External Debt (Total) - United States

Value & RankThe External Debt (Total) of United States is 15.7 ( trillions of $) with a global rank of 1.
United States compared to other CountriesThe External Debt (Total) of United States is similar to that of United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Luxembourg, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Switzerland with a respective External Debt (Total) of 9.6, 5.7, 5.4, 3.0, 2.9, 2.6, 2.3, 2.3, 2.2, 1.5 ( trillions of $) and a global rank of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.6 years growthUnited States's External Debt (Total) had a positive growth of 56.2 (%) in the last 6 years from (2006 to 2012).
Last 6 years averageUnited States had an average External Debt (Total) of 13.6 ( trillions of $) in the last 6 years from (2006 to 2012).
United States during the Great RecessionUnited States's External Debt (Total) had a positive growth of 39.2% during the Great RecessionUnited States since the end of the Great RecessionUnited States's External Debt (Total) had a positive growth of 12.2% since the end of the Great RecessionUnited States during the Iraq WarUnited States's External Debt (Total) had a positive growth of 951% during the Iraq WarUnited States since the end of the Iraq WarUnited States's External Debt (Total) had a positive growth of 6.59% since the end of the Iraq WarUnited States since the start of the War in AfghanistanUnited States's External Debt (Total) had a positive growth of 1,719% since the start of the War in Afghanistan

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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators