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This is a list of countries by external debt: it is the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods or services, where the public debt is the money or credit owed by any level of government, from central to local, and the private debt the money or credit owed by private households or private corporations based on the country under ...
[1]: 81 A debt instrument is a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor in the future. Examples include debt securities (such as bonds and bills), loans, and government employee pension obligations. [1]: 207 Net debt equals gross debt minus financial assets that are debt instruments.
This is a list of countries by estimated future gross [clarification needed] central government debt based on data released in October 2020 by the International Monetary Fund, with figures in percentage of national GDP.
The World Economic Forum ranked 137 countries by gross general government debt as a percentage of GDP.
A high external debt can lead to sovereign default, especially for poor countries with limited export. [11] The growing level of unserviceable external debt in poor countries is producing a dependent relationship between debtor and creditor countries. Critics claim that this debt dependence is often used as leverage for a neocolonial relationship.
The following articles contain lists of countries by debt: List of countries by public debt; List of countries by household debt; List of countries by corporate debt; List of countries by external debt
In this article we are going to talk about most indebted countries in the world. Click to skip our discussion and jump to the 20 countries with the most debt per capita and the highest debt to GDP ...
While the U.S. public debt didn't make the top five, don't think America is in a better spot. The IMF estimates American debt to be 108% of GDP and expects that number to fall to just 106% by 2018.