Gross portfolio debt liabilities to GDP (%) by country
Ratio of gross portfolio debt liabilities to GDP. Debt liabilities cover (1) bonds, debentures, notes, etc., and (2) money market or negotiable debt instruments. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. IFS line 79LEDZF / GDP. Local currency GDP is from IFS (line...
Countries reporting
128
Highest
179.1%
Ireland
Lowest
0.0%
Republic of Moldova
Median
16.8%
Years covered
22
1999–2020
Data points
2,230
What the numbers show
Gross portfolio debt liabilities to GDP (%) is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 179.1% in Ireland; the lowest is 0.0% in Republic of Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.8%, and the mean is 28.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 62,743.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 2,536,770.0%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 97.8%).
Gross portfolio debt liabilities to GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 179.1% | 2020 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 2 | Netherlands | 175.6% | 2020 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 3 | France | 128.6% | 2020 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 4 | Mauritius | 126.5% | 2020 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Finland | 121.8% | 2020 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 111.6% | 2020 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 7 | Belgium | 105.2% | 2020 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 8 | Cyprus | 101.0% | 2020 | up 127.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Austria | 100.8% | 2020 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 10 | Denmark | 89.9% | 2020 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 11 | Sweden | 87.3% | 2020 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 12 | Norway | 87.1% | 2020 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 87.0% | 2020 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 81.5% | 2020 | up 96.1% | rising |
| 15 | Australia | 77.2% | 2020 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 70.8% | 2020 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 66.0% | 2020 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 18 | Aruba | 64.0% | 2020 | up 165.9% | rising |
| 19 | United States | 62.2% | 2020 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 20 | Portugal | 60.2% | 2020 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 21 | New Zealand | 58.4% | 2020 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 22 | Slovenia | 52.6% | 2020 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 23 | Panama | 46.9% | 2020 | up 31.7% | falling |
| 24 | Bahrain | 46.1% | 2019 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Slovak Republic | 41.7% | 2020 | up 152.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Iceland | 40.0% | 2020 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Japan | 39.5% | 2020 | up 158.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Uruguay | 39.1% | 2020 | up 96.9% | rising |
| 29 | Chile | 37.6% | 2020 | up 291.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Mexico | 35.4% | 2020 | up 150.8% | rising |
| 31 | Mongolia | 35.1% | 2020 | up 593.6% | rising |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 34.9% | 2020 | up 384.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Lithuania | 32.8% | 2020 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Jamaica | 32.6% | 2020 | up 120.7% | rising |
| 35 | Colombia | 31.1% | 2020 | up 302.3% | rising |
| 36 | Czechia | 30.2% | 2020 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Latvia | 30.2% | 2020 | up 625.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Malaysia | 29.4% | 2020 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 39 | Togo | 27.3% | 2019 | up 1,633.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Hungary | 26.3% | 2020 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 41 | South Africa | 24.8% | 2020 | up 148.8% | rising |
| 42 | Switzerland | 24.3% | 2020 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 43 | El Salvador | 23.5% | 2020 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 44 | Romania | 23.5% | 2020 | up 557.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Croatia | 23.3% | 2020 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 46 | Senegal | 22.1% | 2018 | up 967.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Barbados | 21.5% | 2013 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 48 | Ukraine | 20.7% | 2020 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 49 | Singapore | 20.6% | 2020 | up 189.8% | rising |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 20.5% | 2020 | up 461.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Hong Kong (China) | 20.4% | 2020 | up 150.8% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 20.4% | 2019 | up 173.3% | rising |
| 53 | Georgia | 19.6% | 2020 | up 193.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Israel | 19.3% | 2020 | up 34.2% | falling |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 19.0% | 2019 | up 139.5% | rising |
