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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.

Rank	Country	(% of GDP)
Public debt - The World Factbook - CIA
1	Zimbabwe	282.60
2	Japan	189.30
3	St. Kitts and Nevis	185
4	Lebanon	156
5	Jamaica	124.50
6	Italy	115.20
7	Greece	113.40
8	Singapore	113.10
9	Iceland	107.60
10	Sudan	103.70
11	Belgium	97.60
12	Sri Lanka	86.70
13	Egypt	80.10
14	Israel	78.40
15	Hungary	78
16	France	77.50
17	Portugal	76.90
18	Canada	75.40
19	Germany	72.10
20	Malta	69.40
21	Austria	69.30
22	United Kingdom	68.10
23	Kenya	66.70
24	Jordan	64.40
25	Seychelles	63.20
26	Nicaragua	63.10
27	Netherlands	62.20
28	Ivory Coast	61.90
29	Norway	60.60
30	Brazil	60
31	Mauritius	58.70
32	Philippines	58.70
33	Albania	58.10
34	India	58
35	Bhutan	57.80
36	Ireland	57.70
37	Uruguay	56.60
38	Cyprus	56.20
39	Ghana	55.20
40	Morocco	55.10
41	United Arab Emirates	54
42	Malaysia	53.70
43	Vietnam	53.70
44	Spain	53.20
45	Tunisia	53
46	United States	52.90
47	El Salvador	52.70
48	Argentina	48.60
49	Croatia	46.80
50	Poland	46.50
51	Aruba	46.30
52	Turkey	46.30
53	Pakistan	46.20
54	Thailand	45.90
55	Colombia	45.80
56	Costa Rica	45.10
57	Panama	44.70
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44
59	Finland	44
60	Dominican Republic	42.40
61	Bolivia	42
62	Denmark	41.60
63	Switzerland	40.50
64	Malawi	39.50
65	Yemen	39.40
66	Bangladesh	38.80
67	Montenegro	38
68	Mexico	37.70
69	Hong Kong	37.40
70	Slovakia	37.10
71	Bahrain	36.30
72	Latvia	36.10
73	Sweden	35.80
74	Cuba	34.60
75	Czech Republic	34.10
76	Taiwan	32.50
77	Macedonia	32.40
78	Syria	31.90
79	Ethiopia	31.80
80	Slovenia	31.80
81	Lithuania	31.70
82	Serbia	31.30
83	Papua New Guinea	30.20
84	Ukraine	30
85	Senegal	29.80
86	South Africa	29.50
87	Gabon	29.10
88	Guatemala	27.40
89	Indonesia	27.40
90	Trinidad and Tobago	26
91	Moldova	25.50
92	Zambia	25.50
93	Peru	24.80
94	Honduras	24.40
95	Paraguay	24
96	Romania	24
97	South Korea	23.50
98	Saudi Arabia	22.90
99	New Zealand	22.20
100	Angola	22.10
101	Ecuador	22.10
102	Tanzania	21.40
103	Algeria	20
104	Uganda	19.70
105	Venezuela	18
106	Botswana	17.90
107	Australia	17.60
108	China	16.90
109	Iran	16.70
110	Qatar	15.70
111	Gibraltar	15.50
112	Namibia	15.10
113	Cameroon	14.90
114	Luxembourg	14.90
115	Bulgaria	14.80
116	Nigeria	14.30
117	Kazakhstan	14.20
118	Uzbekistan	9.60
119	Kuwait	8.10
120	Estonia	7.20
121	Russia	6.30
122	Chile	6.10
123	Wallis and Futuna	5.60
124	Azerbaijan	5.10
125	Equatorial Guinea	5
126	Oman	4.50
127	Libya	3.90
128	Mozambique	3.70

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