The ten countries with the highest debt in the world

By Edward Harrison On Jul 20, 2011

Here’s a list of the countries with the highest government debt to GDP in the world:

Japan: 229 %
St. Kitts and Nevis: 192 %
Greece: 152 %
Jamaica: 137 %
Eritrea: 135 %
Lebanon: 134 %
Italy: 121 %
Barbados: 114 %
Ireland: 114 %
Grenada: 111 %

Source: IMF, 2011

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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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Crake says 13 years ago

Where does China (including Hong Kong) rank? I think its net external debt is near 30% to 40% range. It is probably not high on the list but my point is – it is a debtor nation not a creditor nation.

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