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 liabilities of both the private and public sector and must be financed out of foreign exchange earnings.

List in alphabetical order

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
1	.	Zimbabwe	230.80		2011 est.
2	.	Japan	208.20		2011 est.
3	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	185.00		2009 est.
4	.	Greece	165.40		2011 est.
5	.	Lebanon	137.10		2011 est.
6	.	Iceland	130.10		2011 est.
7	.	Antigua and Barbuda	130.00		2010 est.
8	.	Jamaica	126.50		2011 est.
9	.	Italy	120.10		2011 est.
10	.	Ireland	109.20		2011 est.
11	.	Barbados	103.90		2011 est.
12	.	Portugal	103.30		2011 est.
13	.	Sudan	100.80		2011 est.
14	.	Belgium	99.70		2011 est.
15	.	Singapore	96.30		2011 est.
16	.	Egypt	85.70		2011 est.
17	.	France	85.50		2011 est.
18	.	Belize	83.60		2011 est.
19	.	Canada	83.50		2011 est.
20	.	Germany	81.50		2011 est.
21	.	United Kingdom	79.50		2011 est.
22	.	Bhutan	78.90		FY 10/11 est.
23	.	Sri Lanka	78.50		2011 est.
24	.	Dominica	78.00		2009 est.
25	.	Saint Lucia	77.00		2010 est.
26	.	Hungary	76.00		2011 est.
27	.	Bahrain	75.30		2011 est.
28	.	Israel	74.00		2011 est.
29	.	Austria	72.10		2011 est.
30	.	United States	69.40		2011 est.
31	.	Spain	68.20		2011 est.
32	.	Malta	68.00		2011 est.
33	.	Cyprus	66.80		2011 est.
34	.	Cote d'Ivoire	65.80		2011 est.
35	.	Morocco	65.00		2011 est.
36	.	Netherlands	64.40		2011 est.
37	.	Nicaragua	63.60		2011 est.
38	.	Jordan	60.70		2011 est.
39	.	Croatia	60.50		2011 est.
40	.	Mauritius	60.20		2011 est.
41	.	Albania	59.40		2011 est.
42	.	Malaysia	57.90		2011 est.
43	.	Guyana	57.00		2010 est.
44	.	Poland	56.70		2011 est.
45	.	Vietnam	54.50		2011 est.
46	.	Brazil	54.40		2011 est.
47	.	El Salvador	52.80		2011 est.
48	.	Switzerland	52.40		2011 est.
49	.	Tunisia	51.80		2011 est.
50	.	India	51.60		2011 est.
51	.	Philippines	49.40		2011 est.
52	.	Uruguay	49.20		2011 est.
53	.	Finland	49.00		2011 est.
54	.	Pakistan	48.60		2011 est.
55	.	Kenya	48.50		2011 est.
56	.	Norway	48.40		2011 est.
57	.	Denmark	46.90		2011 est.
58	.	Aruba	46.30		2005
59	.	Seychelles	46.20		2011 est.
60	.	Thailand	45.60		2011 est.
61	.	Colombia	45.60		2011 est.
62	.	Slovenia	45.50		2011 est.
63	.	Ukraine	44.80		2011 est.
64	.	Latvia	44.80		2011 est.
65	.	Slovakia	44.50		2011 est.
66	.	Costa Rica	44.50		2011 est.
67	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44.00		2011 est.
68	.	United Arab Emirates	43.90		2011 est.
69	.	Mozambique	43.00		2011 est.
70	.	Argentina	42.90		2011 est.
71	.	Turkey	42.40		2011 est.
72	.	Ethiopia	42.30		2011 est.
73	.	Panama	41.70		2011 est.
74	.	Serbia	41.00		2011 est.
75	.	Montenegro	40.00		2011 est.
76	.	Czech Republic	39.90		2011 est.
77	.	Ghana	38.70		2011 est.
78	.	Bolivia	38.00		2011 est.
79	.	Lithuania	37.70		2011 est.
80	.	Mexico	37.50		2011 est.
81	.	Yemen	37.20		2011 est.
82	.	Tanzania	36.90		2011 est.
83	.	Sweden	36.80		2011 est.
84	.	Malawi	36.80		2011 est.
85	.	Bangladesh	36.70		2011 est.
86	.	Dominican Republic	36.40		2011 est.
87	.	South Africa	35.60		2011 est.
88	.	Taiwan	34.90		2011 est.
89	.	Cuba	34.90		2011 est.
90	.	Syria	34.40		2011 est.
91	.	Romania	34.00		2011 est.
92	.	New Zealand	33.70		2011 est.
93	.	Senegal	33.20		2011 est.
94	.	Venezuela	33.00		2011 est.
95	.	Mali	32.60		2011 est.
96	.	Trinidad and Tobago	31.70		2011 est.
97	.	Australia	30.30		2011 est.
98	.	Honduras	29.60		2011 est.
99	.	Guatemala	29.50		2011 est.
