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Gross debt, General government, Percent of fiscal year GDP by country

The Historical Public Debt Database contains unbalanced panel data on Gross Domestic Product, Gross Government Debt, and Debt to GDP Ratio for 187 countries. The series spans the years 1800 through 2015 although each country’s data depends on its date of independence and data availability.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
247.98
Japan
Lowest
0.0626
Hong Kong, China
Median
47.49
Years covered
216
1800–2015
Data points
9,624

What the numbers show

Gross debt, General government, Percent of fiscal year GDP is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 247.98 in Japan; the lowest is 0.0626 in Hong Kong, China.

The median across all reporting countries is 47.49, and the mean is 53.94.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,963.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 2,440.7%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 96.9%).

Gross debt, General government, Percent of fiscal year GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 247.98 2015 up 33.0% volatile
2 Greece 176.94 2015 up 64.8% volatile
3 Lebanon 138.41 2015 down 23.4% volatile
4 Italy 132.71 2015 up 30.2% falling
5 Portugal 128.98 2015 up 106.3% rising
6 Eritrea 127.13 2015 down 20.0% rising
7 Jamaica 122.06 2015 down 0.1% volatile
8 Cape Verde 120.54 2015 up 60.9% rising
9 Cyprus 108.87 2015 up 69.0% volatile
10 Belgium 106.05 2015 up 15.3% rising
11 Barbados 105.48 2015 up 123.2% rising
12 United States of America 105.15 2015 up 62.0% volatile
13 Singapore 104.68 2015 up 11.0% rising
14 Antigua and Barbuda 104.36 2015 up 9.9% falling
15 Spain 99.26 2015 up 134.7% volatile
16 France 96.14 2015 up 43.1% volatile
17 Bhutan 94.8 2015 up 12.1% volatile
18 Jordan 93.39 2015 down 6.9% volatile
19 Gambia 91.64 2015 down 32.6% rising
20 Canada 91.5 2015 up 29.1% rising
21 Grenada 91.42 2015 up 4.7% rising
22 Mauritania 91.18 2015 down 41.1% falling
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 88.98 2015 up 122.4% volatile
24 Egypt 88.97 2015 down 9.5% rising
25 Croatia 86.67 2015 up 113.0% rising
26 Austria 86.19 2015 up 26.2% volatile
27 Mozambique 86.02 2015 up 22.6% falling
28 Slovenia 83.15 2015 up 216.1% volatile
29 Dominica 83.02 2015 down 2.2% rising
30 Sao Tome and Principe 82.26 2015 down 71.1% volatile
31 Belize 82.08 2015 down 19.9% rising
32 Ukraine 80.08 2015 up 368.6% rising
33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 79.29 2015 up 21.1% rising
34 Saint Lucia 79.23 2015 up 28.0% rising
35 Ireland 78.68 2015 up 187.6% rising
36 Serbia 77.43 2015 up 43.1% volatile
37 Sri Lanka 76.04 2015 down 16.1% rising
38 Hungary 75.33 2015 up 24.5% rising
39 Libya 73.84 2015 up 2,440.7% volatile
40 Brazil 73.7 2015 up 7.5% volatile
41 Albania 73.32 2015 up 26.0% falling
42 Maldives 73.13 2015 up 18.0% falling
43 Malawi 72.97 2015 up 98.8% rising
44 Sudan 72.91 2015 down 23.2% volatile
45 Germany 70.99 2015 up 6.1% rising
46 Ghana 70.82 2015 up 47.6% volatile
47 Congo 70.59 2015 down 34.8% volatile
48 India 69.07 2015 down 14.6% rising
49 Seychelles 69 2015 down 52.1% volatile
50 Saint Kitts and Nevis 67.76 2015 down 57.1% volatile
51 Iceland 67.59 2015 up 175.1% volatile
52 Montenegro 67.23 2015 up 85.1% rising
