By country Government debt

general government debt percent of gdp, united states, japan, germany.



interest burden of public debt respect gdp.



national debt clock outside irs office in nyc, april 20, 2012

public debt total of borrowing of government, minus repayments denominated in country s home currency. cia s world factbook lists percentages of gdp; total debt , per capita amounts have been calculated in table below using gdp (ppp) , population figures of same report.

a debt gdp ratio 1 of accepted ways of assessing significance of nation s debt. example, 1 of criteria of admission european union s euro currency applicant country s debt should not exceed 60% of country s gdp.

* data exclude debt issued individual states, intra-governmental debt; intra-governmental debt consists of treasury borrowings surpluses in trusts federal social security, federal employees, hospital insurance (medicare , medicaid), disability , unemployment, , several other smaller trusts; if data intra-government debt added, gross debt increase one-third of gdp. debt of united states on time documented online @ department of treasury s website treasurydirect.gov current totals.