Public debt (Percentage of GDP) - by country

Worldmap of all countries colored to reflect the values of Public debt (Percentage of GDP)

Major world economies by its current Public debt (Percentage of GDP)

Major world economies by historical values of its Public debt (Percentage of GDP)

SummaryThe world's average Public debt (Percentage of GDP) is equal to 63.3 % of GDP
Zimbabwe's Public debt (Percentage of GDP) is 4 times higher than the average Public debt (Percentage of GDP) of the world.
The countries with the highest Public debt (Percentage of GDP) are Zimbabwe, Japan, Greece, Italy, Iceland with a(n) Public debt (Percentage of GDP) of (244), (226), (175), (133), (131) % of GDP respectively.
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List of countries by Public debt (Percentage of GDP)
Country Name	View Data	Global Rank	Region & Regional Rank	Public debt (Percentage of GDP) % of GDP	Year	Growth/Decline % during the Great Recession
Zimbabwe		1	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 1	244	31-12-2012	187
Japan		2	East Asia & Pacific \| 1	226	31-12-2013	9.3
Greece		3	Europe & Central Asia \| 1	175	31-12-2013	55
Italy		4	Europe & Central Asia \| 2	133	31-12-2013	8.6
Iceland		5	Europe & Central Asia \| 3	131	31-12-2013	265
Portugal		6	Europe & Central Asia \| 4	128	31-12-2013	27
Ireland		7	Europe & Central Asia \| 5	124	31-12-2013	162
Jamaica		8	Latin America & Caribbean \| 1	124	31-12-2013	-5.4
Lebanon		9	Middle East & North Africa \| 1	120	31-12-2013	-22.1
Cyprus		10	Europe & Central Asia \| 6	113	31-12-2013	-22.6
Sudan		11	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 2	111	31-12-2013	66
Grenada		12	Latin America & Caribbean \| 2	110	31-12-2012
Singapore		13	East Asia & Pacific \| 2	106	31-12-2013	11
Eritrea		14	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 3	105	31-12-2013
Belgium		15	Europe & Central Asia \| 7	102	31-12-2013	13
Puerto Rico		16	Latin America & Caribbean \| 3	96.5	31-12-2013
Spain		17	Europe & Central Asia \| 8	93.7	31-12-2013	34
France		18	Europe & Central Asia \| 9	93.4	31-12-2013	23
Egypt		19	Middle East & North Africa \| 2	92.2	31-12-2013	-26.4
United Kingdom		20	Europe & Central Asia \| 10	91.1	31-12-2013	60
Barbados		21	Latin America & Caribbean \| 4	90.5	31-12-2013
Antigua and Barbuda		22	Latin America & Caribbean \| 5	89.0	31-12-2012
Canada		23	North America \| 1	86.3	31-12-2013	23
Cape Verde		24	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 4	86.2	31-12-2012
St. Kitts and Nevis		25	Latin America & Caribbean \| 6	83.0	31-12-2013
Germany		26	Europe & Central Asia \| 11	79.9	31-12-2013	8.4
Hungary		27	Europe & Central Asia \| 12	79.8	31-12-2013	21
Jordan		28	Middle East & North Africa \| 3	79.1	31-12-2013	-14.5
Sri Lanka		29	South Asia \| 1	78.4	31-12-2013	-7.4
St. Lucia		30	Latin America & Caribbean \| 7	77.0	31-12-2012
Morocco		31	Middle East & North Africa \| 4	76.9	31-12-2013	-15.6
Austria		32	Europe & Central Asia \| 13	75.7	31-12-2013	12
Malta		33	Middle East & North Africa \| 5	75.3	31-12-2013
Belize		34	Latin America & Caribbean \| 8	75.1	31-12-2013
Netherlands		35	Europe & Central Asia \| 14	74.3	31-12-2013	23
United States		36	North America \| 2	71.8	31-12-2013	-16.4
Slovenia		37	Europe & Central Asia \| 15	71.7	31-12-2013	22
Albania		38	Europe & Central Asia \| 16	70.5	31-12-2013
Dominica		39	Latin America & Caribbean \| 9	70.0	31-12-2012	-8.2
St. Vincent and the Grenadines		40	Latin America & Caribbean \| 10	68.0	31-12-2011
Israel		41	Middle East & North Africa \| 6	67.1	31-12-2013	-8.2
Aruba		42	Latin America & Caribbean \| 11	67.0	31-12-2013	45
Croatia		43	Europe & Central Asia \| 17	66.2	31-12-2013	7.8
São Tomé and Principe		44	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 5	65.5	31-12-2013
Uruguay		45	Latin America & Caribbean \| 12	62.8	31-12-2013	-16.2
El Salvador		46	Latin America & Caribbean \| 13	62.0	31-12-2013	27
