Debt-to-GDP Ratio by Size

ESTIMATES FOR DEBT-TO-GDP IN PPP INT$ ADJUSTED for BASE YEAR AND INFORMAL ECONOMY

The debt-to-GDP ratio is the ratio between a country's government debt and its gross domestic product (GDP).

World Economics has upgraded each country's GDP presenting it in Purchasing Power Parity terms with added estimates for the size of the informal economy and adjustments for out-of-date GDP base year data. Using the World Economics GDP Database it is possible to see more realistic debt levels for each country.

Data source: World Economics Research, London


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Country Debt
% of GDP
Japan 233%
Lebanon 215%
Singapore 152%
Greece 132%
Sudan 128%
Italy 116%
United States 115%
Libya 97%
France 97%
Canada 96%
United Kingdom 95%
Portugal 90%
Belgium 89%
Bahrain 89%
Spain 88%
Laos 85%
Sri Lanka 81%
Bhutan 78%
Suriname 77%
Jordan 74%
Austria 69%
China 67%
Mauritius 66%
Brazil 66%
Finland 64%
Argentina 63%
Cyprus 62%
Egypt 61%
Ukraine 61%
Bahamas, The 61%
Tunisia 60%
Germany 59%
Zambia 58%
Mozambique 58%
Hungary 56%
Slovenia 55%
Mongolia 55%
Malawi 54%
Iceland 54%
Congo, Rep. 53%
Ghana 53%
Morocco 53%
Pakistan 52%
India 52%
Senegal 51%
Jamaica 50%
Zimbabwe 50%
Sierra Leone 50%
Costa Rica 50%
South Africa 50%
El Salvador 50%
Slovak Republic 49%
Croatia 49%
Malaysia 49%
Israel 48%
Guinea-Bissau 48%
Albania 48%
Australia 47%
Namibia 47%
Algeria 47%
Kenya 47%
Togo 46%
Bolivia 45%
Netherlands 45%
Uruguay 45%
Angola 45%
Dominican Republic 45%
Korea, Rep. 44%
Yemen, Rep. 44%
Rwanda 43%
Gambia 43%
Malta 42%
Thailand 42%
New Zealand 42%
Colombia 41%
Romania 41%
Poland 41%
Philippines 41%
Burundi 41%
Burkina Faso 40%
Lesotho 39%
Mexico 39%
North Macedonia 39%
Ireland 38%
Ecuador 37%
Switzerland 37%
Myanmar 36%
Kyrgyzstan 36%
Serbia 36%
Benin 36%
Cote d'Ivoire 36%
Panama 35%
Armenia 34%
Qatar 33%
Papua New Guinea 33%
Liberia 33%
Latvia 32%
Mauritania 32%
Norway 32%
Chile 32%
Belarus 32%
Uganda 32%
Gabon 32%
Niger 31%
Madagascar 31%
Oman 30%
Lithuania 30%
Cameroon 29%
Honduras 29%
Sweden 28%
Bangladesh 28%
Nepal 28%
Uzbekistan 28%
Indonesia 28%
Nicaragua 27%
Mali 27%
Georgia 27%
Central African Republic 27%
Paraguay 27%
Tanzania 26%
Denmark 26%
Türkiye 26%
Luxembourg 25%
Eswatini 25%
Moldova 25%
Ethiopia 25%
Tajikistan 24%
United Arab Emirates 24%
Chad 24%
Comoros 24%
Vietnam 24%
Peru 22%
Guyana 22%
Taiwan 22%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 22%
Nigeria 21%
Cambodia 20%
Guatemala 19%
Guinea 19%
Kazakhstan 18%
Estonia 18%
Saudi Arabia 17%
Bulgaria 16%
Russia 15%
Azerbaijan 13%
Botswana 13%
Haiti 12%
Congo, Dem. Rep 7%
Hong Kong 5%
Turkmenistan 4%
Afghanistan 4%
Kuwait 2%

See: Data for individual countries by using country lists




Key:
Debt-to-GDP ratio expressed in percentage terms.

Grade definitions:
         A: Very low debt
         B: Low debt
         C: Moderate debt
         D: High debt
         E: Very high debt





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