 17.53 | Mar 2024[2] |
Tunisia | 3,378 | 41.2 billion | 75.33 | 23.83 | Mar 2024[2] |
Bahrain | 25,113 | 39.4 billion | 84.25 | 33.98 | July 2023[5] |
Estonia | 28,690 | 39.2 billion | 90.20 | 48.41 | Jun 2024[2] |
Kenya | 708.00 | 39.2 billion | 37.67 | 9.01 | May 2024[2] |
Angola | 1,026 | 37.7 billion | 40.92 | 68.55 | 31 December 2016 est.[8] |
Belarus | 3,991 | 36.4 billion | 52.68 | 14.27 | Mar 2024[2] |
Mongolia | 10,160 | 34.9 billion | 158.90 | 233.35 | Jun 2024[2] |
Lebanon | 6,040 | 34.6 billion | 193.06 | 10.05 | Mar 2024[2] |
Uzbekistan | 935.00 | 33.3 billion | 34.02 | December 2020[7] | |
Ivory Coast | 1,025 | 32 billion | 36.77 | 2022[2] | |
Ghana | 864.00 | 29.2 billion | 38.79 | 26.06 | November 2022[7] |
Cuba | 2,388 | 26.3 billion | 17.88 | 31 December 2016 est.[9] | |
Dominican Republic | 2,299 | 26.1 billion | 20.45 | 31 December 2016 est.[10] | |
Ethiopia | 198 | 25.4 billion | 12.41 | 8.48 | January 25,2024[11] |
Costa Rica | 4,879 | 24.9 billion | 25.93 | 11.81 | 31 December 2016 est.[12] |
Georgia | 6,445 | 24.5 billion | 74.67 | 52.54 | Mar 2024[2] |
Iceland | 62,525 | 24.2 billion | 72.69 | 18.78 | Jun 2024[2] |
Zambia | 1,148 | 23.8 billion | 79.64 | 87.84 | Mar 2024[2] |
Iraq | 501.00 | 22.6 billion | 8.49 | 31 December 2023 est.[13] | |
Papua New Guinea | 2,121 | 22 billion | 69.49 | 51.26 | 31 December 2016 est.[14] |
Paraguay | 3,180 | 21.8 billion | 47.50 | 32.00 | September 2022[7] |
Cambodia | 1,244 | 21.7 billion | 47.99 | 35.35 | Mar 2024[2] |
Trinidad & Tobago | 14,326 | 21.5 billion | 75.91 | 42.22 | 31 December 2016[15] |
Guatemala | 1,053 | 19.1 billion | 17.35 | 31 December 2016 est.[16] | |
Palau | 1.04 million | 18.4 billion | 5,968 | 31 December 2014 est.[17] | |
Bahamas | 43,962 | 17.6 billion | 122.03 | 109.75 | 31 December 2013 est.[18] |
Jamaica | 5,902 | 16.8 billion | 83.39 | 37.24 | 31 December 2016 est.[19] |
Monaco | 423,555 | 16.5 billion | 187.84 | 30 June 2010 est. | |
Tanzania | 239.00 | 15.9 billion | 19.96 | 10.96 | 31 December 2016 est.[20] |
Bolivia | 1,259 | 15.4 billion | 31.24 | 15.03 | Mar 2024[2] |
El Salvador | 1,600 | 14.9 billion | 42.17 | 31 December 2016 est.[21] | |
North Macedonia | 6,943 | 12.7 billion | 80.13 | Mar 2024[2] | |
Myanmar | 232.00 | 12.5 billion | 18.44 | 4.43 | 2022[2] |
Nicaragua | 1,627 | 11.1 billion | 58.95 | 16.09 | 31 December 2016 est.[22] |
Zimbabwe | 667.00 | 10.9 billion | 31.68 | 15.35 | 31 December 2016 est.[23] |
Albania | 3,852 | 10.8 billion | 42.59 | 14.52 | Jun 2024[2] |
Kyrgyzstan | 1,493 | 10.6 billion | 77.66 | 40.46 | Mar 2024[2] |
Moldova | 3,366 | 10.3 billion | 56.24 | 16.10 | Mar 2024[2] |
Laos | 1,338 | 10.3 billion | 67.50 | 29.24 | 2023[7] |
Mozambique | 299.00 | 10.1 billion | 43.84 | 62.96 | 2022[2] |
Nepal | 331.00 | 9.91 billion | 22.42 | 10.65 | Mar 2024[2] |
Azerbaijan | 788.00 | 8.14 billion | 10.33 | 5.18 | Dec 2021[7] |
Honduras | 755.00 | 8.04 billion | 21.53 | 31 December 2016 est.[24] | |
Cameroon | 260.00 | 7.38 billion | 13.86 | 16.03 | 31 December 2016 est.[25] |
Yemen | 183.00 | 7.19 billion | 42.45 | 31 January 2015[26] | |
Namibia | 2,199 | 6.52 billion | 51.04 | 21.02 | 31 December 2016 est.[27] |
