Economy > Debt > Central government debt, total > Current LCU: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Central government debt, total (current LCU). Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Indonesia	1,947.37 trillion	2011
2	Japan	893.37 trillion	2011
3	Colombia	327.57 trillion	2011
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	130.45 trillion	2011
4	Belarus	121.11 trillion	2011
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	77.3 trillion	2010
5	South Korea	47.05 trillion	1997
6	India	43.53 trillion	2011
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	36.89 trillion	2011
7	Hungary	22.77 trillion	2011
8	Uganda	16.68 trillion	2011
9	United States	12.26 trillion	2011
10	Zambia	10.62 trillion	1998
11	Cote d'Ivoire	7.88 trillion	2004
12	Madagascar	5.78 trillion	2001
13	Cameroon	5.66 trillion	1999
14	Philippines	5.44 trillion	2012
15	Mongolia	5.2 trillion	2011
16	Russia	5.19 trillion	2011
17	Republic of the Congo	4.11 trillion	1999
18	Thailand	3.18 trillion	2011
19	Sri Lanka	3.04 trillion	2007
20	Sierra Leone	2.99 trillion	1999
21	Kazakhstan	2.74 trillion	2011
22	Senegal	2.46 trillion	2001
23	Brazil	2.19 trillion	2011
24	Pakistan	2.12 trillion	1998
25	Iceland	1.94 trillion	2011
26	France	1.88 trillion	2011
27	Italy	1.75 trillion	2011
	NATO countries average (profile)	1.71 trillion	2011
28	United Kingdom	1.53 trillion	2011
29	Paraguay	1.53 trillion	1993
	European Union average (profile)	1.47 trillion	2011
30	Czech Republic	1.46 trillion	2011
31	Germany	1.44 trillion	2011
32	Sweden	1.34 trillion	2011
33	Mexico	1.28 trillion	2000
34	Jamaica	1.2 trillion	2008
35	Bangladesh	1.09 trillion	2003
36	China	1.04 trillion	1999
37	Canada	924.58 billion	2011
38	Denmark	905.94 billion	2011
39	Hong Kong	758.51 billion	2011
40	Burundi	740.3 billion	1999
41	Nigeria	736.08 billion	2008
42	Egypt	638.95 billion	2007
43	Turkey	596.05 billion	2011
44	Spain	586.95 billion	2011
45	Norway	554.13 billion	2011
46	Malaysia	501.62 billion	2012
47	Kenya	477.44 billion	1999
48	Morocco	456.19 billion	2011
	Eurozone average (profile)	430.76 billion	2011
49	Australia	430.18 billion	2011
50	Uruguay	420.12 billion	2011
51	South Africa	417.45 billion	2000
52	Nepal	403.9 billion	2010
53	Netherlands	397.54 billion	2011
54	Singapore	368.18 billion	2011
55	Ukraine	357.27 billion	2011
56	Belgium	336.57 billion	2011
57	Poland	334.58 billion	2002
58	Austria	225.45 billion	2011
59	Greece	222.17 billion	2011
60	Albania	213.84 billion	1998
61	Ireland	165.88 billion	2011
62	Portugal	158.29 billion	2011
63	Switzerland	157.02 billion	2008
64	Rwanda	131.61 billion	1992
65	New Zealand	129.04 billion	2011
66	Mauritius	117.45 billion	2011
67	Peru	95.05 billion	2011
68	Finland	90.48 billion	2011
69	Guatemala	89.65 billion	2011
70	Kyrgyzstan	73.39 billion	2001
71	Ethiopia	49.48 billion	1999
72	Lithuania	46.31 billion	2011
73	Bhutan	34.76 billion	2009
74	Slovakia	31.46 billion	2011
75	Tunisia	28.78 billion	2011
76	Trinidad and Tobago	21.81 billion	2007
77	Cyprus	20.25 billion	2011
78	Moldova	19.52 billion	2011
79	Maldives	18.18 billion	2010
80	Jordan	14.68 billion	2012
81	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12.17 billion	1997
82	Bulgaria	11.63 billion	2011
83	Seychelles	11.35 billion	2012
84	El Salvador	11.07 billion	2011
85	Vanuatu	9.45 billion	1999
86	Barbados	8.58 billion	2010
87	Georgia	8.51 billion	2012
88	Papua New Guinea	8.13 billion	2002
89	Luxembourg	7.18 billion	2011
90	Latvia	6.01 billion	2011
91	Malta	5.53 billion	2011
92	Zimbabwe	4.9 billion	1997
93	Slovenia	3.73 billion	1999
94	Lesotho	3.33 billion	1998
95	Swaziland	2.77 billion	2000
96	Azerbaijan	2.71 billion	2010
97	The Bahamas	2.68 billion	2008
98	Sudan	2.34 billion	1999
99	Tajikistan	2.05 billion	2001
100	Botswana	1.8 billion	1996
101	Bahrain	1.34 billion	2007
102	Oman	1.14 billion	2010
103	Estonia	1.13 billion	2011
104	Fiji	979.11 million	1994
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	588.7 million	2001
106	San Marino	584.13 million	2011
107	Belize	498.13 million	1996

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