Country Comparison :: Debt - external 1 United States $17,910,000,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 2 United Kingdom $8,126,000,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 3 France $5,360,000,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 4 Germany $5,326,000,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 5 Netherlands $4,063,000,000,000 31 December 2016 est. 6 Luxembourg $3,781,000,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 7 Japan $3,240,000,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 8 Ireland $2,470,000,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 9 Italy $2,444,000,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 10 Spain $2,094,000,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 11 Australia $1,714,000,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 12 Switzerland $1,664,000,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 13 Canada $1,608,000,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 14 China $1,598,000,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 15 Belgium $1,281,000,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 16 Sweden $939,900,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 17 Norway $642,300,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 18 Hong Kong $633,600,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 19 Austria $630,800,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 20 Singapore $566,100,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 21 Brazil $547,400,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 22 Russia $539,600,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 23 Greece $506,600,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 24 India $501,600,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 25 Denmark $484,800,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 26 Turkey $452,400,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 27 Portugal $449,000,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 28 Mexico $445,800,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 29 Korea, South $384,600,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 30 Indonesia $344,400,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 31 Poland $241,000,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 32 United Arab Emirates $237,600,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 33 Malaysia $217,200,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 34 Argentina $214,900,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 35 Czechia $205,200,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 36 Saudi Arabia $205,100,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 37 Chile $183,400,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 38 Taiwan $181,900,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 39 Qatar $167,800,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 40 Kazakhstan $167,500,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 41 South Africa $156,300,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 42 Finland $150,600,000,000 31 December 2016 est. 43 Hungary $138,100,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 44 Thailand $132,000,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 45 Ukraine $130,000,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 46 Colombia $124,600,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 47 Venezuela $100,300,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 48 Vietnam $96,580,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 49 Romania $95,970,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 50 Cyprus $95,280,000,000 31 December 2013 est. 51 New Zealand $91,620,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 52 Panama $91,530,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 53 Malta $90,980,000,000 September 2016 est. 54 Israel $88,660,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 55 Pakistan $82,190,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 56 Egypt $77,470,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 57 Philippines $76,180,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 58 Slovakia $75,040,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 59 Iraq $73,020,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 60 Peru $66,250,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 61 Puerto Rico $56,820,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 62 Sudan $56,050,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 63 Bahrain $52,150,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 64 Sri Lanka $51,720,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 65 Morocco $51,480,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 66 Bangladesh $50,260,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 67 Croatia $48,100,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 68 Kuwait $47,240,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 69 Slovenia $46,300,000,000 31 January 2017 est. 70 Oman $46,270,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 71 Angola $42,080,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 72 Bulgaria $42,060,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 73 Nigeria $40,960,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 74 Latvia $40,020,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 75 Belarus $39,920,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 76 Lebanon $39,300,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 77 Ecuador $39,290,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 78 Lithuania $34,480,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 79 Tunisia $30,190,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 80 Cuba $30,060,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 81 Serbia $29,500,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 82 Jordan $29,340,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 83 Dominican Republic $29,160,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 84 Uruguay $28,370,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 85 Kenya $27,590,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 86 Costa Rica $26,830,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 87 Ethiopia $26,050,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 88 Mongolia $25,330,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 89 Guatemala $22,920,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 90 Ghana $22,140,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 91 Iceland $21,700,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 92 Mauritius $19,990,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 93 Estonia $19,050,000,000 31 December 2016 est. 94 Palau $18,380,000,000 31 December 2014 est. 95 Papua New Guinea $17,940,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 96 Paraguay $17,700,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 97 Tanzania $17,660,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 98 Bahamas, The $17,560,000,000 31 December 2013 est. 99 Azerbaijan $17,410,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 100 Georgia $16,990,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 101 Uzbekistan $16,900,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 102 El Salvador $15,510,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 103 Jamaica $14,940,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 104 Laos $14,900,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 105 Cote d'Ivoire $13,070,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 106 Bolivia $12,810,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 107 Cambodia $11,870,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 108 Zambia $11,660,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 109 Nicaragua $11,310,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 110 Mozambique $10,910,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 111 Bosnia and Herzegovina $10,870,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 112 Uganda $10,800,000,000 22 March 2018 est. 113 Armenia $10,410,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 114 Albania $9,505,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 115 Cameroon $9,375,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 116 Zimbabwe $9,357,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 117 Macedonia $8,790,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 118 Honduras $8,625,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 119 Senegal $8,571,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 120 Trinidad and Tobago $8,238,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 121 Kyrgyzstan $8,164,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 122 Iran $7,995,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 123 Namibia $7,969,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 124 Yemen $7,068,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 125 Burma $6,594,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 126 Moldova $6,549,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 127 Gabon $6,490,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 128 Algeria $6,260,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 129 Nepal $5,849,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 130 Tajikistan $5,750,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 131 Somalia $5,300,000,000 31 December 2014 est. 132 Korea, North $5,000,000,000 2013 est. 133 Syria $4,989,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 134 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $4,963,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 135 Congo, Republic of the $4,605,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 136 Barbados $4,490,000,000 2010 est. 137 Mali $4,192,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 138 Mauritania $4,150,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 139 Madagascar $4,089,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 140 Niger $3,728,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 141 Rwanda $3,258,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 142 Burkina Faso $3,056,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 143 Libya $3,020,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 144 Benin $2,804,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 145 Haiti $2,762,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 146 Bhutan $2,671,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 147 Seychelles $2,559,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 148 Montenegro $2,516,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 149 Bermuda $2,515,000,000 2017 est. 150 Botswana $2,187,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 151 Malawi $2,102,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 152 Djibouti $1,954,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 153 Chad $1,724,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 154 Cabo Verde $1,713,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 155 Suriname $1,700,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 156 Guyana $1,690,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 157 West Bank $1,662,000,000 31 March 2016 est. 158 Sierra Leone $1,615,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 159 Guinea $1,458,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 160 Togo $1,442,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 161 Belize $1,315,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 162 Equatorial Guinea $1,211,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 163 Guinea-Bissau $1,095,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 164 Liberia $1,036,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 165 Fiji $1,022,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 166 Lesotho $934,600,000 31 December 2017 est. 167 Maldives $848,800,000 31 December 2016 est. 168 Grenada $793,500,000 2017 est. 169 Eritrea $792,700,000 31 December 2017 est. 170 Central African Republic $779,900,000 31 December 2017 est. 171 Solomon Islands $757,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 172 Aruba $693,200,000 31 December 2014 est. 173 Burundi $610,900,000 31 December 2017 est. 174 Gambia, The $586,800,000 31 December 2017 est. 175 Saint Lucia $570,600,000 31 December 2017 est. 176 Turkmenistan $539,400,000 31 December 2017 est. 177 Eswatini $526,300,000 31 December 2017 est. 178 Kosovo $506,000,000 31 December 2017 est. 179 Samoa $447,200,000 31 December 2013 est. 180 Antigua and Barbuda $441,200,000 31 December 2012 181 Faroe Islands $387,600,000 2012 182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $362,200,000 31 December 2017 est. 183 Timor-Leste $311,500,000 31 December 2014 est. 184 Sao Tome and Principe $292,900,000 31 December 2017 est. 185 Afghanistan $284,000,000 FY10/11 186 Dominica $280,400,000 31 December 2017 est. 187 Saint Kitts and Nevis $201,800,000 31 December 2017 est. 188 Vanuatu $200,500,000 31 December 2017 est. 189 Comoros $199,800,000 31 December 2017 est. 190 Tonga $189,900,000 31 December 2017 est. 191 Cook Islands $141,000,000 1996 est. 192 New Caledonia $112,000,000 31 December 2013 est. 193 Marshall Islands $97,960,000 2013 est. 194 Micronesia, Federated States of $93,600,000 2013 est. 195 Anguilla $41,040,000 31 December 2013 196 Kiribati $40,900,000 2016 est. 197 Greenland $36,400,000 2010 198 British Virgin Islands $36,100,000 1997 199 Nauru $33,300,000 2004 est. 200 Montserrat $8,900,000 1997 201 Wallis and Futuna $3,670,000 2004 202 Niue $418,000 2002 est. 203 Andorra $0 2016 204 Brunei $0 2014 205 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $0 2017 est. 206 Liechtenstein $0 2015 est. 207 Macau $0 31 December 2013