100	.	Namibia	27.40		2011 est.
101	.	Zambia	27.30		2011 est.
102	.	Macedonia	26.10		2011 est.
103	.	Ecuador	25.50		2011 est.
104	.	Uganda	25.00		2011 est.
105	.	Indonesia	24.50		2011 est.
106	.	Angola	24.50		2011 est.
107	.	Korea, South	22.90		2011 est.
108	.	Papua New Guinea	22.30		2011 est.
109	.	Peru	21.90		2011 est.
110	.	Luxembourg	20.40		2011 est.
111	.	Botswana	20.30		2011 est.
112	.	Moldova	19.30		2011 est.
113	.	Gabon	18.30		2011 est.
114	.	Nigeria	17.60		2011 est.
115	.	Bulgaria	17.50		2011 est.
116	.	Paraguay	17.40		2011 est.
117	.	China	16.30		2011 est.
118	.	Cameroon	16.20		2011 est.
119	.	Kazakhstan	16.00		2011 est.
120	.	Iran	11.60		2010 est.
121	.	Hong Kong	10.10		2011 est.
122	.	Saudi Arabia	9.40		2011 est.
123	.	Chile	9.40		2011 est.
124	.	Qatar	8.90		2011 est.
125	.	Russia	8.70		2011 est.
126	.	Uzbekistan	7.70		2011 est.
127	.	Gibraltar	7.50		2008 est.
128	.	Kuwait	6.80		2011 est.
129	.	Algeria	6.60		2011 est.
130	.	Estonia	5.80		2011 est.
131	.	Wallis and Futuna	5.60		2004 est.
132	.	Equatorial Guinea	5.50		2011 est.
133	.	Libya	4.70		2011 est.
134	.	Azerbaijan	4.70		2011 est.
135	.	Oman	3.80		2011 est.
136	.	Niger	NA		NA
137	.	Niue	NA		NA
138	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
139	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
140	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
141	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
142	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
143	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
144	.	Palau	NA		NA
145	.	Sao Tome and Principe	NA		NA
146	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
147	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
148	.	San Marino	NA		NA
149	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
150	.	Somalia	NA		NA
151	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
152	.	Sierra Leone	NA		NA
153	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
154	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
155	.	Samoa	NA		NA
156	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
157	.	Rwanda	NA		NA
158	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
159	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
160	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
161	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
162	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
163	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
164	.	Timor-Leste	NA		NA
165	.	Swaziland	NA		NA
166	.	Tonga	NA		NA
167	.	Tajikistan	NA		NA
168	.	Togo	NA		NA
169	.	Suriname	NA		NA
170	.	Burundi	NA		NA
171	.	Burkina Faso	NA		NA
172	.	Benin	NA		NA
173	.	Brunei	NA		NA
174	.	Burma	NA		NA
175	.	Cambodia	NA		NA
176	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
177	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
178	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
179	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
180	.	Cape Verde	NA		NA
181	.	Bermuda	NA		NA
182	.	Belarus	NA		NA
183	.	Chad	NA		NA
184	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
185	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
186	.	Comoros	NA		NA
187	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
188	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
189	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
190	.	Congo, Republic of the	NA		NA
191	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
192	.	Curacao	NA		NA
193	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA		NA
194	.	Djibouti	NA		NA
195	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
196	.	Gambia, The	NA		NA
197	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
198	.	Georgia	NA		NA
199	.	Greenland	NA		NA
200	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
201	.	Eritrea	NA		NA
202	.	Fiji	NA		NA
203	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
204	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
205	.	European Union	NA		NA
206	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
207	.	Turkmenistan	NA		NA
208	.	World	NA		NA
209	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
210	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
211	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
212	.	West Bank	NA		NA
213	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
214	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
215	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
216	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
217	.	Maldives	NA		NA
218	.	Nauru	NA		NA
219	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
220	.	Nepal	NA		NA
221	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
222	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
223	.	Madagascar	NA		NA
224	.	Mauritania	NA		NA
225	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
226	.	Monaco	NA		NA
227	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
228	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
229	.	Mongolia	NA		NA
230	.	Guam	NA		NA
231	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
232	.	Guinea	NA		NA
233	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
234	.	Haiti	NA		NA
235	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
236	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
237	.	Iraq	NA		NA
238	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
239	.	Grenada	NA		NA
240	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
241	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
242	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
243	.	Lesotho	NA		NA
244	.	Laos	NA		NA
245	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
246	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
247	.	Liberia	NA		NA
248	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
249	.	Macau	NA		NA
250	.	Jersey	NA		NA
251	.	Kyrgyzstan	NA		NA
252	.	Armenia	NA		NA
253	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
254	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
255	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA
256	.	Andorra	NA		NA
257	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
258	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
259	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
260	.	Bahamas, The	NA		NA
261	.	Afghanistan	NA		NA
262	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Public debt(% of GPD) 2012 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2012. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Public debt(% of GPD) 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Public debt(% of GPD) 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.