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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	57.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 57.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Algeria	6.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 8.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Angola	21.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 24.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


Argentina	45.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 48.6% of GDP (2009 est.) note: official data


Aruba	46.3% of GDP (2005)


Australia	28.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 22.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Austria	72.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 69.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Azerbaijan	5.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 8.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Bahrain	60.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 42.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Bangladesh	35.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 35.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Barbados	102.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 96.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Belgium	100.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 100.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Belize	83% of GDP (2010 est.) 83.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


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


Bolivia	38.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 42.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 35.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Botswana	19.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 17.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Brazil	54.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 62% of GDP (2009 est.)


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


Cameroon	16.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 15.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Canada	84% of GDP (2010 est.) 83.3% of GDP (2009 est.) note: figures are for gross general government debt, as opposed to net federal debt; gross general government debt includes both intragovernmental debt and the debt of public entities at the sub-national level


Chile	9.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 6.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


China	16.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 16.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


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


Costa Rica	42.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 42.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	63.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 66.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


Croatia	58.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 49.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Cuba	34.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 34.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Cyprus	60.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 58% of GDP (2009 est.)


Czech Republic	38.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 35.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Denmark	43.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 41.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


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


Dominican Republic	36.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 36.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


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


Egypt	81.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 83.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


El Salvador	54.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 52.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	5.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 5.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Estonia	6.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 7.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Ethiopia	48.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 40.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Finland	48.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 43.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


France	82.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 79% of GDP (2009 est.)


Gabon	20.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 26.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Germany	83.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 73.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Ghana	34% of GDP (2010 est.) 33.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


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


Greece	142.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 127.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Guatemala	29.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 28.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


Guyana	57% of GDP (2010 est.)


Honduras	29.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 25.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Hong Kong	17.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 37.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Hungary	80.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 78.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Iceland	126.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 114.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


India	50.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 53.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Indonesia	25.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 26.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Iran	16.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 18.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Ireland	94.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 65.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Israel	74.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 77.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Italy	119.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 115.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Jamaica	126.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 129.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Japan	199.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 194.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Jordan	61.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 59.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Kazakhstan	15.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 13.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Kenya	47.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 47.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Korea, South	22.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 23.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


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


Kuwait	9.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 11% of GDP (2009 est.)


Latvia	44.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 36.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Lebanon	133.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 148.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


Libya	3.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 3.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Lithuania	38.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 29.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Luxembourg	19.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 16.5% of GDP (2009 est.)


Macedonia	24.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 23.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Malawi	34.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 37.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


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


Mali	30.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 24.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Malta	67.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 67% of GDP (2009 est.)


Mauritius	57.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 60.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Mexico	36.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 36.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Moldova	21.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 24.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Montenegro	38% of GDP (2006)


Morocco	61.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 56.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Mozambique	46.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 38% of GDP (2009 est.)


Namibia	20.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 14.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Netherlands	62.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 60.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


New Zealand	27.5% of GDP (2010 est.) 23.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Nicaragua	63.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 63.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Nigeria	17.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 15.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Norway	49.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 49.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Oman	4% of GDP (2010 est.) 5.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Pakistan	50.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 50.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


Panama	43.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 45.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Papua New Guinea	25.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 32.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Paraguay	19.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 22.6% of GDP (2009 est.)


Peru	23.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 27.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Philippines	52.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 54.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Poland	52.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 49.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Portugal	93% of GDP (2010 est.) 83% of GDP (2009 est.)


Qatar	8.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 13.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Romania	33.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 30.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Russia	9% of GDP (2010 est.) 8.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


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


Saudi Arabia	16.6% of GDP (2010 est.) 22.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Senegal	33.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 31.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Serbia	42.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 34.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Seychelles	53.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 59.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Singapore

105.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
109.3% 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.) 35.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Slovenia	33% of GDP (2010 est.) 31.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


South Africa	33.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 26.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Spain	60.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 53.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Sri Lanka	81.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 86.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Sudan	90.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 105.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


Sweden	39.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 42.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


Switzerland	38.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 39% of GDP (2009 est.)


Syria	27.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 25.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Taiwan	33.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 33.1% of GDP (2009 est.)


Tanzania	34.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 32.3% of GDP (2009 est.)


Thailand	43.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 44.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	29.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 26.2% of GDP (2009 est.)


Tunisia	48% of GDP (2010 est.) 46.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Turkey	43% of GDP (2010 est.) 46.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Uganda	21.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 20.9% of GDP (2009 est.)


Ukraine	42.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 34.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


United Arab Emirates	51.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 55% of GDP (2009 est.)


United Kingdom	76.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 68.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

United States

62.9% of GDP (2010 est.)
54.1% 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 one-third of GDP


Uruguay	56.3% of GDP (2010 est.) 60.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Uzbekistan	8% of GDP (2010 est.) 9.7% of GDP (2009 est.)


Venezuela	24.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 18% of GDP (2009 est.)


Vietnam	57.1% of GDP (2010 est.) 49.8% of GDP (2009 est.)


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


World	58.9% of GDP (2010 est.) 56.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Yemen	30.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 35.4% of GDP (2009 est.)


Zambia	26.7% of GDP (2010 est.) 26% of GDP (2009 est.)


Zimbabwe	233.2% of GDP (2010 est.) 277% of GDP (2009 est.)

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