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  Rank Order - Public debt


Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
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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