New Zealand - Government Debt to GDP 2005
20.78%
−1.72% from 2004
New Zealand's government debt to gdp was 20.78% in 2005, decreased +1.72% from 22.51% in 2004. This was the 29th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2005▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.71% | -11.2% |
| 2nd | Equatorial Guinea | 2.85% | -37.2% |
| 3rd | United Arab Emirates | 4.48% | 9.9% |
| 4th | Estonia | 4.73% | -8.3% |
| 5th | Turkmenistan | 6.82% | -40.3% |
| 6th | Azerbaijan | 6.86% | -29.4% |
| 7th | Chile | 7.04% | -31.7% |
| 8th | Botswana | 7.46% | -30.6% |
| 9th | Luxembourg | 7.95% | 1.5% |
| 10th | Kazakhstan | 8.10% | -28.9% |
| 11th | Belarus | 8.12% | -12.0% |
| 12th | Oman | 8.39% | -42.3% |
| 13th | Kuwait | 10.20% | -26.4% |
| 14th | Australia | 10.86% | -8.8% |
| 15th | Kiribati | 12.12% | -11.1% |
| 16th | Latvia | 12.51% | -18.4% |
| 17th | Nigeria | 13.45% | -46.6% |
| 18th | Eswatini | 13.55% | -9.6% |
| 19th | San Marino | 14.48% | -14.4% |
| 20th | Andorra | 14.76% | -2.3% |
| 21st | Russian Federation | 14.85% | -28.7% |
| 22nd | Lithuania | 17.64% | -5.2% |
| 23rd | Ukraine | 17.74% | -28.5% |
| 24th | Romania | 17.77% | -16.7% |
| 25th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 18.33% | -13.0% |
| 26th | Qatar | 19.13% | -36.4% |
| 27th | Guatemala | 20.02% | -2.6% |
| 28th | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.66% | -17.7% |
| 29th | New Zealand | 20.78% | -7.7% |
| 30th | Uzbekistan | 21.01% | -21.8% |
| 31st | Chad | 21.96% | -12.7% |
| 32nd | Zimbabwe | 22.38% | - |
| 33rd | Bahamas, The | 22.95% | 6.2% |
| 34th | Bahrain | 23.21% | -17.7% |
| 35th | West Bank and Gaza | 24.00% | 13.8% |
| 36th | Armenia | 24.41% | -7.7% |
| 37th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.86% | -2.5% |
| 38th | Korea | 24.92% | 15.3% |
| 39th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 25.00% | -2.9% |
| 40th | Tanzania | 25.36% | -43.0% |
| 41st | Algeria | 25.37% | -22.4% |
| 42nd | China | 25.91% | -0.3% |
| 43rd | Ireland | 26.06% | -7.3% |
| 44th | Vanuatu | 26.27% | -13.6% |
| 45th | Slovenia | 26.59% | -1.9% |
| 46th | Namibia | 26.90% | -7.8% |
| 47th | Benin | 26.98% | 25.4% |
| 48th | Suriname | 27.11% | -7.7% |
| 49th | Czechia | 27.68% | -2.2% |
| 50th | Paraguay | 28.29% | -21.5% |
| 51st | Bulgaria | 28.47% | -24.6% |
| 52nd | Viet Nam | 28.67% | -2.4% |
| 53rd | South Africa | 29.64% | -3.6% |
| 54th | Haiti | 29.71% | -2.4% |
| 55th | Angola | 29.89% | -28.2% |
| 56th | Palau | 30.47% | -11.0% |
| 57th | Papua New Guinea | 31.56% | -15.1% |
| 58th | Cambodia | 31.67% | -18.3% |
| 59th | Ghana | 31.70% | -17.4% |
| 60th | Samoa | 34.15% | -14.3% |
| 61st | Slovak Republic | 34.99% | -16.7% |
| 62nd | Georgia | 35.32% | -20.2% |
| 63rd | Bangladesh | 35.56% | -2.8% |
