Top 5 Countries with most External Debt

[Abdul Rehman Majeed]

Top 5 Countries with most External Debt

 

[epebble]

One small error. U.S. debt is not really external in that it is in U.S. Dollars. Part of that debt may be to persons who are nonresidents, but it is not in a foreign currency. It can always be paid back with cheaper dollars, though that is a bad idea.

 

[Abdul Rehman Majeed]

One small error. U.S. debt is not really external in that it is in U.S. Dollars. Part of that debt may be to persons who are nonresidents, but it is not in a foreign currency. It can always be paid back with cheaper dollars, though that is a bad idea.

4 of the 5 countries are part of UNSC P5 and G7.

Only China is not part of this list.

 

[Mista]

It's gross debt. If you take external assets into account, Japan and Germany has among the most external net assets in the world.