World Factbook

Public Debt

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 liablities of both the private and public sector and must be financed out of foreign exchange earnings.
Source: CIA-World Factbook

	Public debt	Rank	Date of information
Lebanon	209.00%	1	2006
Japan	176.20%	2	2006
Seychelles	166.10%	3	2006
Jamaica	133.30%	4	2006
Zimbabwe	108.40%	5	2006
Italy	107.80%	6	2006
Greece	104.60%	7	2006
Egypt	102.90%	8	2006
Singapore	100.60%	9	2006
Belgium	90.30%	10	2006
Sri Lanka	89.60%	11	2006
Israel	89.00%	12	2006
Moldova	84.50%	13	2006
Nicaragua	82.70%	14	2006
Bhutan	81.40%	15	2004
Ethiopia	80.30%	16	2006
Jordan	72.20%	17	30 September 2006
Morocco	70.90%	18	2006
Uruguay	70.60%	19	2006
Cote d'Ivoire	69.40%	20	2006
Hungary	68.60%	21	2006
Malawi	68.40%	22	2006
Portugal	67.40%	23	2006
Honduras	67.10%	24	2006
Germany	66.80%	25	2006
Zambia	65.70%	26	2006
Canada	65.40%	27	2006
Cyprus	64.80%	28	2006
France	64.70%	29	2006
United States	64.70%	30	2005
Turkey	64.70%	31	2006
Austria	63.00%	32	2006
Philippines	61.60%	33	October 2006
Panama	61.30%	34	2006
Argentina	61.00%	35	2006
Sudan	59.60%	36	2006
Mauritius	57.90%	37	2006
Tunisia	57.30%	38	2006
Croatia	56.20%	39	2006
Pakistan	55.00%	40	2006
Papua New Guinea	53.70%	41	2006
Costa Rica	53.40%	42	2006
Serbia	53.10%	43	2005
India	52.80%	44	2006
Switzerland	51.00%	45	2006
Netherlands	50.80%	46	2006
Kenya	50.50%	47	2006
Brazil	50.00%	48	2006
Poland	49.00%	49	2006
Vietnam	47.50%	50	2006
Bangladesh	46.70%	51	2006
Malaysia	46.70%	52	2006
Sweden	46.40%	53	2006
Aruba	46.30%	54	2005
Dominican Republic	45.60%	55	2006
Colombia	45.30%	56	2006
Norway	44.80%	57	2006
Indonesia	43.80%	58	2006
Thailand	43.50%	59	2006
El Salvador	42.60%	60	2006
United Kingdom	42.20%	61	2006
Macedonia	41.50%	62	2006
Spain	39.90%	63	2006
Ghana	38.60%	64	2006
Syria	37.90%	65	2006
Finland	37.70%	66	2006
Trinidad and Tobago	36.60%	67	2006
Slovakia	36.10%	68	2006
Ecuador	36.00%	69	2006
Taiwan	34.60%	70	2006
Bahrain	34.20%	71	2006
Peru	33.80%	72	2006
South Africa	32.90%	73	2006
Angola	32.70%	74	2006
Saudi Arabia	32.50%	75	2006
Korea, South	31.90%	76	2006
Namibia	31.60%	77	2006
Paraguay	31.30%	78	2006
Tanzania	30.50%	79	2006
Yemen	30.00%	80	2006
Uzbekistan	29.70%	81	2006
Uganda	29.30%	82	2006
Czech Republic	29.10%	83	2006
Slovenia	29.00%	84	2006
Gabon	28.60%	85	2006
Cameroon	28.40%	86	2006
Venezuela	28.40%	87	2006
Denmark	28.10%	88	2006
Bulgaria	25.60%	89	2006
Iran	25.30%	90	2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina	24.50%	91	2006
Qatar	23.60%	92	2006
Iceland	23.50%	93	2006
Mozambique	23.20%	94	2006
Ireland	22.80%	95	2006
China	21.40%	96	2006
Romania	21.40%	97	2006
Mexico	20.70%	98	2006
New Zealand	19.90%	99	2006
Algeria	18.60%	100	2006
Guatemala	18.60%	101	2006
Lithuania	18.00%	102	2006
Senegal	17.80%	103	2006
Australia	14.10%	104	2006
Ukraine	12.70%	105	2006
Kazakhstan	11.00%	106	2006
Latvia	11.00%	107	2006
Azerbaijan	10,40%	108	2006
Nigeria	10,40%	109	2006
United Arab Emirates	9.00%	110	2006
Kuwait	8.10%	111	2006
Russia	8.00%	112	2006
Botswana	7.10%	113	2006
Libya	5.60%	114	2006
Wallis and Futuna	5.60%	115	2004
Equatorial Guinea	4.70%	116	2006
Oman	4.50%	117	2006
Chile	3.90%	118	2006
Estonia	3.60%	119	2006
Hong Kong	1.00%	120	2006

Source: CIA World Factbook. This page was last updated on 23 February, 2010

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