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Jordan $6.794 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $8.133 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kazakhstan $107.8 billion (31 December 2008) $96.91 billion (31 December 2007)
Kenya $7.855 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $6.713 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kiribati $10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North $12.5 billion (2001 est.)
Korea, South $381.1 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $383.2 billion (31 December 2007)
Kosovo $NA
Kuwait $36.89 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $33.62 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan $3.467 billion (31 December 2008) $3.162 billion (31 December 2007)
Laos $3.179 billion (2006)
Latvia $42.26 billion (31 December 2008) $38.95 billion (31 December 2007)
Lebanon $33.28 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $31.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Lesotho $619 million (31 December 2008 est.) $689 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Liberia $3.2 billion (2005 est.)
Libya $6.223 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $4.837 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Liechtenstein $0 (2001)
Lithuania $32.47 billion (31 December 2008) $30.1 billion (31 December 2007)
Luxembourg $2.02 trillion (31 December 2008) $NA (31 December 2007)
Macau $0 (2006)
Macedonia $4.667 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $3.967 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Madagascar $2.023 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi $1.005 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $894 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Malaysia $75.33 billion (31 December 2008) $62.33 billion (31 December 2007)
Maldives $477 million (2008 est.) $482 million (2006 est.)
Mali $2.8 billion (2002)
Malta $188.8 million (2005)
Marshall Islands $87 million (2008 est.) $86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)
Mauritania $NA
Mauritius $5.077 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $2.149 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mayotte $NA
Mexico $200.4 billion (31 December 2008) $193.1 billion (31 December 2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of $60.8 million (FY05 est.)
Moldova $4.125 billion (31 December 2008) $3.326 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Monaco $18 billion (2000 est.)
Mongolia $1.6 billion (2008) $1.438 billion (2007)
Montenegro $650 million (2006)
Montserrat $8.9 million (1997)
Morocco $20.12 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $19.91 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mozambique $3.826 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $4.189 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Namibia $807.3 million (31 December 2008 est.) $1.003 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Nauru $33.3 million
Nepal $3.285 billion (2008) $3.07 billion (March 2006)
Netherlands $2.461 trillion (31 December 2008) $2.59 trillion (31 December 2007)
Netherlands Antilles $2.68 billion (2004)
New Caledonia $79 million (1998 est.)
New Zealand $59.08 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $51.44 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Nicaragua $4.596 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $3.341 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Niger $2.1 billion (2003 est.)
Nigeria $9.996 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $8.007 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Niue $418,000 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island $NA
Northern Mariana Islands $NA
Norway $475.9 billion (31 December 2008) $540.3 billion (31 December 2007) note: Norway is a net external creditor
Oman $7.68 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $5.297 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Pakistan $46.39 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $38.8 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Palau $0 (FY99/00)
Panama $11.26 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $10.45 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea $2.511 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $1.646 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Paraguay $3.507 billion (31 December 2008) $3.096 billion (31 December 2007)
Peru $34.59 billion (31 December 2008) $32.57 billion (31 December 2007)
Philippines $66.27 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $61.78 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Poland $243.5 billion (31 December 2008) $233.1 billion (31 December 2007)
Portugal $484.7 billion (31 December 2008) $483.9 billion (31 December 2007)
Puerto Rico $NA
Qatar $57.37 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $33.09 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Romania $102.2 billion (31 December 2008) $NA (31 December 2007 est.)
Russia $483.5 billion (31 December 2008) $471 billion (31 December 2007)
Rwanda $1.4 billion (2004 est.)
Saint Helena $NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis $314 million (2004)
Saint Lucia $257 million (2004)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon $NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $223 million (2004)
Samoa $177 million (2004)
San Marino $NA
Sao Tome and Principe $318 million (2002)
Saudi Arabia $82.13 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $58.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Senegal $2.627 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $2.19 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Serbia $26.24 billion (2007 est.)
Seychelles $1.422 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $1.059 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Sierra Leone $1.61 billion (2003 est.)
Singapore $25.52 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $25.59 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Slovakia $52.53 billion (31 December 2008) $44.31 billion (31 December 2007)
Slovenia $54.61 billion (31 December 2008) $50.58 billion (31 December 2007)
Solomon Islands $166 million (2004)
Somalia $3 billion (2001 est.)
South Africa $71.81 billion (31 December 2008) $75.28 billion (31 December 2007)
Spain $2.317 trillion (31 December 2008) $2.299 trillion (31 December 2007)
Sri Lanka $16.78 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $12.2 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Sudan $33.72 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $29.42 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Suriname $504.3 million (2005 est.)
