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General Government Debt as Percent of GDP by Country

General Government Debt as Percent of GDP by Country

This interactive map shows historical data and forecast of general government gross debt (as percent of GDP) in each country. Government debt (also known as public debt, national debt, sovereign debt) is money (or credit) owed by a central government to creditors within the country (domestic, or internal debt) as well as to international creditors (foreign, or external debt).

Gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. This includes debt liabilities in the form of SDRs (Special Drawing Rights), currency and deposits, debt securities, loans, insurance, pensions and standardized guarantee schemes, and other accounts payable.

13 years ago
Economic
Country200720082009201020112012201320142015
Albania53.85%55.16%59.51%60.55%61.87%62.98%63.54%63.79%63.79%
Angola24.68%32.87%38.28%34.42%27.61%25.99%22.91%20.78%19.96%
Antigua and Barbuda93.32%92.85%118.27%103.99%99.27%94.64%88.56%82.18%76.76%
Argentina67.9%59.56%59.0%52.17%48.1%48.0%47.84%47.78%48.94%
Armenia16.14%16.2%40.64%44.77%51.97%48.36%43.5%37.66%35.82%
Australia9.47%11.62%17.63%21.94%23.68%24.2%23.52%22.58%21.33%
Austria59.19%62.37%67.11%70.0%72.35%74.0%75.43%76.27%77%
Azerbaijan8.6%7.28%12.11%12.88%12.33%12.27%12.32%11.83%11.95%
Bahrain19.23%14.75%26.58%32.78%29.89%28.0%26.34%24.86%23.35%
Barbados86.25%95.67%104.9%111.58%113.29%112.28%108.64%104.1%98.73%
Belarus11.48%11.47%25.15%29.78%28.18%26.33%24.98%23.62%22.16%
Belgium82.82%89.66%96.8%100.2%103.1%104.96%106.11%107.1%108.15%
Belize84.8%78.24%80.24%78.14%77.21%76.57%76.54%76.79%77.21%
Benin20.9%27.7%27.52%28.93%31.6%30.63%29.88%29.0%28.24%
Bolivia40.95%37.48%40.54%37.76%36.18%34.56%33.33%32.1%29.4%
Bosnia and Herzegovina32.9%30.83%35.37%39.1%43.0%39.73%34.51%30.81%27.1%
Botswana7.13%6.36%14.54%17.15%17.1%15.33%13.67%11.91%10.33%
Brazil65.19%64.1%68.9%66.8%66.57%66.43%66.19%65.65%64.81%
Bulgaria19.76%16.1%16.1%18.18%21.1%23.98%26.1%27.14%27.73%
Burkina Faso21.93%24.37%27.86%28.53%29.66%30.37%31.14%31.38%31.7%
Burundi177.78%153.75%52.3%53.33%51.0%47.81%44.31%41.54%38.9%
C�te d'Ivoire75.64%72.49%65.0%64.85%62.44%61.3%59.46%57.28%55.11%
Cambodia30.73%25.32%28.75%30.31%28.87%28.17%27.58%27.0%25.92%
Cameroon57.83%53.28%54.1%50.96%48.0%44.57%41.39%38.52%36.39%
Canada65.12%69.76%81.6%81.7%80.48%78.78%76.75%74.27%71.61%
Cape Verde74.62%71.14%70.77%89.8%95.66%96.88%93.86%88.54%82.58%
Central African Republic79.1%79.62%26.9%22.66%20.73%19.11%18.53%17.74%17.17%
Chad26%23.61%31.41%37.52%35.88%31.6%28.24%25.42%22.88%
Chile4.1%5.17%6.21%7.6%6.91%6.36%5.99%5.63%5.29%
China19.82%16.8%18.6%19.15%18.85%18.1%17.0%15.61%13.97%
Colombia32.48%32.33%35.19%35.65%36.28%36.78%36.51%35.62%34.62%
Comoros61.6%59.39%56.94%45.92%44.0%41.1%37.73%33.91%30.18%
Costa Rica29.65%25.98%28.0%29.47%31.57%33.2%34.16%35.24%36.13%
