Debt-To-GDP Ratio
What Does Debt-To-GDP Ratio Mean?
A measure of a country's federal debt in relation to its gross domestic product (GDP). By comparing what a country owes and what it produces, the debt-to-GDP ratio indicates the country's ability to pay back its debt. The ratio is a coverage ratio on a national level. Investopedia explains Debt-To-GDP Ratio
This measure gives an idea of the ability of a country to make future payments on its debt. If a country were unable to pay its debt, it would default, which could cause a panic in the domestic and international markets. The higher the debt-to-GDP ratio, the less likely the country will pay its debt back, and the higher its risk of default. This is a list of countries by public debt as percentage of annual gross domestic product, based on The World Factbook, OECD Economic Outlook and IMF estimates.

Economy CIA 2008[1] OECD 2008[2] IMF 2008[3] CIA 2009[4]
Zimbabwe 241.20
Japan 170.40 173.0 198.6
Lebanon 163.50
Jamaica 124.10
Singapore 113.70
Italy 103.70 113.0 104.3
Seychelles 92.60
Greece 90.10 100.8
Sudan 86.10
Egypt 84.70
Bhutan 81.40[5]
Belgium 80.80 92.2
Barbados 80.00 (estimated)
Sri Lanka 78.00
Israel 75.70
Hungary 73.80 71.8
France 67.00 72.5 65.2
Ghana 66.50
Portugal 64.20 70.9
Germany 62.60 64.8 76.4
Canada 62.30 63.0 60.7
United States 60.80 73.2 61.5 83.4[6]
Morocco 60.20
Austria 58.80 62.6
Cote d'Ivoire 58.30
Jordan 58.30
India 58.20
Mauritius 57.20
Uruguay 57.00
Philippines 56.50
Nicaragua 53.60
Tunisia 53.10
Bolivia 52.70
Norway 52.00 45.4
Albania 51.20
Argentina 51.00
Pakistan 49.80
Malawi 49.10
Cyprus 49.00
Croatia 48.90
Colombia 48.00
United Kingdom 47.20 58.7 43.4 68.5
Panama 46.40
Aruba 46.30[7]
Switzerland 44.00 48.1
Netherlands 43.00 54.4
Malaysia 42.70
Thailand 42.00
Poland 41.60 52.8
Syria 41.20
Brazil 40.70
Kenya 40.60
Bosnia and Herzegovina 40.00
Dominican Republic 39.10
Vietnam 38.60
Costa Rica 38.40
Montenegro 38.00[8]
Spain 37.50 44.2
Turkey 37.10
Serbia 37.00[9]
Sweden 36.50 44.6
Macedonia 35.90
Slovakia 35.00 38.0
Bangladesh 34.60
Ethiopia 34.40
Papua New Guinea 34.00
Bahrain 33.20
Finland 33.00 39.6
Cuba 32.80
Korea, South 32.70 32.6
Yemen 31.80
Ireland 31.50 32.8
Taiwan 30.90
Indonesia 30.10
South Africa 29.90
Czech Republic 29.40 36.1
Ecuador 29.20
Trinidad and Tobago 28.00
El Salvador 26.70
Gabon 26.30
Zambia 25.70
Iran 25.00
Peru 24.80
Guatemala 23.70
Iceland 23.00 24.8
New Zealand 22.90 25.3
United Arab Emirates 22.40
Namibia 22.30[10]
Paraguay 22.20
Slovenia 22.00
Tanzania 22.00
Denmark 21.80 28.4
Mozambique 21.40
Senegal 21.40
Moldova 21.30
Honduras 21.00
Mexico 20.30
Uganda 19.50
Venezuela 17.40
Latvia 17.00
Bulgaria 16.70
China 15.70
Gibraltar 15.70[11]
Australia 15.40[12] 14.2
Hong Kong 14.50
Romania 14.10
Algeria 13.80
Uzbekistan 13.60
Saudi Arabia 13.50
Nigeria 12.20
Cameroon 11.90
Lithuania 11.90
Ukraine 10.00
Equatorial Guinea 9.30
Kazakhstan 9.10
Angola 8.70
Kuwait 7.20
Luxembourg 7.20 18.1
Russia 6.80
Qatar 6.00
Wallis and Futuna 5.60[13]
Azerbaijan 5.20
Botswana 5.10
Chile 3.80
Estonia 3.80
Libya 3.60
Oman 2.40