Government debt held by non-residents - Country rankings
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Government debt held by non-residents, 2024:
The average for 2024 based on 79 countries was 44.18 percent. The highest value was in Kazakhstan: 100 percent and the lowest value was in China: 2.63 percent. The indicator is available from 1995 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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| Countries | Government debt held by non-residents, 2024 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 100 | 1 | 2021 - 2024 |
| Paraguay | 89.46 | 2 | 2011 - 2024 |
| Tajikistan | 88.78 | 3 | 2018 - 2024 |
| Rwanda | 87.65 | 4 | 2023 - 2024 |
| Lesotho | 82.02 | 5 | 2024 - 2024 |
| Nicaragua | 79.61 | 6 | 2010 - 2024 |
| Bangladesh | 74.62 | 7 | 2009 - 2024 |
| Domin. Rep. | 73.67 | 8 | 2011 - 2024 |
| Greece | 72.51 | 9 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Burkina Faso | 70.69 | 10 | 2024 - 2024 |
| Georgia | 69.87 | 11 | 2009 - 2024 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 68.82 | 12 | 2014 - 2024 |
| Ukraine | 68.19 | 13 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Norway | 67.6 | 14 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Lithuania | 66.9 | 15 | 2010 - 2024 |
| Moldova | 63.46 | 16 | 2009 - 2024 |
| Latvia | 62.93 | 17 | 2000 - 2024 |
| Ivory Coast | 62.68 | 18 | 2017 - 2024 |
| El Salvador | 62.04 | 19 | 2009 - 2024 |
| Saint Lucia | 61.47 | 20 | 2012 - 2024 |
| Honduras | 60.78 | 21 | 2002 - 2024 |
| Austria | 59.52 | 22 | 2000 - 2024 |
| Belgium | 59.03 | 23 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Slovakia | 55.77 | 24 | 2006 - 2024 |
| North Macedonia | 55.65 | 25 | 2018 - 2024 |
| Ireland | 54.73 | 26 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Papua N.G. | 53.93 | 27 | 2024 - 2024 |
| Finland | 52.9 | 28 | 2000 - 2024 |
| Slovenia | 52.28 | 29 | 2004 - 2024 |
| France | 51.97 | 30 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Nepal | 51.93 | 31 | 2018 - 2024 |
| Germany | 48.1 | 32 | 2004 - 2024 |
| New Zealand | 46.57 | 33 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Uganda | 46.33 | 34 | 2022 - 2024 |
| Colombia | 46.02 | 35 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Kenya | 45.87 | 36 | 2009 - 2024 |
| Peru | 45.84 | 37 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Guatemala | 45.08 | 38 | 2012 - 2024 |
| Uruguay | 44.94 | 39 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Bulgaria | 44.04 | 40 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Bosnia & Herz. | 42.63 | 41 | 2007 - 2024 |
| Spain | 42.18 | 42 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Portugal | 41.87 | 43 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Chile | 41.76 | 44 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Romania | 41.73 | 45 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Netherlands | 38.76 | 46 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Barbados | 37.96 | 47 | 2012 - 2024 |
| Indonesia | 37.35 | 48 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Albania | 36.46 | 49 | 2009 - 2024 |
| Fiji | 36.37 | 50 | 2016 - 2024 |
| Hungary | 35.6 | 51 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Australia | 32.21 | 52 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Argentina | 31.81 | 53 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Philippines | 31.69 | 54 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Italy | 30.87 | 55 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Egypt | 29.94 | 56 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Mexico | 27.17 | 57 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Poland | 27.13 | 58 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Czechia | 26.37 | 59 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Turkey | 25.78 | 60 | 2004 - 2024 |
| South Africa | 25.16 | 61 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Denmark | 24.72 | 62 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Lebanon | 23.26 | 63 | 2013 - 2024 |
| Canada | 23.05 | 64 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Croatia | 23 | 65 | 1995 - 2024 |
| USA | 22.58 | 66 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Malaysia | 20.8 | 67 | 2004 - 2024 |
| South Korea | 19.11 | 68 | 2004 - 2024 |
| UK | 18.17 | 69 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Malta | 18.02 | 70 | 2011 - 2024 |
| Mauritius | 17.98 | 71 | 2008 - 2024 |
| Sweden | 13.95 | 72 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Brazil | 13.4 | 73 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Japan | 10.77 | 74 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Thailand | 7.84 | 75 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Switzerland | 6.73 | 76 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Russia | 4.61 | 77 | 2004 - 2024 |
| India | 4.44 | 78 | 2004 - 2024 |
| China | 2.63 | 79 | 2004 - 2024 |
Definition: General government debt held by non-residents as percent of total government debt. The source for these data is: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.
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