2 China $ 1,506,000,000,000 2010 est.
3 Germany $ 1,337,000,000,000 2010 est.
4 United States $ 1,270,000,000,000 2010 est.
5 Japan $ 735,800,000,000 2010 est.
6 France $ 508,700,000,000 2010 est.
7 Korea, South $ 466,300,000,000 2010 est.
8 Italy $ 458,400,000,000 2010 est.
9 Netherlands $ 451,300,000,000 2010 est.
10 Canada $ 406,800,000,000 2010 est.
11 United Kingdom $ 405,600,000,000 2010 est.
12 Hong Kong $ 382,600,000,000 2010 est.
13 Russia $ 376,700,000,000 2010 est.
14 Singapore $ 358,300,000,000 2010 est.
15 Mexico $ 303,000,000,000 2010 est.
16 Belgium $ 279,200,000,000 2010 est.
17 Taiwan $ 277,600,000,000 2010 est.
18 Spain $ 268,300,000,000 2010 est.
19 Saudi Arabia $ 235,300,000,000 2010 est.
20 Switzerland $ 235,200,000,000 2010 est.
21 Australia $ 210,700,000,000 2010 est.
22 India $ 201,000,000,000 2010 est.
23 Brazil $ 199,700,000,000 2010 est.
24 United Arab Emirates $ 195,800,000,000 2010 est.
25 Malaysia $ 192,800,000,000 2010 est.
26 Thailand $ 191,300,000,000 2010 est.
27 Sweden $ 162,600,000,000 2010 est.
28 Poland $ 160,800,000,000 2010 est.
29 Austria $ 157,400,000,000 2010 est.
30 Indonesia $ 146,300,000,000 2010 est.
31 Norway $ 137,000,000,000 2010 est.
32 Turkey $ 117,400,000,000 2010 est.
33 Czech Republic $ 116,500,000,000 2010 est.
34 Ireland $ 115,700,000,000 2010 est.
35 Denmark $ 99,370,000,000 2010 est.
36 Hungary $ 93,740,000,000 2010 est.
37 Iran $ 78,690,000,000 2010 est.
38 South Africa $ 76,860,000,000 2010 est.
39 Nigeria $ 76,330,000,000 2010 est.
40 Finland $ 73,530,000,000 2010 est.
41 Vietnam $ 70,760,000,000 2010 est.
42 Argentina $ 68,010,000,000 2010 est.
43 Kuwait $ 65,030,000,000 2010 est.
44 Venezuela $ 64,870,000,000 2010 est.
45 Chile $ 64,280,000,000 2010 est.
46 Slovakia $ 64,180,000,000 2010 est.
47 Kazakhstan $ 59,230,000,000 2010 est.
48 Qatar $ 57,820,000,000 2010 est.
49 Israel $ 54,310,000,000 2010 est.
50 Algeria $ 52,660,000,000 2010 est.
51 Romania $ 51,910,000,000 2010 est.
52 Angola $ 51,650,000,000 2010 est.
53 Ukraine $ 49,710,000,000 2010 est.
54 Iraq $ 49,100,000,000 2010 est.
55 Puerto Rico $ 46,900,000,000 2001
56 Portugal $ 46,270,000,000 2010 est.
57 Philippines $ 45,890,000,000 2010 est.
58 Libya $ 44,890,000,000 2010 est.
59 Colombia $ 40,240,000,000 2010 est.
60 Oman $ 36,120,000,000 2010 est.
61 Peru $ 33,730,000,000 2010 est.
62 New Zealand $ 33,240,000,000 2010 est.
63 Azerbaijan $ 28,070,000,000 2010 est.
64 Egypt $ 25,340,000,000 2010 est.
65 Slovenia $ 24,970,000,000 2010 est.
66 Belarus $ 24,490,000,000 2010 est.
67 Greece $ 21,140,000,000 2010 est.
68 Pakistan $ 20,290,000,000 2010 est.
69 Bulgaria $ 19,330,000,000 2010 est.
