List of countries by public debt

This is a list of countries by public debt to GDP ratio as listed by Eurostat for the EU and by CIA's World Factbook 2012 for the rest of the world. It is the cumulative total of all government borrowings less repayments that are denominated in a country's home currency.

Concept

Total (gross) government debt as a percent of GDP by IMF (2012)

Gross government debt is the most relevant data for discussions of government default and debt ceilings. It is different from external debt, which includes the foreign currency liabilities of non-government entities.

The figures here are represented as a percentage of annual gross domestic product. The public debt relative information provided by national sources (CIA) is not always objective and true, given the fact that there is no independent research in these matters. Note that net debt figures are included where gross debt figures are unavailable in the CIA set.

List

Sortable table
Country	Average of CIA and IMF data^{[note 1]}	Public debt as % of GDP (CIA)^[1]	Date	Total (Gross) government debt as % of GDP (IMF)	Net government debt as % of GDP (IMF)^[2]	Date	Region
Albania	66.5985	60.6	2012	72.564	72.564	2014	Europe
Algeria	-8.6925	8.8	2012	8.764	-16.485	2014	Africa
Andorra	41.1	41.1	2012				Europe
Angola	24.936	17.1	2012	38.043		2014	Africa
Antigua and Barbuda	109.575	130	2012	98.692	98.692	2014	Central America/Caribbean
Argentina	42.0225	41.6	2012	44.88		2012	South America
Armenia	42.344	42.1	2012	44.222		2014	Europe
Aruba	46.3	46.3	2005				Central America/Caribbean
Australia	27.159	29.30	2012	34.258	16.967	2014	Oceania
Austria	64.0455	83.40	2015	86.824	51.114	2014	Europe
Azerbaijan	9.6505	7.5	2013	16.353		2014	Europe
Bahamas, The	51.856			60.408	60.408	2014	Central America/Caribbean
Bahrain	44.9635	56.2	2012	43.763	43.763	2014	Middle East
Bangladesh	32	32	2014	33.860			Asia
Barbados	77.681	83.1	2012	100.351		2014	Central America/Caribbean
Belarus	15	30	2012	37.887	0	2012	Europe
Belgium	91.452	107.0	2015	65.363	105.600	2014	Europe
Belize	84.453	90.8	2012	76.314	76.314	2014	Central America/Caribbean
Benin	29.442	30.2	2012	30.867		2014	Africa
Bhutan	73.215	64	2011	107.511		2014	Asia
Bolivia	21.846	32.7	2012	32.409	11.970	2014	South America
Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.1725	43.8	2012	44.906	38.169	2012	Europe
Botswana	18.2015	23	2012	14.450		2014	Africa
Brazil	45.0545	54.9	2012	65.218	34.107	2014	South America
Brunei	2.451			2.615		2012	Southeast Asia
Bulgaria	4.1575	17.9	2012	26.900	-2.538	2014	Europe
Burkina Faso	25.167			28.321		2014	Africa
Burma	45.398			47.524		2012	Southeast Asia
Burundi	50.4425	72.3	2012	30.541		2014	Africa
Cambodia	29.543			29.543		2014	Southeast Asia
Cameroon	14.7795	14.7	2012	23.932		2014	Africa
Canada	59.3315	84.1	2012	86.515	37.338	2014	North America
Cape Verde	90.176	83.1	2012	112.199	107.691	2014	Africa
Central African Republic	28.283			41.830		2014	Africa
Chad	36.5045	36.9	2012	24.983		2014	Africa
Chile	1.154	10.1	2012	13.891	-5.154	2014	South America
People's Republic of China	26.5005	31.7	2012	65.68		2016	Asia
Colombia	32.397	40.2	2012	38.015	27.888	2014	South America
Comoros	42.613			19.953	19.953	2014	Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	41.344			19.691		2014	Africa
Congo, Republic of the	19.718	18.3	2012	42.295		2014	Africa
Costa Rica	41.1105	47.4	2012	39.758	39.758	2012	Central America/Caribbean
Cote d'Ivoire	53.098	60.8	2012	36.414		2014	Africa
Croatia	55.8175	52.1	2012	80.926		2014	Europe
Cuba	35.1	35.1	2012				Central America/Caribbean
Cyprus	108	108.9	2015	107.106		2014	Europe
Czech Republic	44.367	43.9	2012	41.595		2014	Europe
Denmark	26.463	47.20	2015	50.102	7.626	2012	Europe
Djibouti	40.054			38.618		2012	Africa
Dominica	71.082	70	2012	72.164	72.164	2012	Central America/Caribbean
