Government Debt to GDP - Ranking 2012
Year
In 2012, Timor-Leste (0.00%), Liechtenstein (0.54%), and Hong Kong SAR, China (0.54%) ranked highest in government debt to gdp among all countries. Japan ranked lowest at 226.09%.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Timor-Leste | 0.00% | - |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | 0.54% | +44.8% |
| 3rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.54% | -5.2% |
| 4th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.10% | -1.3% |
| 5th | Saudi Arabia | 2.97% | -44.0% |
| 6th | Kuwait | 3.60% | -22.4% |
| 7th | Oman | 4.59% | +3.2% |
| 8th | Azerbaijan | 5.83% | +17.4% |
| 9th | Uzbekistan | 6.76% | +6.7% |
| 10th | Afghanistan | 6.77% | -9.9% |
| 11th | Equatorial Guinea | 7.10% | -1.0% |
| 12th | Kiribati | 8.14% | -7.6% |
| 13th | Algeria | 8.58% | +1.2% |
| 14th | South Sudan | 8.91% | - |
| 15th | Estonia | 11.15% | +46.7% |
| 16th | Russian Federation | 11.17% | +8.0% |
| 17th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 11.75% | +10.6% |
| 18th | Chile | 11.94% | +7.3% |
| 19th | Kazakhstan | 12.13% | +19.3% |
| 20th | Paraguay | 12.31% | +11.4% |
| 21st | Nigeria | 12.48% | +0.8% |
| 22nd | Solomon Islands | 13.27% | -27.7% |
| 23rd | Eswatini | 14.81% | +1.5% |
| 24th | Cameroon | 14.87% | -6.2% |
| 25th | Bulgaria | 16.55% | +15.4% |
| 26th | San Marino | 17.24% | +3.7% |
| 27th | Turkmenistan | 17.94% | +21.6% |
| 28th | Niger | 18.13% | +22.9% |
| 29th | Rwanda | 19.09% | +2.0% |
| 30th | Papua New Guinea | 19.12% | +17.5% |
| 31st | Tuvalu | 19.27% | +0.9% |
| 32nd | Vanuatu | 19.28% | -9.5% |
| 33rd | Ecuador | 19.34% | +3.9% |
| 34th | Uganda | 19.49% | +8.5% |
| 35th | Benin | 19.54% | -10.6% |
| 36th | Chad | 19.97% | -10.5% |
| 37th | Suriname | 20.10% | +7.2% |
| 38th | United Arab Emirates | 20.23% | -0.9% |
| 39th | Liberia | 20.50% | -8.9% |
| 40th | Peru | 20.66% | -10.6% |
| 41st | Luxembourg | 20.85% | +12.7% |
| 42nd | Gabon | 21.44% | +0.1% |
| 43rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.06% | -19.2% |
| 44th | Indonesia | 22.96% | -0.7% |
| 45th | Angola | 23.81% | -9.5% |
| 46th | Haiti | 24.06% | +7.9% |
| 47th | Sierra Leone | 24.06% | -6.6% |
| 48th | Guatemala | 24.56% | +3.3% |
| 49th | Namibia | 24.63% | -10.3% |
| 50th | Côte d'Ivoire | 24.69% | -50.6% |
| 51st | Cambodia | 24.86% | +4.5% |
| 52nd | Zambia | 24.92% | +19.8% |
| 53rd | Djibouti | 25.05% | -2.5% |
| 54th | Comoros | 25.07% | -9.4% |
| 55th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 25.13% | -14.3% |
| 56th | Burkina Faso | 25.21% | +2.9% |
| 57th | Mali | 25.39% | +5.9% |
| 58th | Botswana | 26.45% | -5.2% |
| 59th | Guinea | 26.87% | -50.1% |
| 60th | Zimbabwe | 27.17% | -9.5% |
| 61st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 27.29% | -4.6% |
| 62nd | Australia | 27.52% | +14.5% |
