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Field Listing :: Public debt

This entry records the cumulative total of all government borrowings less repayments that are denominated in a country's home currency. Public debt should not be confused with external debt, which reflects the foreign currency liabilities of both the private and public sector and must be financed out of foreign exchange earnings.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	Public debt(% of GDP)


Albania	58.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 53.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Algeria	20% of GDP (2009 est.) 13.5% of GDP (2008 est.)


Angola	22.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 17.8% of GDP (2008 est.)


Argentina	48.6% of GDP (2009 est.) 48.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Aruba	46.3% of GDP (2005)


Australia	17.6% of GDP (2009 est.) 14.3% of GDP (2008 est.)


Austria	69.3% of GDP (2009 est.) 62.7% of GDP (2008 est.)


Azerbaijan	5.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 5.9% of GDP (2008 est.)


Bahrain	36.3% of GDP (2009 est.) 26.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Bangladesh	38.8% of GDP (2009 est.) 39.4% of GDP (2008 est.)


Barbados	NA (2009)


Belgium	97.6% of GDP (2009 est.) 90% of GDP (2008 est.)


Bhutan	57.8% of GDP (2009) 81.4% of GDP (2004)


Bolivia	42% of GDP (2009 est.) 45.8% of GDP (2008 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	44% of GDP (2009 est.) 40% of GDP (2008 est.)


Botswana	17.9% of GDP (2009 est.) 6.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Brazil	60% of GDP (2009 est.) 58.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Bulgaria	14.8% of GDP (2009) 14.1% of GDP (2008)


Cameroon	14.9% of GDP (2009 est.) 14.2% of GDP (2008 est.)


Canada	75.4% of GDP (2009 est.) 64.9% of GDP (2008 est.)


Chile	6.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 5.2% of GDP (2008 est.)


China	16.9% of GDP (2009 est.) 15.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Colombia	45.8% of GDP (2009 est.) 42.8% of GDP (2008 est.)


Costa Rica	45.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 42.2% of GDP (2008 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	61.9% of GDP (2009 est.) 64.3% of GDP (2008 est.)


Croatia	46.8% of GDP (2009 est.) 42.8% of GDP (2008 est.)


Cuba	34.6% of GDP (2009 est.) 34.8% of GDP (2008 est.)


Cyprus	56.2% of GDP (2009 est.) 48.4% of GDP (2008 est.)


Czech Republic	34.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 27.3% of GDP (2008 est.)


Denmark	41.6% of GDP (2009 est.) 33.4% of GDP (2008 est.)


Dominica	85% of GDP (2006 est.)


Dominican Republic	42.4% of GDP (2009 est.) 38.1% of GDP (2008 est.)


Ecuador	22.1% of GDP (November 2009 est.) 25.1% of GDP (2008)


Egypt	80.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 87.8% of GDP (2008 est.)


El Salvador	52.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 44% of GDP (2008 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	5% of GDP (2009 est.) 1% of GDP (2008 est.)


Estonia	7.2% of GDP (2009 est.) 4.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Ethiopia	31.8% of GDP (2009 est.) 31% of GDP (2008 est.)


Finland	44% of GDP (2009 est.) 34.8% of GDP (2008 est.)


France	77.5% of GDP (2009 est.) 67.5% of GDP (2008 est.)


Gabon	29.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 21.1% of GDP (2008 est.)


Germany	72.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 66% of GDP (2008 est.)


Ghana	55.2% of GDP (2009 est.) 51.5% of GDP (2008 est.)


Gibraltar	15.5% of GDP (2006 est.) 15.7% of GDP (2005 est.)


Greece	113.4% of GDP (2009 est.) 102.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Guatemala	27.4% of GDP (2009 est.) 25.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Guyana	NA% of GDP


Honduras	24.4% of GDP (2009 est.) 17.9% of GDP (2008 est.)


Hong Kong	37.4% of GDP (2009 est.) 13.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Hungary	78% of GDP (2009 est.) 72.9% of GDP (2008 est.)


Iceland	107.6% of GDP (2009 est.) 55.9% of GDP (2008 est.)


India	58% of GDP (2009 est.) 54.9% of GDP (2008 est.)


Indonesia	27.4% of GDP (2009 est.) 28.3% of GDP (2008 est.)


Iran	16.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 18.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Ireland	57.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 37.4% of GDP (2008 est.)


Israel	78.4% of GDP (2009 est.) 75.4% of GDP (2008 est.)


Italy	115.2% of GDP (2009 est.) 106.1% of GDP (2008 est.)


Jamaica	124.5% of GDP (2009 est.) 115.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Japan	189.3% of GDP (2009 est.) 172.1% of GDP (2008 est.)


Jordan	64.4% of GDP (2009 est.) 58.4% of GDP (2008 est.)


Kazakhstan	14.2% of GDP (2009 est.) 8.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Kenya	66.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 61.3% of GDP (2008 est.)


Korea, South	23.5% of GDP (2009 est.) 24.4% of GDP (2008 est.)


Kosovo	NA% of GDP


Kuwait	8.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 7.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Latvia	36.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 19.5% of GDP (2008 est.)


Lebanon	156% of GDP (2009 est.) 160% of GDP (2008 est.)


Libya	3.9% of GDP (2009 est.) 3% of GDP (2008 est.)


Lithuania	31.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 15.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Luxembourg	14.9% of GDP (2009 est.) 8% of GDP (2008 est.)


Macedonia	32.4% of GDP (2009 est.) 28.7% of GDP (2008)


Malawi	39.5% of GDP (2009 est.) 40.5% of GDP (2008 est.)


Malaysia	53.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 41.5% of GDP (2008 est.)