Iran | 69.00 | 6.28 billion | 1.35 | 0.21 | 2023[2] |
Armenia | 2,122 | 6.25 billion | 24.58 | 13.39 | Jun 2024[2] |
Uganda | 128.00 | 6.24 billion | 11.08 | 12.74 | 31 December 2016 est.[28] |
Tajikistan | 599.00 | 6.22 billion | 48.03 | 25.15 | Mar 2024[2] |
Senegal | 342.00 | 6.19 billion | 17.45 | 15.09 | 31 December 2016 est.[29] |
Syria | 251.00 | 5.92 billion | 31.83 | 32.88 | 31 December 2016 est.[30] |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 50.00 | 5.33 billion | 7.23 | 7.51 | 31 December 2016 est.[31] |
Somalia | 289.00 | 5.3 billion | 41.39 | 31 December 2013 est.[32] | |
Gabon | 2,076 | 5.16 billion | 24.55 | 22.43 | 31 December 2016 est.[33] |
North Korea | 189.00 | 5 billion | 32.95 | 2013 est.[34] | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,550 | 4.94 billion | 16.97 | 5.67 | Mar 2024[2] |
Republic of the Congo | 779.00 | 4.82 billion | 31.08 | 80.28 | 31 December 2016 est.[35] |
Barbados | 15,903 | 4.49 billion | 65.42 | 28.06 | 2010 est.[36] |
Montenegro | 6,937 | 4.39 billion | 54.87 | 12.21 | June 2023[5] |
Kosovo | 2,435 | 4.14 billion | 36.57 | Mar 2024[2] | |
Madagascar | 128.00 | 4.01 billion | 24.34 | 13.36 | 31 December 2016 est.[37] |
Algeria | 80.00 | 3.7 billion | 1.39 | 1.04 | 2021[5] |
Mali | 153.00 | 3.63 billion | 16.74 | 16.48 | 31 December 2016 est.[38] |
Mauritania | 714.00 | 3.59 billion | 33.73 | 59.75 | 31 December 2016 est.[39] |
Libya | 483.00 | 3.53 billion | 7.32 | 8.02 | 31 December 2016 est.[40] |
Burkina Faso | 134.00 | 3.09 billion | 14.12 | 19.32 | 31 December 2016 est.[41] |
Niger | 104.00 | 2.73 billion | 14.50 | 20.99 | 31 December 2016 est.[42] |
Seychelles | 19,945 | 2.55 billion | 115.84 | 63.80 | 31 December 2016 est.[43] |
Rwanda | 175.00 | 2.44 billion | 17.82 | 8.72 | 31 December 2016 est.[44] |
Bermuda (UK) | 37,636 | 2.44 billion | 31.11 | 2015 est.[45] | |
Benin | 166.00 | 2.34 billion | 10.95 | 15.60 | 31 December 2016 est.[46] |
Bhutan | 2,875 | 2.26 billion | 72.70 | 31 December 2016 est.[47] | |
Haiti | 174.00 | 2.02 billion | 8.41 | 40.44 | 31 December 2016 est.[48] |
Malawi | 91.00 | 1.92 billion | 17.09 | 8.73 | 31 December 2016 est.[49] |
South Sudan | 167.00 | 1.92 billion | 29.44 | 2017[50] | |
Chad | 97.00 | 1.88 billion | 10.03 | 18.75 | 31 December 2016 est.[51] |
Cape Verde | 3,178 | 1.66 billion | 61.07 | 31 December 2016 est.[52] | |
Sierra Leone | 185.00 | 1.56 billion | 34.25 | 39.02 | 31 December 2016 est.[53] |
Palestine | 284.00 | 1.54 billion | 8.25 | 0.27 | December 2018[7] |
Botswana | 577.00 | 1.43 billion | 6.69 | 5.30 | 2023[2] |
Equatorial Guinea | 738.00 | 1.36 billion | 12.74 | 6.82 | 31 December 2016 est.[54] |
Djibouti | 1,161 | 1.34 billion | 30.68 | 66.95 | 31 December 2016 est.[55] |
Guinea | 92.00 | 1.33 billion | 5.23 | 7.40 | 31 December 2016 est.[44] |
Belize | 3,228 | 1.33 billion | 40.26 | 44.23 | 31 December 2016 est.[54] |
Afghanistan | 31.00 | 1.28 billion | 8.85 | 3.12 | 2011[56] |
Suriname | 1,964 | 1.24 billion | 28.48 | 61.75 | 31 December 2016 est.[57] |
Togo | 126.00 | 1.17 billion | 11.93 | 19.55 | 31 December 2016 est.[58] |
Guyana | 1,383 | 1.14 billion | 5.40 | 19.05 | 31 December 2015[59] |
Andorra | 13,752 | 1.11 billion | 28.53 | 2014 est.[60] | |
