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Government debt to GDP: compare countries

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Government debt to GDP by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government debt to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	United States
Dec 31, 2001	27.6%	52.6%
Dec 31, 2002	25.8%	54.0%
Dec 31, 2003	25.0%	56.4%
Dec 31, 2004	22.8%	56.8%
Dec 31, 2005	22.4%	56.7%
Dec 31, 2006	21.4%	55.6%
Dec 31, 2007	20.1%	55.8%
Dec 31, 2008	18.1%	64.0%
Dec 31, 2009	23.8%	76.0%
Dec 31, 2010	28.6%	85.2%
Dec 31, 2011	30.0%	89.7%
Dec 31, 2012	39.3%	93.8%
Dec 31, 2013	37.4%	95.5%
Dec 31, 2014	41.5%	95.6%
Dec 31, 2015	46.3%	96.1%
Dec 31, 2016	54.5%	98.1%
Dec 31, 2017	53.1%	97.2%
Dec 31, 2018	54.3%	98.6%
Dec 31, 2019	60.0%	100.2%
Dec 31, 2020	69.1%	124.5%
Dec 31, 2021	69.8%	118.3%
Dec 31, 2022	57.9%	112.7%
Dec 31, 2023	—	114.7%
Dec 31, 2024	—	115.8%