Croatia33.25%29.27%35.41%39.99%42.57%44.0%44.93%45.69%46.1%
Cyprus58.33%48.39%56.22%60.83%64.1%66.47%68.48%70.27%71.83%
Czech Republic28.96%29.95%35.34%40.1%44.43%47.88%51.12%54.12%56.91%
Democratic Republic of Congo129.1%136.3%138.26%36.99%63.45%80.19%90.42%94.61%88.66%
Denmark34.14%42.26%41.45%44.2%46.72%48.39%48.81%48.57%47.86%
Djibouti63.64%60.17%59.68%58.85%55.45%52.21%49.92%47.96%46.34%
Dominica90.93%84.92%83.84%83.1%81.21%78.24%74.29%70.44%66.71%
Dominican Republic20.31%25.29%28.44%28.95%22.0%21.99%20.7%19.78%18.94%
Ecuador26.69%21.12%14.67%13.69%13.53%13.85%14.0%13.62%13.56%
Egypt87.12%76.56%76.18%74.22%71.73%70.26%67.53%64.5%60.85%
El Salvador38.79%39.71%48.55%50.0%50.96%50.71%49.61%48.16%46.83%
Equatorial Guinea1.1%0.65%5.1%7.51%10.72%13%11.46%9.15%5.83%
Eritrea152.2%165.23%134.97%129.67%125%120.63%113.77%107.8%102.66%
Estonia3.74%4.6%7.15%8.13%7.77%10.62%13.42%15.98%18.67%
Ethiopia38.25%32.93%32.12%35.25%41.0%41.51%41.46%41.2%40.52%
Fiji49.88%51.19%53.5%54.28%53.15%52.4%51.51%50.18%48.6%
Finland35.18%34.67%43.9%50%52.2%55.43%59.9%63.4%66.7%
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia22.75%20.82%23.48%24.95%25.38%25.0%24.8%24.59%24.24%
France63.78%67.49%78.1%84.2%87.56%89.42%90%89.57%88.35%
Gabon43.28%20.84%26.1%20.0%20.31%19.72%21.44%23.25%25.0%
Georgia21.55%27.63%37.38%46.25%47.8%45.2%43.28%40.76%39.36%
Germany64.91%66.35%73.51%75.34%76.52%77%76.97%76.38%75.64%
Ghana51.89%59.25%66.48%69.0%59.46%56.8%55.28%52.98%50.18%
Greece95.56%99.19%115.16%130.24%139.35%143.58%143.99%139.37%133.89%
Grenada111.0%102.21%122.3%119.1%116.31%111.8%104.53%96.78%89.14%
Guatemala21.34%19.86%22.96%24.51%26.1%26.99%27.73%28.42%28.96%
Guinea92.38%88.95%77.0%91.37%90.49%38.1%39.91%40.61%41.75%
Guinea-Bissau186.65%156.87%163.31%46.82%44.7%42.57%40.5%38.33%36.3%
Guyana59.99%61.59%60.53%63.91%67.73%69.21%71.12%72.81%70.49%
Haiti34.94%37.67%24.77%25.94%27.69%28.84%29.48%30.61%31.92%
Honduras19.65%20.18%23.68%26.1%27.16%27.65%28.22%28.46%28.43%
Hong Kong SAR1.41%1.2%1%0.66%0.59%0.55%0.51%0.48%0.43%
Hungary65.84%72.88%78.26%78.36%78.75%79.36%80.45%81.52%82.48%
Iceland29.26%71.66%99.88%115.58%107.83%101.13%94.27%85.21%75.77%
India72.91%72.58%74.21%71.84%71.43%71.14%70.28%68.96%67.21%
Indonesia36.85%33.22%28.6%26.71%26.34%25.41%24.43%23.65%22.88%
Iraq175.27%108.56%141.71%42.24%41.48%36.84%28%22.34%18.7%
Ireland25.0%44.37%65.53%93.63%101.68%104%104.71%104.69%104.49%
Islamic Republic of Iran17.85%21.75%21.58%21.69%20.18%18.71%17.52%16.35%15.1%
Israel77.59%75.36%77.57%76.12%74.31%71.62%68.63%65.89%63.21%
Italy103.47%106.1%115.77%118.36%119.69%119.74%119.74%119.37%118.76%
Jamaica111.54%120.0%133.96%135.73%131.61%124.83%115.15%107.38%100.13%
Japan187.65%194.72%217.6%225.85%234.13%238.66%242.98%246.22%249.15%
Jordan71.1%58.13%61.39%62.67%62.36%61%59.0%57.56%56.18%
Kazakhstan5.93%6.65%10.93%16.0%18.98%20.9%22.23%22.97%22.75%
Kenya49.11%45.59%49.18%52.1%53.28%51.54%50.82%49.47%49.1%
Korea29.65%29.0%32.56%32.14%30.51%28.95%27.23%25.55%23.89%