70 Lithuania $ 19,290,000,000 2010 est.
71 Luxembourg $ 17,820,000,000 2010 est.
72 Ecuador $ 17,370,000,000 2010 est.
73 Bangladesh $ 16,240,000,000 2010
74 Tunisia $ 16,110,000,000 2010 est.
75 Bahrain $ 15,130,000,000 2010 est.
76 Morocco $ 14,490,000,000 2010 est.
77 Uzbekistan $ 13,130,000,000 2010 est.
78 Syria $ 12,840,000,000 2010 est.
79 Panama $ 12,520,000,000 2010 est.
80 Trinidad and Tobago $ 12,060,000,000 2010 est.
81 Croatia $ 11,510,000,000 2010 est.
82 Estonia $ 10,770,000,000 2010 est.
83 Brunei $ 10,670,000,000 2008
84 Cote d'Ivoire $ 10,250,000,000 2010 est.
85 Equatorial Guinea $ 10,240,000,000 2010 est.
86 Costa Rica $ 10,010,000,000 2010 est.
87 Sudan $ 9,777,000,000 2010 est.
88 Turkmenistan $ 9,672,000,000 2010 est.
89 Serbia $ 9,372,000,000 2010 est.
90 Congo, Republic of the $ 9,200,000,000 2010 est.
91 Guatemala $ 8,470,000,000 2010 est.
92 Sri Lanka $ 7,908,000,000 2010 est.
93 Latvia $ 7,894,000,000 2010 est.
94 Burma $ 7,841,000,000 2010 est.
95 Paraguay $ 7,606,000,000 2010 est.
96 Yemen $ 7,462,000,000 2010 est.
97 Uruguay $ 7,413,000,000 2010 est.
98 Jordan $ 7,333,000,000 2010 est.
99 Ghana $ 7,326,000,000 2010 est.
100 Gabon $ 6,803,000,000 2010 est.
101 Zambia $ 6,463,000,000 2010 est.
102 Dominican Republic $ 6,161,000,000 2010 est.
103 Bolivia $ 6,058,000,000 2010 est.
104 Papua New Guinea $ 5,976,000,000 2010 est.
105 Honduras $ 5,879,000,000 2010 est.
106 Cambodia $ 5,212,000,000 2010 est.
107 Lebanon $ 5,187,000,000 2010 est.
108 Kenya $ 5,141,000,000 2010 est.
109 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 4,787,000,000 2010 est.
110 San Marino $ 4,628,000,000 2007
111 Iceland $ 4,619,000,000 2010 est.
112 Botswana $ 4,419,000,000 2010 est.
113 El Salvador $ 4,377,000,000 2010 est.
114 Cameroon $ 4,371,000,000 2010 est.
115 Namibia $ 4,277,000,000 2010 est.
116 Virgin Islands $ 4,234,000,000 2001
117 Liechtenstein $ 3,920,000,000 2008
118 Tanzania $ 3,809,000,000 2010 est.
119 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 3,800,000,000 2009 est.
120 Cuba $ 3,311,000,000 2010 est.
121 Nicaragua $ 3,182,000,000 2010 est.
122 Macedonia $ 3,171,000,000 2010 est.
123 Chad $ 3,036,000,000 2010 est.
124 Malta $ 2,954,000,000 2010 est.
125 Uganda $ 2,941,000,000 2010 est.
126 Mozambique $ 2,517,000,000 2010 est.
127 Georgia $ 2,290,000,000 2010 est.
128 Cyprus $ 2,232,000,000 2010 est.
129 Senegal $ 2,112,000,000 2010 est.
130 Mauritius $ 2,041,000,000 2010 est.
131 Korea, North $ 1,997,000,000 2009
132 Mongolia $ 1,902,000,000 2009
133 Zimbabwe $ 1,869,000,000 2010 est.
134 Ethiopia $ 1,729,000,000 2010 est.
135 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,682,000,000 2010 est.
