Government Net Debt (% of GDP)


What is it?

The government debt-to-GDP ratio measures gross debt as a percentage of GDP. The result indicates the sustainability of government finance. Debt represents the sum of currency and deposits / debt securities, loans / insurance, pensions and standardised guarantee schemes / and other payables.


The data

Country
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Albania
58.158
60.577
68.138
65.672
68.954
68.135
63.754
59.047
Algeria
-33.703
-31.084
-29.028
-29.511
-21.788
-7.617
13.319
21.799
31.652
Australia
3.969
8.081
11.238
13.191
15.504
17.853
18.912
18.357
19.232
Austria
60.482
60.266
60.471
60.408
59.144
58.287
57.135
55.937
51.032
Barbados
104.307
108.729
121.531
132.783
137.564
145.520
147.897
156.378
123.404
Belgium
88.392
90.799
91.602
92.490
94.124
93.271
92.396
90.119
88.463
Bolivia
18.645
15.972
12.516
12.094
15.846
23.000
30.564
35.145
39.977
Bosnia and Herzegovina
33.960
33.610
36.450
37.174
39.319
38.372
36.511
30.999
28.443
Botswana
4.054
-2.335
-0.463
-4.513
-9.348
-7.222
-3.178
-3.866
-1.139
Brazil
37.998
34.471
32.190
30.505
32.585
35.640
46.170
51.628
54.143
Bulgaria
2.851
4.992
4.525
6.508
13.197
15.619
11.453
10.518
9.185
Cabo Verde
64.480
72.450
87.075
97.961
110.089
119.129
121.019
118.237
121.309
Cameroon
10.485
12.558
13.145
15.934
19.880
27.751
30.854
33.612
34.685
Canada
27.106
27.610
29.033
29.787
28.609
28.470
28.802
27.581
27.865
Chile
-7.001
-8.567
-6.774
-5.624
-4.351
-3.440
0.941
4.401
6.056
Colombia
28.539
27.220
24.817
26.883
32.919
42.081
38.611
38.979
40.614
Croatia
45.771
54.069
59.106
66.472
70.924
72.316
70.547
65.901
Cyprus
48.124
52.543
67.076
78.127
89.453
91.255
86.891
79.497
Czechia
25.519
26.759
28.323
29.110
29.418
28.056
24.912
21.543
Denmark
15.033
15.119
18.540
18.303
18.183
16.476
16.737
14.964
14.793
Djibouti
50.137
43.906
43.059
33.186
35.065
30.923
64.826
66.442
64.974
Dominican Republic
20.834
22.456
27.509
31.248
30.374
29.248
30.131
31.778
32.081
Egypt
57.094
61.279
63.452
73.733
77.054
78.839
88.188
93.884
81.298
Estonia
-8.496
-6.758
-4.859
-4.387
-3.886
-2.212
-2.643
-2.062
-0.428
Eswatini
5.029
7.426
5.497
4.030
3.465
10.649
18.429
24.144
33.252
Ethiopia
32.390
39.952
37.035
41.936
43.299
49.693
52.022
54.991
57.452
Fiji
51.393
47.464
45.132
43.382
42.394
41.151
42.881
45.279
46.285
Finland
3.174
5.076
9.478
12.948
17.351
18.701
21.523
22.160
22.272
France
73.613
76.420
79.974
82.992
85.465
86.362
87.487
87.511
87.604
Germany
60.913
59.223
58.450
57.485
54.018
51.012
48.165
44.484
41.004
Ghana
32.166
28.587
34.024
40.165
46.253
50.671
52.006
52.033
55.033
Guyana
50.220
52.413
50.325
46.423
45.343
45.260
50.737
52.195
56.984
Hungary
72.531
72.420
70.685
70.901
70.379
71.273
68.769
66.156
62.297
Iceland
64.308
59.937
62.012
60.513
53.611
47.361
39.697
35.556
29.684
Indonesia
19.687
17.758
18.577
20.600
20.377
22.490
23.842
24.825
25.428
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
1.902
-2.510
1.332
-5.644
-5.623
21.688
34.497
28.850
27.208
Ireland
66.928
79.730
87.534
90.435
86.354
66.292
64.370
59.145
55.748
Israel
64.300
63.200
63.100
62.200
62.100
60.200
58.700
57.100
56.424
Italy
104.729
106.760
111.602
116.694
118.850
119.538
118.866
119.042
120.057
Japan
131.065
142.441
146.748
146.356
148.514
147.798
152.568
151.055
153.190
Jordan
61.096
65.115
74.438
78.954
79.689
84.871
86.524
88.004
89.546
Kazakhstan
-10.249
-12.706
-15.941
-17.605
-19.166
-30.850
-23.759
-16.151
-17.292
Kenya
40.223
39.063
40.137
40.093
44.418
