The amount that a country owes to foreigners, including the debts of both the country's government and its private sector.
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- External debt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 External debt (or foreign debt) is that part of the total debt in a country that is   owed to creditors outside the country. The debtors can be the government, ...
 
- List of countries by external debt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 This is a list of countries by external debt, the total public and private debt (i.e.   gross general government debt including both intragovernmental and sub-  national ...
 
- External Debt Statistics and the IMF
 The IMF is one of several international agencies actively involved in the work of   measuring and monitoring external debt. In particular, the Fund chairs the Task ...
 
- Debt - external - CIA - The World Factbook
 This entry gives the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable   in internationally accepted currencies, goods, or services. These figures are ...
 
- External Debt Definition | Investopedia
 The portion of a country's debt that was borrowed from foreign lenders including   commercial banks, governments or international financial institutions.
 
- U.S. Gross External Debt
 Sep 28, 2012 ... STATISTICS. The data on the U.S. Gross External Debt Position are presented in   three tables showing the gross level of external debt (Table A) ...
 
- Economic Policy & External Debt | Data
 The data here consist of national accounts, government finances, money supply,   prices, balance of payments, and external debt. Data are gathered from ...
 
- Joint External Debt Hub
 The Joint External Debt Hub (JEDH)—jointly developed by the Bank for   International Settlements (BIS), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the   Organization ...