Puerto Rico (US) - Government Debt to GDP 2016
49.88%
−2.86% from 2015
Puerto Rico (US)'s government debt to gdp was 49.88% in 2016, decreased +2.86% from 52.74% in 2015. This was the 104th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.06% | -4.8% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | 0.44% | -9.9% |
| 3rd | Brunei Darussalam | 3.01% | 1.8% |
| 4th | Timor-Leste | 4.71% | 59.5% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 7.54% | -4.3% |
| 6th | Uzbekistan | 8.19% | 21.9% |
| 7th | Afghanistan | 8.44% | -7.8% |
| 8th | Kuwait | 9.88% | 114.7% |
| 9th | Estonia | 10.24% | -5.1% |
| 10th | Tuvalu | 11.49% | -20.0% |
| 11th | Saudi Arabia | 12.25% | 123.8% |
| 12th | Russian Federation | 14.85% | -2.9% |
| 13th | Comoros | 16.16% | 13.2% |
| 14th | Nigeria | 17.38% | 16.4% |
| 15th | Algeria | 18.09% | 134.0% |
| 16th | United Arab Emirates | 18.64% | 19.4% |
| 17th | Paraguay | 19.39% | 4.2% |
| 18th | Luxembourg | 19.60% | -7.3% |
| 19th | Kazakhstan | 19.68% | -10.1% |
| 20th | Eswatini | 20.10% | 25.8% |
| 21st | Azerbaijan | 20.61% | 14.6% |
| 22nd | Turkmenistan | 21.08% | 11.3% |
| 23rd | Chile | 21.10% | 21.4% |
| 24th | Kiribati | 21.23% | 13.0% |
| 25th | San Marino | 21.39% | 10.8% |
| 26th | Cambodia | 21.79% | -6.3% |
| 27th | Botswana | 22.34% | -8.6% |
| 28th | Palau | 23.74% | 9.5% |
| 29th | Peru | 23.93% | 1.0% |
| 30th | Haiti | 24.39% | 2.1% |
| 31st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 24.57% | -5.4% |
| 32nd | Guatemala | 24.91% | 0.5% |
| 33rd | Nepal | 24.96% | -3.0% |
| 34th | Bulgaria | 27.01% | 6.5% |
| 35th | Türkiye | 27.71% | 2.1% |
| 36th | Bangladesh | 27.72% | -1.7% |
| 37th | Indonesia | 27.96% | 3.5% |
| 38th | Liberia | 28.61% | 15.5% |
| 39th | Marshall Islands | 29.21% | -13.8% |
| 40th | Oman | 29.34% | 111.7% |
| 41st | Nicaragua | 30.92% | 7.0% |
| 42nd | West Bank and Gaza | 31.03% | -16.3% |
| 43rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 31.12% | 6.7% |
| 44th | Uganda | 31.33% | 11.8% |
| 45th | Cameroon | 32.11% | 1.5% |
| 46th | Niger | 32.83% | 9.9% |
| 47th | Burkina Faso | 32.85% | 5.1% |
| 48th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 32.98% | 29.4% |
| 49th | New Zealand | 33.34% | -2.4% |
| 50th | Panama | 33.61% | -1.8% |
| 51st | Papua New Guinea | 33.74% | 12.7% |
| 52nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.70% | 31.5% |
| 53rd | Zimbabwe | 35.05% | 2.8% |
| 54th | Myanmar | 35.70% | -2.5% |
| 55th | Benin | 35.92% | 16.3% |
| 56th | Czechia | 36.23% | -8.2% |
| 57th | Malawi | 37.08% | 4.6% |
| 58th | Mali | 37.22% | 21.4% |
| 59th | Philippines | 37.38% | -5.8% |
| 60th | Norway | 37.87% | 10.5% |
| 61st | Sierra Leone | 38.86% | 37.0% |
| 62nd | Korea | 39.14% | 0.8% |
| 63rd | Georgia | 39.47% | 9.6% |
| 64th | Romania | 39.55% | 0.5% |
| 65th | Moldova | 39.68% | -5.7% |
| 66th | North Macedonia | 39.72% | 4.5% |
| 67th | Andorra | 39.77% | -2.9% |