136 Jamaica $ 1,487,000,000 2010 est.
137 Guinea $ 1,468,000,000 2010 est.
138 Moldova $ 1,450,000,000 2010 est.
139 Swaziland $ 1,417,000,000 2010 est.
140 Madagascar $ 1,412,000,000 2010 est.
141 Mauritania $ 1,395,000,000 2006
142 Suriname $ 1,391,000,000 2006 est.
143 New Caledonia $ 1,341,000,000 2006
144 Albania $ 1,339,000,000 2010 est.
145 Tajikistan $ 1,318,000,000 2010 est.
146 Laos $ 1,215,000,000 2010 est.
147 Fiji $ 1,202,000,000 2006
148 Liberia $ 1,197,000,000 2006
149 Malawi $ 1,189,000,000 2010 est.
150 Benin $ 1,125,000,000 2010 est.
151 Burkina Faso $ 991,000,000 2010 est.
152 Lesotho $ 985,000,000 2010 est.
153 Macau $ 950,000,000 2009 est.
154 Curacao $ 876,000,000 2008 est.
155 Togo $ 859,000,000 2010 est.
156 Nepal $ 849,000,000 2009
157 Faroe Islands $ 848,000,000 2008
158 Armenia $ 846,000,000 2010 est.
159 Guyana $ 814,000,000 2010 est.
160 Bermuda $ 763,000,000 2006
161 Monaco $ 716,300,000 2005
162 Bahamas, The $ 674,000,000 2006
163 Haiti $ 559,000,000 2010 est.
164 Afghanistan $ 547,000,000 2009 est.
165 West Bank $ 529,000,000 2008
166 Bhutan $ 513,000,000 2008
167 Greenland $ 485,000,000 2008
168 Seychelles $ 464,000,000 2010 est.
169 American Samoa $ 445,600,000 FY04 est.
170 Niger $ 428,000,000 2006
171 Belize $ 404,000,000 2010 est.
172 Barbados $ 385,000,000 2006
173 Somalia $ 300,000,000 2006
174 Mali $ 294,000,000 2006
175 Saint Lucia $ 288,000,000 2006
176 Gibraltar $ 271,000,000 2004 est.
177 Solomon Islands $ 237,000,000 2006
178 Rwanda $ 226,000,000 2010 est.
179 Sierra Leone $ 216,000,000 2006
180 French Polynesia $ 211,000,000 2005 est.
181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 193,000,000 2006
182 Montenegro $ 171,300,000 2003
183 Turks and Caicos Islands $ 169,200,000 2000
184 Central African Republic $ 146,700,000 2007 est.
185 Guinea-Bissau $ 133,000,000 2006
186 Samoa $ 131,000,000 2006
187 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 125,000,000 2004 est.
188 Aruba $ 124,000,000 2006
189 Anguilla $ 119,500,000 2009 est.
190 Cape Verde $ 114,000,000 2010 est.
191 Gambia, The $ 107,000,000 2010 est.
192 Djibouti $ 100,000,000 2009
193 Northern Mariana Islands $ 98,200,000 2008
194 Dominica $ 94,000,000 2006
195 Andorra $ 89,500,000 2008
196 Maldives $ 88,000,000 2009 est.
197 Antigua and Barbuda $ 84,300,000 2007 est.
198 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 84,000,000 2006
199 Burundi $ 71,000,000 2010 est.
200 Vanuatu $ 40,000,000 2006
201 Grenada $ 38,000,000 2006
202 Comoros $ 32,000,000 2006
203 British Virgin Islands $ 25,300,000 2002
204 Eritrea $ 25,000,000 2010 est.
205 Tonga $ 22,000,000 2006
206 Marshall Islands $ 19,400,000 2008 est.
207 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha$ 19,000,000 2004 est.
208 Kiribati $ 17,000,000 2004 est.
209 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 14,000,000 2004 est.
