India among top economies with large debt
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The costs of bail-outs and fiscal stimulus, and the effects of slow economic growth on tax revenues, have sent the ratio of government debt to GDP spiralling, says The Economist.
Let's take a look at debt situation in the world's biggest economies.
Source: The Economist
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Image: People walk on Zurich's main shopping street Bahnhofstrasse.
Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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Japan
Overall debt: 511 per cent of GDP
Financial debt: 118 per cent of GDP
Non-financial debt: 99 per cent of GDP
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Image: Ginza shopping district in Tokyo.
Photographs: Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters
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The United Kingdom
Overall debt: 494 per cent of GDP
Financial debt: 197 per cent of GDP
Non-financial debt: 110 per cent of GDP
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Image: A view of the Houses of Parliament in London.
Photographs: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
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Spain
Overall debt: 366 per cent of GDP
Financial debt: 76 per cent of GDP
Non-financial debt: 133 per cent of GDP
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Image: Tourists stroll along Barcelona's harbour.
Photographs: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters
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France
Overall debt: 349 per cent of GDP
Financial debt: 99 per cent of GDP
Non-financial debt: 110 per cent of GDP
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Image: View of rooftops and the Montmartre's Sacre Coeur Basilica in Paris.
Photographs: Mal Langsdon/Reuters
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South Korea
Overall debt: 315 per cent of GDP
Financial debt: 91 per cent of GDP
Non-financial debt: 109 per cent of GDP
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Image: A view of Seoul.
Photographs: Lee Jae Won/Reuters
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Italy
Overall debt: 310 per cent of GDP
Financial debt: 80 per cent of GDP
Non-financial debt: 81 per cent of GDP
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Image: Duomo cathedral in Milan.
Photographs: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
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The United States
Overall debt: 289 per cent of GDP
Financial debt: 39 per cent of GDP
Non-financial debt: 77 per cent of GDP
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Image: The Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge is seen from the 90th storey of One World Trade Center in New York.
Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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Germany
Overall debt: 287 per cent of GDP
Financial debt: 91 per cent of GDP
Non-financial debt: 50 per cent of GDP
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Image: People are reflected in a shop window as they walk in Potsdamer Street in Berlin.
Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
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Canada
Overall debt: 273 per cent of GDP
Financial debt: 60 per cent of GDP
Non-financial debt: 52 per cent of GDP
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Image: People play volleyball on the front lawn of Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Photographs: Chris Wattie/Reuters
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China
Overall debt: 184 per cent of GDP
Financial debt: 26 per cent of GDP
Non-financial debt: 102 per cent of GDP
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Image: A view of the Charging Bull statue at the financial square on the Bund in Shanghai.
Photographs: Aly Song/Reuters
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Brazil
Overall debt: 148 per cent of GDP
Financial debt: 33 per cent of GDP
Non-financial debt: 34 per cent of GDP
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Image: Brazilian Congress in Brasilia.
Photographs: Jamil Bittar/Reuters
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India
Overall debt: 122 per cent of GDP
Financial debt: 12 per cent of GDP
Non-financial debt: 46 per cent of GDP
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Image: Shoppers leave a retail store inside a shopping mall in Mumbai.
Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Russia
Overall debt: 72 per cent of GDP
Financial debt: 16 per cent of GDP
Non-financial debt: 40 per cent of GDP
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Image: A view of Metropol hotel in Moscow.
Photographs: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
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Japan
Government debt: 227 per cent of GDP
Household debt: 67 per cent of GDP
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Image: Japan's Mt Fuji, covered with snow, is seen through Shinjuku skyscrapers in Tokyo.
Photographs: Kimimasa Mayama/Reuters
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The United Kingdom
Government debt: 92 per cent of GDP
Household debt: 96 per cent of GDP
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Image: Paternoster Square is seen from the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Photographs: Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters
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Spain
Government debt: 75 per cent of GDP
Household debt: 81 per cent of GDP
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Image: Agbar Tower, left, in Barcelona.
Photographs: Albert Gea/Reuters
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France
Government debt: 91 per cent of GDP
Household debt: 49 per cent of GDP
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Image: A view of the Concorde obelisk, Champs Elysees Avenue and the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris.
Photographs: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
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South Korea
Government debt: 32 per cent of GDP
Household debt: 82 per cent of GDP
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Image: A woman reads a book beside a bronze statue in front of Sejong Centre for the Performing Arts in central Seoul.
Photographs: Jo Yong hak/Reuters
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Italy
Government debt: 104 per cent of GDP
Household debt: 46 per cent of GDP
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Image: Trams in downtown Milan.
Photographs: Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters
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The United States
Government debt: 90 per cent of GDP
Household debt: 83 per cent of GDP
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Image: Times Square in New York.
Photographs: Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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Germany
Government debt: 86 per cent of GDP
Household debt: 60 per cent of GDP
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Image: Galerie Luise shopping mall in downtown Hanover.
Photographs: Fabian Bimmer/Reuters
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Canada
Government debt: 69 per cent of GDP
Household debt: 91 per cent of GDP
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Image: A worker cleans away snow around the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Photographs: Christopher Pike/Reuters
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China
Government debt: 28 per cent of GDP
Household debt: 28 per cent of GDP
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Image: A view of the Beijing's Sanlitun Area.
Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters
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Brazil
Government debt: 66 per cent of GDP
Household debt: 15 per cent of GDP
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Image: Tourists take pictures with the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in the background in Rio de Janeiro.
Photographs: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
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India
Government debt: 55 per cent of GDP
Household debt: 10 per cent of GDP
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Image: Guards stand in Mughal gardens surrounding Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Photographs: Eric Feferberg/Pool/Reuters
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