Serbia		47	Europe & Central Asia \| 18	61.2	31-12-2013
Bahrain		48	Middle East & North Africa \| 7	61.2	31-12-2013	37
Guyana		49	Latin America & Caribbean \| 14	59.9	31-12-2013
Brazil		50	Latin America & Caribbean \| 15	59.2	31-12-2013	35
Syrian Arab Republic		51	Middle East & North Africa \| 8	58.9	31-12-2013	-31.7
Mauritius		52	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 6	58.0	31-12-2013	-9.0
Finland		53	Europe & Central Asia \| 19	56.5	31-12-2013	13
Fiji		54	East Asia & Pacific \| 3	56.2	31-12-2013
Slovak Republic		55	Europe & Central Asia \| 20	55.5	31-12-2013	1.1
Costa Rica		56	Latin America & Caribbean \| 16	55.0	31-12-2013	-18.7
Pakistan		57	South Asia \| 2	54.6	31-12-2013	-8.9
Malaysia		58	East Asia & Pacific \| 4	54.6	31-12-2013	26
Kenya		59	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 7	53.5	31-12-2013	-2.9
Ghana		60	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 8	53.1	31-12-2013	-30.6
Montenegro		61	Europe & Central Asia \| 21	52.1	31-12-2012	18
Seychelles		62	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 9	51.8	31-12-2013	-56.0
India		63	South Asia \| 3	51.8	31-12-2013	-10.6
Tunisia		64	Middle East & North Africa \| 9	51.1	31-12-2013	-16.2
Malawi		65	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 10	50.8	31-12-2013	-4.1
Ethiopia		66	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 11	50.4	31-12-2013	-61.5
Nicaragua		67	Latin America & Caribbean \| 17	50.4	31-12-2013	-23.2
Philippines		68	East Asia & Pacific \| 5	50.2	31-12-2013	-14.1
Czech Republic		69	Europe & Central Asia \| 22	48.8	31-12-2013	29
Vietnam		70	East Asia & Pacific \| 6	48.2	31-12-2013	14
Poland		71	Europe & Central Asia \| 23	48.2	31-12-2013	8.4
Burundi		72	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 12	47.6	31-12-2013
Yemen		73	Middle East & North Africa \| 10	47.1	31-12-2013	21
Denmark		74	Europe & Central Asia \| 24	47.0	31-12-2013	39
Dominican Republic		75	Latin America & Caribbean \| 18	47.0	31-12-2013	-15.2
Mozambique		76	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 13	46.7	31-12-2013	81
Lao PDR		77	East Asia & Pacific \| 7	46.3	31-12-2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina		78	Europe & Central Asia \| 25	45.9	31-12-2013	22
Thailand		79	East Asia & Pacific \| 8	45.9	31-12-2013	9.0
Argentina		80	Latin America & Caribbean \| 19	45.8	31-12-2013	-24.1
South Africa		81	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 14	45.4	31-12-2013	-19.5
Côte d'Ivoire		82	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 15	45.2	31-12-2013	-19.8
Tanzania		83	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 16	42.7	31-12-2013	16
United Arab Emirates		84	Middle East & North Africa \| 11	41.7	31-12-2013	240
Sweden		85	Europe & Central Asia \| 26	41.5	31-12-2013	-10.5
Andorra		86	Europe & Central Asia \| 27	41.1	31-12-2012
Honduras		87	Latin America & Caribbean \| 20	40.6	31-12-2013	-22.9
Ukraine		88	Europe & Central Asia \| 28	40.6	31-12-2013	146
Lithuania		89	Europe & Central Asia \| 29	40.2	31-12-2013	63
Panama		90	Latin America & Caribbean \| 21	39.8	31-12-2013	-21.9
Colombia		91	Latin America & Caribbean \| 22	39.6	31-12-2013	-21.1
Latvia		92	Europe & Central Asia \| 30	39.2	31-12-2013	271
Bhutan		93	South Asia \| 4	38.9	31-12-2013	-29.0
Romania		94	Europe & Central Asia \| 31	38.6	31-12-2013	69
Djibouti		95	Middle East & North Africa \| 12	38.6	31-12-2012
New Zealand		96	East Asia & Pacific \| 9	38.4	31-12-2013	9.9
Senegal		97	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 17	38.4	31-12-2013	94
Mexico		98	Latin America & Caribbean \| 23	37.7	31-12-2013	58
Armenia		99	Europe & Central Asia \| 32	37.7	31-12-2013
Trinidad and Tobago		100	Latin America & Caribbean \| 24	37.1	31-12-2013	-30.1
Turkey		101	Europe & Central Asia \| 33	36.6	31-12-2013	-22.4
Georgia		102	Europe & Central Asia \| 34	36.3	31-12-2012
