20 nations with highest public debt
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Public debt is the total amount of money borrowed by the government. It is usually stated as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).
Take a look at the nations with the highest public debt according to Indexmundi...
Zimbabwe
Rank: 1
Public debt (% of GDP): 220.1
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Image: Vehicles pass by the East Gate Mall building, located on the corner of Robert Mugabe and Sam Nujoma roads in the central business district (CBD) of the capital Harare.
Photographs: Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters.
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Japan
Rank: 2
Public debt (% of GDP): 211.7
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Image: People are reflected on a window as they walk through Tokyo's Akihabara district in Tokyo.
Photographs: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters.
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
Rank: 3
Public debt (% of GDP): 200
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Image: Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Photographs: Courtesy, stkittstourism.
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Greece
Rank: 4
Public debt (% of GDP): 161.7
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Image: A mural of praying hands is displayed on the side of a hotel in central Athens.
Photographs: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters.
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Lebanon
Rank: 5
Public debt (% of GDP): 134
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Image: A full moon rises over the port city of Tyre, southern Lebanon.
Photographs: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters.
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Iceland
Rank: 6
Public debt (% of GDP): 128.3
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Image: Iceland's Parliament house in Reykjavik.
Photographs: Ints Kalnins/Reuters.
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Jamaica
Rank: 7
Public debt (% of GDP): 125.5
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Image: A park in Jamaica.
Photographs: Jamaica Tourism Board.
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Italy
Rank: 8
Public debt (% of GDP): 120.1
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Image: An aerial view of St. Peter's square in Rome.
Photographs: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
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Eritrea
Rank: 9
Public debt (% of GDP): 118.5
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Image: An Eritrean man walks alongside the Red Sea port of Massawa, 150km from the capital of Asmara.
Photographs: Reuters.
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Singapore
Rank: 10
Public debt (% of GDP): 118.2
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Image: Singapore Merlion is seen in front of the city centre, in Singapore.
Photographs: Reuters.
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Portugal
Rank: 11
Public debt (% of GDP): 112.8
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Image: Pigeons fly around the main square of Lisbon Terreiro do Paco in Portugal.
Photographs: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters.
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Ireland
Rank: 12
Public debt (% of GDP): 105.4
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Image: A statue of Britain's Queen Victoria at Belfast's City Hall stands close to a new 60-metre high Ferris wheel attraction, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Photographs: Jonathan Saul/Reuters.
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Belgium
Rank: 13
Public debt (% of GDP): 99.7
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Image: Rental bikes covered with snow in central Brussels.
Photographs: Francois Lenoir/Reuters.
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Barbados
Rank: 14
Public debt (% of GDP): 95.9
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Image: Barbados.
Photographs: Courtesy, Barbados Tourism Authority.
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Sudan
Rank: 15
Public debt (% of GDP): 93.7
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Image: Home of a Nuba tribe family is seen on the side of a mountain in Kadogli town in the South Kordofan state of Sudan.
Photographs: Mohamed Nurdldin Abdallh/Reuters.
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Canada
Rank: 16
Public debt (% of GDP): 87.4
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Image: A view of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada.
Photographs: Blair Gable/Reuters.
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United Kingdom
Rank: 17
Public debt (% of GDP): 86.3
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Image: London.
Photographs: John Giles/Reuters..
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Belize
Rank: 18
Public debt (% of GDP): 84.8
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Image: Amigos del Mar diving dock and shop in Ambergris Caye Belize.
Photographs: Serge Melki/Wikimedia Commons.
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France
Rank: 19
Public debt (% of GDP): 84.7
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Image: General view of Bordeaux, southwestern France, during Evento, a contemporary art fair.
Photographs: Regis Duvignau/Reuters.
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