| 64th | Ecuador | 35.76% | -11.0% |
| 65th | Senegal | 36.13% | -4.9% |
| 66th | North Macedonia | 36.67% | 6.0% |
| 67th | Mexico | 36.84% | -5.3% |
| 68th | Costa Rica | 37.32% | -9.0% |
| 69th | Saudi Arabia | 37.34% | -40.7% |
| 70th | Tuvalu | 37.40% | - |
| 71st | Kenya | 37.41% | -8.2% |
| 72nd | Dominican Republic | 38.32% | 11.6% |
| 73rd | Colombia | 38.53% | -7.1% |
| 74th | Montenegro | 38.63% | -15.0% |
| 75th | Burkina Faso | 39.21% | -3.7% |
| 76th | Denmark | 39.36% | -14.8% |
| 77th | Finland | 39.87% | -6.4% |
| 78th | Comoros | 39.89% | -5.9% |
| 79th | Peru | 40.36% | -13.6% |
| 80th | Moldova | 40.42% | -18.1% |
| 81st | Malaysia | 40.78% | -2.8% |
| 82nd | Croatia | 40.90% | 2.4% |
| 83rd | Lesotho | 40.97% | -17.1% |
| 84th | United Kingdom | 41.00% | 3.0% |
| 85th | Gabon | 41.70% | -30.8% |
| 86th | Norway | 42.33% | -3.4% |
| 87th | Spain | 42.40% | -6.5% |
| 88th | Uganda | 42.56% | -13.1% |
| 89th | Indonesia | 42.61% | -17.0% |
| 90th | Maldives | 43.20% | 24.6% |
| 91st | Tonga | 43.35% | -17.0% |
| 92nd | Yemen, Republic of | 43.80% | -15.9% |
| 93rd | Cameroon | 43.84% | -15.2% |
| 94th | Solomon Islands | 44.67% | -23.3% |
| 95th | Aruba | 45.09% | 6.0% |
| 96th | Nepal | 45.13% | -12.1% |
| 97th | Fiji | 45.32% | -1.3% |
| 98th | Thailand | 45.46% | -1.7% |
| 99th | Marshall Islands | 45.75% | -2.2% |
| 100th | Tajikistan | 45.84% | -7.2% |
| 101st | El Salvador | 46.29% | -1.1% |
| 102nd | Poland | 46.47% | 3.2% |
| 103rd | Mali | 46.63% | 9.9% |
| 104th | Pakistan | 47.88% | -5.4% |
| 105th | Sweden | 48.90% | 0.5% |
| 106th | Niger | 49.46% | -10.2% |
| 107th | Netherlands | 49.58% | -1.0% |
| 108th | Tunisia | 49.98% | -3.1% |
| 109th | Türkiye | 50.00% | -12.2% |
| 110th | Serbia | 50.13% | -12.9% |
| 111th | St. Lucia | 50.43% | 3.4% |
| 112th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 50.49% | -13.7% |
| 113th | Syrian Arab Republic | 50.71% | -55.1% |
| 114th | Morocco | 54.77% | 0.6% |
| 115th | Switzerland | 54.89% | -5.0% |
| 116th | Honduras | 55.61% | -8.7% |
| 117th | Côte d'Ivoire | 58.16% | 2.5% |
| 118th | Albania | 58.20% | 1.3% |
| 119th | Mauritius | 58.29% | -1.9% |
| 120th | Rwanda | 58.94% | -27.2% |
| 121st | Panama | 59.31% | 0.9% |
| 122nd | Mozambique | 60.08% | 18.4% |
| 123rd | Hungary | 60.58% | 2.8% |
| 124th | Togo | 63.08% | - |
| 125th | Cyprus | 64.03% | -1.0% |
| 126th | Philippines | 64.67% | -9.0% |
| 127th | United States | 65.78% | -1.0% |
| 128th | Uruguay | 66.17% | -10.2% |
| 129th | Barbados | 66.27% | 2.7% |
| 130th | Nicaragua | 66.61% | -20.8% |
| 131st | Cabo Verde | 66.71% | -1.7% |
| 132nd | Brazil | 66.97% | -1.6% |
| 133rd | Germany | 67.12% | 3.3% |
| 134th | Iceland | 67.75% | -15.4% |
| 135th | France | 68.19% | 2.0% |
