Here is the list of countries that owe the most to foreign creditors in 2017. The United States leads, followed by the Euro area and the United Kingdom.
EXTERNAL DEBT IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD
Country Name |
Country Code |
External Debt 2015
|
|---|---|---|
| United States | USA | 17,437,745 |
| Euro area | EMU | 13,591,605 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 8,638,047 |
| Germany | DEU | 5,317,923 |
| France | FRA | 5,255,506 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 4,437,017 |
| Luxembourg | LUX | 2,883,425 |
| Japan | JPN | 2,833,852 |
| Italy | ITA | 2,304,927 |
| Spain | ESP | 1,919,270 |
| Ireland | IRL | 1,852,163 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 1,593,273 |
| Canada | CAN | 1,503,717 |
| Australia | AUS | 1,348,090 |
| Singapore | SGP | 1,317,581 |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG | 1,286,100 |
| Belgium | BEL | 1,229,814 |
| Sweden | SWE | 916,323 |
| Brazil | BRA | 699,298 |
| Austria | AUT | 677,068 |
| Norway | NOR | 631,625 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 555,862 |
| Finland | FIN | 529,524 |
| Denmark | DNK | 517,858 |
| India | IND | 475,813 |
| Greece | GRC | 467,450 |
| Portugal | PRT | 444,013 |
| Mexico | MEX | 419,598 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | 418,910 |
| Turkey | TUR | 392,812 |
| Poland | POL | 328,552 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 298,061 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 206,686 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 185,852 |
| Hungary | HUN | 172,669 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 154,191 |
| Argentina | ARG | 148,951 |
| Chile | CHL | 145,841 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 144,406 |
| Thailand | THA | 138,016 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 128,255 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 125,967 |
| Czech Republic | CZE | 112,851 |
| Colombia | COL | 106,305 |
| Malta | MLT | 103,297 |
| Romania | ROM | 100,471 |
| Israel | ISR | 93,683 |
| Iceland | ISL | 90,308 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 83,877 |
| Philippines | PHL | 75,319 |
| Slovak Republic | SVK | 74,185 |
| Peru | PER | 61,721 |
| Croatia | HRV | 53,085 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 50,434 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 43,195 |
| Morocco | MAR | 41,346 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | 39,853 |
| Belarus | BLR | 38,231 |
| Latvia | LVA | 37,935 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 31,564 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 26,781 |
| Uruguay | URY | 25,359 |
| Jordan | JOR | 24,728 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 20,691 |
| Estonia | EST | 20,510 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 14,899 |
| Georgia | GEO | 13,407 |
| Armenia | ARM | 8,520 |
| Macedonia, FYR | MKD | 6,708 |
| Moldova | MDA | 6,341 |
| West Bank and Gaza | PSE | 1,467 |
| Ecuador | ECU |
Source: http://datatopics.worldbank.org/debt/
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