210 Cayman Islands $ 13,800,000 2008
211 Sao Tome and Principe $ 13,000,000 2010 est.
212 Timor-Leste $ 10,000,000 2005 est.
213 Mayotte $ 6,500,000 2005
214 Palau $ 5,882,000 2004 est.
215 Saint Pierre and Miquelon $ 5,500,000 2005 est.
216 Cook Islands $ 5,222,000 2005
217 Norfolk Island $ 1,500,000 FY91/92
218 Tuvalu $ 1,000,000 2004 est.
219 Montserrat $ 700,000 2001 est.
220 Niue $ 201,400 2004
221 Nauru $ 64,000 2005 est.
222 Wallis and Futuna $ 47,450 2004
223 Tokelau $ 0 2002
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Rank code: 2079
Country Comparison :: Debt - external
This entry gives the total public and private debt owed to
nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies,
goods, or services. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate
basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
Rank country Debt - external Date of Information
1 United States $ 13,980,000,000,000 30 June 2010
2 European Union $ 13,720,000,000,000 30 June 2010
3 United Kingdom $ 8,981,000,000,000 30 June 2010
4 Germany $ 4,713,000,000,000 30 June 2010
5 France $ 4,698,000,000,000 30 June 2010
6 Japan $ 2,246,000,000,000 30 June 2010
7 Norway $ 2,232,000,000,000 30 June 2010
8 Italy $ 2,223,000,000,000 30 June 2010 est.
9 Spain $ 2,166,000,000,000 30 June 2010
10 Ireland $ 2,131,000,000,000 30 June 2010
11 Luxembourg $ 1,892,000,000,000 30 June 2010
12 Belgium $ 1,241,000,000,000 30 June 2010
13 Switzerland $ 1,190,000,000,000 30 June 2010
14 Australia $ 1,169,000,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
15 Canada $ 1,009,000,000,000 30 June 2010
16 Sweden $ 853,300,000,000 30 June 2010
17 Austria $ 755,000,000,000 30 June 2010
18 Denmark $ 559,500,000,000 30 June 2010
19 Greece $ 532,900,000,000 30 June 2010
20 Portugal $ 497,800,000,000 30 June 2010
21 Russia $ 480,200,000,000 30 November 2010 est.
22 China $ 406,600,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
23 Finland $ 370,800,000,000 30 June 2010
24 Korea, South $ 370,100,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
25 Brazil $ 310,800,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
26 Turkey $ 270,700,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
27 Poland $ 252,900,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
28 India $ 237,100,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
29 Mexico $ 212,500,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
30 Indonesia $ 155,900,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
31 Hungary $ 134,600,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
32 Argentina $ 128,600,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
33 United Arab Emirates $ 122,700,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
34 Romania $ 108,900,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
35 Ukraine $ 97,500,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
36 Kazakhstan $ 94,440,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
37 Taiwan $ 91,410,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
38 Israel $ 89,680,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
39 Czech Republic $ 86,790,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
40 Chile $ 84,510,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
41 Saudi Arabia $ 82,920,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
42 Thailand $ 82,500,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
43 South Africa $ 80,520,000,000 30 June 2010 est.
44 Qatar $ 71,380,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
45 Hong Kong $ 69,860,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
46 New Zealand $ 64,330,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
47 Malaysia $ 62,820,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
48 Philippines $ 61,850,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
49 Croatia $ 59,700,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
50 Slovakia $ 59,330,000,000 30 June 2010 est.
51 Colombia $ 57,740,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
52 Pakistan $ 57,210,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
53 Kuwait $ 56,810,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
54 Venezuela $ 55,610,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
55 Iraq $ 52,580,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
56 Slovenia $ 51,570,000,000 30 June 2010
57 Malta $ 41,020,000,000 30 June 2010
58 Sudan $ 37,980,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
59 Latvia $ 37,280,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
60 Bulgaria $ 36,150,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
61 Lebanon $ 34,450,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
62 Vietnam $ 33,450,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
63 Peru $ 33,290,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
64 Serbia $ 32,310,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
65 Egypt $ 30,610,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
66 Lithuania $ 27,600,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
67 Estonia $ 25,130,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
68 Belarus $ 24,800,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
69 Bangladesh $ 24,460,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
70 Morocco $ 22,690,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
71 Singapore $ 21,660,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
72 Cuba $ 19,750,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
73 Tunisia $ 18,760,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
74 Monaco $ 18,000,000,000 2000 est.
75 Angola $ 17,980,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
76 Sri Lanka $ 17,970,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
77 Guatemala $ 17,470,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
78 Ecuador $ 14,710,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
79 Bahrain $ 14,680,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
80 Panama $ 13,850,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
81 Uruguay $ 13,390,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
82 Dominican Republic $ 13,090,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
83 Iran $ 12,840,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
84 Jamaica $ 12,660,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
85 Korea, North $ 12,500,000,000 2001 est.
86 Cote d'Ivoire $ 11,600,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
87 El Salvador $ 11,450,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
88 Nigeria $ 11,020,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
89 Costa Rica $ 9,126,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
90 Oman $ 8,829,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 7,996,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
92 Kenya $ 7,935,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
93 Syria $ 7,682,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
94 Tanzania $ 7,576,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
95 Yemen $ 7,147,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
96 Burma $ 7,145,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
97 Ghana $ 6,483,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
98 Libya $ 6,378,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
99 Bolivia $ 6,130,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
100 Zimbabwe $ 5,772,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
101 Jordan $ 5,522,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
102 Macedonia $ 5,520,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
103 Armenia $ 5,227,000,000 30 June 2010
104 Mauritius $ 5,043,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
105 Congo, Republic of the $ 5,000,000,000 2000 est.
106 Turkmenistan $ 5,000,000,000 2009 est.
107 Mozambique $ 4,990,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
108 Nepal $ 4,500,000,000 2009
109 Paraguay $ 4,346,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
110 Cambodia $ 4,338,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
111 Trinidad and Tobago $ 4,303,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
112 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 4,300,000,000 2009 est.
