Central government debt, total (% of GDP) - Deficit & financing - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators

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Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.
Central government debt, total (% of GDP) - Deficit & financing - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Sierra Leone (1999)247.38
2Zambia (1998)176.2
3Burundi (1999)162.56
4Cyprus (2007)161.97
5Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997)152.19
6Jordan (2007)115.05
7Greece (2007)114.1
8Jamaica (2008)112.89
9Italy (2008)106.32
10Singapore (2008)102.6
11Kyrgyzstan (2001)99.33
12Madagascar (2001)96.77
13Ivory Coast (2004)96.37
14St. Kitts and Nevis (2006)95.82
15Cameroon (1999)91.66
16Barbados (2007)91.62
17Belgium (2008)88.03
18Sri Lanka (2007)84.99
19Iceland (2008)83.78
20Tajikistan (2001)79.8
21Pakistan (1998)79.08
22Philippines (2004)77.72
23Bhutan (2004)77.66
24Portugal (2008)76.02
25Hungary (2008)73.85
26Lesotho (1998)73.1
27Malta (2007)72.61
28Papua New Guinea (2002)69.73
29Senegal (2001)68.85
30France (2007)66.57
31Austria (2008)64.54
32San Marino (2006)62.04
33South Asia (2007)61.33
34Brazil (2008)60.88
35Zimbabwe (1997)58.1
36India (2008)57.55
37United Kingdom (2008)57.52
38Morocco (2002)56.46
39United States (2008)55.66
40Colombia (2008)54.3
41Uruguay (2008)54.02
42Maldives (2008)53.83
43Kenya (1999)52.64
44Albania (1998)51.86
45Euro area (2007)51.71
46Trinidad and Tobago (1995)51.51
47St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1993)48.81
48Rwanda (1992)48.43
49Tunisia (2008)48.18
50Sweden (2006)47.34
51Algeria (2002)47.09
52Mongolia (2007)46.89
53Ukraine (2000)45.29
54South Africa (2000)45.27
55Canada (2005)45.17
56Norway (2008)44.86
57Poland (2008)44.77
58Turkey (2008)44.51
59Japan (1993)44.19
60Nepal (2008)43.65
61High income: OECD (2007)43.37
62High income (2007)43.37
63Netherlands (2007)43.37
64Germany (2007)40.77
65El Salvador (2008)39.39
66New Zealand (2007)38.89
67Belize (1996)38.84
68Costa Rica (2001)38.31
69Egypt (1999)37.39
70Finland (2007)37.29
71Fiji (1994)36.64
72Slovakia (2008)36.59
73Bahamas (2007)36.44
74Bangladesh (2003)36.16
75Mauritius (2008)36.12
76Spain (2008)33.8
77Vanuatu (1999)29.15
78Uganda (2008)28.91
79Indonesia (2004)28.76
80Ireland (2007)27.18
81Georgia (2008)27.03
82Czech Republic (2008)26.58
83Peru (2008)24.35
84Denmark (2007)24.07
85Thailand (2008)24.01
86Switzerland (2007)23.6
87Mexico (2000)23.22
88Latvia (2008)22.82
89Slovenia (1999)22.18
90Guatemala (2008)20.14
91Oman (2001)19.87
92Australia (2007)19.42
93Moldova (2008)18.47
94Lithuania (2008)18.35
95Dominican Republic (1999)16.74
96Bahrain (2008)14.75
97China (1999)11.61
98Botswana (1996)11.27
99Belarus (2008)10.74
100South Korea (1997)9.58
101North Korea (1997)9.58
102Afghanistan (2006)9.56
103Sudan (1999)8.66
104Russia (2008)6.43
105Kazakhstan (2008)6.33
106Luxembourg (2007)4.76
107Estonia (2007)4.09
108Republic of the Congo (2003)0.21
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