Field Listing - Public debt

Country
Public debt (% of GDP)
Albania 52.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Algeria 19% of GDP (2007 est.)
Angola 12% of GDP (2007 est.)
Argentina 59% of GDP (June 2007 est.)
Aruba 46.3% of GDP (2005)
Australia 15.4% 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 59.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan 6.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bahrain 29.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bangladesh 37.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Belgium 84.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bhutan 81.4% of GDP (2004)
Bolivia 46.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 34% of GDP (2007 est.)
Botswana 5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Brazil 45.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bulgaria 12.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Cameroon 15.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Canada 68.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Chile 4.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
China 18.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Colombia 53.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Costa Rica 46.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 81.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Croatia 47.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Cuba 36.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Cyprus 59.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Czech Republic 26.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Denmark 26% of GDP (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic 40.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ecuador 33.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Egypt 105.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
El Salvador 37.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 3.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Estonia 3.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ethiopia 45.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Finland 31.3% of GDP (2007)
France 64% of GDP (2007 est.)
Gabon 50% of GDP (2007 est.)
Germany 63.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ghana 48.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Gibraltar 15.7% of GDP (2005 est.)
Greece 89.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Guatemala 20.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Honduras 24.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Hong Kong 7.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Hungary 67% of GDP (2007 est.)
Iceland 27.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
India 58% of GDP (federal and state debt combined) (2007 est.)
Indonesia 34.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Iran 25.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ireland 24.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Israel 80.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Italy 104% of GDP (2007 est.)
Jamaica 127.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Japan 195.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Jordan 72.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan 7.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Kenya 40.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Korea, South 33.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Kosovo NA
Kuwait 7.8% 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 14.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Luxembourg 5.4% 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 58.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Mexico 22.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Moldova 23.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Montenegro 38% of GDP (2006)
Morocco 72.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Mozambique 22.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Namibia 21.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Netherlands 46.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
New Zealand 20.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Nicaragua 63% of GDP (2007 est.)
Nigeria 14.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Norway 75.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Oman 3.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Pakistan 52.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Panama 52.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea 42% of GDP (2007 est.)
Paraguay 27.1% of GDP (2007)
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 11.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Romania 18.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Russia 5.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia 23.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Senegal 22.6% of GDP (2007)
Serbia 37% of GDP (2007 est.)
Seychelles 144.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Singapore 101.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Slovakia 35.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Slovenia 24.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
South Africa 31.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Spain 35.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka 83.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Sudan 98.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Sweden 41.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Switzerland 45.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Syria 37.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Taiwan 27.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Tanzania 19.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Thailand 37.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 26.6% 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 22.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
United Kingdom 43% of GDP (2007 est.)
United States 60.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Uruguay 67% of GDP (2007)
Uzbekistan 18.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Venezuela 19.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Vietnam 42.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Wallis and Futuna 5.6% of GDP (2004 est.)
Yemen 33.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Zambia 28% of GDP (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe 211.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

This page was last updated on 4 September 2008
 

Source : The World Factbook