Kuwait11.45%10.0%14.33%11.83%10.69%9.62%8.73%7.35%6.72%
Kyrgyz Republic56.81%48.46%59.36%70.0%69.15%70.1%69.4%66.17%64.37%
Lao People's Democratic Republic63.35%60.0%62.1%60.5%57.61%54.93%53.0%51.15%49.0%
Latvia7.76%17.1%32.83%42.15%48.99%46.27%44.13%39.96%35.5%
Lebanon167.75%157.1%147.97%138.96%137.46%137.43%137.12%137.26%137.69%
Lesotho60.96%57.17%44.0%55.0%65.65%73.82%76.78%74.39%72.1%
Liberia594.64%411.45%224.13%45.0%40.54%34.76%34.78%35.54%35.78%
Libya0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Lithuania16.92%15.63%29.46%39.48%42.26%47.77%51.94%55.1%57.26%
Luxembourg6.68%13.68%16.46%20.13%22.92%25.5%27.96%29.76%31.1%
Madagascar34.63%30.39%33.74%35.14%38.52%40.97%43.28%45.64%48.45%
Malawi29.88%39.37%42.44%40.49%36.69%32.94%30.42%27.87%26.18%
Malaysia42.71%42.84%55.38%55.13%56.56%57.61%58.37%58.85%59.17%
Mali21.89%23.96%23.93%25.79%26.86%28.1%29.38%30.65%32.19%
Malta61.67%63.14%68.66%69.96%70.94%71.35%71.0%70.2%69.36%
Mauritania96.85%90.35%102.95%64.78%62.28%63.12%61.88%61.15%59.37%
Mauritius49.0%45.57%49.28%52.35%56.56%59.1%62.14%63.12%59.39%
Mexico38.19%43.28%44.94%45.21%45.74%45.13%44.54%44.1%43.86%
Moldova26.9%21.33%27.56%32.57%34.62%35.41%33.27%30.87%28.36%
Montenegro27.5%29%38.25%43.52%49.38%52.91%55.37%58.1%58.27%
Morocco54.62%48.23%47.71%49.93%50.18%49.64%48.98%48.25%47.46%
Mozambique21.85%25.43%29.31%35.13%39.23%42.42%44.45%46.84%48.36%
Myanmar49.56%48.67%50.83%54.13%56.24%57.47%58.21%58.62%54.55%
Namibia18.99%17.29%15.27%18.1%23.95%26.97%28.3%28.68%28.47%
Nepal43.41%40.44%39.39%36.81%35.66%35.45%35.37%35.48%35.7%
Netherlands45.47%58.18%61.77%65.97%69.38%72.12%74.5%76.45%78.31%
New Zealand17.43%20.38%26.16%31.0%32.65%32.25%32.26%33.43%33.32%
Nicaragua82.96%76.21%81.28%67.19%67.76%67.26%65.47%63.6%61.15%
Niger15.88%13.94%15.78%18.23%20.47%20.74%22.16%23.43%24.88%
Nigeria12.83%11.6%15.49%16.35%16.93%14.8%12.99%11.62%10.26%
Norway58.56%56.69%54.26%54.26%54.26%54.26%54.26%54.26%54.26%
Oman7.54%5.0%7.75%5.67%4.31%3.24%2.37%1.67%1.0%
Pakistan54.65%58.68%57.29%58.68%57.24%55.29%53.45%51.18%47.58%
Panama48.49%41.18%39.87%39.97%36.49%33.79%30.93%28.0%25.14%
Paraguay21.93%19.1%18.0%17.13%16.37%15.5%14.65%13.84%13.1%
Peru30.94%25.68%27.38%25.42%23.57%22.22%20.47%18.96%17.53%
Philippines47.8%48.66%48.89%46.35%45.57%45.39%43.9%42.52%38.79%
Poland44.99%47.11%50.92%55.17%57.4%59.5%60.41%61.0%60.9%
Portugal62.74%65.35%76.3%83.13%87.1%89.96%91.57%94.79%97.8%
Qatar8.4%11.94%34.25%25.61%21.62%19.63%18.57%17.8%16.98%
Republic of Congo98.56%60.32%57.6%19.45%15.76%13.44%12.64%11.77%11.38%
Republic of Yemen40.4%36.39%51.0%45.76%46.12%45.71%44.86%44.75%45.1%
Romania19.79%21.33%29.91%35.49%37.74%37.3%36.33%35.31%33.2%
Russia8.51%7.85%10.88%11.1%12.85%14.49%15.6%15.0%14.63%
Rwanda26.9%21.17%20.19%20.58%22.84%22.15%20.55%18.87%17.23%
S�o Tom� and Pr�ncipe104.1%63.79%65.78%76.73%87.38%88.14%88.0%87.23%70.88%
Saudi Arabia18.5%13.16%15.97%12.89%10.99%9.41%8.19%7.21%6.3%
