# pro rata estimate of public debt (%GDP) # syria 67.049 # 1 2 bolivia 39.213 # 1 2 pakistan 35.189 zimbabwe 32.242 kenya 30.527 saudi_arabia 28.582 # 3 uganda 26.087 # 1 2 iraq 25.937 # 3 oman 24.172 # 1 2 sweden 23.51 # 3 israel 23.469 # 3 costa_rica 23.086 # 1 2 denmark 22.196 # 3 s_korea 22.144 bangladesh 22.088 norway 21.262 # 3 czechoslovakia 21.123 # 3 bulgaria 20.408 # 1 2 finland 20.129 # 3 tanzania 19.763 # 1 2 algeria 19.652 # 3 s_africa 18.403 # 3 canada 18.297 # 3 germany 18.128 # 3 uk 17.77 # 3 austria 17.63 # 3 turkey 17.47 # 3 australia 17.404 # 3 france 16.898 # 3 cyprus 16.726 # 1 2 us 16.145 # 3 taiwan 16.07 # 3 hungary 15.904 ireland 15.889 # 3 italy 15.78 # 3 greece 15.588 # 3 mozambique 15.418 # 1 2 portugal 15.213 # 3 cote_d'ivoire 15.167 # 3 nz 14.708 # 3 ghana 14.351 # 1 2 spain 14.228 # 3 switzerland 14.22 # 3 malaysia 14.177 # 3 netherlands 13.972 # 3 singapore 13.929 # 3 morocco 13.913 # 3 belgium 13.895 # 3 el_salvador 13.651 # 1 2 poland 13.624 brazil 13.016 # 3 russia 12.178 # 3 png 11.957 # 1 2 argentina 11.955 # 3 yugoslavia 11.686 # 3 india 11.028 # 3 tunisia 10.871 # 1 2 lebanon 10.475 # 1 2 camaroon 10.442 # 3 iran 10.334 # 3 thailand 10.155 # 3 indonesia 10.149 # 3 malta 10.107 # 1 2 mauritius 10.052 # 1 2 mexico 9.9746 # 3 japan 9.964 # 3 colombia 9.8943 # 3 ethiopia 9.6561 # 1 2 zaire 9.5939 china 9.3857 # 3 ukraine 9.0126 # 3 egypt 8.9462 venezuela 8.7742 # 3 barbados 8.7264 # 1 2 chile 8.6145 # 3 hk 8.5842 # 3 panama 8.1096 # 1 2 sri_lanka 8.1096 # 1 2 philippines 8.0588 # 3 dominican_republic 7.8519 # 1 2 togo 7.8243 # 1 2 gabon 7.7874 # 1 2 benin 7.5757 # 1 2 jordan 7.4561 # 1 2 nepal 7.272 # 1 2 nigeria 6.9426 uruguay 6.7749 # 1 2 laos 6.7105 # 1 2 cameroon 6.6828 # 1 2 lesotho 6.5816 # 1 2 peru 4.2736 # 3 # NOTES: # 1 used min known val for pubcon # 2 used min known val for pricon # 3 used min known val for fordebt