| 68th | Tanzania | 39.80% | 0.7% |
| 69th | Lithuania | 39.97% | -6.1% |
| 70th | Chad | 40.11% | 28.2% |
| 71st | Madagascar | 40.28% | -8.6% |
| 72nd | Honduras | 40.30% | -4.6% |
| 73rd | Australia | 40.62% | 7.7% |
| 74th | Guinea | 40.64% | -2.1% |
| 75th | Switzerland | 40.93% | -2.9% |
| 76th | Rwanda | 41.07% | 24.2% |
| 77th | Equatorial Guinea | 41.14% | 30.0% |
| 78th | Lesotho | 41.45% | -9.5% |
| 79th | Denmark | 41.69% | -6.4% |
| 80th | Latvia | 41.73% | 9.0% |
| 81st | Thailand | 41.75% | -1.9% |
| 82nd | Tajikistan | 42.18% | 20.4% |
| 83rd | Vanuatu | 42.45% | 17.0% |
| 84th | Sweden | 42.88% | -3.6% |
| 85th | Guyana | 44.05% | 4.4% |
| 86th | Costa Rica | 44.06% | 10.7% |
| 87th | Fiji | 44.56% | 0.6% |
| 88th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.87% | -3.2% |
| 89th | Namibia | 45.83% | 8.9% |
| 90th | Djibouti | 45.92% | 14.1% |
| 91st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 45.95% | 43.3% |
| 92nd | Ecuador | 46.07% | 26.4% |
| 93rd | Burundi | 46.12% | 15.5% |
| 94th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 46.49% | 13.7% |
| 95th | Dominican Republic | 46.69% | 4.2% |
| 96th | Qatar | 46.71% | 31.4% |
| 97th | South Africa | 47.13% | 4.3% |
| 98th | Senegal | 47.52% | 6.8% |
| 99th | Viet Nam | 47.88% | 3.8% |
| 100th | Samoa | 48.99% | -13.1% |
| 101st | Central African Republic | 49.29% | -9.3% |
| 102nd | Tonga | 49.38% | -3.4% |
| 103rd | China | 49.72% | 21.9% |
| 104th | Puerto Rico (US) | 49.88% | -5.4% |
| 105th | Colombia | 49.90% | -0.9% |
| 106th | Kenya | 50.40% | 10.0% |
| 107th | Bahamas, The | 51.06% | 2.2% |
| 108th | Slovak Republic | 52.14% | 1.0% |
| 109th | Argentina | 53.06% | 0.9% |
| 110th | Malta | 53.15% | -3.4% |
| 111th | Belarus | 53.48% | 0.9% |
| 112th | Poland | 54.13% | 6.0% |
| 113th | Lao PDR | 54.47% | 2.7% |
| 114th | Mexico | 55.00% | 7.9% |
| 115th | Malaysia | 55.79% | -2.1% |
| 116th | Ghana | 55.94% | 3.8% |
| 117th | Uruguay | 56.40% | -2.4% |
| 118th | Armenia | 56.48% | 17.0% |
| 119th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 57.41% | -7.7% |
| 120th | Mauritania | 57.55% | -3.9% |
| 121st | Tunisia | 58.91% | 12.4% |
| 122nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 59.07% | -11.9% |
| 123rd | Guinea-Bissau | 59.10% | 4.9% |
| 124th | Togo | 59.91% | 14.4% |
| 125th | Morocco | 60.08% | 2.9% |
| 126th | St. Lucia | 60.21% | -0.6% |
| 127th | Iraq | 60.30% | 24.8% |
| 128th | Netherlands | 60.88% | -4.6% |
| 129th | Zambia | 61.15% | -1.2% |
| 130th | Israel | 61.73% | -1.8% |
| 131st | Maldives | 61.88% | 12.8% |
| 132nd | Pakistan | 62.07% | 5.1% |
| 133rd | Mauritius | 62.60% | -0.7% |
| 134th | Seychelles | 62.84% | -2.8% |
| 135th | Gabon | 64.50% | 44.3% |
| 136th | Serbia | 64.98% | -3.1% |
| 137th | Angola | 66.67% | 32.3% |
| 138th | Montenegro | 66.69% | -4.1% |
| 139th | Germany | 68.30% | -4.1% |
| 140th | Finland | 68.65% | -0.2% |
