how safe are banks, page-82

And crew want to send their money to an Irish Bank??

Look at their foreign debt per capita.

Scary shite.

Rank Country - Entity External Debt
(million US$) Date of information External Debt
Per Capita Date of population*
- World 54,310,000 2004 est. 8,141 1-Jul-07
1 United States 13,773,135[1]1 31-March-08 42,343 22-May-08
2 United Kingdom 11,502,8002 Q4 2007 189,855 30-Jun-06
3 Germany 4,489,000 30-Jun-07 54,604 31-Dec-07
4 France 4,396,000 30-Jun-07 68,183 1-Jan-08
5 Italy 2,345,000 30-Jun-07 39,446 31-Aug-07
6 Netherlands 2,277,000 30-Jun-07 138,619 5-May-08
7 Spain 2,047,000 30 June 2007 est. 45,287 1-Jan-07
8 Ireland 1,841,000 30-Jun-07 424,291 30-Apr-07
9 Japan 1,492,000 30-Jun-07 11,682 1-Mar-08
10 Switzerland 1,340,000 30-Jun-07 176,019 29-Feb-08
11 Belgium 1,313,000 30-Jun-07 124,049 1-Jan-07
12 Canada 791,401 12-Sep-08 22,801 22-May-08
13 Australia 757,900 30-Jun-07 35,574 21-May-08
14 Austria 752,500 30-Jun-07 90,289 31-Mar-08
15 Sweden 598,200 30-Jun-06 65,048 31-Mar-08
16 Hong Kong 588,000 2007 est. 84,445 31-Dec-07
17 Denmark 492,600 30-Jun-07 89,853 31-Mar-08
18 Norway 469,100 30-Jun-07 98,530 19-May-08
19 Portugal 415,500 30-Jun-07 39,113
20 Russia 384,800 30-Jun-07 2,710 1-Jan-08
21 Greece 371,500 30-Jun-07 33,327
22 China 363,000 31 December 2007 est. 274 22-May-08
23 Korea, South 342,700 30-Sep-07 7,106 2007
24 Finland 271,200 30-Jun-07 51,073 20-May-08
25 Brazil 230,300 30-Jun-07 1,234 22-May-08
26 Turkey 226,400 30-Jun-07 3,207 31-Dec-07
27 Poland 187,800 30-Jun-07 4,927 30-Jun-07
28 Mexico 182,000 30-Jun-07 1,708
29 India 165,400 30-Jun-07 146 22-May-08
30 Hungary 142,900 30-Jun-07 14,229 31-Jan-08
31 Indonesia 137,200 30-Jun-07 592
32 Argentina 118,000 30-Sep-07 2,878 7-Sep
33 Kazakhstan 93,900 30-Sep-07 6,089
34 Israel 87,430 30-Jun-07 12,006 7-May-08
35 Taiwan 85,800 31-Dec-07 3,734 29-Feb-08
36 Romania 84,740 31-Dec-07 3,953
37 Ukraine 65,380 30-Jun-07 1,411 1-Feb-08
38 South Africa 64,800 30-Sep-07 1,354 1-Jul-07
39 Philippines 62,840 31 December 2007 est. 709 1-Aug-07
40 Czech Republic 61,740 30-Jun-07 5,947 31-Dec-07
41 Thailand 58,600 30-Jun-07 930 31-Dec-07
42 Malaysia 57,830 30-Jun-07 2,107 31-Dec-06
43 Iraq 56,310 31 December 2007 est. 1,942
44 Saudi Arabia 52,890 31 December 2007 est. 2,138
45 New Zealand 50,020 31 December 2007 est. 11,725 21-May-08
46 Chile 49,180 30-Jun-07 2,963 30-Jun-07
47 Venezuela 45,440 31 December 2007 est. 1,630 17-May-08
48 Colombia 43,300 30-Jun-07 982 5-May-08
49 Croatia 41,560 30-Jun-07 9,124
50 United Arab Emirates 41,510 31 December 2007 est. 9,477
51 Slovenia 40,420 30-Jun-07 19,953 1-Apr-08
52 Pakistan 40,320 31 December 2007 est. 247 22-May-08
53 Slovakia 36,660 30-Jun-07 6,788 31-Dec-07
54 Lebanon 34,670 31 December 2007 est. 8,458
55 Kuwait 33,610 31 December 2007 est. 11,789
