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Japan - Government Debt to GDP 2017

Name: Japan Government Debt to GDP 2017
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General government gross debt as % of GDP · IMF WEO

231.32% −1.10% from 2016 Global rank: 188th

Japan's government debt to gdp was 231.32% in 2017, decreased +1.10% from 232.42% in 2016. This was the 188th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Government Debt to GDP by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.06%	-6.8%
2nd	Liechtenstein	0.56%	27.2%
3rd	Brunei Darussalam	2.83%	-6.0%
4th	Timor-Leste	6.71%	42.5%
5th	Afghanistan	8.00%	-5.2%
6th	Solomon Islands	8.77%	16.4%
7th	Estonia	9.43%	-7.9%
8th	Tuvalu	12.05%	4.9%
9th	Russian Federation	14.31%	-3.6%
10th	Saudi Arabia	15.95%	30.2%
11th	Uzbekistan	17.26%	110.8%
12th	Nigeria	18.01%	3.6%
13th	Comoros	18.93%	17.2%
14th	Botswana	19.59%	-12.3%
15th	Kuwait	19.62%	98.5%
16th	Paraguay	19.85%	2.4%
17th	Kazakhstan	19.87%	1.0%
18th	Kiribati	20.16%	-5.0%
19th	United Arab Emirates	21.17%	13.6%
20th	Eswatini	21.70%	7.9%
21st	Luxembourg	21.80%	11.2%
22nd	Azerbaijan	22.51%	9.2%
23rd	Haiti	22.52%	-7.7%
24th	Cambodia	22.64%	3.9%
25th	Bulgaria	22.92%	-15.1%
26th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	23.18%	-29.7%
27th	Chile	23.65%	12.1%
28th	Micronesia, Federated States of	23.92%	-2.6%
29th	Algeria	24.02%	32.7%
30th	Turkmenistan	24.70%	17.1%
31st	Peru	24.80%	3.6%
32nd	Nepal	24.99%	0.1%
33rd	Guatemala	25.07%	0.7%
34th	Marshall Islands	26.53%	-9.2%
35th	Palau	26.91%	13.4%
36th	Türkiye	27.62%	-0.3%
37th	Bangladesh	28.31%	2.1%
38th	Indonesia	29.40%	5.2%
39th	New Zealand	31.10%	-6.7%
40th	West Bank and Gaza	31.79%	2.4%
41st	Liberia	31.84%	11.3%
42nd	Papua New Guinea	32.48%	-3.7%
43rd	Côte d'Ivoire	32.60%	4.7%
44th	Panama	33.56%	-0.1%
45th	Uganda	33.64%	7.4%
46th	Czechia	33.78%	-6.8%
47th	Burkina Faso	33.89%	3.1%
48th	Nicaragua	34.65%	12.1%
49th	Moldova	34.86%	-12.1%
50th	Equatorial Guinea	36.24%	-11.9%
51st	Niger	36.51%	11.2%
52nd	Cameroon	36.54%	13.8%
53rd	Romania	37.11%	-6.2%
54th	Andorra	37.85%	-4.8%
55th	Korea	38.01%	-2.9%
56th	Philippines	38.13%	2.0%
57th	Norway	38.19%	0.8%
58th	Mali	38.23%	2.7%
59th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38.62%	-13.9%
60th	Georgia	38.89%	-1.4%
61st	Chad	39.18%	-2.3%
62nd	Lithuania	39.34%	-1.6%
63rd	North Macedonia	39.38%	-0.9%
64th	Benin	39.38%	9.6%
65th	Guinea	39.90%	-1.8%
66th	Malawi	39.98%	7.8%
67th	Trinidad and Tobago	40.09%	15.5%
68th	Oman	40.11%	36.7%
69th	Tanzania	40.11%	0.8%
70th	Madagascar	40.13%	-0.4%
71st	Denmark	40.15%	-3.7%
72nd	Latvia	40.33%	-3.4%
73rd	Lesotho	40.99%	-1.1%
74th	Australia	41.20%	1.4%
75th	Sweden	41.63%	-2.9%
76th	Switzerland	41.75%	2.0%
77th	Thailand	41.78%	0.1%
78th	Myanmar	41.88%	17.3%
79th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	43.18%	-6.0%
80th	Fiji	43.43%	-2.5%
81st	Honduras	43.60%	8.2%
82nd	Namibia	43.83%	-4.4%
83rd	Sierra Leone	44.18%	13.7%
84th	Tonga	44.72%	-9.4%
85th	Malta	45.56%	-14.3%
86th	Rwanda	45.63%	11.1%
87th	Guyana	46.06%	4.6%
88th	Tajikistan	46.30%	9.8%
89th	Viet Nam	46.62%	-2.6%
90th	Samoa	46.68%	-4.7%
91st	Burundi	46.90%	1.7%
92nd	Costa Rica	47.06%	6.8%
93rd	Central African Republic	47.38%	-3.9%
94th	Ecuador	47.39%	2.9%
95th	Djibouti	47.99%	4.5%
96th	South Africa	48.59%	3.1%
97th	Zimbabwe	48.98%	39.7%
98th	Colombia	49.45%	-0.9%
99th	Dominican Republic	49.48%	6.0%
100th	Poland	50.44%	-6.8%