Swaziland $554 million (31 December 2008 est.) $524 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Sweden $617.3 billion (31 December 2008) $598.2 billion (30 June 2006)
Switzerland $1.305 trillion (31 December 2008) $1.565 trillion (31 December 2007)
Syria $7.167 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $6.633 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Taiwan $93.02 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $97.85 billion (31 December 2007)
Tajikistan $1.503 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $1.56 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tanzania $6.195 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $4.382 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Thailand $65.09 billion (31 December 2008) $61.74 billion (31 December 2007)
Togo $2 billion (2005)
Tonga $80.7 million (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago $3.289 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $2.869 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tunisia $20.81 billion (31 December 2008) $20.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Turkey $278.1 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $249.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Turkmenistan $1.4 billion (2004 est.) note: some estimates put this figure as high as $5 billion
Turks and Caicos Islands $NA
Tuvalu $NA
Uganda $1.835 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $1.498 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ukraine $101.7 billion (31 December 2008) $79.96 billion (31 December 2007)
United Arab Emirates $134.7 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $61.68 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
United Kingdom $9.041 trillion (31 December 2008) $11.26 trillion (31 December 2007)
United States $13.75 trillion (31 December 2008) $13.43 trillion (31 December 2007)
Uruguay $10.73 billion (31 December 2008) $11.07 billion (31 December 2007)
Uzbekistan $4.022 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $3.927 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vanuatu $81.2 million (2004)
Venezuela $47.03 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $43.33 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vietnam $25.89 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $21.83 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Virgin Islands $NA
Wallis and Futuna $3.67 million (2004)
West Bank $1.3 billion (2007 est.)
Western Sahara $NA
World $60.96 trillion (31 December 2008 est.) $60.26 trillion (31 December 2007 est.) note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private
Yemen $5.977 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $6.044 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zambia $3.095 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $2.596 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zimbabwe $5.669 billion (31 December 2008 est.) $5.155 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
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Field Listing :: Fiscal year
Country
Fiscal year
Afghanistan 21 March - 20 March
Albania calendar year
Algeria calendar year
American Samoa 1 October - 30 September
Andorra calendar year
Angola calendar year
Anguilla 1 April - 31 March
Antigua and Barbuda 1 April - 31 March
Argentina calendar year
Armenia calendar year
Aruba calendar year
Australia 1 July - 30 June
Austria calendar year
Azerbaijan calendar year
Bahamas, The 1 July - 30 June
Bahrain calendar year
Bangladesh 1 July - 30 June
Barbados 1 April - 31 March
Belarus calendar year
Belgium calendar year
Belize 1 April - 31 March
Benin calendar year
Bermuda 1 April - 31 March
Bhutan 1 July - 30 June
Bolivia calendar year
Bosnia and Herzegovina calendar year
Botswana 1 April - 31 March
Brazil calendar year
British Virgin Islands 1 April - 31 March
Brunei 1 April - 31 March
Bulgaria calendar year
Burkina Faso calendar year
Burma 1 April - 31 March
Burundi calendar year
Cambodia calendar year
Cameroon 1 July - 30 June
Canada 1 April - 31 March
Cape Verde calendar year
Cayman Islands 1 April - 31 March
Central African Republic calendar year
Chad calendar year
Chile calendar year
China calendar year
Christmas Island 1 July - 30 June
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1 July - 30 June
Colombia calendar year
Comoros calendar year
Congo, Democratic Republic of the calendar year
Congo, Republic of the calendar year
Cook Islands 1 April - 31 March
Costa Rica calendar year
Cote d'Ivoire calendar year
Croatia calendar year
Cuba calendar year
Cyprus calendar year
Czech Republic calendar year
Denmark calendar year
Djibouti calendar year
Dominica 1 July - 30 June
Dominican Republic calendar year
Ecuador calendar year
Egypt 1 July - 30 June
El Salvador calendar year
Equatorial Guinea calendar year
Eritrea calendar year
Estonia calendar year
Ethiopia 8 July - 7 July
European Union NA
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1 April - 31 March
Faroe Islands calendar year
Fiji calendar year
Finland calendar year
France calendar year
French Polynesia calendar year
Gabon calendar year
Gambia, The calendar year
Gaza Strip calendar year
Georgia calendar year
Germany calendar year
Ghana calendar year
Gibraltar 1 July - 30 June
Greece calendar year
Greenland calendar year
Grenada calendar year
Guam 1 October - 30 September
Guatemala calendar year
Guernsey calendar year
Guinea calendar year
Guinea-Bissau calendar year
Guyana calendar year
Haiti 1 October - 30 September
Holy See (Vatican City) calendar year
Honduras calendar year