Malta	69.4% of GDP (2009 est.) 63.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Mauritius	58.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 56.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Mexico	37.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 35.8% of GDP (2008 est.)


Moldova	25.5% of GDP (2009 est.) 18.7% of GDP (2008 est.)


Montenegro	38% of GDP (2006)


Morocco	55.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 56% of GDP (2008 est.)


Mozambique	3.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 3.4% of GDP (2008 est.)


Namibia	15.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 18% of GDP (2008 est.)


Netherlands	62.2% of GDP (2009 est.) 58.2% of GDP (2008 est.)


New Zealand	22.2% of GDP (2009 est.) 17.4% of GDP (2008 est.)


Nicaragua	63.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 56.1% of GDP (2008 est.)


Nigeria	14.3% of GDP (2009 est.) 9.4% of GDP (2008 est.)


Norway	60.6% of GDP (2009 est.) 56.1% of GDP (2008 est.)


Oman	4.5% of GDP (2009 est.) 2.5% of GDP (2008 est.)


Pakistan	46.2% of GDP (2009 est.) 51% of GDP (2008 est.)


Panama	44.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 44.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Papua New Guinea	30.2% of GDP (2009 est.) 31.5% of GDP (2008 est.)


Paraguay	24% of GDP (2009 est.) 19% of GDP (2008 est.)


Peru	24.8% of GDP (2009 est.) 24.1% of GDP (2008 est.)


Philippines	58.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 56.9% of GDP (2008 est.)


Poland	46.5% of GDP (2009 est.) 44.5% of GDP (2008 est.)


Portugal	76.9% of GDP (2009 est.) 66.3% of GDP (2008 est.)


Qatar	15.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 5.1% of GDP (2008 est.)


Romania	24% of GDP (2009 est.) 20.1% of GDP (2008 est.)


Russia	6.3% of GDP (2009 est.) 6.2% of GDP (2008 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	185% of GDP (2009 est.)


Saudi Arabia	22.9% of GDP (2009 est.) 18.7% of GDP (2008 est.)


Senegal	29.8% of GDP (2009 est.) 24.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Serbia	31.3% of GDP (2009 est.) 37% of GDP (2007 est.)


Seychelles	63.2% of GDP (2009 est.) 82.4% of GDP (2008 est.)

Singapore

113.1% of GDP (2009 est.)
95.9% of GDP (2008 est.)
note: for Singapore, public debt consists largely of Singapore Government Securities (SGS) issued to assist the Central Provident Fund (CPF), which administers Singapore's defined contribution pension fund; special issues of SGS are held by the CPF, and are non-tradeable; the government has not borrowed to finance deficit expenditures for more than 20 years


Slovakia	37.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 28.7% of GDP (2008 est.)


Slovenia	31.8% of GDP (2009 est.) 22.5% of GDP (2008 est.)


South Africa	29.5% of GDP (2009 est.) 24.9% of GDP (2008 est.)


Spain	53.2% of GDP (2009 est.) 39.7% of GDP (2008 est.)


Sri Lanka	86.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 81.1% of GDP (2008 est.)


Sudan	103.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 100% of GDP (2008 est.)


Sweden	35.8% of GDP (2009 est.) 36.7% of GDP (2008 est.)


Switzerland	40.5% of GDP (2009 est.) 41.3% of GDP (2008 est.)


Syria	31.9% of GDP (2009 est.) 22% of GDP (2008 est.)


Taiwan	32.5% of GDP (2009 est.) 29.8% of GDP (2008 est.)


Tanzania	21.4% of GDP (2009 est.) 19.6% of GDP (2008 est.)


Thailand	45.9% of GDP (2009 est.) 38% of GDP (2008 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	26% of GDP (2009 est.) 27.2% of GDP (2008 est.)


Tunisia	53% of GDP (2009 est.) 46.5% of GDP (2008 est.)


Turkey	46.3% of GDP (2009 est.) 40% of GDP (2008 est.)


Uganda	19.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 18.7% of GDP (2008 est.)


Ukraine	30% of GDP (2009 est.) 20.1% of GDP (2008 est.)


United Arab Emirates	54% of GDP (2009 est.) 44.5% of GDP (2008 est.)


United Kingdom	68.1% of GDP (2009 est.) 52% of GDP (2008 est.)

United States

52.9% of GDP (2009 est.)
39.7% of GDP (2008 est.)
note: data cover only what the United States Treasury denotes as "Debt Held by the Public," which includes all debt instruments issued by the Treasury that are owned by non-US Government entities. The data include Treasury debt held by foreign entities. The data exclude debt issued by individual US states, as well as intra-governmental debt. Intra-governmental debt consists of Treasury borrowings from surpluses in the trusts for Federal Social Security, Federal Employees, Hospital Insurance (Medicare and Medicaid), Disability and Unemployment, and several other smaller trusts. If data for Intra-government debt were added, "Gross Debt" would increase by about 30% of GDP.


Uruguay	56.6% of GDP (2009 est.) 59.8% of GDP (2008 est.)


Uzbekistan	9.6% of GDP (2009 est.) 10% of GDP (2008 est.)


Venezuela	18% of GDP (2009 est.) 14.4% of GDP (2008 est.)


Vietnam	53.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 48.8% of GDP (2008 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	5.6% of GDP (2004 est.)


World	56% of GDP (2009 est.) 48.9% of GDP (2008 est.)


Yemen	39.4% of GDP (2009 est.) 29.1% of GDP (2008 est.)


Zambia	25.5% of GDP (2009 est.) 28.4% of GDP (2008 est.)


Zimbabwe	282.6% of GDP (2009 est.) 247% of GDP (2008 est.)

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