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it in Purchasing Power Parity terms with added estimates for the size of the informal economy and adjustments for out-of-date GDP base year data.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 213%
Singapore 158%
Lebanon 126%
Sudan 123%
Greece 116%
United States 114%
Italy 113%
Bahrain 103%
Canada 101%
France 101%
Libya 98%
United Kingdom 94%
Belgium 90%
Cabo Verde 84%
Spain 84%
Portugal 78%
Austria 77%
Ukraine 77%
China 77%
Finland 76%
Zambia 73%
Jordan 73%
Senegal 69%
Brazil 69%
Mauritius 69%
Sri Lanka 67%
Laos 65%
Mozambique 65%
Bhutan 64%
Suriname 62%
Tunisia 62%
El Salvador 61%
Hungary 59%
Germany 59%
Israel 59%
Bahamas, The 59%
Egypt 58%
Slovenia 56%
India 55%
South Africa 54%
Morocco 54%
Rwanda 53%
Bolivia 53%
Slovak Republic 53%
Guinea-Bissau 52%
Argentina 51%
Pakistan 51%
New Zealand 50%
Malaysia 50%
Poland 50%
Trinidad and Tobago 49%
Malawi 49%
Romania 49%
Cyprus 48%
Congo, Rep. 48%
Costa Rica 47%
Iceland 47%
Yemen, Rep. 47%
Uruguay 47%
Togo 46%
Colombia 46%
Australia 46%
Jamaica 45%
Thailand 45%
Dominican Republic 45%
Algeria 45%
Kenya 45%
Korea, Rep. 44%
Mexico 44%
Namibia 43%
Croatia 43%
Albania 42%
Ghana 41%
Philippines 41%
Latvia 40%
Gambia 40%
Netherlands 40%
Gabon 39%
Panama 39%
North Macedonia 39%
Armenia 39%
Malta 38%
Czechia 38%
Myanmar 38%
Ecuador 38%
Norway 38%
Lesotho 38%
Cote d'Ivoire 37%
Uganda 36%
Chile 36%
Liberia 35%
Papua New Guinea 35%
Benin 35%
Lithuania 35%
Switzerland 35%
Angola 33%
Ireland 33%
Burkina Faso 33%
Mongolia 33%
Qatar 32%
Belarus 32%
Serbia 31%
Zimbabwe 30%
Central African Republic 30%
Mauritania 30%
Nepal 30%
Sweden 30%
Kyrgyzstan 29%
Botswana 29%
Tanzania 29%
Bangladesh 29%
Indonesia 29%
Madagascar 29%
Paraguay 29%
Oman 28%
Nigeria 28%
Ethiopia 27%
Mali 27%
Cameroon 27%
Honduras 27%
Niger 27%
United Arab Emirates 27%
Moldova 27%
Uzbekistan 26%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 26%
Nicaragua 25%
Saudi Arabia 25%
Sierra Leone 25%
Luxembourg 24%
Georgia 24%
Denmark 24%
Guinea 24%
Vietnam 24%
Comoros 23%
Eswatini 22%
Bulgaria 22%
Peru 21%
Estonia 21%
Türkiye 21%
Guyana 20%
Tajikistan 20%
Taiwan 20%
Burundi 20%
Guatemala 19%
Kazakhstan 19%
Chad 18%
Russia 17%
Cambodia 16%
Azerbaijan 14%
Hong Kong 10%
Congo, Dem. Rep 9%
Haiti 8%
Kuwait 5%
Afghanistan 4%
Turkmenistan 3%
Brunei 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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