46.332
47.938
49.060
51.807
Korea, Republic of
29.224
29.930
-2.010
1.896
3.460
6.353
11.774
11.642
12.595
Latvia
28.480
31.193
29.430
29.253
29.598
31.058
31.001
32.113
30.378
Lebanon
127.649
128.276
123.120
126.128
129.478
134.286
140.443
143.410
146.730
Lesotho
-4.107
1.892
-2.887
-2.133
-3.603
0.116
-0.807
-1.025
-1.756
Liberia
16.782
16.970
15.241
15.887
18.114
20.130
22.837
31.684
38.077
Lithuania
26.321
33.127
33.435
34.172
32.700
34.647
32.288
32.381
29.328
Luxembourg
-13.486
-11.451
-10.704
-9.014
-10.827
-12.218
-11.845
-11.456
-10.887
Mali
16.937
17.140
21.207
20.513
20.004
24.666
29.658
29.867
31.877
Malta
57.185
58.158
57.929
58.974
53.852
49.506
42.994
37.920
Mauritania
57.706
50.561
51.374
49.352
58.528
75.189
77.343
75.334
82.586
Mexico
36.010
37.166
37.242
39.960
42.646
46.537
48.703
45.763
45.022
Morocco
48.493
52.137
56.007
61.216
62.838
63.085
64.371
64.744
64.918
Namibia
13.084
20.725
18.047
21.533
24.034
33.534
36.579
39.178
43.308
Netherlands
45.736
48.437
51.885
53.518
54.720
52.861
50.604
46.569
44.509
New Zealand
4.724
8.788
10.823
10.992
10.355
9.850
9.098
7.964
8.800
Niger
16.560
22.202
19.868
19.084
24.217
34.400
39.155
43.259
51.108
Nigeria
6.323
12.610
10.792
11.741
13.768
15.878
19.002
20.938
24.220
North Macedonia
21.486
26.072
29.491
30.231
33.704
36.185
37.113
38.602
38.288
Norway
-47.395
-48.314
-50.019
-61.280
-75.889
-86.980
-85.323
-80.801
-79.148
Oman
-30.061
-29.705
-29.072
-43.925
-44.108
-43.070
-28.544
-10.810
0.913
Pakistan
56.549
55.845
59.220
60.130
58.034
58.244
61.259
61.414
67.202
Panama
34.912
33.051
32.069
31.306
33.698
34.782
34.841
35.266
37.234
Paraguay
7.537
5.859
8.944
9.675
10.928
14.777
15.603
15.947
18.380
Peru
10.246
6.068
2.787
1.502
2.687
5.300
6.948
8.727
10.361
Poland
47.292
48.308
47.863
50.877
44.661
46.561
48.025
44.532
43.642
Portugal
82.073
96.066
104.786
108.160
112.752
113.864
112.500
110.074
108.170
Romania
22.919
27.421
28.983
29.586
29.721
29.673
27.719
28.330
28.270
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
62.404
65.765
69.567
71.434
75.943
75.935
80.009
71.267
70.024
Saudi Arabia
-37.686
-37.656
-47.724
-50.869
-47.056
-35.908
-17.115
-7.679
-0.088
Serbia
36.710
38.661
48.611
49.704
63.396
67.993
66.516
56.588
52.311
Seychelles
76.138
77.430
67.565
56.371
55.363
49.221
50.897
48.898
44.794
Slovenia
26.566
32.175
36.700
45.451
46.555
50.374
52.408
51.944
Solomon Islands
9.875
-0.218
-3.157
-6.366
-9.996
-8.025
-6.390
-3.377
1.469
South Africa
28.514
31.333
34.840
38.233
40.817
44.110
45.160
46.799
50.260
Spain
45.798
56.258
71.500
80.832
85.249
85.332
86.177
84.755
84.098
Sweden
13.574
11.897
11.525
11.691
11.476
11.233
8.896
6.162
5.876
Switzerland
24.198
24.395
23.950
22.923
23.054
23.265
22.787
22.127
20.823
Syrian Arab Republic
18.807
Taiwan
34.855
36.328
37.300
37.116
35.948
34.670
34.288
33.629
33.114
Trinidad and Tobago
-12.277
-3.942
-8.995
-12.676
-15.398
-18.692
-7.473
-9.354
-6.874
Tunisia
32.953
36.795
40.966
44.486
49.510
52.315
60.398
67.708
74.344
Turkey
34.896
31.109
27.470
25.949
23.828
22.960
23.436
22.309
24.943
United Kingdom
68.050
72.493
75.549
76.823
78.754
79.286
78.842
77.519
77.507
United States of America
69.957
76.511
80.322
80.854
80.513
80.363
81.735
80.709
80.878
Uruguay
31.098
28.780
25.931
24.159
22.951
25.798
29.935
32.319
36.245
Yemen
38.275
42.340
45.276
46.712
47.788
54.059
67.060
75.339
62.562
Zambia
15.944
16.417
20.061
25.190
31.758
56.087
51.331
55.921
64.973

Source: World Economic Outlook Database, April 2019