101st	Puerto Rico (US)	51.21%	2.7%
102nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	51.26%	10.3%
103rd	Slovak Republic	51.38%	-1.4%
104th	Qatar	51.57%	10.4%
105th	Guinea-Bissau	51.78%	-12.4%
106th	Mexico	52.52%	-4.5%
107th	Vanuatu	52.63%	24.0%
108th	Belarus	53.16%	-0.6%
109th	Kenya	53.87%	6.9%
110th	China	53.90%	8.4%
111th	Malaysia	54.40%	-2.5%
112th	Bahamas, The	54.65%	7.0%
113th	Serbia	55.26%	-15.0%
114th	Mauritania	55.66%	-3.3%
115th	Uruguay	55.82%	-1.0%
116th	Iraq	55.87%	-7.3%
117th	Netherlands	55.99%	-8.0%
118th	St. Kitts and Nevis	56.18%	-2.1%
119th	San Marino	56.59%	164.6%
120th	Seychelles	56.65%	-9.9%
121st	Ghana	56.98%	1.9%
122nd	Argentina	57.03%	7.5%
123rd	Togo	57.11%	-4.7%
124th	Lao PDR	57.20%	5.0%
125th	Armenia	58.09%	2.9%
126th	Kyrgyz Republic	58.79%	-0.5%
127th	Israel	59.83%	-3.1%
128th	St. Lucia	59.92%	-0.5%
129th	Morocco	60.26%	0.3%
130th	Angola	60.49%	-9.3%
131st	Senegal	61.14%	28.6%
132nd	Mauritius	61.34%	-2.0%
133rd	Pakistan	62.14%	0.1%
134th	Gabon	62.93%	-2.4%
135th	Maldives	63.75%	3.0%
136th	Germany	63.99%	-6.3%
137th	Ireland	65.27%	-10.2%
138th	Finland	66.58%	-3.0%
139th	Zambia	66.61%	8.9%
140th	Montenegro	66.93%	0.4%
141st	Tunisia	67.10%	13.9%
142nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69.00%	-13.2%
143rd	India	69.67%	1.1%
144th	Grenada	70.33%	-13.8%
145th	Iceland	70.79%	-13.0%
146th	Ukraine	71.62%	-9.9%
147th	Albania	71.90%	-1.9%
148th	Hungary	72.00%	-3.5%
149th	Sri Lanka	72.26%	-3.7%
150th	Suriname	73.03%	-3.1%
151st	Slovenia	74.89%	-5.7%
152nd	Aruba	75.83%	0.6%
153rd	Croatia	76.17%	-3.9%
154th	El Salvador	77.14%	2.6%
155th	Nauru	77.97%	-9.7%
156th	Belize	78.12%	10.9%
157th	Austria	79.06%	-5.2%
158th	Brazil	82.75%	6.9%
159th	Yemen, Republic of	83.79%	9.5%
160th	Dominica	84.01%	9.8%
161st	Bahrain	84.03%	8.6%
162nd	Jordan	86.10%	1.3%
163rd	United Kingdom	86.72%	-1.3%
164th	Mongolia	86.90%	10.4%
165th	Gambia, The	86.98%	7.8%
166th	Antigua and Barbuda	88.18%	6.2%
167th	Congo, Republic of	88.48%	4.5%
168th	Canada	90.94%	-1.6%
169th	São Tomé and Principe	92.30%	-11.7%
170th	Jamaica	95.10%	-11.0%
171st	Cyprus	96.38%	-9.8%
172nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	97.80%	6.8%
173rd	France	98.72%	0.6%
174th	Spain	101.14%	-0.8%
175th	Belgium	102.49%	-2.8%
176th	Mozambique	103.79%	-16.8%
177th	Bhutan	104.08%	1.1%
178th	United States	106.37%	-0.9%
179th	Singapore	107.65%	1.3%
180th	Cabo Verde	112.99%	-2.3%
181st	Portugal	126.03%	-3.9%
182nd	Italy	133.74%	-0.4%
183rd	Barbados	142.85%	5.6%
184th	Sudan	149.54%	36.0%
185th	Lebanon	149.98%	2.4%
186th	South Sudan	178.27%	8.2%
187th	Greece	182.62%	-0.6%
188th	Japan	231.32%	-0.5%
189th	Eritrea	290.39%	15.6%

FAQ

What was Japan's government debt to gdp in 2017?▾

Japan's government debt to gdp in 2017 was 231.32%. This ranked 188th globally.

How did Japan's government debt to gdp change in 2017?▾

Japan's government debt to gdp decreased by 0.5% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest government debt to gdp in 2017?▾

Eritrea had the highest government debt to gdp in 2017 at 290.39%.

What is the government debt to gdp of Japan in 2017?▾

The government debt to gdp of Japan in 2017 was 231.32%. This ranked 188th globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Japan's government debt to gdp?▾

Japan's government debt to gdp went from 232.42% in 2016 to 231.32% in 2017, a 0.5% decrease.

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