Australia vs Japan: Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP

Australia
0.3%
in 2020
Japan
0.1%
in 2020
Australia rank
108th
Japan rank
111th

Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP over time

  • Australia
  • Japan
0246198020002020

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.3% against 0.1% in Japan, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Australia's figure about 2.3 times Japan's.

Across all 41 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 108th and Japan ranks 111th of 116 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Japan Difference Ahead
1980s 3.9% 0.1% 3.9% Australia
1990s 3.3% 0.1% 3.1% Australia
2000s 1.4% 0.1% 1.4% Australia
2010s 0.5% 0.1% 0.4% Australia
2020s 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher outstanding international public debt securities to gdp, Australia or Japan?
Australia, at 0.3% against 0.1% in Japan as of 2020.
What is the difference in outstanding international public debt securities to gdp between Australia and Japan?
0.2%, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Japan?
41 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2020.
How do Australia and Japan rank globally for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp?
Australia ranks 108th and Japan ranks 111th of 116 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
116 places, 2,874 data points, 1980–2020
Last refreshed

Amount of public international debt securities (amounts outstanding), as a share of GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes and money market instruments placed on international markets. Table 12D (international debt amount): governments / GDP. End of year data (i.e. December data) are considered for debt securities. The figures are deflated using the following methodology: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is the level international public debt, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. GDP is from World Development Indicators. End-of period CPI is taken from IFS line 64M..ZF month of December (or if not available Q4). Average annual CPI is constructed from the monthly CPI figure taken from IFS line 64..ZF.