53 Yemen 66.67 2015 up 52.2% volatile
54 Kyrgyzstan 66.04 2015 down 12.3% falling
55 Netherlands 65.12 2015 up 33.1% volatile
56 Uruguay 64.29 2015 down 23.4% rising
57 Angola 64.24 2015 up 79.8% volatile
58 Israel 64.08 2015 down 27.3% falling
59 Morocco 64.06 2015 up 3.9% rising
60 Malta 63.96 2015 down 8.8% volatile
61 Bahamas 63.58 2015 up 126.0% volatile
62 Pakistan 63.57 2015 up 7.9% rising
63 Finland 62.51 2015 up 56.5% volatile
64 Togo 62.27 2015 down 32.1% falling
65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 61.86 2015 down 24.7% falling
66 Bahrain 61.86 2015 up 155.7% volatile
67 Iraq 61.4 2015 down 72.9% volatile
68 Zimbabwe 58.9 2015 up 52.7% rising
69 El Salvador 58.72 2015 up 52.3% volatile
70 Mauritius 58.6 2015 up 9.5% rising
71 Lesotho 58.33 2015 down 3.2% volatile
72 Viet Nam 58.25 2015 up 59.4% volatile
73 Tuvalu 58.21 2015 up 47.7% rising
74 Samoa 57.78 2015 up 44.4% rising
75 Malaysia 57.39 2015 up 38.8% rising
76 Senegal 56.83 2015 up 24.5% rising
77 Zambia 56.28 2015 up 236.7% volatile
78 Ethiopia 56.05 2015 down 28.4% volatile
79 Tunisia 55.71 2015 up 6.3% rising
80 Mexico 54.03 2015 up 38.5% volatile
81 Belarus 53.74 2015 up 678.1% volatile
82 Guinea 53.02 2015 down 64.7% falling
83 Puerto Rico 52.98 2015 up 58.4% rising
84 Slovakia 52.91 2015 up 55.9% rising
85 Guinea-Bissau 52.9 2015 down 77.2% falling
86 Argentina 52.13 2015 down 22.1% volatile
87 Kenya 51.33 2015 up 6.2% volatile
88 Poland 51.28 2015 up 9.8% falling
89 Colombia 50.57 2015 up 32.1% volatile
90 South Africa 49.78 2015 up 49.9% falling
91 Côte d'Ivoire 48.87 2015 down 39.2% falling
92 Central African Republic 48.5 2015 down 55.4% volatile
93 Guyana 48.2 2015 down 58.5% volatile
94 Fiji 48.09 2015 up 0.9% rising
95 Armenia 46.89 2015 up 124.9% falling
96 Honduras 46.81 2015 down 18.2% volatile
97 Switzerland 45.66 2015 down 21.6% volatile
98 Denmark 45.53 2015 up 21.7% volatile
99 Trinidad and Tobago 45.45 2015 up 31.8% volatile
100 Niger 45.06 2015 down 32.1% volatile
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 44.74 2015 up 75.3% rising
102 Gabon 43.99 2015 down 10.8% rising
103 Sierra Leone 43.76 2015 down 67.3% volatile
104 Suriname 43.46 2015 up 50.7% volatile
105 Sweden 43.4 2015 down 9.5% volatile
106 China 42.92 2015 up 64.5% volatile
107 Lithuania 42.78 2015 up 133.7% rising
108 Thailand 42.72 2015 down 0.7% rising
109 Chad 42.61 2015 up 66.2% rising
110 Burundi 42.45 2015 down 69.0% volatile
111 Costa Rica 42.38 2015 up 16.0% volatile
112 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 41.5 2015 up 16.7% volatile
113 Georgia 41.5 2015 up 3.7% falling
114 Republic of Moldova 41.46 2015 up 15.4% volatile
115 Mongolia 40.74 2007 down 22.0% rising
116 Czechia 40.31 2015 up 35.8% falling
117 Tonga 39.78 1992 down 1.0% flat
118 Qatar 39.76 2015 up 107.4% falling
119 Djibouti 39.48 2015 down 34.6% falling
120 Romania 39.3 2015 up 124.0% rising
121 Benin 39.3 2015 down 7.0% volatile
122 Liberia 39.21 2015 down 90.3% volatile
123 Panama 38.77 2015 down 37.9% volatile
124 North Macedonia 37.95 2015 up 3.3% flat
125 Republic of Korea 37.89 2015 up 40.5% volatile
126 Australia 37.64 2015 up 245.5% volatile
127 Rwanda 37.29 2015 down 47.2% volatile
128 Tanzania, United Republic of 36.52 2015 down 34.8% falling
129 Taiwan, China 36.46 2015 up 7.5% rising