| 63rd | Nicaragua | 27.85% | -3.3% |
| 64th | Georgia | 28.12% | +1.6% |
| 65th | Malawi | 28.61% | +43.2% |
| 66th | Bangladesh | 29.08% | -1.1% |
| 67th | West Bank and Gaza | 29.80% | +13.4% |
| 68th | Tanzania | 30.05% | +5.7% |
| 69th | Congo, Republic of | 30.20% | -12.2% |
| 70th | Madagascar | 30.44% | +1.6% |
| 71st | Palau | 30.76% | +0.5% |
| 72nd | Norway | 30.89% | +4.3% |
| 73rd | Moldova | 31.33% | +29.5% |
| 74th | Central African Republic | 31.53% | +60.2% |
| 75th | Türkiye | 32.05% | -10.2% |
| 76th | Qatar | 32.12% | -4.1% |
| 77th | Honduras | 32.44% | +2.9% |
| 78th | Tajikistan | 32.46% | -8.6% |
| 79th | Korea | 33.54% | +5.8% |
| 80th | North Macedonia | 33.66% | +21.4% |
| 81st | Costa Rica | 33.74% | +14.3% |
| 82nd | China | 33.83% | +1.9% |
| 83rd | Colombia | 33.97% | -5.1% |
| 84th | Panama | 34.03% | -4.5% |
| 85th | Togo | 34.34% | -7.1% |
| 86th | Senegal | 34.49% | +4.9% |
| 87th | Nepal | 34.52% | +6.4% |
| 88th | Iraq | 34.78% | -14.6% |
| 89th | Bahrain | 34.83% | +10.4% |
| 90th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 35.39% | +0.2% |
| 91st | Ghana | 35.47% | +13.6% |
| 92nd | New Zealand | 35.66% | +2.8% |
| 93rd | Romania | 36.17% | +11.0% |
| 94th | Mozambique | 36.68% | +7.4% |
| 95th | Belarus | 36.95% | -36.5% |
| 96th | South Africa | 37.41% | +7.7% |
| 97th | Ukraine | 37.54% | +1.8% |
| 98th | Marshall Islands | 37.56% | +4.6% |
| 99th | Bahamas, The | 37.59% | +6.6% |
| 100th | Kenya | 37.62% | +5.4% |
| 101st | Sweden | 37.99% | +0.9% |
| 102nd | Viet Nam | 38.33% | +5.9% |
| 103rd | Mauritania | 39.32% | +1.2% |
| 104th | Lesotho | 39.85% | +10.2% |
| 105th | Lithuania | 39.90% | +6.5% |
| 106th | Argentina | 40.44% | +3.9% |
| 107th | Mexico | 40.82% | -0.9% |
| 108th | Armenia | 41.23% | -1.9% |
| 109th | Burundi | 41.43% | -3.0% |
| 110th | Andorra | 41.53% | +13.8% |
| 111th | Thailand | 41.93% | +7.2% |
| 112th | Dominican Republic | 42.40% | +8.4% |
| 113th | Switzerland | 42.57% | +1.6% |
| 114th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.56% | +6.4% |
| 115th | Mongolia | 43.69% | +33.8% |
| 116th | Czechia | 43.84% | +11.3% |
| 117th | Latvia | 44.37% | -5.2% |
| 118th | Guyana | 44.69% | -13.5% |
| 119th | Philippines | 45.69% | +0.6% |
| 120th | Lao PDR | 46.10% | +7.2% |
| 121st | Guinea-Bissau | 47.39% | +3.9% |
| 122nd | Yemen, Republic of | 47.58% | +4.0% |
| 123rd | Myanmar | 47.98% | -3.9% |
| 124th | Fiji | 48.63% | -4.6% |
| 125th | Denmark | 48.71% | -2.6% |
| 126th | Tunisia | 49.04% | +13.2% |
| 127th | Gambia, The | 49.49% | +0.5% |
| 128th | Uruguay | 49.81% | +20.7% |
| 129th | Kyrgyz Republic | 50.48% | +0.8% |
| 130th | Samoa | 50.93% | +22.6% |
| 131st | Slovak Republic | 51.69% | +19.5% |
| 132nd | Serbia | 51.73% | +23.1% |
| 133rd | Morocco | 52.28% | +7.7% |
