Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP was 4.2% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Luxembourg, 2008–2020
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in %.
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 4.2% for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.6% on the previous year and down 58.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Luxembourg peaked at 11.6% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2020.
Luxembourg ranks 81st of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5.0% | — |
| 2009 | 5.6% | +12.5% |
| 2010 | 10.0% | +79.1% |
| 2011 | 8.6% | -14.1% |
| 2012 | 11.6% | +34.9% |
| 2013 | 6.7% | -42.4% |
| 2014 | 5.9% | -12.3% |
| 2015 | 6.0% | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 5.6% | -7.9% |
| 2017 | 6.0% | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 5.2% | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 4.7% | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | -11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.3% | 5.0% | 5.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.0% | 4.7% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Luxembourg?
- Outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Luxembourg was 4.2% in 2020, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 11.6% in 2012.
- What is the lowest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2020.
- How does Luxembourg rank for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp?
- Luxembourg ranks 81st out of 116 countries with data for 2020.
- Is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.