Rank Country External Debt[2]
US dollars Date Per capita[3][4][5][6]
US dollars % of GDP[7][8][9]
1 United States 15,041,163,000,000 30 June 2011 47,568 99
— European Union 13,720,000,000,000 30 June 2010 27,864 85
2 United Kingdom 8,981,000,000,000 30 June 2010 144,338 400
3 Germany 4,713,000,000,000 30 June 2010 57,755 142
4 France 4,698,000,000,000 30 June 2010 74,619 182
5 Japan 2,441,000,000,000 30 September 2010 19,148 45
6 Ireland[10][11] 2,378,000,000,000 10 November 2011 519,070 1,165
7 The Netherlands 2,344,296,360,000 3rd quarter of 2010[12] 226,503 344
8 Italy 2,223,000,000,000 30 June 2010 est. 36,841 108
9 Spain 2,166,000,000,000 30 June 2010 47,069 154
10 Luxembourg[note 1] 1,892,000,000,000 30 June 2010 3,696,467 3,443
11 Belgium 1,241,000,000,000 30 June 2010 113,603 266
12 Switzerland 1,200,000,000,000 30 September 2010 154,063 229
13 Australia 1,169,000,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 52,596 95
14 Canada 1,009,000,000,000 30 June 2010 29,625 64
15 Sweden 853,300,000,000 30 June 2010 91,487 187
16 Austria 755,000,000,000 30 June 2010 90,128 200
— Hong Kong 750,800,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 105,420 334
17 Norway 643,000,000,000 12 August 2011 131,220 141
18 Denmark 559,500,000,000 30 June 2010 101,084 180
19 Greece 532,900,000,000 30 June 2010 47,636 174
20 China 529,200,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 396 5
21 Portugal 497,800,000,000 30 June 2010 46,795 217
22 Russia 480,200,000,000 30 November 2010 est. 3,421 33
23 Finland 370,800,000,000 30 June 2010 68,960 155
24 Korea, South 370,100,000,000 31 December 2010 est. 7,567 37
25 India 326,600,000,000 30 September 2011