| 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) |
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| 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.)
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| 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.) |