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Country | Public debt (% of GDP)
Albania | 52.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Algeria | 19% of GDP (2007 est.)
Angola | 12% of GDP (2007 est.)
Argentina | 59% of GDP (June 2007 est.)
Aruba | 46.3% of GDP (2005)
Australia | 15.4% of GDP note: The Commonwealth government eliminated its net debt in 2006, but continues a gross debt issue to support the market for risk-free securities. (2007 est.)
Austria | 59.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan | 6.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bahrain | 29.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bangladesh | 37.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Belgium | 84.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bhutan | 81.4% of GDP (2004)
Bolivia | 46.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34% of GDP (2007 est.)
Botswana | 5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Brazil | 45.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Bulgaria | 12.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Cameroon | 15.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Canada | 68.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Chile | 4.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
China | 18.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Colombia | 53.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Costa Rica | 46.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 81.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Croatia | 47.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Cuba | 36.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Cyprus | 59.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Czech Republic | 26.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Denmark | 26% of GDP (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic | 40.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ecuador | 33.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Egypt | 105.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
El Salvador | 37.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | 3.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Estonia | 3.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ethiopia | 45.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Finland | 31.3% of GDP (2007)
France | 64% of GDP (2007 est.)
Gabon | 50% of GDP (2007 est.)
Germany | 63.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ghana | 48.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Gibraltar | 15.7% of GDP (2005 est.)
Greece | 89.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Guatemala | 20.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Honduras | 24.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Hong Kong | 7.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Hungary | 67% of GDP (2007 est.)
Iceland | 27.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
India | 58% of GDP (federal and state debt combined) (2007 est.)
Indonesia | 34.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Iran | 25.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ireland | 24.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Israel | 80.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Italy | 104% of GDP (2007 est.)
Jamaica | 127.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Japan | 195.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Jordan | 72.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan | 7.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Kenya | 40.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Korea, South | 33.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Kosovo | NA
Kuwait | 7.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Latvia | 7.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Lebanon | 186.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Libya | 4.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Lithuania | 14.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Luxembourg | 5.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Macedonia | 30.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Malawi | 50.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Malaysia | 41.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Mauritius | 58.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Mexico | 22.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Moldova | 23.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Montenegro | 38% of GDP (2006)
Morocco | 72.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Mozambique | 22.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Namibia | 21.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Netherlands | 46.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
New Zealand | 20.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Nicaragua | 63% of GDP (2007 est.)
Nigeria | 14.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Norway | 75.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Oman | 3.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Pakistan | 52.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Panama | 52.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 42% of GDP (2007 est.)
Paraguay | 27.1% of GDP (2007)
Peru | 29.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Philippines | 55.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Poland | 43.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
Portugal | 63.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Qatar | 11.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Romania | 18.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Russia | 5.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia | 23.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Senegal | 22.6% of GDP (2007)
Serbia | 37% of GDP (2007 est.)
Seychelles | 144.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Singapore | 101.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Slovakia | 35.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Slovenia | 24.1% of GDP (2007 est.)
South Africa | 31.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Spain | 35.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka | 83.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Sudan | 98.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Sweden | 41.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Switzerland | 45.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Syria | 37.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Taiwan | 27.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Tanzania | 19.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Thailand | 37.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 26.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Tunisia | 55.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Turkey | 38.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Uganda | 20.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Ukraine | 11.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 22.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
United Kingdom | 43% of GDP (2007 est.)
United States | 60.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Uruguay | 67% of GDP (2007)
Uzbekistan | 18.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Venezuela | 19.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Vietnam | 42.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | 5.6% of GDP (2004 est.)
Yemen | 33.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Zambia | 28% of GDP (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe | 211.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
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