Hong Kong 1 April - 31 March
Hungary calendar year
Iceland calendar year
India 1 April - 31 March
Indonesia calendar year
Iran 21 March - 20 March
Iraq calendar year
Ireland calendar year
Isle of Man 1 April - 31 March
Israel calendar year
Italy calendar year
Jamaica 1 April - 31 March
Japan 1 April - 31 March
Jersey 1 April - 31 March
Jordan calendar year
Kazakhstan calendar year
Kenya 1 July - 30 June
Kiribati NA
Korea, North calendar year
Korea, South calendar year
Kuwait 1 April - 31 March
Kyrgyzstan calendar year
Laos 1 October - 30 September
Latvia calendar year
Lebanon calendar year
Lesotho 1 April - 31 March
Liberia calendar year
Libya calendar year
Liechtenstein calendar year
Lithuania calendar year
Luxembourg calendar year
Macau calendar year
Macedonia calendar year
Madagascar calendar year
Malawi 1 July - 30 June
Malaysia calendar year
Maldives calendar year
Mali calendar year
Malta calendar year
Marshall Islands 1 October - 30 September
Mauritania calendar year
Mauritius 1 July - 30 June
Mayotte calendar year
Mexico calendar year
Micronesia, Federated States of 1 October - 30 September
Moldova calendar year
Monaco calendar year
Mongolia calendar year
Montenegro calendar year
Montserrat 1 April - 31 March
Morocco calendar year
Mozambique calendar year
Namibia 1 April - 31 March
Nauru 1 July - 30 June
Nepal 16 July - 15 July
Netherlands calendar year
Netherlands Antilles calendar year
New Caledonia calendar year
New Zealand 1 April - 31 March note: this is the fiscal year for tax purposes
Nicaragua calendar year
Niger calendar year
Nigeria calendar year
Niue 1 April - 31 March
Norfolk Island 1 July - 30 June
Northern Mariana Islands 1 October - 30 September
Norway calendar year
Oman calendar year
Pakistan 1 July - 30 June
Palau 1 October - 30 September
Panama calendar year
Papua New Guinea calendar year
Paraguay calendar year
Peru calendar year
Philippines calendar year
Pitcairn Islands 1 April - 31 March
Poland calendar year
Portugal calendar year
Puerto Rico 1 July - 30 June
Qatar 1 April - 31 March
Romania calendar year
Russia calendar year
Rwanda calendar year
Saint Helena 1 April - 31 March
Saint Kitts and Nevis calendar year
Saint Lucia 1 April - 31 March
Saint Pierre and Miquelon calendar year
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines calendar year
Samoa June 1 - May 31
San Marino calendar year
Sao Tome and Principe calendar year
Saudi Arabia calendar year
Senegal calendar year
Seychelles calendar year
Sierra Leone calendar year
Singapore 1 April - 31 March
Slovakia calendar year
Slovenia calendar year
Solomon Islands calendar year
Somalia NA
South Africa 1 April - 31 March
Spain calendar year
Sri Lanka calendar year
Sudan calendar year
Suriname calendar year
Swaziland 1 April - 31 March
Sweden calendar year
Switzerland calendar year
Syria calendar year
Taiwan calendar year
Tajikistan calendar year
Tanzania 1 July - 30 June
Thailand 1 October - 30 September
Timor-Leste calendar year
Togo calendar year
Tokelau 1 April - 31 March
Tonga 1 July - 30 June
Trinidad and Tobago 1 October - 30 September
Tunisia calendar year
Turkey calendar year
Turkmenistan calendar year
Turks and Caicos Islands calendar year
Tuvalu calendar year
Uganda 1 July - 30 June
Ukraine calendar year
United Arab Emirates calendar year
United Kingdom 6 April - 5 April
United States 1 October - 30 September
Uruguay calendar year
Uzbekistan calendar year
Vanuatu calendar year
Venezuela calendar year
Vietnam calendar year
Virgin Islands 1 October - 30 September
Wallis and Futuna calendar year
West Bank calendar year
Western Sahara calendar year
Yemen calendar year
Zambia calendar year
Zimbabwe calendar year
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Field Listing :: 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. Country
Flag description
Afghanistan three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), red, and green, with the national emblem in white centered on the red band and slightly overlapping the other two bands; the center of the emblem features a mosque with pulpit and flags on either side, below the mosque are numerals for the solar year 1298 (1919 in the Gregorian calendar, the year of Afghan independence from the UK); this central image is circled by a border consisting of sheaves of wheat on the left and right, in the upper-center is an Arabic inscription of the Shahada (Muslim creed) below which are rays of the rising sun over the Takbir (Arabic expression meaning "God is great"), and at bottom center is a scroll bearing the name Afghanistan
Akrotiri the flag of the UK is used
Albania red with a black two-headed eagle in the center; the design is claimed to be that of 15th-century hero George Castriota SKANDERBERG, who led a successful uprising against the Turks that resulted in a short-lived independence for some Albanian regions (1443-1478)
Algeria two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white; a red, five-pointed star within a red crescent centered over the two-color boundary; the colors represent Islam (green), purity and peace (white), and liberty (red); the crescent and star are also Islamic symbols, but the crescent is more closed than those of other Muslim countries because the Algerians believe the long crescent horns bring happiness
American Samoa blue, with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the fly side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a war club known as a "Fa'alaufa'i" (upper; left talon), and a coconut fiber fly whisk known as a "Fue" (lower; right talon); the combination of symbols broadly mimics that seen on the US Great Seal and reflects the relationship between the United States and American Samoa