113 Ethiopia $ 4,289,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
114 Uzbekistan $ 4,236,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
115 Moldova $ 4,146,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
116 Algeria $ 4,138,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
117 Nicaragua $ 4,030,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
118 Senegal $ 3,885,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
119 Kyrgyzstan $ 3,738,000,000 30 June 2010
120 Honduras $ 3,540,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
121 Zambia $ 3,495,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
122 Georgia $ 3,381,000,000 31 December 2009
123 Cameroon $ 3,344,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
124 Azerbaijan $ 3,221,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
125 Liberia $ 3,200,000,000 2005 est.
126 Laos $ 3,085,000,000 2009 est.
127 Iceland $ 3,073,000,000 2002
128 Guinea $ 3,072,000,000 31 December 2009 est.
129 Somalia $ 3,000,000,000 2001 est.
130 Madagascar $ 2,973,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
131 Benin $ 2,894,000,000 31 December 2009 est.
132 Uganda $ 2,888,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
133 Mali $ 2,800,000,000 2002
134 Afghanistan $ 2,700,000,000 2008/2009
135 Gabon $ 2,374,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
136 Namibia $ 2,373,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
137 Botswana $ 2,222,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
138 Niger $ 2,100,000,000 2003 est.
139 Burkina Faso $ 2,002,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
140 Tajikistan $ 1,997,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
141 Mongolia $ 1,860,000,000 2009
142 Sierra Leone $ 1,610,000,000 2003 est.
143 Albania $ 1,550,000,000 2004
144 Papua New Guinea $ 1,548,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
145 Seychelles $ 1,374,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
146 Malawi $ 1,213,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
147 Burundi $ 1,200,000,000 2003
148 Central African Republic $ 1,153,000,000 2007 est.
149 West Bank $ 1,040,000,000 2010 est.
150 Belize $ 1,010,000,000 2009 est.
151 Guinea-Bissau $ 941,500,000 2000 est.
152 Bhutan $ 836,000,000 2009
153 Equatorial Guinea $ 832,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
154 Guyana $ 804,300,000 30 September 2008
155 Barbados $ 668,000,000 2003
156 Montenegro $ 650,000,000 2006
157 Lesotho $ 647,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
158 Maldives $ 589,000,000 2009 est.
159 Gambia, The $ 530,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
160 Suriname $ 504,300,000 2005 est.
161 Swaziland $ 497,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
162 Haiti $ 494,000,000 31 December 2010 est.
163 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 479,000,000 2010 est.
164 Aruba $ 478,600,000 2005 est.
165 Djibouti $ 428,000,000 2006
166 Antigua and Barbuda $ 359,800,000 June 2006
167 Grenada $ 347,000,000 2004
168 Bahamas, The $ 342,600,000 2004 est.
169 Cape Verde $ 325,000,000 2002
170 Sao Tome and Principe $ 318,000,000 2002
171 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 314,000,000 2004
172 Saint Lucia $ 257,000,000 2004
173 Comoros $ 232,000,000 2000 est.
174 Dominica $ 213,000,000 2004
175 Samoa $ 177,000,000 2004
176 Solomon Islands $ 166,000,000 2004
177 Bermuda $ 160,000,000 FY99/00
178 Cook Islands $ 141,000,000 1996 est.
179 Fiji $ 127,000,000 2004 est.
180 Marshall Islands $ 87,000,000 2008 est.
181 Vanuatu $ 81,200,000 2004
182 Tonga $ 80,700,000 2004
183 New Caledonia $ 79,000,000 1998 est.
184 Cayman Islands $ 70,000,000 1996
185 Faroe Islands $ 68,100,000 2006
186 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 60,800,000 FY05 est.
