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20 nations with highest public debt

Last updated on: May 31, 2013 22:09 IST
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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).

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Zimbabwe

Rank: 1

Public debt (% of GDP): 220.1

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20 nations with highest public debt

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People are reflected on a window as they walk through Tokyo's Akihabara district in Tokyo.

Japan

Rank: 2

Public debt (% of GDP): 211.7    

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20 nations with highest public debt

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Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Rank: 3

Public debt (% of GDP): 200       

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20 nations with highest public debt

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A mural of praying hands is displayed on the side of a hotel in central Athens.

Greece

Rank: 4

Public debt (% of GDP): 161.7    

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20 nations with highest public debt

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A full moon rises over the port city of Tyre, southern Lebanon.

Lebanon

Rank: 5

Public debt (% of GDP): 134       

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20 nations with highest public debt

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Iceland's Parliament house in Reykjavik.

Iceland

Rank: 6

Public debt (% of GDP): 128.3

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20 nations with highest public debt

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A park in Jamaica.

Jamaica

Rank: 7

Public debt (% of GDP): 125.5    

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20 nations with highest public debt

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An aerial view of St. Peter's square in Rome.

Italy

Rank: 8

Public debt (% of GDP): 120.1    

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20 nations with highest public debt

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An Eritrean man walks alongside the Red Sea port of Massawa, 150km from the capital of Asmara.

Eritrea

Rank: 9

Public debt (% of GDP): 118.5    

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20 nations with highest public debt

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Singapore Merlion is seen in front of the city centre, in Singapore.

Singapore

Rank: 10

Public debt (% of GDP): 118.2    

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20 nations with highest public debt

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Pigeons fly around the main square of Lisbon Terreiro do Paco in Portugal.

Portugal

Rank: 11

Public debt (% of GDP): 112.8    

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20 nations with highest public debt

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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.

Ireland

Rank: 12

Public debt (% of GDP): 105.4    

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20 nations with highest public debt

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Rental bikes covered with snow in central Brussels.

Belgium

Rank: 13

Public debt (% of GDP): 99.7    

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20 nations with highest public debt

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Barbados.

Barbados

Rank: 14

Public debt (% of GDP): 95.9

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20 nations with highest public debt

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Home of a Nuba tribe family is seen on the side of a mountain in Kadogli town in the South Kordofan state of Sudan.

Sudan

Rank: 15

Public debt (% of GDP): 93.7      

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20 nations with highest public debt

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A view of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada.

Canada

Rank: 16

Public debt (% of GDP): 87.4      

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20 nations with highest public debt

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London.

United Kingdom

Rank: 17

Public debt (% of GDP): 86.3      

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20 nations with highest public debt

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Amigos del Mar diving dock and shop in Ambergris Caye Belize.

Belize

Rank: 18

Public debt (% of GDP): 84.8

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20 nations with highest public debt

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General view of Bordeaux, southwestern France, during Evento, a contemporary art fair.

France

Rank: 19

Public debt (% of GDP): 84.7      

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20 nations with highest public debt

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Pico Cao Grande, Sao Tome and Principe.

Sao Tome and Principe

Rank: 20

Public debt (% of GDP): 84.7