For net international debt by country (external debt owing to
other countries minus external debt of other countries held),
see Net international investment position.
For public debts by country, see List of countries by public
debt.
This is a list of countries by external debt, which 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 in the country under
consideration.
For informational 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 the external debt of other countries held
by it.
List of countries by external debt
Rank Country/Region External debt
US dollars Date

1 United States 18,152,809,942,589 31 December
2016[1]

2 United
Kingdom 7,554,815,500,000 31 December
2016[2]

3 France 5,104,831,200,000 31 December
2016[3]

4 Germany 5,002,093,100,000 31 December
2016[4]

5 Netherlands 3,945,974,400,000 31 December
2016[5]

6 Luxembourg 3,932,580,200,000 31 December
2016[6]

7 Japan 3,645,534,000,000 31 December
2016[7]

8 Italy 2,265,430,500,000 31 December
2016[8]

9 Ireland 2,235,142,300,000 31 December
2016[9]

10 Spain 2,032,000,000,000 31 December
2016[10]

11 Canada 1,754,375,600,000 31 December
2016[11]

12 Switzerland 1,719,445,000,000 31 December
2016[12]

13 Australia 1,603,542,800,000 31 December
2016[13]

14 China 1,420,657,200,000 31 December
2016[14]

— Hong Kong 1,329,506,400,000 31 December
2016[15]

15 Singapore 1,316,296,100,000 31 December
2016[16]

16 Belgium 1,203,060,800,000 31 December
2016[17]

17 Sweden 853,689,600,000 31 December
2016[18]

18 Brazil 671,647,290,000 31 December
2016[19]

19 Austria 630,428,500,000 31 December
2016[20]

20 Norway 625,999,000,000 31 December
2016[21]

21 Russia 529,651,000,000 31 March 201
est.[22]

22 Denmark 485,100,200,000 31 December
2016[23]

23 Greece 466,130,000,000 31 December
2016[24]

24 India 456,066,000,000 31 December
2016[25]

25 Finland 452,747,200,000 31 December
2016[26]

26 Portugal 429,970,800,000 31 December
2016[27]

27 Mexico 412,033,600,000 31 December
2016[28]

28 Turkey 404,182,300,000 31 December
2016[29]

29 South Korea 380,949,000,000 31 December
2016[30]

30 Poland 335,941,000,000 31 December
2016[31]

31 Indonesia 321,703,590,000 28 February
2017[32]

32 United Arab
Emirates 220,400,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[33]

33 Malaysia 210,396,900,000 31 December
2016[34]

34 Saudi Arabia 200,900,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[35]

35 Argentina 192,461,700,000 31 December
2016[36]

36 New Zealand 185,781,900,000 31 December
2016[37]

— Taiwan 172,238,000,000 31 December
2016[38]

— Puerto Rico 167,400,000,000 31 January 20
est.