| 56 | Indonesia | 18.9% | 2020 | up 148.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Paraguay | 18.7% | 2020 | up 2,536,770.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Ecuador | 18.5% | 2020 | up 1,229.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Greece | 18.5% | 2020 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 18.1% | 2019 | up 20,403.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Saint Lucia | 18.0% | 2020 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 62 | Poland | 17.8% | 2020 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 63 | Korea | 17.7% | 2020 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.5% | 2020 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 65 | Côte d'Ivoire | 16.0% | 2019 | up 539.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Serbia | 15.9% | 2020 | up 404.3% | rising |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 15.8% | 2020 | up 282.6% | rising |
| 68 | Jordan | 15.0% | 2020 | up 379.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Estonia | 14.7% | 2020 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Saudi Arabia | 14.6% | 2020 | up 9,508.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Argentina | 14.1% | 2020 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 72 | Kuwait | 14.1% | 2020 | up 1,448.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Namibia | 13.7% | 2020 | up 10,085.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Suriname | 13.5% | 2020 | — | falling |
| 75 | Angola | 12.8% | 2020 | up 13,175.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Grenada | 12.7% | 2020 | down 66.8% | falling |
| 77 | Brazil | 12.3% | 2020 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 78 | Zambia | 12.3% | 2020 | up 2,046.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Türkiye | 12.0% | 2020 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 11.9% | 2020 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Egypt | 11.6% | 2020 | up 77.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Philippines | 11.6% | 2020 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 11.3% | 2020 | up 217.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.6% | 2020 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 85 | Thailand | 10.4% | 2020 | up 149.3% | rising |
| 86 | Honduras | 10.2% | 2020 | up 1,691.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Morocco | 10.0% | 2020 | up 127,762.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Seychelles | 9.6% | 2020 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 89 | Albania | 9.1% | 2020 | up 121.5% | rising |
| 90 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.8% | 2019 | up 935.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Armenia | 8.8% | 2020 | up 3,216.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Guatemala | 8.5% | 2020 | up 199.5% | rising |
| 93 | Benin | 8.2% | 2019 | up 335.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Niger | 8.0% | 2019 | up 63,809.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Dominica | 7.6% | 2020 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 96 | Belarus | 6.9% | 2020 | up 213.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Malta | 6.7% | 2020 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 98 | Russia | 5.8% | 2020 | up 107.5% | falling |
| 99 | Kenya | 5.7% | 2018 | up 4,357.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Nigeria | 5.6% | 2020 | up 92.3% | rising |
| 101 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.5% | 2020 | up 106,835.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Mali | 5.2% | 2018 | up 781.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.8% | 2020 | up 3,163.8% | volatile |
| 104 | China (People’s Republic of) | 4.7% | 2020 | up 1,502.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Rwanda | 4.7% | 2020 | up 2,713.8% | rising |
| 106 | India | 3.9% | 2020 | up 101.5% | rising |
| 107 | Mozambique | 3.6% | 2020 | up 40,539.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Fiji | 2.7% | 2019 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 109 | Pakistan | 2.3% | 2020 | up 130.9% | rising |
| 110 | Cameroon | 2.3% | 2020 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Ghana | 1.5% | 2020 | up 103.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Uganda | 1.2% | 2020 | up 1,734.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.8% | 2016 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Bangladesh | 0.5% | 2020 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Vanuatu | 0.5% | 2020 | up 570.0% | rising |
| 116 | Botswana | 0.3% | 2020 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 0.3% | 2020 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 118 | Malawi | 0.3% | 2020 | up 512.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2% | 2020 | down 76.7% | falling |
| 120 | Timor-Leste | 0.2% | 2016 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Guinea | 0.2% | 2019 | up 984.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2% | 2020 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 0.2% | 2020 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2011 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 125 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.1% | 2019 | up 223.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2020 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0% | 2019 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2020 | down 97.8% | volatile |
About this data
Ratio of gross portfolio debt liabilities to GDP. Debt liabilities cover (1) bonds, debentures, notes, etc., and (2) money market or negotiable debt instruments. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. IFS line 79LEDZF / GDP. Local currency GDP is from IFS (line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF).