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Economy Statistics > Public debt (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Zimbabwe: 241.6 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 2     Japan: 225.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 3     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 185 % of GDP   2009 Time series
# 4     Lebanon: 150.7 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 5     Greece: 144 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 6     Iceland: 123.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 7     Jamaica: 123.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 8     Italy: 118.1 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 9     Singapore: 102.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 10     Belgium: 98.6 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 11     Ireland: 94.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 11     Sudan: 94.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 13     Sri Lanka: 86.7 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 14     France: 83.5 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 15     Portugal: 83.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 16     Egypt: 80.5 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 17     Belize: 80 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 18     Hungary: 79.6 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 19     Germany: 78.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 20     Nicaragua: 78 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 20     Dominica: 78 % of GDP   2009 Time series
# 22     Israel: 77.3 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 23     United Kingdom: 76.5 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 24     Malta: 72.6 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 25     Austria: 70.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 26     Netherlands: 64.6 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 27     Spain: 63.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 28     Côte d'Ivoire: 63.3 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 29     Jordan: 61.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 30     Cyprus: 61.1 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 31     Brazil: 60.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 32     Mauritius: 60.5 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 33     Ghana: 59.9 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 34     Albania: 59.3 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 35     Bahrain: 59.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 36     United States: 58.9 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 37     Seychelles: 58.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 38     Morocco: 58.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 39     Bhutan: 57.8 % of GDP   2009 Time series
# 40     Guyana: 57 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 41     Vietnam: 56.7 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 42     Philippines: 56.5 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 43     Uruguay: 56 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 44     India: 55.9 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 45     El Salvador: 55 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 45     Croatia: 55 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 47     Poland: 53.6 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 48     Malaysia: 53.1 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 49     Kenya: 50.9 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 50     Argentina: 50.3 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 51     Pakistan: 49.9 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 52     Tunisia: 49.5 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 53     Turkey: 48.1 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 54     Norway: 47.7 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 55     Denmark: 46.6 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 56     Aruba: 46.3 % of GDP   2005 Time series
# 57     Latvia: 46.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 58     Finland: 45.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 59     Colombia: 44.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 60     United Arab Emirates: 44.6 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 61     Costa Rica: 42.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 62     Thailand: 42.3 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 63     Dominican Republic: 41.7 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 64     Mexico: 41.5 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 64     Serbia and Montenegro: 41.5 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 66     Slovakia: 41 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 67     Mozambique: 40.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 67     Sweden: 40.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 69     Malawi: 40.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 70     Czech Republic: 40 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 70     Panama: 40 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 72     Bolivia: 39.7 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 73     Ethiopia: 39.3 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 73     Bangladesh: 39.3 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 75     Yemen: 39.1 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 76     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 39 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 77     Ukraine: 38.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 78     Switzerland: 38.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 79     Lithuania: 36.7 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 80     Slovenia: 35.5 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 81     Romania: 34.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 82     Cuba: 34.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 83     Macedonia, Republic of: 34.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 84     Canada: 34 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 85     Taiwan: 33.9 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 86     South Africa: 33.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 87     Senegal: 32.1 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 88     Syria: 29.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 89     Guatemala: 29.6 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 90     Papua New Guinea: 27.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 91     Indonesia: 26.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 91     Trinidad and Tobago: 26.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 93     Honduras: 26.1 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 94     Gabon: 25.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 95     Algeria: 25.7 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 96     New Zealand: 25.5 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 96     Venezuela: 25.5 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 98     Moldova: 25 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 99     Zambia: 24.1 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 100     Korea, South: 23.7 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 101     Peru: 23.6 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 102     Tanzania: 23.3 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 103     Ecuador: 23.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 104     Paraguay: 22.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 105     Botswana: 22.6 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 106     Australia: 22.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 107     Uganda: 20.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 108     Angola: 20.3 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 109     Namibia: 20 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 110     Hong Kong: 18.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 111     China: 17.5 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 112     Cameroon: 16.8 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 113     Saudi Arabia: 16.7 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 114     Iran: 16.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 114     Luxembourg: 16.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 114     Kazakhstan: 16.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
= 114     Bulgaria: 16.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 118     Nigeria: 13.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 119     Kuwait: 12.6 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 120     Qatar: 10.3 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 121     Russia: 9.5 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 122     Uzbekistan: 9 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 123     Estonia: 7.7 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 124     Gibraltar: 7.5 % of GDP   2008 Time series
# 125     Chile: 6.2 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 126     Wallis and Futuna: 5.6 % of GDP   2004 Time series
# 127     Azerbaijan: 4.6 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 128     Oman: 4.4 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 129     Equatorial Guinea: 4.1 % of GDP   2010 Time series
# 130     Libya: 3.3 % of GDP   2010 Time series
Weighted average: 49.6 % 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: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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"Public debt by country", CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/eco_pub_deb-economy-public-debt

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Al
5th July 2011 		Hello, This is an interesting site with a staggering amount of information. My only real concern is that the data defined and listed under the categories might not be a true reflection of the category name. Read the definitions carefully before you make any assumptions from the data.
Kasia
17th May 2011 		Indeed China does have debt to the world.
MMT
16th December 2010 		For countries that are sovereign in their own currency, such as Japan, USA, UK, Canada, these statistics are utterly meaningless.
Lee Stevens
4th November 2010 		The USA stats now show a 14 trillion dollar GDP and a 13 trillion dollar debt. These 2007 numbers should be pulled they are so off todays situation.
Laupi
12th July 2010 		I think everyone is getting confused about PUBLIC SECTOR debt in their commentary...
Frayser
27th April 2010 		I would rather have a slow economy then to pay interest atleast the people will not be enslaved for the rest if their lives that's probably why interest is forbidden i think that interest was invented by the devil him self! We are basicly all slaves. Why is is that a builder builds though out his 45 year career the eqvilient of around 670 homes on his own but is in debt for his small house for his entire life? Isn't that slavery?
Private 021
19th April 2010 		The list is crazy, China doesn't have debt to the world
Milly
7th March 2010 		Pie is delicious but i dont see the connection to this topic unfortunatly .
tklung
25th January 2010 		I dont put alot of trust in these numbers as Norway is number 13 on the list. Norway has net negative debt = positive financial assets mainly because of huge oil wealth.
James Smith
8th June 2009 		PIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
namoq
11th May 2009 		There are also economic basketcases down the bottom like Ukraine and Equatorial Guinea. These countries may not have much to mortgage
namu
11th 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
11th 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
11th 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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