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Rank Order - Public debt

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Rank	Country	Public debt (% of GDP)	Date of Information
1	Malawi	235.70	2003
2	Lebanon	185.10	2003
3	Japan	154.60	2003
4	Jamaica	145.60	2003
5	Zambia	133.60	2003
6	Seychelles	129.30	2003
7	Nicaragua	125.30	2003
8	Serbia and Montenegro	123.20	2003
9	Israel	108.60	2003
10	Italy	106.40	2003
11	Singapore	106.40	2003
12	Sri Lanka	105.10	2003
13	Belgium	102.00	2003 est.
14	Egypt	101.80	2003
15	Greece	100.90	2003
16	Saudi Arabia	94.60	2003
17	Jordan	92.70	2003
18	Syria	89.00	2003
19	Moldova	88.40	2003
20	Sudan	87.00	2003
21	Cote d'Ivoire	82.50	2003
22	Turkey	78.70	2003
23	Canada	77.00	2003
24	Philippines	77.00	2003
25	Morocco	76.20	2003
26	Panama	73.30	2003
27	Indonesia	72.90	2003
28	Pakistan	72.70	2003
29	Qatar	72.70	2003
30	Papua New Guinea	72.40	2003
31	Croatia	69.10	2003
32	France	68.80	2003
33	Austria	67.60	2003
34	Argentina	65.70	2003 est.
35	Vietnam	64.30	2003
36	Germany	64.20	2003
37	Kenya	62.90	2003
38	Spain	62.70	2003
39	United States	62.40	2003
40	Cyprus	62.30	2003
41	Uganda	62.20	2003
42	Portugal	59.80	2003
43	India	59.70	2003
44	Tunisia	59.50	2003
45	Dominican Republic	59.40	2003
46	Brazil	58.50	2003
47	Honduras	57.80	2003
48	Bahrain	57.50	2003
49	Cameroon	57.10	2003
50	Switzerland	57.10	2003
51	Hungary	57.00	2003
52	Costa Rica	56.10	2003
53	Trinidad and Tobago	55.90	2003
54	Senegal	54.20	2003
55	Netherlands	54.10	2003
56	Ecuador	53.70	2003
57	Colombia	51.90	2003
58	Sweden	51.80	2003
59	United Kingdom	51.00	2003
60	Peru	49.20	2003
61	Finland	48.70	2003
62	Bulgaria	48.00	2003
63	Poland	47.40	2003
64	Thailand	46.60	2003
65	Malaysia	45.50	2003
66	Paraguay	45.10	2003
67	Denmark	45.00	2003
68	El Salvador	43.70	2003
69	Bangladesh	43.30	2003
70	Uzbekistan	42.30	2003
71	Algeria	41.50	2003 est.
72	Iceland	41.50	2003
73	Zimbabwe	41.30	2003
74	Yemen	39.50	2003
75	Venezuela	38.80	2003
76	South Africa	38.20	2003
77	Slovakia	37.60	2003
78	Namibia	35.60	2003
79	Russia	34.10	2003
80	Mauritius	31.90	2003
81	Slovenia	31.90	2003
82	Gabon	31.50	2003
83	Ireland	31.20	2003
84	Guatemala	30.80	2003
85	Taiwan	30.50	2003
86	Macedonia	30.20	2003
87	China	30.10	2003
88	Czech Republic	29.70	2003
89	Kuwait	29.50	2003
90	Ukraine	28.70	2003
91	Nigeria	28.60	2003
92	Iran	28.20	2003
93	New Zealand	25.60	2003
94	Romania	25.50	2003
95	Lithuania	23.60	2003
96	Mexico	23.10	2003
97	Norway	22.10	2003
98	Australia	18.20	2003
99	United Arab Emirates	18.10	2003
100	Libya	16.60	2003
101	Azerbaijan	16.30	2003 est.
102	Oman	15.60	2003
103	Kazakhstan	15.50	2003
104	Chile	14.80	2003
105	Latvia	14.40	2003
106	Korea, South	13.80	2003
107	Estonia	7.40	2003
108	Botswana	7.00	2003
109	Tanzania	6.10	2003

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