| 134th | Puerto Rico (US) | 53.73% | +7.5% |
| 135th | Malaysia | 53.79% | +3.6% |
| 136th | Slovenia | 54.07% | +15.5% |
| 137th | Mauritius | 54.18% | -1.2% |
| 138th | Poland | 54.47% | -0.6% |
| 139th | Montenegro | 57.09% | +16.6% |
| 140th | Maldives | 57.12% | +10.1% |
| 141st | Finland | 57.86% | +11.2% |
| 142nd | Pakistan | 58.36% | +3.9% |
| 143rd | São Tomé and Principe | 59.57% | -30.8% |
| 144th | Tonga | 60.05% | +15.8% |
| 145th | St. Lucia | 60.18% | +9.5% |
| 146th | Brazil | 61.61% | +1.6% |
| 147th | Albania | 62.14% | +4.6% |
| 148th | Belize | 63.13% | -4.7% |
| 149th | Aruba | 65.53% | +10.4% |
| 150th | Malta | 65.61% | -4.8% |
| 151st | Netherlands | 65.69% | +7.4% |
| 152nd | Israel | 66.89% | -0.4% |
| 153rd | Sri Lanka | 67.50% | -2.8% |
| 154th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 67.81% | +6.0% |
| 155th | India | 67.97% | -1.1% |
| 156th | Croatia | 68.85% | +9.1% |
| 157th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 69.86% | -4.1% |
| 158th | El Salvador | 69.99% | +6.7% |
| 159th | Bhutan | 71.47% | +14.7% |
| 160th | Dominica | 73.11% | +4.9% |
| 161st | Jordan | 73.83% | +15.5% |
| 162nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 76.93% | -5.2% |
| 163rd | Hungary | 78.36% | -2.6% |
| 164th | Cyprus | 79.15% | +22.1% |
| 165th | Germany | 79.84% | +1.7% |
| 166th | Seychelles | 80.07% | -3.0% |
| 167th | Austria | 82.94% | -0.5% |
| 168th | Cabo Verde | 82.94% | +15.9% |
| 169th | United Kingdom | 84.48% | +3.8% |
| 170th | Canada | 87.15% | +3.4% |
| 171st | Spain | 89.56% | +28.8% |
| 172nd | France | 91.74% | +3.4% |
| 173rd | Grenada | 101.50% | -1.2% |
| 174th | United States | 103.66% | +3.6% |
| 175th | Belgium | 104.34% | +1.6% |
| 176th | Singapore | 106.73% | +3.5% |
| 177th | Barbados | 108.81% | +9.9% |
| 178th | Sudan | 117.67% | +50.6% |
| 179th | Ireland | 118.91% | +8.5% |
| 180th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 121.36% | -4.5% |
| 181st | Italy | 125.90% | +5.7% |
| 182nd | Portugal | 128.60% | +12.8% |
| 183rd | Lebanon | 131.05% | -2.5% |
| 184th | Iceland | 132.20% | -3.2% |
| 185th | Jamaica | 140.26% | +3.2% |
| 186th | Nauru | 157.31% | -33.6% |
| 187th | Greece | 164.28% | -6.2% |
| 188th | Eritrea | 171.58% | +0.0% |
| 189th | Japan | 226.09% | +3.2% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest government debt to gdp in 2012?▾
Timor-Leste has the highest government debt to gdp in 2012 at 0.00%.
Which country has the lowest government debt to gdp in 2012?▾
Japan has the lowest government debt to gdp in 2012 at 226.09%.
How many countries are ranked by government debt to gdp?▾
189 countries have government debt to gdp data for 2012.
What are the top 3 countries by government debt to gdp?▾
1. Timor-Leste (0.00%), 2. Liechtenstein (0.54%), 3. Hong Kong SAR, China (0.54%).