Country Comparison > Public debt

Rank	Country	Public debt (% of GDP)
1	Japan	194.4
2	Zimbabwe	189.9
3	Lebanon	188
4	Seychelles	143.3
5	Jamaica	134.3
6	Italy	105.6
7	Egypt	105.1
8	Singapore	101.2
9	Sudan	96.9
10	Belgium	86.1
11	Sri Lanka	85.9
12	Israel	82.7
13	Greece	81.7
14	Bhutan	81.4
15	Cote d'Ivoire	81
16	Hungary	70.2
17	Jordan	67.2
18	Uruguay	67
19	France	66.6
20	Portugal	65.8
21	Germany	65.3
22	Canada	64
23	Morocco	63.6
24	Cyprus	61.5
25	Austria	61
26	Mauritius	59.9
27	Philippines	59.5
28	Argentina	59
29	India	58.8
30	Turkey	58.2
31	Nicaragua	56.2
32	Tunisia	54.5
33	Ethiopia	54.5
34	Colombia	53.9
35	Pakistan	53.8
36	Albania	53.7
37	Panama	53.6
38	Kenya	50.8
39	Switzerland	50.2
40	Ghana	48.4
41	Netherlands	47.7
42	Costa Rica	47.4
43	Aruba	46.3
44	Bolivia	46.2
45	Croatia	45.6
46	Poland	44.5
47	Brazil	43.9
48	Papua New Guinea	43.7
49	United Kingdom	43.3
50	Vietnam	43.3
51	Malawi	42.2
52	Sweden	41.9
53	Malaysia	41
54	Dominican Republic	40.4
55	Norway	39.1
56	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39
57	Montenegro	38
58	Gabon	37.9
59	El Salvador	37.9
60	Bangladesh	37.9
61	Syria	37.8
62	Thailand	37.6
63	Cuba	37.2
64	Serbia	37
65	United States	36.8
66	Spain	35.7
67	Indonesia	35.4
68	Slovakia	34.8
69	Korea, South	33.4
70	Yemen	32.9
71	Zambia	31.9
72	Finland	31.3
73	Czech Republic	31.1
74	Taiwan	31.1
75	Ecuador	30.4
76	Honduras	29.3
77	Peru	29.3
78	Bahrain	28.2
79	South Africa	28
80	Iceland	27.7
81	Paraguay	27.1
82	Venezuela	27
83	Trinidad and Tobago	26.5
84	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	26.2
85	Denmark	26.1
86	Slovenia	25.7
87	Moldova	24.6
88	Uzbekistan	24.1
89	Namibia	23.9
90	Tanzania	23.6
91	Guatemala	23.3
92	Qatar	23.2
93	Iran	23.2
94	Mexico	23.1
95	Saudi Arabia	22.6
96	Senegal	22.6
97	Mozambique	22.2
98	Ireland	21.1
99	Uganda	20.6
100	China	18.9
101	Romania	18.7
102	New Zealand	18.3
103	Bulgaria	18.2
104	Lithuania	15.7
105	Gibraltar	15.7
106	Australia	15.2
107	Nigeria	14.8
108	United Arab Emirates	14.8
109	Angola	14.7
110	Cameroon	13.8
111	Ukraine	12.4
112	Algeria	9.7
113	Hong Kong	8.9
114	Latvia	8.8
115	Kuwait	7.8
116	Kazakhstan	7.7
117	Russia	7
118	Botswana	6.4
119	Wallis and Futuna	5.6
120	Azerbaijan	5.4
121	Libya	4.8
122	Estonia	3.8
123	Chile	3.6
124	Oman	2.8
125	Equatorial Guinea	2.7
126	Luxembourg	2.6

Definition: 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.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009