187 Greenland $ 58,000,000 2009
188 British Virgin Islands $ 36,100,000 1997
189 Nauru $ 33,300,000
190 Kiribati $ 10,000,000 1999 est.
191 Montserrat $ 8,900,000 1997
192 Anguilla $ 8,800,000 1998
193 Wallis and Futuna $ 3,670,000 2004
194 Niue $ 418,000 2002 est.
195 Brunei $ 0 2005
196 Liechtenstein $ 0 2001
197 Palau $ 0 FY99/00
198 Macau $ 0 2009
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Rank code: 2080
Country Comparison ::
Rank country Date of Information
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Rank code: 2081
Country Comparison :: Flag description
This entry provides a written flag description produced from actual
flags or the best information available at the time the entry was
written. The flags of independent states are used by their
dependencies unless there is an officially recognized local flag.
Some disputed and other areas do not have flags.
Rank country Flag description Date of Information
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Rank code: 2085
Country Comparison :: Roadways
This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes
the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
Rank country (km) Date of Information
1 United States 6,506,204 2008
2 China 3,583,715 2007
3 India 3,320,410 2009
4 Brazil 1,751,868 2004
5 Japan 1,203,777 2008
6 Canada 1,042,300 2008
7 France 1,027,183 2007
8 Russia 982,000 2009
9 Australia 812,972 2004
10 Spain 681,298 2008
11 Germany 644,480 2008
12 Sweden 572,900 2009
13 Italy 487,700 2007
14 Indonesia 437,759 2008
15 Poland 423,997 2008
16 United Kingdom 394,428 2009
17 Mexico 366,095 2008
18 South Africa 362,099 2002
19 Turkey 352,046 2008
20 Pakistan 259,197 2007
21 Bangladesh 239,226 2003
22 Argentina 231,374 2004
23 Saudi Arabia 221,372 2006
24 Philippines 201,910 2008
25 Romania 198,817 2008
26 Nigeria 193,200 2004
27 Thailand 180,053 2006
28 Iran 172,927 2006
29 Vietnam 171,392 2008
30 Ukraine 169,495 2009
31 Colombia 164,257 2005
32 Kenya 160,886 2008
33 Hungary 160,057 2008
34 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 153,497 2004
35 Belgium 152,256 2006
36 Netherlands 136,827 2008
37 Czech Republic 128,582 2008
38 Greece 117,533 2005
39 Algeria 108,302 2004
40 Austria 107,262 2006
41 Korea, South 103,029 2008
42 Peru 102,887 2007
43 Libya 100,024 2003
44 Malaysia 98,721 2004
45 Syria 97,401 2006
46 Zimbabwe 97,267 2002
47 Venezuela 96,155 2002
48 Ireland 96,036 2008
49 Belarus 94,797 2005
50 New Zealand 93,911 2009
51 Kazakhstan 93,612 2008
52 Norway 92,946 2007
53 Burkina Faso 92,495 2004
54 Sri Lanka 91,907 2008
55 Zambia 91,440 2001
56 Uzbekistan 86,496 2000
57 Portugal 82,900 2008
58 Lithuania 81,030 2008
59 Chile 80,505 2004
60 Cote d'Ivoire 80,000 2006
61 Tanzania 78,892 2007
62 Finland 78,141 2009
63 Uruguay 77,732 2010
64 Denmark 73,197 2008
65 Latvia 73,074 2010
66 Switzerland 71,384 2009
67 Yemen 71,300 2005
68 Uganda 70,746 2003
69 Oman 68,467 2008
70 Madagascar 65,663 2003
71 Egypt 65,050 2009
72 Namibia 64,189 2010
73 Bolivia 62,479 2004
74 Ghana 62,221 2006
75 Cuba 60,858 2000
76 Azerbaijan 59,141 2004
77 Turkmenistan 58,592 2002
78 Estonia 58,034 2009
79 Morocco 57,625 2006
80 Angola 51,429 2001
81 Cameroon 50,000 2004
82 Mongolia 49,250 2009
83 Iraq 44,900 2002
84 Guinea 44,348 2003
85 Slovakia 43,761 2008
86 Ecuador 43,670 2006
87 Afghanistan 42,150 2006
88 Taiwan 41,279 2008
89 Bulgaria 40,231 2008
90 Slovenia 38,873 2008
91 Cambodia 38,093 2007
92 Serbia 36,884 2007
93 Laos 36,831 2007
94 Ethiopia 36,469 2004
95 Costa Rica 35,330 2004
96 Chad 33,400 2002
97 Mozambique 30,400 2000
98 Paraguay 29,500 2000
99 Croatia 29,248 2008
100 Tajikistan 27,767 2000
101 Burma 27,000 2006
102 Puerto Rico 26,670 2008
