List of countries by public debt

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Map of countries by public debt

This is a list of countries by public debt as percentage of gross domestic product, based on The World Factbook.

Rank	Country	Public debt (% of GDP)	Date of Information
1	Zimbabwe	189.90	2007 est.
2	Lebanon	188.00	2007 est.
3	Japan	182.40	2007 est.
4	Seychelles	143.30	2007 est.
5	Jamaica	134.30	2007 est.
6	Egypt	105.10	2007 est.
7	Italy	104.00	2007
8	Sudan	96.90	2007 est.
9	Singapore	95.30	2007 est.
10	Belgium	86.10	2007 est.
11	Sri Lanka	85.90	2007 est.
12	Israel	82.70	2007 est.
13	Greece	81.70	2007 est.
14	Bhutan	81.40	2004
15	Cote d'Ivoire	81.00	2007 est.
16	Hungary	70.20	2007 est.
17	Jordan	67.20	2007 est.
18	France	66.60	2007 est.
19	Portugal	65.80	2007 est.
20	Germany	65.30	2007 est.
21	Canada	64.00	2007 est.
22	Morocco	63.60	2007 est.
23	Philippines	62.30	2007 est.
24	Cyprus	61.50	2007 est.
25	Austria	61.00	2007 est.
26	Uruguay	60.30	2007 est.
27	Mauritius	59.90	2007 est.
28	Ghana	59.60	2007 est.
29	Argentina	59.00	June 2007 est.
30	India	58.80	2007 est.
31	Turkey	58.20	2007 est.
32	Nicaragua	56.20	2007 est.
33	Ethiopia	54.50	2007 est.
34	Tunisia	54.50	2007 est.
35	Colombia	53.90	2007 est.
36	Pakistan	53.80	2007 est.
37	Albania	53.70	2007 est.
38	Panama	53.60	2007 est.
39	Kenya	50.80	2007 est.
40	Switzerland	50.20	2007 est.
41	Netherlands	47.70	2007 est.
42	Costa Rica	47.40	2007 est.
43	Aruba	46.30	2005
44	Bolivia	46.20	2007 est.
45	Croatia	45.60	2007 est.
46	Poland	44.50	2007 est.
47	Brazil	43.90	2007 est.
48	Papua New Guinea	43.70	2007 est.
49	United Kingdom	43.30	2007 est.
50	Vietnam	43.30	2007 est.
51	Malawi	42.20	2007 est.
52	Sweden	38.00	2007 est.[[1]]
53	Malaysia	41.00	2007 est.
54	Dominican Republic	40.40	2007 est.
55	Serbia	40.00	2007 est.
56	Norway	39.10	2007 est.
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.00	2007 est.
58	El Salvador	38.30	2007 est.
59	Montenegro	38.00	2006
60	Bangladesh	37.90	2007 est.
61	Gabon	37.90	2007 est.
62	Thailand	37.60	2007 est.
63	Syria	37.30	2007 est.
64	Cuba	37.20	2007 est.
65	United States	36.80	2007 est.
66	Spain	35.70	2007 est.
67	Indonesia	35.40	2007 est.
68	Slovakia	34.80	2007 est.
69	Finland	32.90	2007 est.
70	Yemen	32.90	2007 est.
71	Zambia	31.90	2007 est.
72	Czech Republic	31.10	2007 est.
73	Taiwan	31.10	2007 est.
74	South Africa	30.50	2007 est.
75	Ecuador	30.40	2007 est.
76	Honduras	29.30	2007 est.
77	Peru	29.30	2007 est.
78	Bahrain	28.20	2007 est.
79	Iceland	27.70	2007 est.
80	Venezuela	27.00	2007 est.
81	Trinidad and Tobago	26.50	2007 est.
82	Denmark	26.10	2007 est.
83	Macedonia	26.10	2007 est.
84	Slovenia	25.70	2007 est.
85	Moldova	24.60	2007 est.
86	Paraguay	24.60	2007 est.
87	Uzbekistan	24.10	2007 est.
88	Namibia	23.90	2007 est.
89	South Korea	23.80	2007 est.
90	Tanzania	23.60	2007 est.
91	Guatemala	23.30	2007 est.
92	Iran	23.20	2007 est.
93	Qatar	23.20	2007 est.
94	Mexico	23.10	2007 est.
95	Saudi Arabia	22.60	2007 est.
96	Mozambique	22.20	2007 est.
97	Ireland	21.10	2007 est.
98	Uganda	20.60	2007 est.
99	China	18.90	2007 est.
100	Romania	18.70	2007 est.
101	New Zealand	18.30	2007 est.
102	Bulgaria	18.20	2007 est.
103	Senegal	16.10	2007 est.
104	Gibraltar	15.70	2005 est.
105	Lithuania	15.70	2007 est.
106	Australia	15.20	2007 est.
107	United Arab Emirates	14.80	2007 est.
108	Nigeria	14.80	2007 est.
109	Angola	14.70	2007 est.
110	Cameroon	13.80	2007 est.
111	Hong Kong	12.80	2007 est.
112	Ukraine	12.40	2007 est.
113	Kazakhstan	11.80	2007 est.
114	Algeria	9.70	2007 est.
115	Latvia	8.80	2007 est.
116	Kuwait	7.80	2007 est.
117	Russia	7.00	2007 est.
118	Botswana	6.40	2007 est.
119	Wallis and Futuna	5.60	2004 est.
120	Azerbaijan	5.40	2007 est.
121	Libya	4.80	2007 est.
122	Estonia	3.80	2007 est.
123	Chile	3.60	2007 est.
124	Oman	2.80	2007 est.
125	Equatorial Guinea	2.70	2007 est.
126	Luxembourg	2.60	2007 est.

[edit] References

The World Factbook - (Rank Order - Public debt).

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