| # | Flag | Country | External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $1,710,240,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 2 | Brazil | $542,980,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 3 | India | $513,209,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 4 | Russia | $492,763,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 5 | Mexico | $455,058,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 6 | Turkey | $454,725,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 7 | Indonesia | $354,352,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 8 | South Africa | $176,335,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | $167,485,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 10 | Thailand | $129,765,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 11 | Colombia | $124,364,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 12 | Ukraine | $113,281,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 13 | Romania | $109,354,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 14 | Venezuela | $105,598,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 15 | Vietnam | $104,079,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 16 | Pakistan | $84,522,767,603 | 2017 | |
| 17 | Egypt | $82,885,874,271 | 2017 | |
| 18 | Lebanon | $73,526,412,440 | 2017 | |
| 19 | Philippines | $73,079,674,147 | 2017 | |
| 20 | Peru | $68,083,362,795 | 2017 | |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | $50,141,984,145 | 2017 | |
| 22 | Morocco | $49,752,245,070 | 2017 | |
| 23 | Bangladesh | $47,154,756,010 | 2017 | |
| 24 | Bulgaria | $40,438,225,251 | 2017 | |
| 25 | Nigeria | $40,238,485,334 | 2017 | |
| 26 | Belarus | $39,584,221,158 | 2017 | |
| 27 | Ecuador | $39,536,328,042 | 2017 | |
| 28 | Angola | $37,201,179,124 | 2017 | |
| 29 | Serbia | $34,548,548,089 | 2017 | |
| 30 | Tunisia | $32,151,895,818 | 2017 | |
| 31 | Jordan | $30,035,600,247 | 2017 | |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | $29,772,192,885 | 2017 | |
| 33 | Mongolia | $28,198,565,581 | 2017 | |
| 34 | Ethiopia | $26,562,058,551 | 2017 | |
| 35 | Kenya | $26,423,645,479 | 2017 | |
| 36 | Costa Rica | $25,614,749,361 | 2017 | |
| 37 | Guatemala | $22,992,691,189 | 2017 | |
| 38 | Ghana | $22,022,402,494 | 2017 | |
| 39 | Sudan | $21,754,150,181 | 2017 | |
| 40 | Tanzania | $18,242,310,338 | 2017 | |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | $17,707,669,677 | 2017 | |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | $17,366,722,024 | 2017 | |
| 43 | El Salvador | $16,698,900,611 | 2017 | |
| 44 | Zambia | $16,308,839,907 | 2017 | |
| 45 | Myanmar | $16,138,748,865 | 2017 | |
| 46 | Paraguay | $16,063,167,754 | 2017 | |
| 47 | Georgia | $15,756,230,740 | 2017 | |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | $15,253,903,003 | 2017 | |
| 49 | Jamaica | $14,722,034,916 | 2017 | |
| 50 | Laos | $14,497,698,018 | 2017 | |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $14,495,099,740 | 2017 | |
| 52 | Ivory Coast | $13,432,867,414 | 2017 | |
| 53 | Bolivia | $12,989,922,752 | 2017 | |
| 54 | Mozambique | $12,009,866,934 | 2017 | |
| 55 | Cambodia | $11,897,967,057 | 2017 | |
| 56 | Nicaragua | $11,457,134,411 | 2017 | |
| 57 | Uganda | $11,188,549,869 | 2017 | |
| 58 | Mauritius | $10,483,440,721 | 2017 | |
| 59 | Cameroon | $10,396,468,447 | 2017 | |
| 60 | Armenia | $10,334,717,739 | 2017 | |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | $9,330,201,845 | 2017 | |
| 62 | Albania | $9,114,636,797 | 2017 | |
| 63 | Senegal | $8,886,011,384 | 2017 | |
| 64 | Honduras | $8,670,889,856 | 2017 | |
| 65 | Republic of Macedonia | $8,565,554,437 | 2017 | |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | $8,161,335,603 | 2017 | |
| 67 | Yemen | $7,186,164,287 | 2017 | |
| 68 | Moldova | $6,973,701,210 | 2017 | |
| 69 | Iran | $6,276,233,936 | 2017 | |
| 70 | Gabon | $6,165,574,114 | 2017 | |
| 71 | Tajikistan | $5,881,391,081 | 2017 | |
| 72 | Algeria | $5,699,174,726 | 2017 | |
| 73 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | $5,127,686,566 | 2017 | |
| 74 | Nepal | $4,963,158,509 | 2017 | |
| 75 | Syria | $4,653,920,882 | 2017 | |
| 76 | Republic of the Congo | $4,455,512,969 | 2017 | |
| 77 | Mali | $4,367,845,760 | 2017 | |
| 78 | Mauritania | $4,230,832,656 | 2017 | |
| 79 | Madagascar | $3,376,250,564 | 2017 | |
| 80 | Rwanda | $3,338,108,471 | 2017 | |
| 81 | Niger | $3,323,061,861 | 2017 | |
| 82 | Chad | $3,138,617,020 | 2017 | |
| 83 | Montenegro | $3,138,033,057 | 2017 | |
| 84 | Burkina Faso | $3,119,262,504 | 2017 | |
| 85 | Somalia | $2,957,971,099 | 2017 | |
| 86 | Benin | $2,897,060,213 | 2017 | |
| 87 | Bhutan | $2,635,759,773 | 2017 | |
| 88 | Afghanistan | $2,551,782,760 | 2017 | |
| 89 | Kosovo | $2,439,060,895 | 2017 | |
| 90 | Haiti | $2,212,928,716 | 2017 | |
| 91 | Malawi | $2,160,096,803 | 2017 | |
| 92 | Djibouti | $2,057,140,974 | 2017 | |
| 93 | Cape Verde | $1,761,710,518 | 2017 | |
| 94 | Botswana | $1,740,063,200 | 2017 | |
| 95 | Sierra Leone | $1,731,341,595 | 2017 | |
| 96 | Togo | $1,631,410,441 | 2017 | |
| 97 | Guyana | $1,589,279,380 | 2017 | |
| 98 | Guinea | $1,489,238,613 | 2017 | |
| 99 | Belize | $1,399,486,309 | 2017 | |
| 100 | Maldives | $1,365,368,101 | 2017 | |
| 101 | Liberia | $1,137,292,396 | 2017 | |
| 102 | Lesotho | $935,622,039.6 | 2017 | |
| 103 | Fiji | $899,443,373.7 | 2017 | |
| 104 | Eritrea | $818,530,216.5 | 2017 | |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | $781,324,333 | 2017 | |
| 106 | Central African Republic | $730,693,382.8 | 2017 | |
| 107 | Swaziland | $650,997,823.5 | 2017 | |
| 108 | Gambia | $650,078,133.9 | 2017 | |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | $622,106,095.4 | 2017 | |
| 110 | Burundi | $613,403,986.8 | 2017 | |
| 111 | Grenada | $531,745,177.6 | 2017 | |
| 112 | Samoa | $443,075,541.6 | 2017 | |
| 113 | Vanuatu | $392,993,280.5 | 2017 | |
| 114 | Solomon Islands | $350,107,656.2 | 2017 | |
| 115 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $337,066,340 | 2017 | |
| 116 | Guinea-Bissau | $328,361,151.1 | 2017 | |
| 117 | Dominica | $295,572,639.7 | 2017 | |
| 118 | São Tomé and Príncipe | $261,935,947.7 | 2017 | |
| 119 | Tonga | $169,233,192.8 | 2017 | |
| 120 | Comoros | $165,557,974.6 | 2017 | |
| 121 | East Timor | $50,302,399.4 | 2017 |