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Short-term government debt, percent of total, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 131 countries was 8.06 percent. The highest value was in Singapore: 68.53 percent and the lowest value was in Nicaragua: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 2011 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Short-term government debt, 2024 Global rank Available data
Singapore 68.53 1 2011 - 2024
Czechia 52.52 2 2011 - 2024
Hong Kong 48.77 3 2011 - 2024
Japan 37.29 4 2011 - 2024
USA 34.2 5 2011 - 2024
Mauritius 29.41 6 2011 - 2024
Egypt 24.75 7 2011 - 2024
Namibia 23.84 8 2011 - 2024
Bahrain 23.29 9 2011 - 2024
Thailand 18.62 10 2011 - 2024
Hungary 17.32 11 2011 - 2024
Canada 16.49 12 2011 - 2024
Lebanon 16.4 13 2011 - 2024
Italy 16.25 14 2011 - 2024
Sri Lanka 16.25 15 2011 - 2024
Israel 15.64 16 2011 - 2024
Pakistan 15.33 17 2011 - 2024
Albania 15.31 18 2011 - 2024
Gambia 14.51 19 2011 - 2024
Mozambique 13.68 20 2011 - 2024
France 13.47 21 2011 - 2024
Jordan 12.98 22 2011 - 2024
Moldova 12.48 23 2011 - 2024
Sweden 11.8 24 2011 - 2024
Spain 11.68 25 2011 - 2024
R. of Congo 11.6 26 2013 - 2024
Finland 10.89 27 2011 - 2024
North Macedonia 10.88 28 2011 - 2024
Malawi 10.77 29 2011 - 2024
Belgium 10.48 30 2011 - 2024
Nigeria 10.25 31 2011 - 2024
Philippines 10.06 32 2011 - 2024
UK 9.97 33 2011 - 2024
Croatia 9.38 34 2011 - 2024
South Africa 9.37 35 2011 - 2024
Kenya 9.14 36 2011 - 2024
Zambia 9.07 37 2011 - 2024
Mexico 8.96 38 2011 - 2024
Argentina 8.93 39 2011 - 2024
South Korea 8.76 40 2011 - 2024
Germany 8.6 41 2011 - 2024
Uruguay 8.6 42 2011 - 2024
Brazil 8.49 43 2011 - 2024
Portugal 8.44 44 2011 - 2024
Indonesia 8.28 45 2011 - 2024
Montenegro 7.99 46 2011 - 2024
Chile 7.85 47 2011 - 2024
Morocco 7.71 48 2011 - 2024
Tunisia 7.53 49 2011 - 2024
China 7.4 50 2011 - 2024
Austria 7.38 51 2011 - 2024
Iceland 7.06 52 2011 - 2024
Seychelles 6.68 53 2011 - 2024
Malaysia 6.55 54 2011 - 2024
Ukraine 6.39 55 2011 - 2024
Swaziland 6.13 56 2011 - 2024
Greece 5.84 57 2011 - 2024
Oman 5.79 58 2011 - 2024
Qatar 5.62 59 2011 - 2024
New Zealand 5.45 60 2011 - 2024
Latvia 5.37 61 2011 - 2024
Uganda 5.34 62 2011 - 2024
Angola 5.32 63 2011 - 2024
Cape Verde 5.28 64 2011 - 2024
Poland 5.24 65 2011 - 2024
Tr.&Tobago 5.16 66 2011 - 2024
Botswana 4.98 67 2011 - 2024
Netherlands 4.89 68 2011 - 2024
Armenia 4.79 69 2011 - 2024
Domin. Rep. 4.75 70 2011 - 2024
Malta 4.63 71 2011 - 2024
Slovakia 4.41 72 2011 - 2024
Cyprus 4.35 73 2011 - 2024
Slovenia 4.27 74 2011 - 2024
Algeria 4.14 75 2015 - 2024
Bangladesh 4.05 76 2011 - 2024
Australia 3.97 77 2011 - 2024
Romania 3.92 78 2011 - 2024
Norway 3.72 79 2011 - 2024
Kazakhstan 3.7 80 2011 - 2024
Mali 3.63 81 2012 - 2024
Burkina Faso 3.62 82 2012 - 2024
Barbados 3.6 83 2012 - 2024
India 3.6 84 2011 - 2024
Serbia 3.51 85 2011 - 2024
Lithuania 3.37 86 2011 - 2024
Kuwait 3.36 87 2011 - 2024
Togo 3.36 88 2012 - 2024
Burundi 3.22 89 2011 - 2024
Grenada 3.1 90 2011 - 2024
Denmark 2.76 91 2011 - 2024
Panama 2.76 92 2011 - 2024
Benin 2.69 93 2012 - 2024
Azerbaijan 2.67 94 2011 - 2024
Turkmenistan 2.63 95 2016 - 2024
San Marino 2.54 96 2022 - 2024
Bosnia & Herz. 2.44 97 2011 - 2024
Laos 2.33 98 2014 - 2024
Turkey 2.28 99 2011 - 2024
Cameroon 2.22 100 2013 - 2024
Djibouti 2.1 101 2012 - 2024
Ireland 1.97 102 2011 - 2024
Tanzania 1.81 103 2011 - 2024
Mauritania 1.8 104 2011 - 2024
Vietnam 1.72 105 2011 - 2024
Luxembourg 1.67 106 2011 - 2024
Switzerland 1.65 107 2011 - 2024
Colombia 1.63 108 2011 - 2024
Bulgaria 1.62 109 2011 - 2024
Georgia 1.62 110 2011 - 2024
Rwanda 1.58 111 2011 - 2024
Paraguay 1.46 112 2011 - 2024
Uzbekistan 1.4 113 2011 - 2024
Venezuela 1.34 114 2011 - 2024
Tajikistan 1.23 115 2019 - 2024
Estonia 1.02 116 2012 - 2024
Russia 0.78 117 2011 - 2024
Saudi Arabia 0.69 118 2011 - 2024
Guatemala 0.68 119 2012 - 2024
Kyrgyzstan 0.63 120 2011 - 2024
Liberia 0.42 121 2013 - 2024
S.T.&Principe 0.3 122 2017 - 2024
Brunei 0.25 123 2015 - 2024
Ecuador 0.25 124 2011 - 2024
Iraq 0.21 125 2011 - 2024
Haiti 0.2 126 2023 - 2024
Ethiopia 0.11 127 2014 - 2024
Ant.& Barb. 0.08 128 2012 - 2024
Nepal 0.01 129 2016 - 2024
Nicaragua 0 130 2011 - 2024
Zimbabwe 0 131 2011 - 2024


New - World map: Short-term government debt




Definition: General government debt with maturity of twelve months or less as percent of total government debt. Source: 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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