Global debt is increasingly becoming a serious global issue. Below is a list of countries with the highest external debts.

All the talk of financial crisis it was good idea to get a look at the situation of countries with their debt listed, it proved interesting to see, and shocking. These results are as of 2011, it would be interesting to see what the results are in the future, and if it continues to grow or shrink.

	Country	External Debt ($US)	Date	% of GDP
1	United States	13,980,000,000,000	2010	95%
—	European Union	13,720,000,000,000	2010	85%
2	United Kingdom	8,981,000,000,000	2010	400%
3	Germany	4,713,000,000,000	2010	142%
4	France	4,698,000,000,000	2010	182%
5	Netherlands	3,733,000,000,000	2009	471%
6	Japan	2,441,000,000,000	2010	45%
7	Ireland	2,253,000,000,000	2010	1103%
8	Norway	2,232,000,000,000	2010	538%
9	Italy	2,223,000,000,000	2010	108%
10	Spain	2,166,000,000,000	2010	154%
11	Luxembourg	1,892,000,000,000	2010	3443%
12	Belgium	1,241,000,000,000	2010	266%
13	Switzerland	1,200,000,000,000	2010	229%
14	Australia	1,169,000,000,000	2010	95%
15	Canada	1,009,000,000,000	2010	64%
16	Sweden	853,300,000,000	2010	187%
17	Austria	755,000,000,000	2010	200%
—	Hong Kong	750,800,000,000	2010	334%
18	Denmark	559,500,000,000	2010	180%
19	Greece	532,900,000,000	2010	174%
20	Portugal	497,800,000,000	2010	217%
21	Russia	480,200,000,000	2010	33%
22	China	406,600,000,000	2010	7%
23	Finland	370,800,000,000	2010	155%
24	Korea, South	370,100,000,000	2010	37%
25	Brazil	310,800,000,000	2010	15%
26	Turkey	270,700,000,000	2010	36%
27	Poland	252,900,000,000	2010	54%
28	India	237,100,000,000	2010	15%
29	Mexico	212,500,000,000	2010	20%
30	Indonesia	196,100,000,000	2010	28%
31	Argentina	160,900,000,000	2010	43%
32	Hungary	148,400,000,000	2010	115%
33	United Arab Emirates	122,700,000,000	2010	41%
34	Romania	108,900,000,000	2010	67%
35	Ukraine	97,500,000,000	2010	71%
36	Kazakhstan	94,440,000,000	2010	68%
37	Taiwan	91,410,000,000	2010	21%
38	Israel	89,680,000,000	2010	42%
39	Czech Republic	86,790,000,000	2010	45%
40	Chile	84,510,000,000	2010	42%
41	Saudi Arabia	82,920,000,000	2010	19%
42	Thailand	82,500,000,000	2010	26%
43	South Africa	80,520,000,000	2010	23%
44	Malaysia	72,600,000,000	2010	31%
45	Qatar	71,380,000,000	2010	55%
46	New Zealand	64,330,000,000	2010	46%
47	Philippines	59,770,000,000	2010	32%
48	Croatia	59,700,000,000	2010	99%
49	Slovakia	59,330,000,000	2010	68%
50	Colombia	57,740,000,000	2010	20%
51	Pakistan	57,210,000,000	2010	33%
52	Kuwait	56,810,000,000	2010	43%
53	Venezuela	55,610,000,000	2010	19%
54	Iraq	52,580,000,000	2010	64%
55	Slovenia	51,570,000,000	2010	108%
56	Bulgaria	47,150,000,000	2010	99%
57	Sudan	37,980,000,000	2010	55%
58	Latvia	37,280,000,000	2010	155%
59	Lebanon	34,450,000,000	2010	88%
60	Vietnam	33,450,000,000	2010	32%
61	Peru	33,290,000,000	2010	22%
62	Cyprus	32,610,000,000	2010	129%
63	Serbia	30,900,000,000	2010	80%
64	Egypt	30,610,000,000	2010	14%
65	Lithuania	27,600,000,000	2010	76%
66	Estonia	25,130,000,000	2010	127%
67	Belarus	24,800,000,000	2010	45%
68	Bangladesh	24,460,000,000	2010	23%
69	Morocco	22,690,000,000	2010	22%
70	Singapore	21,660,000,000	2010	10%
71	Cuba	19,750,000,000	2010	34%
72	Tunisia	18,760,000,000	2010	42%
73	Monaco	18,000,000,000	2010	680%
74	Angola	17,980,000,000	2010	21%
75	Sri Lanka	17,970,000,000	2010	36%
76	Guatemala	17,470,000,000	2010	42%
77	Ecuador	14,710,000,000	2010	25%
78	Bahrain	14,680,000,000	2010	65%
79	Panama	13,850,000,000	2010	52%
80	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	13,500,000,000	2009	122%
81	Uruguay	13,390,000,000	2010	33%
82	Dominican Republic	13,090,000,000	2010	25%
83	Iran	12,840,000,000	2010	4%
84	Jamaica	12,660,000,000	2010	92%
85	Korea, North	12,500,000,000	2001	N/A
86	Cote d’Ivoire	11,600,000,000	2010	51%
87	El Salvador	11,450,000,000	2010	53%
88	Nigeria	11,020,000,000	2010	5%
89	Oman	8,829,000,000	2010	16%
90	Costa Rica	8,550,000,000	2010	24%
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7,996,000,000	2010	48%
