Countries with the most public debt


All data from the CIA World Factbook. Last updated Jan 25, 2010.



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) Date of Information
1 Zimbabwe 265.60 2008 est.
2 Japan 172.10 2008 est.
3 Lebanon 160.30 2008 est.
4 Jamaica 116.30 2008 est.
5 Italy 105.80 2008 est.
6 Sudan 100.00 2008 est.
7 Singapore 99.20 2008 est.
8 Greece 97.40 2008 est.
9 Belgium 89.60 2008 est.
10 Egypt 86.50 2008 est.
11 Bhutan 81.40 2004
12 Israel 76.80 2008 est.
13 Sri Lanka 76.70 2008 est.
14 Nicaragua 74.80 2008 est.
15 Seychelles 74.20 2008 est.
16 France 68.10 2008 est.
17 Hungary 67.70 2008 est.
18 Cote d'Ivoire 66.40 2008 est.
19 Portugal 66.40 2008 est.
20 Germany 66.00 2008 est.
21 Canada 63.80 2008 est.
22 Austria 62.60 2008 est.
23 Jordan 62.20 2008 est.
24 Kenya 60.10 2008 est.
25 Uruguay 59.80 2008 est.
26 Netherlands 58.20 2008 est.
27 Philippines 56.90 2008 est.
28 Iceland 56.50 2008 est.
29 Mauritius 56.50 2008 est.
30 India 56.40 2008 est.
31 Norway 55.70 2008 est.
32 Morocco 55.60 2008 est.
33 Ghana 53.80 2008 est.
34 Albania 51.90 2008 est.
35 United Kingdom 51.80 2008 est.
36 Pakistan 51.20 2008 est.
37 Cyprus 49.10 2008 est.
38 Malawi 49.10 2008 est.
39 Vietnam 48.80 2008 est.
40 Argentina 48.60 2008 est.
41 Tunisia 48.40 2008 est.
42 Aruba 46.30 2005
43 Bolivia 45.20 2008 est.
44 Poland 45.20 2008 est.
45 Panama 45.00 2008 est.
46 El Salvador 44.70 2008 est.
47 Ireland 44.20 2008 est.
48 Croatia 42.70 2008 est.
49 Colombia 42.60 2008 est.
50 Costa Rica 42.20 2008 est.
51 United Arab Emirates 40.70 2008 est.
52 Spain 40.70 2008 est.
53 Switzerland 40.20 2008 est.
54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40.00 2008 est.
55 Turkey 40.00 2008 est.
56 Malaysia 40.00 2008 est.
57 Bangladesh 39.40 2008 est.
58 Brazil 38.80 2008 est.
59 Montenegro 38.00 2006
60 Thailand 37.90 2008 est.
61 United States 37.50 2008 est.
62 Dominican Republic 37.40 2008 est.
63 Serbia 37.00 2007 est.
64 Sweden 36.70 2008 est.
65 Mexico 35.80 2008 est.
66 Cuba 34.80 2008 est.
67 Finland 33.70 2008 est.
68 Denmark 33.50 2008 est.
69 Papua New Guinea 32.20 2008 est.
70 Ethiopia 32.00 2008 est.
71 South Africa 31.60 2008 est.
72 Zambia 29.50 2008 est.
73 Taiwan 29.40 2008 est.
74 Indonesia 29.30 2008 est.
75 Bahrain 28.70 2008 est.
76 Slovakia 28.70 2008 est.
77 Yemen 28.10 2008 est.
78 Czech Republic 26.80 2008 est.
79 Trinidad and Tobago 26.60 2008 est.
80 Guatemala 25.70 2008 est.
81 Syria 25.40 2008 est.
82 Ecuador 25.10 2008 est.
83 Gabon 24.70 2008 est.
84 Korea, South 24.40 2008 est.
85 New Zealand 24.40 2008 est.
86 Peru 24.00 2008 est.
87 Tanzania 23.20 2008 est.
88 Slovenia 23.00 2008 est.
89 Moldova 22.30 2008 est.
90 Mozambique 21.40 2008 est.
91 Senegal 21.40 2008 est.
92 Macedonia 20.80 2008 est.
93 Honduras 20.40 2008 est.
94 Namibia 20.00 2008 est.
95 Paraguay 19.90 2008 est.
96 Latvia 19.50 2008 est.
97 Iran 19.40 2008 est.
98 Saudi Arabia 18.90 2008 est.
99 Uganda 18.80 2008 est.
100 Gibraltar 15.70 2005 est.
101 China 15.60 2008 est.
102 Lithuania 15.60 2008 est.
103 Angola 15.50 2008 est.
104 Australia 14.70 2008 est.
105 Romania 14.70 2008 est.
106 Bulgaria 14.10 2008 est.
107 Hong Kong 13.90 2008 est.
108 Venezuela 13.80 2008 est.
109 Cameroon 13.50 2008 est.
110 Nigeria 13.40 2008 est.
111 Uzbekistan 10.40 2008 est.
112 Ukraine 10.30 2008 est.
113 Luxembourg 10.20 2008 est.
114 Kazakhstan 8.60 2008 est.
115 Algeria 8.40 2008 est.
116 Kuwait 7.60 2008 est.
117 Russia 6.50 2008 est.
118 Botswana 5.90 2008 est.
119 Wallis and Futuna 5.60 2004 est.
120 Chile 5.20 2008 est.
121 Qatar 5.10 2008 est.
122 Estonia 4.80 2008 est.
123 Azerbaijan 4.10 2008 est.
124 Libya 4.00 2008 est.
125 Oman 2.80 2008 est.
126 Equatorial Guinea 0.90 2008 est.



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    Energy: Coal, Australia | Crude oil, Brent | Crude oil, Dubai | Crude oil, avg, spot | Crude oil, West Texas Int. | Natural gas LNG, Japan | Natural gas, Europe | Natural gas Index | Natural gas, US
    Fertilizers:
    DAP | Phosphate rock | Pottasium chloride | TSP | Urea, E. Europe, bulk
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    Cocoa | Coffee, Arabica | Coffee, robusta | Tea, auctions (3), average | Tea, Colombo auctions | Tea, Kolkata auctions | Tea, Mombasa auctions
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    Coconut oil | Copra | Groundnut oil | Palm oil | Palmkernel oil | Soybeans | Soybean meal | Soybean oil
    Non Energy Commodities / Food / Grains
    Barley | Maize | Rice, Thailand, 5% | Rice, Thailand, 25% | Rice, Thailand, 35% | Rice,Thai, A1.Special | Sorghum | Wheat, Canada | Wheat, US, HRW | Wheat US SRW
    Non Energy Commodities / Food / Other food
    Bananas EU | Bananas US | Beef | Chicken meat | Fishmeal | Lamb | Oranges | Shrimp, Mexico | Sugar EU domestic | Sugar US domestic | Sugar, world
    Raw Materials / Other
    Cotton Memphis | Cotton A Index | Rubber, Singapore | Rubber, US
    Raw Materials / Timber
    Logs, Cameroon | Logs, Malaysia | Plywood | Sawnwood, Cameroon | Sawnwood, Malaysia | Woodpulp
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