Andorra three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red, with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; the coat of arms features a quartered shield; the flag combines the blue and red French colors with the red and yellow of Spain to show Franco-Spanish protection note: similar to the flags of Chad and Romania, which do not have a national coat of arms in the center, and the flag of Moldova, which does bear a national emblem
Angola two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle); red represents liberty, black the African continent, the symbols characterize workers and peasants
Anguilla blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Anguillan coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts three orange dolphins in an interlocking circular design on a white background with blue wavy water below
Antigua and Barbuda red, with an inverted isosceles triangle based on the top edge of the flag; the triangle contains three horizontal bands of black (top), light blue, and white, with a yellow rising sun in the black band; the sun symbolizes the dawn of a new era, black represents the African heritage of most of the population, blue is for hope, and red is for the dynamism of the people; the "V" stands for victory; the successive yellow, blue, and white coloring is also meant to evoke the country's tourist attractions of sun, sea, and sand
Argentina three equal horizontal bands of light blue (top), white, and light blue; centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a human face known as the Sun of May; the colors represent the clear skies and snow of the Andes; the sun symbol commemorates the appearance of the sun through cloudy skies on 25 May 1810 during the first mass demonstration in favor of independence; the sun features are those of Inti, the Inca god of the sun
Armenia three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, and orange; the color red recalls the blood shed for liberty, blue the Armenian skies as well as hope, and orange the land and the courage of the workers who farm it
Aruba blue, with two narrow, horizontal, yellow stripes across the lower portion and a red, four-pointed star outlined in white in the upper hoist-side corner; the star represents Aruba and its red soil and white beaches, its four points the four major languages (Papiamento, Dutch, Spanish, English) as well as the four points of a compass, to indicate that its inhabitants come from all over the world; the blue symbolizes Caribbean waters and skies; the stripes represent the island's two main "industries": the flow of tourists to the sun-drenched beaches and the flow of minerals from the earth
Ashmore and Cartier Islands the flag of Australia is used
Australia blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side quadrant known as the Commonwealth or Federation Star, representing the federation of the colonies of Australia in 1901; the star depicts one point for each of the six original states and one representing all of Australia's internal and external territories; on the fly half is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation in white with one small five-pointed star and four larger, seven-pointed stars
Austria three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red; the flag design is certainly one of the oldest - if not the oldest - national banners in the world; according to tradition, following a fierce battle in the Third Crusade, Duke Leopold V of Austria's white tunic became completely blood-spattered; upon removal of his wide belt or sash, a white band was revealed; the red-white-red color combination was subsequently adopted as his banner
Azerbaijan three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in red band
Bahamas, The three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine (top), gold, and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle based on the hoist side; the band colors represent the golden beaches of the islands surrounded by the aquamarine sea; black represents the vigor and force of a united people, while the pointing triangle indicates the enterprise and determination of the Bahamian people to develop the rich resources of land and sea
Bahrain red, the traditional color for flags of Persian Gulf states, with a white serrated band (five white points) on the hoist side; the five points represent the five pillars of Islam
Bangladesh green field with a large red disk shifted slightly to the hoist side of center; the red disk represents the rising sun and the sacrifice to achieve independence; the green field symbolizes the lush vegetation of Bangladesh
Barbados three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold, and blue with the head of a black trident centered on the gold band; the band colors represent the blue of the sea and sky and the gold of the beaches; the trident head represents independence and a break with the past (the colonial coat of arms contained a complete trident)
Belarus red horizontal band (top) and green horizontal band one-half the width of the red band; a white vertical stripe on the hoist side bears Belarusian national ornamentation in red; the red band color recalls past struggles from oppression, the green band represents hope and the many forests of the country
Belgium three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), yellow, and red; the vertical design was based on the flag of France; the colors are those of the arms of the duchy of Brabant (yellow lion with red claws and tongue on a black field)