Bolivia		103	Latin America & Caribbean \| 25	36.0	31-12-2013
Cuba		104	Latin America & Caribbean \| 26	35.9	31-12-2013
Korea		105	East Asia & Pacific \| 10	35.8	31-12-2013	-6.7
Hong Kong SAR, China		106	East Asia & Pacific \| 11	35.6	31-12-2013	183
Macedonia		107	Europe & Central Asia \| 35	34.3	31-12-2013	-42.7
Venezuela		108	Latin America & Caribbean \| 27	34.2	31-12-2013	-25.9
Switzerland		109	Europe & Central Asia \| 36	33.8	31-12-2013	-23.5
Curaçao		110	Latin America & Caribbean \| 28	33.2	31-12-2012
Australia		111	East Asia & Pacific \| 12	32.6	31-12-2013	40
Congo		112	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 18	32.1	31-12-2013
Zambia		113	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 19	31.8	31-12-2013	-27.2
Belarus		114	Europe & Central Asia \| 37	31.5	31-12-2013
Sierra Leone		115	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 20	31.1	31-12-2013
Guatemala		116	Latin America & Caribbean \| 29	31.0	31-12-2013	22
Bangladesh		117	South Asia \| 5	30.9	31-12-2013	-10.6
Uganda		118	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 21	30.7	31-12-2013	7.7
Qatar		119	Middle East & North Africa \| 13	30.6	31-12-2013	-48.5
Mali		120	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 22	30.5	31-12-2013
Chad		121	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 23	30.5	31-12-2013
Norway		122	Europe & Central Asia \| 38	30.1	31-12-2013	19
Benin		123	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 24	29.7	31-12-2013
Papua New Guinea		124	East Asia & Pacific \| 13	28.1	31-12-2013	-30.2
Nepal		125	South Asia \| 6	28.0	31-12-1970
Namibia		126	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 25	27.2	31-12-2013	-51.8
San Marino		127	Europe & Central Asia \| 39	25.8	31-12-2013
Indonesia		128	East Asia & Pacific \| 14	24.2	31-12-2013	-31.6
Rwanda		129	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 26	23.5	31-12-2013
Gabon		130	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 27	23.2	31-12-2013	-45.6
Ecuador		131	Latin America & Caribbean \| 30	23.2	31-12-2013	-39.7
Luxembourg		132	Europe & Central Asia \| 40	22.9	31-12-2013
China		133	East Asia & Pacific \| 15	22.4	31-12-2013	-25.3
Nigeria		134	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 28	19.3	31-12-2013	-2.5
Iran		135	Middle East & North Africa \| 14	18.7	31-12-2013	-21.6
Bulgaria		136	Europe & Central Asia \| 41	18.4	31-12-2013	-44.3
Botswana		137	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 29	17.9	31-12-2013	167
Cameroon		138	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 30	16.7	31-12-2013	-38.1
Moldova		139	Europe & Central Asia \| 42	16.6	31-12-2013	-18.7
Paraguay		140	Latin America & Caribbean \| 31	15.7	31-12-2013	-18.7
Kazakhstan		141	Europe & Central Asia \| 43	15.6	31-12-2013	8.0
Peru		142	Latin America & Caribbean \| 32	14.9	31-12-2013	-16.3
Angola		143	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 31	14.7	31-12-2013	-9.0
Chile		144	Latin America & Caribbean \| 33	13.9	31-12-2013	15
Algeria		145	Middle East & North Africa \| 15	13.2	31-12-2013	-36.7
Saudi Arabia		146	Middle East & North Africa \| 16	12.2	31-12-2013	-30.4
Equatorial Guinea		147	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 32	11.0	31-12-2013	-15.6
Kosovo		148	Europe & Central Asia \| 44	9.1	31-12-2013
Russia		149	Europe & Central Asia \| 45	7.9	31-12-2013	7.8
Uzbekistan		150	Europe & Central Asia \| 46	7.6	31-12-2013	-60.9
Azerbaijan		151	Europe & Central Asia \| 47	7.5	31-12-2013	7.2
Kuwait		152	Middle East & North Africa \| 17	6.4	31-12-2013	34
Estonia		153	Europe & Central Asia \| 48	6.0	31-12-2013	73
Libya		154	Middle East & North Africa \| 18	4.8	31-12-2013	-27.8
Oman		155	Middle East & North Africa \| 19	4.4	31-12-2013	59
Liberia		156	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 33	3.3	31-12-2013

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.

Datasource: CIA - The World Factbook