130 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 36.16 2015 down 55.0% falling
131 Madagascar 35.53 2015 down 58.9% volatile
132 Latvia 34.94 2015 up 195.7% volatile
133 Dominican Republic 34.94 2015 up 64.1% rising
134 Philippines 34.79 2015 down 41.2% volatile
135 Namibia 34.64 2015 up 27.5% rising
136 Uganda 34.39 2015 down 37.7% volatile
137 Myanmar 34.34 2015 down 68.9% volatile
138 Tajikistan 34.08 2015 down 18.5% falling
139 Ecuador 33.83 2015 down 3.4% volatile
140 Marshall Islands 33.7 2015 down 27.0% rising
141 Türkiye 32.93 2015 down 37.5% rising
142 Burkina Faso 32.8 2015 down 25.6% rising
143 Cambodia 32.54 2015 down 13.1% falling
144 Bangladesh 31.67 2015 down 20.6% rising
145 Mali 30.91 2015 down 33.7% falling
146 Papua New Guinea 30.55 2015 down 22.9% flat
147 Haiti 30.1 2015 down 36.2% volatile
148 Syrian Arab Republic 30.02 2010 down 80.3% volatile
149 New Zealand 29.95 2015 up 61.9% volatile
150 Nicaragua 29.4 2015 down 58.8% volatile
151 Cameroon 29.01 2015 down 43.7% volatile
152 Azerbaijan 28.32 2015 up 109.8% falling
153 Nepal 27.98 2015 down 45.7% volatile
154 Norway 27.94 2015 down 33.5% rising
155 Indonesia 27.3 2015 down 35.9% rising
156 Micronesia, Federated States of 26.35 2015 up 6.4% falling
157 Bulgaria 26.3 2015 down 7.8% volatile
158 Vanuatu 25.63 2015 up 3.9% rising
159 Comoros 25.39 2015 down 63.6% falling
160 Guatemala 24.2 2015 up 16.6% volatile
161 Paraguay 24.19 2015 down 13.6% flat
162 Peru 23.98 2015 down 36.8% rising
163 Turkmenistan 23.16 2015 up 330.6% volatile
164 Kiribati 23.08 2015 up 119.1% rising
165 Anguilla 22.15 2015 up 26.9% rising
166 Kazakhstan 21.89 2015 up 170.2% falling
167 Luxembourg 21.45 2015 up 187.0% volatile
168 San Marino 19.88 2015 up 46.7% rising
169 Kosovo 19.04 2015 down 33.6% falling
170 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 18.86 2015 down 81.4% volatile
171 United Arab Emirates 18.08 2015 up 172.6% volatile
172 Chile 17.54 2015 up 150.7% volatile
173 Eswatini 17.29 2015 up 28.1% falling
174 Botswana 16.98 2015 up 121.3% volatile
175 Russian Federation 16.42 2015 up 10.9% falling
176 Iran, Islamic Republic of 15.9 2015 up 17.3% volatile
177 Oman 14.88 2015 up 50.8% volatile
178 Equatorial Guinea 13.98 2015 up 448.8% volatile
179 Nigeria 11.5 2015 down 39.2% volatile
180 Kuwait 11.17 2015 down 21.0% volatile
181 Uzbekistan 10.76 2015 down 61.8% volatile
182 Solomon Islands 10.38 2015 down 83.7% falling
183 Estonia 9.74 2015 up 114.1% rising
184 Algeria 9.06 2015 down 68.3% volatile
185 Afghanistan 6.25 2015 down 96.9% volatile
186 Saudi Arabia 5.01 2015 down 86.6% volatile
187 Brunei Darussalam 2.81 2015 up 784.0% volatile
188 Hong Kong, China 0.0626 2015 down 95.6% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Gross debt, General government, Percent of fiscal year GDP
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
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Coverage
190 places, 9,624 data points, 1800–2015
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The Historical Public Debt Database contains unbalanced panel data on Gross Domestic Product, Gross Government Debt, and Debt to GDP Ratio for 187 countries. The series spans the years 1800 through 2015 although each country’s data depends on its date of independence and data availability.