37 Chile 165,101,000,000 28 February
2017[39]

38 Kazakhstan 163,757,700,000 31 December
2016[40]

39 Qatar 159,200,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[41]

40 Hungary 147,261,000,000 31 December
2016[42]

41 South Africa 142,833,000,000 31 December
2016[43]

42 Czech
Republic 137,606,000,000 31 December
2016[44]

43 Thailand 131,362,470,000 31 March
2017[45]

44 Colombia 121,097,200,000 31 January
2017[46]

45 Cyprus 115,253,900,000 31 December
2016[47]

46 Ukraine 113,483,000,000 31 December
2016[48]

47 Venezuela 110,878,000,000 30 September
2015[49]

48 Romania 98,781,500,000 28 February
2017[50]

49 Malta 93,771,100,000 31 December
2016[51]

50 Israel 89,438,400,000 31 December
2016[52]

51 Slovakia 79,504,800,000 31 December
2016[53]

52 Philippines 74,762,900,000 31 December
2016[54]

53 Peru 74,651,200,000 31 December
2016[55]

54 Pakistan 74,126,100,000 31 December
2016[56]

55 Iraq 68,010,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[57]

56 Egypt 67,322,600,000 31 December
2016[58]

57 Morocco 48,211,500,000 31 December
2016[59]

58 Vietnam 48,052,700,000 31 December
2014[60]

59 Kuwait 47,890,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[61]

60 Sri Lanka 46,585,700,000 31 December
2016[62]

61 Slovenia 45,917,500,000 28 February
2017[63]

62 Croatia 45,124,800,000 31 January
2017[64]

63 Sudan 45,000,000,000 31 December
2015[65]

64 Latvia 39,728,800,000 31 December
2016[66]

65 Angola 37,700,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[67]

66 Belarus 37,567,400,000 31 December
2016[68]

67 Lithuania 35,971,200,000 31 December
2016[69]

68 Ecuador 34,616,500,000 28 February
2017[70]

69 Bulgaria 34,231,500,000 28 February
2017[71]

70 Serbia 28,667,000,000 31 December
2016[72]

71 Lebanon 27,796,000,000 31 December
2016[73]

72 Jordan 27,159,700,000 31 December
2016[74]

73 Cuba 26,320,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[75]

74 Uruguay 26,149,200,000 31 December
2016[76]

75 Dominican
Republic 26,050,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[77]

76 Bangladesh 25,963,000,000 30 June 2016

77 Tunisia 25,124,700,000 31 December
2012[79]

78 Iceland 24,988,000,000 31 December
2016[80]

79 Costa Rica 24,910,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[81]

80 Mongolia 23,784,800,000 30 September
2016[82]

81 Ethiopia 22,490,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[83]

82 Papua New
Guinea 22,040,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[84]

83 Trinidad &
Tobago 21,532,100,000 31 December
2016 [85]

84 Ghana 21,170,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[86]

85 Bahrain 21,160,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[87]

86 Oman 20,850,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[88]

87 Estonia 20,525,100,000 31 December
2016[89]

88 Guatemala 19,090,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[90]

89 Palau 18,380,000,000 31 December
2014 est.[91
]
90 Kenya 17,941,400,000 31 December
2016[92]

91 Bahamas 17,560,000,000 31 December
2013 est.[93]

92 Panama 17,108,200,000 31 March
2017[94]

93 Jamaica 16,760,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[95]

94 Monaco 16,500,000,000 30 June 2010

95 Paraguay 16,122,400,000 31 December
2016[96]

96 Tanzania 15,890,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[97]

97 Uzbekistan 15,750,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[98]

98 Georgia 15,496,200,000 31 December
2016[99]

99 El Salvador 14,900,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[100

100 Laos 11,980,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[101

101 Nigeria 11,406,300,000 31 December
2016[102]


102 Nicaragua 11,100,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[103

103 Zimbabwe 10,900,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[104

104 Mauritius 10,890,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[105

105 Ivory Coast 10,028,100,000 31 December
2015[106]

106 Armenia 9,951,800,000 31 December
2016[107]

107 Cambodia 9,824,400,000 31 December
2016[108]

108 Mozambique 9,554,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[109

109 Zambia 9,270,000,000 31 December
2016 est.[110

110 Albania 8,475,900,000 31 December
2016[111]



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_external_debt

So what do u guys thinks no dissing biko!

Cc lalasticlala mynd44

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OP do you want us to fry Beans?

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freshest4live:
OP do you want us to fry Beans?

No rather I want you to contribute intelligently

MrPolitics:
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edit : better

I've done that

i have always argued that a nation's debt as well as its external reserves are just adjustable variables in the larger picture of financial governance & administration.

it is not how much a nation owes that is the problem, it is what it does with what it borrows - how developed & widespread is the infrastructure; how attractive the economy is; how transparent its developmental & government institutions are; how solid & clear is the political direction & how stable is its sociopolitical environment...

Debt is good if it is used for development. And it's factor in a country or business shows the riskiness and ability to transform it into leverage. Most of the developed nations call "Debts" "Leverage" which they used for developing their counties while they attract unintuitive Africans to bring their meagre savings to develop their nation. America for example uses an alternative system of borrowing which makes their debt servicing far more cheaper with less negative impact on their economy. The most important thing is that so long a country keeps stacking up capital projects with the debt, and minimizing it's recurrent expenses unlike the former president and his Harvard graduate minister who were so lame and crass enough to be borrowing to pay salaries (such insanity) a country debt profile and repayment outlook is extremely positive. And the moral of the story is, some people here condemn Lagos for its higher debt profile, yet the state remains the most economical vibrant in the entire country with its IGR exceeding the entire SS and SE all combined, it tells you economics isn't that about numbers, but how well the numbers are been managers and interpreted.

At least the top 100 did something with their debts not number 101

ivandragon:
i have always argued that a nation's debt as well as its external reserves are just adjustable variables in the larger picture of financial governance & administration.

it is not how much a nation owes that is the problem, it is what it does with what it borrows - how developed & widespread is the infrastructure; how attractive the economy is; how transparent its developmental & government institutions are; how solid & clear is the political direction & how stable is its sociopolitical environment...

well said

In short, every country is a debtor

US and UK in first and second... And na dem de loan us money fa.. Even China on 14... Big man big problem

Please who is the world indebted to??

I'm not understanding!!!!


Who is borrowing US and UK money? Even China.


I think this stuff is a Western Propaganda to encourage third world like us to borrow more.

Good write up.

dplordx:
Debt is good if it is used for development. And it's factor in a country or business shows the riskiness and ability to transform it into leverage. Most of the developed nations call "Debts" "Leverage" which they used for developing their counties while they attract unintuitive Africans to bring their meagre savings to develop their nation. America for example uses an alternative system of borrowing which makes their debt servicing far more cheaper with less negative impact on their economy. The most important thing is that so long a country keeps stacking up capital projects with the debt, and minimizing it's recurrent expenses unlike the former president and his Harvard graduate minister who were so lame and crass enough to be borrowing to pay salaries (such insanity) a country debt profile and repayment outlook is extremely positive. And the moral of the story is, some people here condemn Lagos for its higher debt profile, yet the state remains the most economical vibrant in the entire country with its IGR exceeding the entire SS and SE all combined, it tells you economics isn't that about numbers, but how well the numbers are been managers and interpreted.

That's Foreign debt.

Where and from whom did they borrow from expcially all this top giant country .. last time I checked Nigeria borrowed from China that already in debt more than us..

Obasanjo and Ngozi okonjo Iweala has everything to do with our low debt profile.

Of course the present APC government borrowing like mad for phantom projects have already raised the debt several times from a near zero debt profile Nigeria had. Our saving grace has been the Nigerian senate that prevent the present thieves in power from simply robbing the country through acquiring debts secretly and pocketing most of it quietly without anyone knowing what they have been borrowing.