The World Factbook. 2008.
Public debt
Country | Public debt |
Albania | 53.7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Algeria | 9.7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Angola | 14.7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Argentina | 59% of GDP (June 2007 est.) |
Aruba | 46.3% of GDP (2005) |
Australia | 15.2% of GDP note: The Commonwealth government eliminated its net debt in 2006, but continues a gross debt issue to support the market for risk-free securities. (2007 est.) |
Austria | 61% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Azerbaijan | 5.4% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Bahrain | 28.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Bangladesh | 37.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Belgium | 86.1% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Bhutan | 81.4% of GDP (2004) |
Bolivia | 46.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Botswana | 6.4% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Brazil | 43.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Bulgaria | 18.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Cameroon | 13.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Canada | 64% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Chile | 3.6% of GDP (2007 est.) |
China | 18.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Colombia | 53.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Costa Rica | 47.4% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Cote d’Ivoire | 81% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Croatia | 45.6% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Cuba | 37.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Cyprus | area under government control: 61.5% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Czech Republic | 31.1% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Denmark | 26.1% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Dominican Republic | 40.4% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Ecuador | 30.4% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Egypt | 105.1% of GDP (2007 est.) |
El Salvador | 37.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Equatorial Guinea | 2.7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Estonia | 3.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Ethiopia | 54.5% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Finland | 32.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
France | 66.6% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Gabon | 37.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Germany | 65.3% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Ghana | 48.4% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Gibraltar | 15.7% of GDP (2005 est.) |
Greece | 81.7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Guatemala | 23.3% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Honduras | 29.3% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Hong Kong | 8.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Hungary | 70.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Iceland | 27.7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
India | 58.8% of GDP (federal and state debt combined) (2007 est.) |
Indonesia | 35.4% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Iran | 23.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Ireland | 21.1% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Israel | 82.7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Italy | 105.6% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Jamaica | 134.3% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Japan | 194.4% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Jordan | 67.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Kazakhstan | 11.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Kenya | 50.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Korea, South | 33.4% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Kosovo | NA |
Kosovo | NA |
Kuwait | 7.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Latvia | 8.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Lebanon | 188% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Libya | 4.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Lithuania | 15.7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Luxembourg | 2.6% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Macedonia | 26.1% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Malawi | 42.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Malaysia | 41% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Mauritius | 59.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Mexico | 23.1% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Moldova | 24.6% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Montenegro | 38% of GDP (2006) |
Morocco | 63.6% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Mozambique | 22.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Namibia | 23.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Netherlands | 47.7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
New Zealand | 18.3% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Nicaragua | 56.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Nigeria | 14.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Norway | 39.1% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Oman | 2.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Pakistan | 53.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Panama | 53.6% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Papua New Guinea | 43.7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Paraguay | 27.1% of GDP (2007) |
Peru | 29.3% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Philippines | 59.5% of GDP (September 2007 est.) |
Poland | 44.5% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Portugal | 65.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Qatar | 23.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Romania | 18.7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Russia | 7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Saudi Arabia | 22.6% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Senegal | 16.1% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Serbia | 40% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Seychelles | 143.3% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Singapore | 101.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Slovakia | 34.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Slovenia | 25.7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
South Africa | 28% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Spain | 35.7% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Sri Lanka | 85.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Sudan | 96.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Sweden | 41.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Switzerland | 50.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Syria | 37.3% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Taiwan | 31.1% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Tanzania | 23.6% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Thailand | 37.6% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Trinidad and Tobago | 26.5% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Tunisia | 54.5% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Turkey | 58.2% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Uganda | 20.6% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Ukraine | 12.4% of GDP (2007 est.) |
United Arab Emirates | 14.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
United Kingdom | 43.3% of GDP (2007 est.) |
United States | 36.8% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Uruguay | 67% of GDP (2007) |
Uzbekistan | 24.1% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Venezuela | 27% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Vietnam | 43.3% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Wallis and Futuna | 5.6% of GDP (2004 est.) |
Yemen | 32.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Zambia | 31.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |
Zimbabwe | 189.9% of GDP (2007 est.) |