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Field Listing :: Public debt

This entry records the cumulative 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.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	Public debt(% of GDP)


Albania	59.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 59.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Algeria	25.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 20% of GDP (2009 est.)


Angola	20.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 21.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Argentina	50.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 48.6% of GDP (2009 est.) note: official data


Aruba	46.3% of GDP (2005)


Australia	22.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 22.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Austria	70.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 67.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Azerbaijan	4.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 6.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Bahrain	59.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 38.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Bangladesh	39.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 39.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Barbados	NA% of GDP (2009)


Belgium	98.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 96.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


Belize	80% of GDP (2010 est.)


Bhutan	57.8% of GDP (2009) 81.4% of GDP (2004)


Bolivia	39.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 42.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	39% of GDP (2010 est.) 35% of GDP (2009 est.)


Botswana	22.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 18.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Brazil	60.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 59.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Bulgaria	16.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 15.5% of GDP (2009)


Cameroon	9.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 16.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Canada	34% of GDP (2010 est.) 29% of GDP (2009 est.)


Chile	6.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 6.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


China	17.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 16.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Colombia	44.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 45.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Costa Rica	42.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 42% of GDP (2009 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	63.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 66.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Croatia	55% of GDP (2010 est.) 46.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Cuba	34.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 34.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Cyprus	61.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 58% of GDP (2009)


Czech Republic	40% of GDP (2010 est.) 32.5% of GDP (2009)


Denmark	46.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 41.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Dominica	78% of GDP (2009 est.) 85% of GDP (2006 est.)


Dominican Republic	41.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 40.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Ecuador	23.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 19.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Egypt	80.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 80.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


El Salvador	55% of GDP (2010 est.) 52.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	4.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 5.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Estonia	7.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 7.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Ethiopia	39.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 35.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Finland	45.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 44% of GDP (2009 est.)


France	83.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 77.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Gabon	25.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 27.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Germany	78.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 72.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Ghana	59.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 55.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


Gibraltar	7.5% of GDP (2008 est.) 13.5% of GDP (2006 est.)


Greece	144% of GDP (2010 est.) 126.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Guatemala	29.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 27.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Guyana	57% of GDP (2010 est.)


Honduras	26.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 23.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Hong Kong	18.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 37.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Hungary	79.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 78.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Iceland	123.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 113.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


India	55.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 57.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Indonesia	26.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 27.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Iran	16.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 16.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Ireland	94.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 65.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Israel	77.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 77.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Italy	118.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 115.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Jamaica	123.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 124.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Japan	225.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 217.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Jordan	61.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 64.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Kazakhstan	16.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 14.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


Kenya	50.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 46.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Korea, South	23.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 23.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Kosovo	NA% of GDP (2010) 7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Kuwait	12.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 13.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Latvia	46.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 36.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Lebanon	150.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 154.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Libya	3.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 3.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Lithuania	36.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 29.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Luxembourg	16.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 14.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Macedonia	34.2% of GDP (November 2010 est.) 31.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Malawi	40.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 44.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Malaysia	53.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 53.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Malta	69.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 68.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Mauritius	60.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 62.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Mexico	41.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 39.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Moldova	25% of GDP (2010 est.) 28.9% of GDP (2009)


Montenegro	38% of GDP (2006)


Morocco	58.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 56.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Mozambique	40.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 33.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Namibia	20% of GDP (2010 est.) 15.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Netherlands	64.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 60.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


New Zealand	25.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 22.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


Nicaragua	78% of GDP (2010 est.) 63% of GDP (2009 est.)


Nigeria	13.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 11.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Norway	47.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 49.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Oman	4.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 5.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Pakistan	49.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 49.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Panama	40% of GDP (September 2010 est.) 44.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Papua New Guinea	27.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 29.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Paraguay	22.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 24% of GDP (2009 est.)


Peru	23.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 27.2% of GDP (2009)


Philippines	56.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 57.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Poland	53.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 49.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Portugal	83.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 76.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Qatar	10.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 14% of GDP (2009 est.)


Romania	34.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 24% of GDP (2009 est.)


Russia	9.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 8.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	185% of GDP (2009 est.)


Saudi Arabia	16.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 22.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Senegal	32.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 29.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Serbia	41.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 32.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Seychelles	58.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 58.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Singapore

102.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
110% of GDP (2009 est.)
note: for Singapore, public debt consists largely of Singapore Government Securities (SGS) issued to assist the Central Provident Fund (CPF), which administers Singapore's defined contribution pension fund; special issues of SGS are held by the CPF, and are non-tradeable; the government has not borrowed to finance deficit expenditures since the 1980s


Slovakia	41% of GDP (2010 est.) 35.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Slovenia	35.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 31.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


South Africa	33.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 29.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Spain	63.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 53.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


Sri Lanka	86.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 85.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Sudan	94.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 105.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Sweden	40.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 41.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Switzerland	38.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 40.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Syria	29.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 28.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Taiwan	33.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 33.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Tanzania	23.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 21.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Thailand	42.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 44.9% of GDP (2009)


Trinidad and Tobago	26.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 29% of GDP (2009 est.)


Tunisia	49.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 47.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Turkey	48.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 46.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Uganda	20.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 20.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


Ukraine	38.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 30% of GDP (2009 est.)


United Arab Emirates	44.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 48.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


United Kingdom	76.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 68.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

United States

58.9% of GDP (2010 est.)
53.5% of GDP (2009 est.)
note: data cover only what the United States Treasury denotes as "Debt Held by the Public," which includes all debt instruments issued by the Treasury that are owned by non-US Government entities; the data include Treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data exclude debt issued by individual US states, as well as intra-governmental debt; intra-governmental debt consists of Treasury borrowings from surpluses in the trusts for Federal Social Security, Federal Employees, Hospital Insurance (Medicare and Medicaid), Disability and Unemployment, and several other smaller trusts; if data for intra-government debt were added, "Gross Debt" would increase by about 30% of GDP


Uruguay	56% of GDP (September 2010 est.) 60% of GDP (2009 est.)


Uzbekistan	9% of GDP (2010 est.) 9.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Venezuela	25.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 18% of GDP (2009 est.)


Vietnam	56.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 52.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	5.6% of GDP (2004 est.)


World	59.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 56.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Yemen	39.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 36.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Zambia	24.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 25.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Zimbabwe	149% of GDP (2010 est.) 162.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

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