Debt Levels

External debt levels ranked relative to GDP (from Wikipedia, collated using CIA World Factbook). Note that most of the data is from year end 2007.

Country Iceland	Ext. Debt $116,053	Per Capita $362,942	Debt/GDP 998.64%
Ireland	$1,841,000	$448,032	960.86%
Switzerland	$1,340,000	$174,526	441.95%
UK	$12,670,000	$174,167	374.96%
Netherlands	$2,277,000	$136,795	352.75%
Belgium	$1,313,000	$126,202	348.74%
Denmark	$492,600	$89,853	242.30%
Austria	$752,500	$90,289	233.70%
Zimbabwe	$5,155	$454	220.11%
France	$4,396,000	$68,183	211.86%
Liberia	$3,200	$9,717	209.84%
Hong Kong	$588,000	$84,445	200.48%
Norway	$469,100	$98,530	190.23%
Portugal	$461,200	$43,196	188.63%
Sweden	$598,200	$65,048	176.72%
Germany	$4,489,000	$54,604	159.92%
Spain	$2,478,000	$49,619	150.65%
Finland	$271,200	$51,073	143.95%
Cyprus	$26,970	$30,550	126.03%
Sao Tome	$318	$10,258	124.22%
Guinea-Bissau	$942	$555	113.93%
Australia	$826,400	$38,798	106.91%
Iraq	$100,900	$2,878	98.54%
Netherlands	$2,680	$1,353	95.71%
USA	$13,773,000	$42,343	95%
Estonia	$24,820	$6,744	86.51%
Latvia	$33,530	$36,944	83.72%
Lebanon	$31,600	$7,680	78.14%
Cook Islands	$141	$2,462	76.97%
Seychelles	$1,059	$265	76.85%
Marshall Isl.	$87	$153	75.22%
Slovenia	$40,420	$9,477	71.93%
Croatia	$46,300	$10,300	66.53%
Hungary	$125,900	$12,200	65.68%
Canada	$781,100	$23,325	59.69%
Italy	$1,060,000	$18,235	58.21%