Liberia | 202.00 | 1.11 billion | 23.37 | 7.94 | 31 December 2016 est.[61] |
Guinea-Bissau | 509.00 | 1.1 billion | 50.91 | 54.75 | 31 December 2010 est.[62] |
Lesotho | 410.00 | 949 million | 39.62 | 47.44 | 31 December 2016 est.[63] |
Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 16,244 | 889 million | 38.00 | 2010[64] | |
Fiji | 902.00 | 833 million | 14.37 | 6.94 | 31 December 2016 est.[65] |
Eritrea | 236.00 | 820 million | 34.42 | 16.40 | 31 December 2016 est.[66] |
Maldives | 1,410 | 742 million | 10.30 | 7.42 | 2014 est.[67] |
Burundi | 52.00 | 705 million | 22.93 | 17.63 | 31 December 2016 est.[68] |
Aruba | 6,422 | 693 million | 17.04 | 31 December 2014 est.[69] | |
Central African Republic | 133.00 | 687 million | 24.44 | 34.34 | 31 December 2016 est.[70] |
Grenada | 5,799 | 679 million | 48.29 | 2013 est.[71] | |
Gambia | 201.00 | 542 million | 20.11 | 18.06 | 31 December 2016 est.[72] |
Saint Lucia | 2,862 | 513 million | 19.88 | 31 December 2016 est.[73] | |
Turkmenistan | 68.00 | 503 million | 0.61 | 0.64 | 31 December 2016 est.[74] |
Solomon Islands | 614.00 | 492 million | 28.79 | 31 December 2013 est.[75] | |
Eswatini | 382.00 | 471 million | 9.25 | 31 December 2016 est.[76] | |
Samoa | 2,064 | 447 million | 43.67 | 31 December 2013 est.[77] | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 4,728 | 441 million | 20.74 | 31 December 2012[78] | |
San Marino | 10,435 | 352 million | 17.31 | 2016[79] | |
Brunei | 740.00 | 340 million | 2.19 | 2.83 | 2017[80] |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3,169 | 321 million | 28.47 | 31 December 2016 est.[81] | |
Timor-Leste | 225.00 | 312 million | 15.64 | 7.79 | 31 December 2014 est.[82] |
Dominica | 4,405 | 289 million | 40.76 | 31 December 2016 est.[83] | |
Cook Islands | 19,772 | 281 million | 23.00 | 31 December 2011[84] | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 1,024 | 237 million | 31.49 | 31 December 2016 est.[85] | |
Tonga | 2,229 | 233 million | 40.12 | 31 December 2016 est.[86] | |
Vanuatu | 649.00 | 208 million | 16.14 | 31 December 2016 est.[87] | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4,010 | 188 million | 16.53 | 31 December 2016 est.[88] | |
Comoros | 157.00 | 133 million | 9.37 | 6.66 | 31 December 2016 est.[89] |
New Caledonia (France) | 386.00 | 112 million | 1.16 | 31 December 2013 est.[90] | |
Marshall Islands | 2,523 | 98 million | 32.12 | 2013 est.[91] | |
Micronesia | 831.00 | 93.6 million | 19.34 | 2013 est.[92] | |
Cayman Islands (UK) | 1,082 | 79 million | 1.20 | 1998 est. | |
Greenland (Denmark) | 651.00 | 36.4 million | 1.24 | 2010[93] | |
Nauru | 2,804 | 33.3 million | 20.68 | 2004 est.[94] | |
British Virgin Islands (UK) | 453.00 | 17.7 million | 2.00 | 31 December 2016[95] | |
Tuvalu | 1,508 | 14.8 million | 22.42 | 2017 est.[96] | |
Kiribati | 103.00 | 13.6 million | 4.37 | 2013 est.[97] | |
Anguilla (UK) | 611.00 | 8.8 million | 5.00 | 1998[98] | |
Wallis and Futuna (France) | 323.00 | 3.67 million | 6.00 | 2004[99] | |
Montserrat (UK) | 235.00 | 1.04 million | 2.00 | 31 December 2011[100] | |
Niue (New Zealand) | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 27 October 2016[101] |