103 Botswana 25,798 2005
104 Korea, North 25,554 2006
105 Central African Republic 24,307 2000
106 Somalia 22,100 2000
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21,846 2006
108 Jamaica 21,552 2005
109 Georgia 20,329 2006
110 Dominican Republic 19,705 2002
111 Tunisia 19,232 2006
112 Nicaragua 19,137 2009
113 Niger 18,949 2008
114 Mali 18,709 2004
115 Kyrgyzstan 18,500 2003
116 Israel 18,096 2008
117 Albania 18,000 2002
118 Congo, Republic of the 17,289 2004
119 Nepal 17,282 2007
120 Benin 16,000 2006
121 Malawi 15,451 2003
122 Cyprus 14,671 2008
123 Honduras 14,239 2009
124 Guatemala 14,095 2000
125 Rwanda 14,008 2004
126 Macedonia 13,736 2009
127 Senegal 13,576 2003
128 Iceland 12,869 2009
129 Burundi 12,322 2004
130 Panama 11,978 2002
131 Sudan 11,900 2000
132 Sierra Leone 11,300 2002
133 Mauritania 11,066 2006
134 El Salvador 10,886 2000
135 Liberia 10,600 2000
136 Papua New Guinea 9,349 2011
137 Moldova 9,343 2008
138 Gabon 9,170 2004
139 Armenia 8,888 2008
140 Trinidad and Tobago 8,320 2000
141 Bhutan 8,050 2003
142 Guyana 7,970 2000
143 Jordan 7,891 2009
144 Qatar 7,790 2006
145 Togo 7,520 2000
146 Montenegro 7,404 2008
147 Lesotho 7,091 2003
148 Lebanon 6,970 2005
149 Timor-Leste 6,040 2005
150 Kuwait 5,749 2004
151 New Caledonia 5,622 2006
152 Luxembourg 5,227 2008
153 West Bank 5,147 2006
154 Suriname 4,304 2003
155 Haiti 4,160 2000
156 United Arab Emirates 4,080 2008
157 Eritrea 4,010 2000
158 Bahrain 3,851 2007
159 Gambia, The 3,742 2004
160 Swaziland 3,594 2002
161 Guinea-Bissau 3,455 2002
162 Fiji 3,440 2000
163 Singapore 3,356 2009
164 Djibouti 3,065 2000
165 Belize 3,007 2006
166 Brunei 2,971 2008
167 Equatorial Guinea 2,880 2000
168 Bahamas, The 2,717 2002
169 French Polynesia 2,590 1999
170 Samoa 2,337 2001
171 Malta 2,227 2005
172 Mauritius 2,066 2009
173 Hong Kong 2,050 2009
174 Marshall Islands 2,028 2007
175 Kosovo 1,926 2009
176 Barbados 1,600 2004
177 Solomon Islands 1,360 2002
178 Cape Verde 1,350 2000
179 Virgin Islands 1,260 2008
180 Saint Lucia 1,210 2002
181 Antigua and Barbuda 1,165 2002
182 Grenada 1,127 2000
183 Vanuatu 1,070 1999
184 Comoros 880 2002
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 829 2003
186 Cayman Islands 785 2007
187 Dominica 780 2000
188 Tonga 680 2000
189 Kiribati 670 2000
190 Jersey 576 2010
191 Curacao 550 NA
192 Northern Mariana Islands 536 2008
193 Isle of Man 500 2008
194 Faroe Islands 463 2006
195 Seychelles 458 2003
196 Bermuda 447 2007
197 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 440 2008
198 Macau 413 2009
199 Saint Kitts and Nevis 383 2002
200 Liechtenstein 380 2010
201 Andorra 320 2008
202 Sao Tome and Principe 320 2000
203 Cook Islands 320 2003
204 San Marino 292 2006
205 American Samoa 241 2008
206 Micronesia, Federated States of 240 2000
207 British Virgin Islands 200 2007
208 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha198 2002
209 Anguilla 175 2004
210 Christmas Island 140 2007
211 Turks and Caicos Islands 121 2003
212 Niue 120 2008
213 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 117 2000
214 Maldives 88 2006
215 Norfolk Island 80 2008
216 Sint Maarten 53 NA
217 Monaco 50 2007
218 Gibraltar 29 2007
219 Nauru 24 2002
220 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 22 2007
221 Tuvalu 8 2002
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Rank code: 2086
Country Comparison :: Illicit drugs
This entry gives information on the five categories of illicit drugs
- narcotics, stimulants, depressants (sedatives), hallucinogens, and
cannabis. These categories include many drugs legally produced and
prescribed by doctors as well as those illegally produced and sold
outside of medical channels.
Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) is the common hemp plant, which provides
hallucinogens with some sedative properties, and includes marijuana
(pot, Acapulco gold, grass, reefer), tetrahydrocannabinol (THC,
Marinol), hashish (hash), and hashish oil (hash oil).
Coca (mostly Erythroxylum coca) is a bush with leaves that contain
the stimulant used to make cocaine. Coca is not to be confused with
cocoa, which comes from cacao seeds and is used in making chocolate,
cocoa, and cocoa butter.
Cocaine is a stimulant derived from the leaves of the coca bush.
Depressants (sedatives) are drugs that reduce tension and anxiety
and include chloral hydrate, barbiturates (Amytal, Nembutal,
Seconal, phenobarbital), benzodiazepines (Librium, Valium),
methaqualone (Quaalude), glutethimide (Doriden), and others
(Equanil, Placidyl, Valmid).
Drugs are any chemical substances that effect a physical, mental,
emotional, or behavioral change in an individual.
Drug abuse is the use of any licit or illicit chemical substance
that results in physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral
impairment in an individual.
Hallucinogens are drugs that affect sensation, thinking,
self-awareness, and emotion. Hallucinogens include LSD (acid,
microdot), mescaline and peyote (mexc, buttons, cactus), amphetamine
variants (PMA, STP, DOB), phencyclidine (PCP, angel dust, hog),
phencyclidine analogues (PCE, PCPy, TCP), and others (psilocybin,
psilocyn).
Hashish is the resinous exudate of the cannabis or hemp plant
(Cannabis sativa).
Heroin is a semisynthetic derivative of morphine.
Mandrax is a trade name for methaqualone, a pharmaceutical
depressant.
Marijuana is the dried leaf of the cannabis or hemp plant (Cannabis
sativa).
Methaqualone is a pharmaceutical depressant, referred to as mandrax
in Southwest Asia and Africa.
Narcotics are drugs that relieve pain, often induce sleep, and refer
to opium, opium derivatives, and synthetic substitutes. Natural
narcotics include opium (paregoric, parepectolin), morphine
(MS-Contin, Roxanol), codeine (Tylenol with codeine, Empirin with
codeine, Robitussin AC), and thebaine. Semisynthetic narcotics
include heroin (horse, smack), and hydromorphone (Dilaudid).
Synthetic narcotics include meperidine or Pethidine (Demerol,
Mepergan), methadone (Dolophine, Methadose), and others (Darvon,
Lomotil).
Opium is the brown, gummy exudate of the incised, unripe seedpod of
the opium poppy.
Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) is the source for the natural and
semisynthetic narcotics.
Poppy straw is the entire cut and dried opium poppy-plant material,
other than the seeds. Opium is extracted from poppy straw in
commercial operations that produce the drug for medical use.
Qat (kat, khat) is a stimulant from the buds or leaves of Catha
edulis that is chewed or drunk as tea.
Quaaludes is the North American slang term for methaqualone, a
pharmaceutical depressant.
Stimulants are drugs that relieve mild depression, increase energy
and activity, and include cocaine (coke, snow, crack), amphetamines
(Desoxyn, Dexedrine), ephedrine, ecstasy (clarity, essence, doctor,
Adam), phenmetrazine (Preludin), methylphenidate (Ritalin), and
others (Cylert, Sanorex, Tenuate).
Rank country Illicit drugs Date of Information
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Rank code: 2087
Country Comparison :: Imports
This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise
imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free
on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate
basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
Rank country Imports Date of Information