Dominican Republic	36.743	40	2012	33.486	33.486	2012	Central America/Caribbean
Ecuador	21.6665	23.3	2012	18.613		2012	South America
Egypt	76.9035	85	2012	80.155	68.807	2012	Africa
El Salvador	55.8745	57.4	2012	52.193		2012	Central America/Caribbean
Equatorial Guinea	6.2385	4.3	2012	8.177	8.177	2012	Africa
Eritrea	120.887	118	2012	125.785		2012	Africa
Estonia	5.2555	6	2013	8.498	2.511	2012	Europe
Ethiopia	31.286	44.4	2012	21.551	18.172	2012	Africa
Fiji	47.403	47.9	2012	51.642	46.906	2012	Oceania
Finland	1.2835	61.2	2015	53.335	-50.933	2012	Europe
France	86.9825	98.20	2015	90.291	84.065	2012	Europe
Gabon	24.3815	23	2012	21.999		2012	Africa
Gambia, The	77.179			77.179	77.179	2012	Africa
Georgia	33.7325	36.3	2012	32.738		2012	Europe
Germany	69.462	79.9	2013	81.964	57.224	2012	Europe
Ghana	50.2625	47.4	2012	56.526	53.125	2012	Africa
Gibraltar	7.5	7.5	2008				Europe
Greece	158.339	179	2015	158.546	155.378	2012	Europe
Grenada	111.2835	110	2012	112.567	112.567	2012	Central America/Caribbean
Guatemala	27.971	29.9	2012	25.112		2012	Central America/Caribbean
Guinea	42.993			42.993	42.993	2012	Africa
Guinea-Bissau	60.535			59.751		2012	Africa
Guyana	61.8945	66.1	2012	60.333	57.689	2012	South America
Haiti	20.442			15.446		2012	Central America/Caribbean
Honduras	35.353	34.5	2012	34.676		2012	Central America/Caribbean
Hong Kong	30.0715	30	2012	32.393		2012	East Asia
Hungary	75.686	78.6	2012	79.003	72.772	2012	Europe
Iceland	93.565	118.9	2012	99.083	68.23	2012	Europe
India	59.145	49.60	2012	41.11		2016	Asia
Indonesia	24.224	24.8	2012	24.004		2012	Southeast Asia
Iran	10.007	18.8	2012	10.726	1.214	2012	Middle East
Iraq	16.701			34.191		2012	Middle East
Ireland	110.162	118	2012	117.122	102.324	2012	Europe
Israel	68.3	67.10	2013	69.637	69.574	2014	Middle East
Italy	114.654	132.5	2015	126.978	103.208	2012	Europe
Jamaica	135.029	127.3	2012	146.591		2012	Central America/Caribbean
Japan	174.3125	229.2	2015	237.918	134.325	2012	Asia
Jordan	74.968	75	2012	79.586	74.936	2012	Middle East
Kazakhstan	-2.5485	12	2012	12.318	-17.097	2012	Asia
Kenya	46.5835	50	2012	48.185	43.167	2012	Africa
Korea, North	0.4	0.4	2007				Asia
Korea, South	32.9705	33.7	2012	33.668	32.241	2012	Asia
Kuwait	7.117	6.4	2013	7.290		2012	Middle East
Kyrgyzstan	48.726			48.935		2012	Asia
Laos	49.749	48	2012	53.082		2012	Southeast Asia
Latvia	35.2845	39.2	2013	36.417	26.569	2012	Europe
Lebanon	131.04	127.9	2012	139.527	134.18	2012	Middle East
Lesotho	-2.141			41.903	-2.141	2012	Africa
Liberia	-1.927	3.3	2013	29.076	-8.254	2012	Africa
Libya	-46.5675	4.8	2013	0	-95.035	2012	Africa
Lithuania	36.945	40.2	2013	39.586	35.39	2012	Europe
Luxembourg	20.8625	18.4	2012	21.138		2012	Europe
Macedonia	28.153	27.3	2012	33.271	29.006	2012	Europe
Madagascar	37.476			38.309		2012	Africa
Malawi	49.125	47.1	2012	54.903	51.15	2012	Africa
Malaysia	55.474	55.474	2012	55.474		2012	Southeast Asia
Maldives	91.853			77.486		2012	Asia
Mali	25.0405	23.2	2012	32.003	26.881	2012	Africa
Malta	75.1305	77	2012	72.538		2012	Europe
Marshall Islands	54.116			60.043		2012	Oceania
Mauritania	77.105			79.703		2012	Africa
Mauritius	56.045	61.8	2012	50.29	50.29	2012	Africa
Mexico	36.699	35.4	2012	43.519	37.998	2012	North America
Moldova	20.9725	18.1	2012	23.845	23.845	2012	Europe
Montenegro	50.439	52.1	2012	51.068	48.778	2012	Europe
Morocco	65.3785	71.7	2012	59.587	59.057	2012	Africa
Mozambique	47.5545	48.1	2012	46.628		2012	Africa
Namibia	26.3055	28.2	2012	26.642	24.411	2012	Africa
Nepal	33.129			33.129	33.129	2012	Asia
Netherlands	50.601	68.7	2012	71.736	32.502	2012	Europe
New Zealand	34.108	41.8	2012	38.154	26.416	2012	Oceania
Nicaragua	51.4275	52.7	2011	52.086		2012	Central America/Caribbean
Niger	4.25			31.051	4.25	2012	Africa
Nigeria	16.0415	18.8	2012	17.762	13.283	2012	Africa
Norway	-67.604	39.3	2015	34.118	-165.508	2012	Europe
Oman	5.3965	4.4	2013	6.122		2012	Middle East
Pakistan	54.5855	50.4	2012	62.079	58.771	2012	Asia
Panama	39.898	41	2012	38.796	38.796	2012	Central America/Caribbean
Papua New Guinea	23.3	23.3	2012				Oceania
Paraguay	12.9935	14.7	2012	11.358		2012	South America
Peru	11.378	18.3	2012	19.759	4.456	2012	South America
Philippines	45.365	51	2012	41.919		2012	Southeast Asia
Poland	40.271	53.8	2012	55.166	26.742	2012	Europe
Portugal^[3]	121.3	129.1	2015	122.985	111.556	2012	Europe
Qatar	32.2075	32.5	2012	37.812	31.915	2012	Middle East
Romania	37.037	37.2	2012	37.038		2012	Europe
Russia	11.3125	12.2	2012	10.877		2012	Europe
Rwanda	24.757	21.8	2012	28.040		2012	Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis	113.481	144	2012	82.962		2012	Central America/Caribbean
Saint Lucia	80.8805	77	2012	84.761		2012	Central America/Caribbean
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	67.542	68	2011	67.084		2012	Central America/Caribbean
San Marino	25.8	25.8	2013				Europe
Sao Tome and Principe	71.03	76.5	2012	75.503		2012	Africa
Saudi Arabia	-19.9125	12.9	2012	3.622	-52.725	2012	Middle East
Senegal	40.3845	33.6	2012	45.002		2012	Africa
Serbia	59.194	61.5	2012	63.650	56.888	2012	Europe
Seychelles	54.391	39.3	2012	82.528	69.482	2012	Africa
Sierra Leone	30.4	60.8	2012	44.471	0	2012	Africa
Singapore	109.782	111.4	2012	111.017		2012	Southeast Asia
Slovakia	51.9395	48.6	2012	52.333		2012	Europe
Slovenia	61.015	53.2	2012	52.610		2012	Europe
Solomon Islands	6.737			18.228	6.737	2012	Oceania
South Africa	39.4305	43.3	2012	42.282	35.561	2012	Africa
Spain	78.6155	100.7	2015	97.2	71.931	2015	Europe
Sri Lanka	81	81	2012				Asia
Sudan	96.1135	89.3	2012	97.642		2012	Africa
Suriname	19.996			20.464		2012	South America
Swaziland	7.607			19.041	7.607	2012	Africa
Sweden	10.484	44.0	2015	38.020	-17.632	2012	Europe
Switzerland	40.3325	52.4	2011	15.70	28.265	2016	Europe
Syria	44	44	2012				Middle East
Taiwan	38.1165	36	2012	40.938		2012	East Asia
Tajikistan	31.57			32.466		2012	Asia
Tanzania	39.666	34.4	2012	41.391		2012	Africa
Thailand	44.584	43.3	2012	36.54		2016	Southeast Asia
Togo	46.108			46.706		2012	Africa
Trinidad and Tobago	37.8705	46.6	2012	39.723	29.141	2012	Central America/Caribbean
Tunisia	47.883	52.3	2012	44.466		2012	Africa
Turkey	34.1005	35.5	2013	35.01	27.801	2016	Asia
Turkmenistan	16.366			15.821		2012	Asia
Tuvalu	42.532			43.727		2012	Oceania
Uganda	32.205	26.8	2012	34.532		2012	Africa
Ukraine	37.01	38.8	2012	37.422	35.22	2012	Europe
United Arab Emirates	-26.543	43.30	2012	17.617	-93.486	2012	Middle East
United Kingdom	90.314	88.7	2015	84.86	82.785	2016	Europe
United States	95.4195	104.17	2015	106.71	87.859	2016	North America
Uruguay	46.7675	57.2	2012	53.686	36.335	2012	South America
Uzbekistan	8.6665	8.8	2012	8.636		2012	Asia
Vanuatu	22.969			20.011		2012	Oceania
Venezuela	55.4025	49	2012	57.287		2012	South America
Vietnam	48.629	48.2	2012	52.099	49.058	2012	Southeast Asia
Wallis and Futuna	5.6	5.6	2004				Oceania
Yemen	43.6405	42.5	2012	46.743	44.781	2012	Middle East
Zambia	27.3585	31.2	2012	26.875	23.517	2012	Africa
Zimbabwe	129.4165	202.7	2012	60.451		2012	Africa
World	64	64	2012				—

Notes

↑ The averaging of the two figures may not necessarily be meaningful since public debt is not necessarily equal to net debt. However, this is provided to approximate the ranking of countries that would be excluded from sorting of either the CIA set or the IMF set alone. Note that gross debt figures are substituted where net debt figures are unavailable in the IMF set.

References

↑ Public debt, The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency, accessed on March 21, 2013.
↑ Government net & gross debt 2014, International Monetary Fund, April 2015 World Economic Outlook Databse.
↑ "General Government: gross debt as % of GDP - Portugal". PORDATA. 2015-07-30. Retrieved 2015-08-14.

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