56 Qatar 31,070 31 December 2007 est. 36,944
57 Egypt 29,900 30-Jun-07 396
58 Latvia 29,850 30-Jun-07 13,152 31-Jan-08
59 Sudan 29,600 31 December 2007 est. 768
60 Bulgaria 29,290 30-Jun-07 3,834
61 Peru 30,408 31 September 2008 est. 1,048
62 Serbia 26,240 2007 est. 2,662
63 Cyprus 26,120 31 December 2007 est. 30,550
64 Singapore 25,530 31 December 2007 est. 5,454 27-Sep-07
65 Vietnam 24,410 31 December 2007 est. 279
66 Lithuania 22,700 30-Jun-07 6,744 1-Jan-08
67 Bangladesh 20,250 31 December 2007 est. 128
68 Estonia 20,240 30-Jun-07 15,098 1-Jan-08
69 Tunisia 18,560 Dec-07 1,797
70 Monaco 18,000 2000 est. 545,455
71 Ecuador 17,560 31-Oct-07 1,316
72 Morocco 16,860 31 December 2007 est. 540
73 Cuba 16,790 31 December 2007 est. 1,490
74 Iran 13,800 31 December 2007 est. 194
75 Sri Lanka 13,520 31 December 2007 est. 701
76 Korea, North 12,500 2001 est. 525
77 Uruguay 12,000 30-Sep-07 3,593
78 Cote d'Ivoire 10,910 31 December 2007 est. 566
79 Panama 10,560 31 December 2007 est. 3,159
80 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10,000 2006 est. 495,050 7-Sep
81 Belarus 9,272 30-Jun-07 954 1-Jan-07
82 Dominican Republic 8,842 31 December 2007 est. 906
83 Angola 8,835 31 December 2007 est. 519
84 Afghanistan 8,000 2004 295
85 Kenya 7,715 31 December 2007 est. 206
86 Bahrain 7,692 31 December 2007 est. 10,119
87 Jordan 7,483 31 December 2007 est. 1,263
88 Costa Rica 7,163 30-Jun-07 1,603
89 Jamaica 7,138 31 December 2007 est. 2,630
90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,057 31 December 2007 est. 1,793
91 Burma 6,914 31 December 2007 est. 142
92 Syria 6,340 December 2007 est. 318
93 Yemen 6,122 31 December 2007 est. 273
94 Nigeria 5,815 31 December 2007 est. 39
95 Guatemala 5,561 31 December 2007 est. 416
96 El Salvador 5,444 Dec-07 794
97 Uzbekistan 5,398 31 December 2007 est. 197
98 Zimbabwe 5,155 31 December 2007 est. 454
98 Congo, Republic of the 5,000 2000 est. 80
99 Tanzania 4,984 31 December 2007 est. 123
100 Zimbabwe 4,876 31 December 2007 est. 365
101 Libya 4,837 31 December 2007 est. 785
102 Madagascar 4,600 2002 234
103 Georgia 4,500 2007 1,024
104 Mozambique 4,284 31 December 2007 est. 200
105 Cambodia 3,980 31 December 2007 est. 276
106 Honduras 3,871 31 December 2007 est. 545
107 Bolivia 3,800 31 December 2007 est. 399
108 Ethiopia 3,793 31 December 2007 est. 49 7-Jul
109 Nicaragua 3,702 31 December 2007 est. 661
110 Paraguay 3,632 31 December 2007 est. 593
111 Gabon 3,579 31 December 2007 est. 2,689
112 Oman 3,483 31 December 2007 est. 1,342
113 Ghana 3,387 31 December 2007 est. 144
114 Guinea 3,298 31 December 2007 est. 352
115 Liberia 3,200 2005 est. 853
116 Laos 3,179 2006 543
117 Iceland 3,073 2002 9,717 1-Apr-08
118 Nepal 3,070 Mar-06 109
119 Trinidad and Tobago 3,025 31 December 2007 est. 2,269
120 Somalia 3,000 2001 est. 345
121 Kyrgyzstan 2,966 30-Jun-07 558
122 Mali 2,800 2002 227
