Field Listing - Public debt
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Country
Public debt (% of GDP)
Albania
51.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Algeria
18% of GDP (2007 est.)
Angola
12% of GDP (2007 est.)
Argentina
56.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Aruba
46.3% of GDP (2005)
Australia
15.6% 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
59.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan
6.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bahrain
31.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bangladesh
37.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Belgium
84.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bhutan
81.4% of GDP (2004)
Bolivia
46.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
34% of GDP (2007 est.)
Botswana
5.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Brazil
45.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bulgaria
10.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Cameroon
15.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Canada
64.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Chile
4.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
China
18.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Colombia
52.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Costa Rica
46.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
75.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Croatia
47.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Cuba
36.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Cyprus
59.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Czech Republic
26% of GDP (2007 est.)
Denmark
26% of GDP (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic
41% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ecuador
33.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Egypt
105.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
El Salvador
37.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
1.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Estonia
3.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ethiopia
44.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Finland
35.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
France
63.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Gabon
52.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Germany
64.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ghana
58.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Gibraltar
15.7% of GDP (2005 est.)
Greece
89.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Guatemala
20.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Honduras
24.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Hong Kong
12.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Hungary
67% of GDP (2007 est.)
Iceland
27.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
India
58.2% of GDP (federal and state debt combined) (2007 est.)
Indonesia
34% of GDP (2007 est.)
Iran
17.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ireland
24.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Israel
80.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Italy
104% of GDP (2007 est.)
Jamaica
126.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Japan
170% of GDP (2007 est.)
Jordan
72.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan
7.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Kenya
48.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Korea, South
28.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Kosovo
NA
Kuwait
9.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Latvia
7.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Lebanon
186.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Libya
4.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Lithuania
17.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Luxembourg
6.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Macedonia
30.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Malawi
50.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Malaysia
41.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Mauritius
63.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Mexico
22.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Moldova
23.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Montenegro
38% of GDP (2006)
Morocco
67.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Mozambique
22.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Namibia
22.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Netherlands
45.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
New Zealand
20.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Nicaragua
62.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Nigeria
14.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Norway
83.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Oman
3.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Pakistan
50.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Panama
53% of GDP (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea
40.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Paraguay
27% of GDP (2007 est.)
Peru
29.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Philippines
55.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Poland
43.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Portugal
63.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Qatar
11% of GDP (2007 est.)
Romania
13% of GDP (2007 est.)
Russia
5.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia
24.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Senegal
22.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Serbia
37% of GDP (2007 est.)
Seychelles
92.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Singapore
96.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Slovakia
35.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Slovenia
23.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
South Africa
31.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Spain
36.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka
85.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Sudan
105.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Sweden
41.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Switzerland
44.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Syria
37.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Taiwan
27.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Tanzania
19.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Thailand
37.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
27.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Tunisia
55.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Turkey
38.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Uganda
20.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ukraine
11.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates
21.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
United Kingdom
43.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
United States
60.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Uruguay
64.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan
18.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Venezuela
19.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Vietnam
42% of GDP (2007 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
5.6% of GDP (2004 est.)
Yemen
33.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Zambia
28.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe
218.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
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