92	Kenya	7,935,000,000	2010	25%
93	Syria	7,682,000,000	2010	13%
94	Zimbabwe	7,662,000,000	2010	103%
95	Tanzania	7,576,000,000	2010	33%
96	Yemen	7,147,000,000	2010	23%
97	Burma	7,145,000,000	2010	17%
98	Ghana	6,483,000,000	2010	21%
99	Libya	6,378,000,000	2010	9%
100	Malta	5,978,000,000	2010	72%
101	Laos	5,797,000,000	2010	91%
102	Jordan	5,522,000,000	2010	20%
103	Macedonia	5,485,000,000	2010	60%
104	Armenia	5,227,000,000	2010	56%
105	Mauritius	5,043,000,000	2010	52%
107	Turkmenistan	5,000,000,000	2009	25%
106	Congo, Republic of the	5,000,000,000	2000	155%
108	Mozambique	4,990,000,000	2010	50%
109	Moldova	4,618,000,000	2010	79%
110	Nepal	4,500,000,000	2009	35%
111	Cambodia	4,338,000,000	2010	37%
112	Trinidad and Tobago	4,303,000,000	2010	21%
113	Ethiopia	4,289,000,000	2010	14%
114	Uzbekistan	4,236,000,000	2010	11%
115	Algeria	4,138,000,000	2010	3%
116	Nicaragua	4,030,000,000	2010	62%
117	Senegal	3,885,000,000	2010	30%
118	Kyrgyzstan	3,738,000,000	2010	81%
119	Honduras	3,540,000,000	2010	23%
120	Zambia	3,495,000,000	2010	22%
121	Georgia	3,381,000,000	2009	31%
122	Cameroon	3,344,000,000	2010	15%
123	Azerbaijan	3,221,000,000	2010	6%
124	Liberia	3,200,000,000	2005	590%
125	Iceland	3,073,000,000	2002	35%
126	Guinea	3,072,000,000	2009	68%
127	Somalia	3,000,000,000	2001	N/A
128	Madagascar	2,973,000,000	2010	36%
129	Benin	2,894,000,000	2009	43%
130	Uganda	2,888,000,000	2010	17%
131	Bolivia	2,864,000,000	2010	15%
132	Albania	2,810,000,000	2009	23%
133	Mali	2,800,000,000	2002	88%
134	Afghanistan	2,700,000,000	2008	22%
135	Paraguay	2,445,000,000	2010	13%
136	Gabon	2,374,000,000	2010	18%
137	Namibia	2,373,000,000	2010	20%
138	Botswana	2,222,000,000	2010	16%
139	Niger	2,100,000,000	2003	79%
140	Burkina Faso	2,002,000,000	2010	23%
141	Tajikistan	1,997,000,000	2010	35%
142	Mongolia	1,860,000,000	2009	41%
143	Chad	1,749,000,000	2008	21%
144	Sierra Leone	1,610,000,000	2003	61%
145	Papua New Guinea	1,548,000,000	2010	16%
146	Seychelles	1,374,000,000	2010	147%
147	Malawi	1,213,000,000	2010	24%
148	Burundi	1,200,000,000	2003	202%
149	Central African Republic	1,153,000,000	2007	68%
—	West Bank	1,040,000,000	2010	N/A
150	Belize>	1,010,000,000	2009	75%
151	Eritrea	961,900,000	2008	58%
152	Maldives	943,000,000	2010	50%
153	>Guinea-Bissau	941,500,000	2000	259%
154	Bhutan	836,000,000	2009	64%
155	Equatorial Guinea	832,000,000	2010	6%
156	Guyana	804,300,000	2008	42%
157	Barbados	668,000,000	2003	22%
158	Montenegro	650,000,000	2006	24%
159	Lesotho	647,000,000	2010	30%
160	Gambia, The	530,000,000	2010	50%
161	Suriname	504,300,000	2005	28%
162	Swaziland	497,000,000	2010	14%
163	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	479,000,000	2010	85%
—	Aruba	478,600,000	2005	21%
164	Djibouti	428,000,000	2006	56%
165	Antigua and Barbuda	359,800,000	2006	36%
166	Haiti	350,000,000	2010	5%
167	Grenada	347,000,000	2004	74%
168	Bahamas, The	342,600,000	2004	6%
169	Cape Verde	325,000,000	2002	52%
170	Sao Tome and Principe	318,000,000	2002	349%
171	Saint Kitts and Nevis	314,000,000	2004	79%
172	Saint Lucia	257,000,000	2004	32%
173	Comoros	232,000,000	2000	115%
174	Dominica	213,000,000	2004	75%
175	Samoa	177,000,000	2004	47%
176	Solomon Islands	166,000,000	2004	44%
—	Bermuda	160,000,000	1999	5%
—	Cook Islands	141,000,000	1996	N/A
177	Fiji	127,000,000	2004	5%
178	Marshall Islands	87,000,000	2008	54%
179	Vanuatu	81,200,000	2004	22%
180	Tonga	80,700,000	2004	33%
—	New Caledonia	79,000,000	1998	3%
—	Cayman Islands	70,000,000	1996	7%
—	Faroe Islands	68,100,000	2006	N/A
181	Micronesia, Federated States of	60,800,000	2005	25%
—	Greenland	58,000,000	2009	5%
—	British Virgin Islands	36,100,000	1997	N/A
182	Nauru	33,300,000	2004	N/A
183	Kiribati	10,000,000	1999	14%
—	Montserrat	8,900,000	1997	N/A
—	Anguilla	8,800,000	1998	N/A
—	Wallis and Futuna	3,670,000	2004	N/A
—	Niue	418,000	2002	N/A
—	Macau	0	2010	0%
184	Brunei	0	2005	0%
185	Liechtenstein	0	2001	0%
186	Palau	0	1999	0%

Global Debt – Countries with the Highest Debt