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Economy Statistics > Public debt (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Zimbabwe: 218.2 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 2   Lebanon: 186.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 3   Japan: 170 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 4   Jamaica: 126.5 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 5   Sudan: 105.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 6   Egypt: 105.8 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 7   Italy: 104 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 8   Singapore: 96.3 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 9   Seychelles: 92.3 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 10   Greece: 89.5 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 11   Sri Lanka: 85.8 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 12   Belgium: 84.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 13   Norway: 83.1 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 14   Israel: 80.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 15   Côte d'Ivoire: 75.2 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 16   Jordan: 72.4 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 17   Morocco: 67.4 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 18   Hungary: 67 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 19   Germany: 64.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 20   Uruguay: 64.8 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 21   Canada: 64.2 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 22   France: 63.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 23   Portugal: 63.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 24   Mauritius: 63.1 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 25   Nicaragua: 62.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 26   United States: 60.8 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 27   Cyprus: 59.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 28   Philippines: 59.5 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 29   Austria: 59.1 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 30   Argentina: 59 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 31   Ghana: 58.5 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 32   India: 58.2 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 33   Tunisia: 55.4 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 34   Panama: 53 % of GDP  2007 Time series
= 35   Gabon: 52.8 % of GDP  2007 Time series
= 35   Colombia: 52.8 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 37   Albania: 51.4 % of GDP  2007 Time series
= 38   Pakistan: 50.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
= 38   Malawi: 50.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 40   Kenya: 48.7 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 41   Croatia: 47.8 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 42   Costa Rica: 46.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
= 43   Aruba: 46.3 % of GDP  2005 Time series
= 43   Bolivia: 46.3 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 45   Netherlands: 45.5 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 46   Brazil: 45.1 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 47   Ethiopia: 44.5 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 48   Switzerland: 44.2 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 49   United Kingdom: 43.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 50   Poland: 43.1 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 51   Vietnam: 42 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 52   Sweden: 41.7 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 53   Malaysia: 41.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 54   Dominican Republic: 41 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 55   Papua New Guinea: 40.1 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 56   Turkey: 38.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 57   Montenegro: 38 % of GDP  2006 Time series
# 58   Thailand: 37.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 59   Syria: 37.7 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 60   Bangladesh: 37.4 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 61   El Salvador: 37.3 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 62   Serbia and Montenegro: 37 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 63   Cuba: 36.8 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 64   Spain: 36.2 % of GDP  2007 Time series
= 65   Finland: 35.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
= 65   Slovakia: 35.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
= 67   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 34 % of GDP  2007 Time series
= 67   Indonesia: 34 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 69   Yemen: 33.5 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 70   Ecuador: 33.1 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 71   South Africa: 31.3 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 72   Bahrain: 31.2 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 73   Macedonia, Republic of: 30.8 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 74   Peru: 29.2 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 75   Korea, South: 28.2 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 76   Zambia: 28.1 % of GDP  2007 Time series
= 77   Taiwan: 27.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
= 77   Trinidad and Tobago: 27.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 79   Iceland: 27.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 80   Paraguay: 27 % of GDP  2007 Time series
= 81   Czech Republic: 26 % of GDP  2007 Time series
= 81   Denmark: 26 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 83   Ireland: 24.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 84   Saudi Arabia: 24.3 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 85   Honduras: 24.1 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 86   Slovenia: 23.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 87   Moldova: 23.3 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 88   Senegal: 22.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 89   Mexico: 22.8 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 90   Namibia: 22.3 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 91   Mozambique: 22.2 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 92   United Arab Emirates: 21.2 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 93   Guatemala: 20.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 94   New Zealand: 20.7 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 95   Uganda: 20.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 96   Tanzania: 19.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 97   Venezuela: 19.3 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 98   Uzbekistan: 18.7 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 99   China: 18.4 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 100   Algeria: 18 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 101   Lithuania: 17.3 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 102   Iran: 17.2 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 103   Gibraltar: 15.7 % of GDP  2005 Time series
# 104   Australia: 15.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 105   Cameroon: 15.5 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 106   Nigeria: 14.4 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 107   Romania: 13 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 108   Hong Kong: 12.5 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 109   Angola: 12 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 110   Ukraine: 11.7 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 111   Qatar: 11 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 112   Bulgaria: 10.5 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 113   Kuwait: 9.7 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 114   Kazakhstan: 7.7 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 115   Latvia: 7.4 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 116   Azerbaijan: 6.7 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 117   Luxembourg: 6.4 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 118   Russia: 5.9 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 119   Botswana: 5.4 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 120   Libya: 4.7 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 121   Chile: 4.1 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 122   Oman: 3.7 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 123   Estonia: 3.4 % of GDP  2007 Time series
# 124   Equatorial Guinea: 1.6 % of GDP  2007 Time series
Weighted average: 43.2 % of GDP  



DEFINITION: This entry records the cumulatiive total of all government borrowings less repayments that are denominated in a country's home currency. Public debt should not be confused with external debt, which reflects the foreign currency liabilities of both the private and public sector and must be financed out of foreign exchange earnings.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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COMMENTARY     

James Smith
8th June 2009 		PIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
namoq
12th May 2009 		There are also economic basketcases down the bottom like Ukraine and Equatorial Guinea. These countries may not have much to mortgage
namu
12th May 2009 		The top countries in this list, Japan, Zimbabwe are having economic troubles. Japan has suffered a long recession but also has a lot of value to their economy so they can mortgage quite heavily and need to stimulate the economy. Zimbabwe I would assume has had their currency devalue. In reality they have no capacity to repay this.
namic
12th May 2009 		I hope that Islamic nations become more prosperous and reevaluate their attitude toward debt. Carrying some level of debt greatly encourages the economy
namoq
12th May 2009 		Notice that Chile, a South American economic success story, is near the bottom of the league table of public debt. And Botswana, the example of African nations is the second lowest African nation
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