Debt

The Debt clocks of the world

In economics, the debt-to-GDP ratio is the ratio between a country's government debt and its gross domestic product. A low debt-to-GDP ratio indicates an economy that produces and sells goods and services sufficient to pay back debts without incurring further debt. A high ratio means a country isn't producing enough to pay off its debt. A low ratio means there is plenty of economic output to make the payments. If a country were a household, GDP is like its income.

Japan, with its population of 127,185,332, has the highest national debt in the world at 235.96% of its GDP (although, notably, Japan is also one of the world's largest economies).

The national debt is the total debt, or unpaid borrowed funds, carried by a Government of a country, which is measured as the face value of the currently outstanding Treasury securities that have been issued by the Treasury and other government agencies.

The public debt is how much a country owes to lenders outside of itself. These can include individuals, businesses, and even other governments. The term "public debt" is often used interchangeably with the term sovereign debt. Public debt usually only refers to national debt.

'External debt as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the ratio between the debt a country owes to non-resident creditors and its nominal GDP. ... External debt is also referred to as foreign debt.

Debt

Navigation menu

Search