123 Zambia 2,798 31 December 2007 est. 235
124 Moldova 2,774 30-Jun-07 731
125 Macedonia 2,758 31-Dec-07 1,353
126 Netherlands Antilles 2,680 2004 13,958
127 Mauritius 2,583 31 December 2007 est. 2,047
128 Mauritania 2,500 2000 800
129 Cameroon 2,449 31 December 2007 est. 132
130 Niger 2,100 2003 est. 148
131 Azerbaijan 2,022 31 December 2007 est. 239
132 Senegal 2,004 31-Dec-07 162
133 Togo 2,000 2005 304
134 Papua New Guinea 1,814 31 December 2007 est. 287
135 Sierra Leone 1,610 2003 est. 274
136 Chad 1,600 2005 est. 148
137 Albania 1,550 2004 486
138 Mongolia 1,438 2007 547
139 Namibia 1,429 31 December 2007 est. 689
140 Rwanda 1,400 2004 est. 144
141 Turkmenistan 1,400 2004 est. 282
142 Uganda 1,390 31 December 2007 est. 45
143 Armenia 1,372 31 December 2007 est. 457
144 Burkina Faso 1,330 2007 90
145 Tajikistan 1,308 31 December 2007 est. 194
146 Haiti 1,248 31 December 2007 est. 130
147 Belize 1,200 June 2005 est. 4,167
148 Burundi 1,200 2003 141
149 Guyana 1,200 2002 1,626
150 Benin 1,200 2007 133
151 Central African Republic 1,153 2007 est. 265
152 Seychelles 957 31 December 2007 est. 11,000
153 Guinea-Bissau 942 2000 est. 555
154 Lesotho 693 31 December 2007 est. 345
155 Barbados 668 2003 2,272
156 Montenegro 650 2006 1,087
157 Gambia, The 629 2003 est. 368
158 Malawi 622 31 December 2007 est. 45
159 Algeria 600 31 May 2008 est. 99
160 Bhutan 593 2004 901
161 Swaziland 539 31 December 2007 est. 472
162 Botswana 513 31 December 2007 est. 273
163 Suriname 504 2005 est. 1,101
164 Maldives 482 2006 est. 1,575
165 Aruba 479 2005 est. 4,602
166 Djibouti 428 2006 514
167 Antigua and Barbuda 360 Jun-06 4,233
168 Grenada 347 2004 3,274
169 Bahamas, The 343 2004 est. 1,035
170 Cape Verde 325 2002 613
171 Sao Tome and Principe 318 2002 10,258
172 Saint Kitts and Nevis 314 2004 6,280
173 Eritrea 311 2000 est. 64
174 Equatorial Guinea 288 31 December 2007 est. 568
175 Saint Lucia 257 2004 1,558
176 Comoros 232 2000 est. 340 7-Jul
177 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 223 2004 1,858
178 Dominica 213 2004 3,179
179 Malta 189 2005 464
180 Samoa 177 2004 939 2008
181 Solomon Islands 166 2004 335
182 Bermuda 160 FY 99/00 2,462
183 Cook Islands 141 1996 est. 37
184 Fiji 127 2004 est. 153 2007
185 Marshall Islands 87 FY 99/00 est. 1,466
186 Vanuatu 81 2004 359
187 Tonga 81 2004 807
188 New Caledonia 79 1998 est. 329 1-Jan-07
189 Cayman Islands 70 1996 1,489
190 Faroe Islands 64 1999 1,320 1-Mar-08
191 Micronesia, Federated States of 61 FY 05 est. 548
192 British Virgin Islands 36 1997 1,570
193 Nauru 33 2002 3,330
194 Greenland 25 1999 431
195 Kiribati 10 1999 est. 105
196 Montserrat 9 1997 1,508
197 Anguilla 9 1998 677
198 Wallis and Futuna 4 2004 8
199 Niue 0 2002 est. 261
200 Brunei 0 2005 0
201 Liechtenstein 0 2001 0 30-Jun-07
202 Palau 0 FY 99/00 0
203 Macau 0 2006 0 31-Dec-07