Senegal24.47%24.99%31.96%38.0%40.48%42.22%43.4%44.31%44.6%
Serbia35.24%33.42%35.58%40.5%41.61%40.35%38.35%35.74%34.28%
Seychelles130.78%135.42%127.35%82.58%76.82%72.14%68.59%64.33%61.24%
Sierra Leone55.19%53.73%61.28%59.35%47.38%48.0%48.34%47.75%47.32%
Singapore85.99%95.6%106.19%98.88%95.24%93.0%90.11%87.8%86.68%
Slovak Republic29.33%27.69%35.66%41.84%43.99%44.96%45.17%44.77%43.87%
Slovenia23.35%22.45%29.38%34.54%37.16%38.1%37.66%36.82%35.56%
Solomon Islands36.84%32.1%28.28%26.84%24.86%21.45%18.51%16.26%13.88%
South Africa27.4%26.74%30.14%34.12%37.16%38.63%38.28%37.1%34.23%
Spain36.12%39.72%53.1%63.45%70.22%75.1%78.58%80.6%81.99%
St. Kitts and Nevis181.27%170%184.71%196.34%204.85%211.57%218.74%227.77%237.84%
St. Lucia66.46%66.18%74.67%79.11%80.67%82.1%82.68%83.26%84.12%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines66.86%69.43%74.96%91.67%97.75%96.14%95%93.87%92.93%
Sudan82.25%69.85%80.6%71.39%69.98%68.16%66.99%67.3%67.88%
Suriname21.14%18.1%20.35%22.86%24.71%26.15%25.71%24.26%22.96%
Swaziland15.7%17.33%14.49%22.12%31.25%39.41%46.42%52.1%49.29%
Sweden40.1%37.58%41.63%41.71%41.3%39.15%35.0%31.64%28.3%
Switzerland43.56%40.89%39.0%39.47%37.8%36.51%35.91%36.16%35.92%
Syrian Arab Republic40.53%30.48%27.32%26.93%26.4%24.7%24.71%25.4%23.86%
Taiwan Province of China33.35%35.77%40.38%39.1%37.97%36.71%35%33.27%31.6%
Tajikistan35.16%29.87%32.98%38.55%42.6%45.25%46.5%46.47%46.13%
Tanzania41.59%40.88%45.53%45.0%44.35%42.92%41.93%41.42%41.86%
Thailand38.31%37.33%45.23%45.52%45.48%45.3%45.33%45.17%44.81%
The Bahamas34.91%36.78%41.45%46.87%50.1%52.34%53.52%54.1%54.46%
The Gambia56.71%63.12%58.29%58.27%57.37%55.74%52.68%41.44%39.0%
Togo84.23%56.28%55.22%13.84%16.59%17.1%17.36%17.64%18.1%
Trinidad and Tobago28.86%25.26%32.39%39.24%42.46%44.29%46.71%49.58%52.56%
Tunisia45.93%43.34%42.78%43.0%42.78%42.37%41.7%40.85%39.84%
Turkey39.44%39.48%45.5%43.38%42.39%41.16%40.73%39.92%38.85%
Turkmenistan2.42%3.18%2.67%8.86%16.31%20.82%21.13%20.94%16.88%
Uganda20.34%22.53%22.22%22.55%23.55%24.37%24.98%25.28%25.16%
Ukraine12.31%19.98%34.64%39.5%40.62%41.88%40.26%38.31%33.83%
United Arab Emirates9.78%15.49%27.12%24.7%21.62%18.53%16.71%15.89%15.9%
United Kingdom43.94%52.1%68.49%76.66%81.93%85.15%86.12%85.48%83.92%
United States62.15%71.13%84.26%92.72%99.32%102.91%105.39%107.84%110.74%
Uruguay62.97%61.65%60.65%55.94%52.1%49.59%47.1%44.55%42.1%
Uzbekistan15.79%12.8%11.2%10.37%11.71%13.56%15.43%17.34%19.35%
Venezuela30.87%24.55%36.38%34.84%38.89%41.1%45.1%48.0%50.16%
Vietnam45.58%43.95%49.0%52.65%52.17%51.8%51.21%50.44%49.4%
Zambia25.78%26.79%27.2%25.39%26.14%27.62%28.39%28.1%27.26%
Zimbabwe69.79%88.37%89.66%75.87%70.81%68.0%65.17%62.52%60.41%
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ChartsBin statistics collector team 2011, General Government Debt as Percent of GDP by Country, ChartsBin.com, viewed 20th April, 2024, <http://chartsbin.com/view/2108>.
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