| 141st | India | 68.90% | -0.2% |
| 142nd | Belize | 70.46% | 8.3% |
| 143rd | Ireland | 72.71% | -1.8% |
| 144th | Albania | 73.32% | -0.5% |
| 145th | Hungary | 74.65% | -1.4% |
| 146th | Sri Lanka | 75.00% | -1.7% |
| 147th | El Salvador | 75.21% | 2.4% |
| 148th | Aruba | 75.39% | 1.6% |
| 149th | Suriname | 75.40% | 83.1% |
| 150th | Yemen, Republic of | 76.51% | 32.5% |
| 151st | Dominica | 76.54% | 11.1% |
| 152nd | Bahrain | 77.37% | 22.5% |
| 153rd | Brazil | 77.42% | 7.9% |
| 154th | Mongolia | 78.68% | 55.7% |
| 155th | Croatia | 79.26% | -4.2% |
| 156th | Slovenia | 79.43% | -4.8% |
| 157th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 79.45% | 5.8% |
| 158th | Ukraine | 79.51% | 0.2% |
| 159th | Gambia, The | 80.66% | 16.3% |
| 160th | Iceland | 81.34% | -15.6% |
| 161st | Grenada | 81.57% | -9.5% |
| 162nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 83.06% | -9.8% |
| 163rd | Austria | 83.42% | -2.6% |
| 164th | Congo, Republic of | 84.64% | 14.1% |
| 165th | Jordan | 85.02% | 1.9% |
| 166th | Nauru | 86.35% | -23.6% |
| 167th | United Kingdom | 87.83% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 91.59% | 9.4% |
| 169th | Canada | 92.40% | 0.4% |
| 170th | France | 98.13% | 1.2% |
| 171st | Spain | 101.97% | -0.5% |
| 172nd | Bhutan | 102.99% | 14.2% |
| 173rd | São Tomé and Principe | 104.57% | 3.4% |
| 174th | Belgium | 105.48% | -0.1% |
| 175th | Singapore | 106.31% | 4.1% |
| 176th | Cyprus | 106.81% | -4.3% |
| 177th | Jamaica | 106.91% | -7.8% |
| 178th | United States | 107.38% | 1.9% |
| 179th | Sudan | 109.93% | 18.0% |
| 180th | Cabo Verde | 115.63% | -0.1% |
| 181st | Mozambique | 124.81% | 45.1% |
| 182nd | Portugal | 131.18% | 0.1% |
| 183rd | Italy | 134.24% | -0.4% |
| 184th | Barbados | 135.27% | 2.8% |
| 185th | Lebanon | 146.40% | 3.9% |
| 186th | South Sudan | 164.74% | 180.9% |
| 187th | Greece | 183.68% | 2.0% |
| 188th | Japan | 232.42% | 1.8% |
| 189th | Eritrea | 251.23% | -7.4% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s government debt to gdp in 2016?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s government debt to gdp in 2016 was 49.88%. This ranked 104th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s government debt to gdp change in 2016?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s government debt to gdp decreased by 5.4% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest government debt to gdp in 2016?▾
Eritrea had the highest government debt to gdp in 2016 at 251.23%.
What is the government debt to gdp of Puerto Rico (US) in 2016?▾
The government debt to gdp of Puerto Rico (US) in 2016 was 49.88%. This ranked 104th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Puerto Rico (US)'s government debt to gdp?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s government debt to gdp went from 52.74% in 2015 to 49.88% in 2016, a 5.4% decrease.
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