Italy carries $3.864 trillion in national debt, giving it a borrowing ratio against its GDP of 176.81%, followed by France's 130.64% ratio and debt of $3.675 trillion.

With a national debt of $18.4 billion, the Pacific island nation of Palau is the most heavily indebted country in the world on a per-capita basis. Their debt is 5,968% of their GDP.

When we look at national debt as a percent of GDP, we see few signs of danger by this rule. Debt-champion Japan is over 180 percent, Greece is just under 150 percent, with Italy in third place at ...

Cape Verde’s national debt stands at $3.05 billion as of 2023. The debt to GDP ratio of 130% is largely due to the pandemic, prolonged drought, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict considering it ...

A debt that might be onerous for a country with a small GDP can be shrugged off by a country with a large GDP. In 2023, the U.S. national debt will be 98% of GDP, a record apart from a couple of ...

ROMER: So just for a little context, in the early 2000s, the debt-to-GDP ratio in the U.S. was around 35%, meaning the national debt was equivalent to 35% of the value of every good or service the ...

The U.S. national debt reached nearly $33.2 trillion in 2023, and the debt-to-GDP ratio exceeded 121% by the third quarter of that year.

The OBR is being far too optimistic in its assumptions about productivity growth in the UK – meaning the scale of the country ...

In 2001, the U.S. national debt was a modest 33% of GDP. Today, forecasts point to a staggering 200% by 2055. Here's a look at the evolution of U.S. fiscal policy and the risks ahead.

Growth in the national debt will be driven by budget deficits widening from about 6.2% of GDP in 2025 to 7.3% in 2055 – well above the 1995-2024 average of 3.9%.