| 136th | Austria | 69.43% | 5.3% |
| 137th | Malta | 70.15% | -0.3% |
| 138th | Canada | 70.64% | -1.7% |
| 139th | Malawi | 70.93% | -5.0% |
| 140th | Mauritania | 71.06% | 222.8% |
| 141st | Portugal | 72.25% | 7.7% |
| 142nd | Belize | 72.73% | 2.9% |
| 143rd | Lao PDR | 73.20% | -9.2% |
| 144th | Madagascar | 74.37% | -9.2% |
| 145th | Sudan | 75.48% | -22.8% |
| 146th | Zambia | 75.75% | -41.7% |
| 147th | Sri Lanka | 76.59% | -11.5% |
| 148th | Sierra Leone | 78.85% | -15.4% |
| 149th | Argentina | 80.28% | -31.9% |
| 150th | Jordan | 80.48% | -6.5% |
| 151st | Bhutan | 80.84% | 6.3% |
| 152nd | Dominica | 82.01% | -4.8% |
| 153rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 82.16% | -8.5% |
| 154th | India | 82.38% | -3.0% |
| 155th | Gambia, The | 82.60% | 1.6% |
| 156th | Antigua and Barbuda | 82.82% | -23.1% |
| 157th | Israel | 85.23% | -3.5% |
| 158th | Kyrgyz Republic | 85.66% | -7.6% |
| 159th | Grenada | 87.31% | -7.8% |
| 160th | Guyana | 90.74% | -1.1% |
| 161st | Singapore | 92.66% | -3.2% |
| 162nd | Belgium | 95.14% | -2.1% |
| 163rd | Guinea | 97.92% | 12.7% |
| 164th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 98.26% | 1.8% |
| 165th | Congo, Republic of | 99.75% | -18.6% |
| 166th | Central African Republic | 102.96% | 3.2% |
| 167th | Italy | 106.18% | 1.4% |
| 168th | Greece | 109.86% | 4.1% |
| 169th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 112.00% | -31.7% |
| 170th | Myanmar | 118.96% | -6.0% |
| 171st | Jamaica | 121.51% | 3.9% |
| 172nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 130.10% | -15.0% |
| 173rd | Burundi | 136.98% | -17.5% |
| 174th | Seychelles | 144.06% | -11.7% |
| 175th | Japan | 174.60% | 3.0% |
| 176th | Lebanon | 178.93% | 5.5% |
| 177th | Guinea-Bissau | 203.65% | 0.8% |
| 178th | Eritrea | 205.37% | 6.1% |
| 179th | Afghanistan | 206.36% | -15.8% |
| 180th | Iraq | 227.34% | -34.0% |
| 181st | São Tomé and Principe | 334.17% | -5.7% |
| 182nd | Liberia | 488.46% | -10.1% |
FAQ
What was New Zealand's government debt to gdp in 2005?▾
New Zealand's government debt to gdp in 2005 was 20.78%. This ranked 29th globally.
How did New Zealand's government debt to gdp change in 2005?▾
New Zealand's government debt to gdp decreased by 7.7% in 2005 compared to 2004.
Which country had the highest government debt to gdp in 2005?▾
Liberia had the highest government debt to gdp in 2005 at 488.46%.
What is the government debt to gdp of New Zealand in 2005?▾
The government debt to gdp of New Zealand in 2005 was 20.78%. This ranked 29th globally.
How does 2005 compare to 2004 for New Zealand's government debt to gdp?▾
New Zealand's government debt to gdp went from 22.51% in 2004 to 20.78% in 2005, a 7.7% decrease.
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