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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	Brazil	United States
Dec 31, 2001	—	52.6%
Dec 31, 2002	—	54.0%
Dec 31, 2003	—	56.4%
Dec 31, 2004	—	56.8%
Dec 31, 2005	—	56.7%
Dec 31, 2006	—	55.6%
Dec 31, 2007	—	55.8%
Dec 31, 2008	—	64.0%
Dec 31, 2009	—	76.0%
Dec 31, 2010	61.3%	85.2%
Dec 31, 2011	59.3%	89.7%
Dec 31, 2012	59.8%	93.8%
Dec 31, 2013	57.2%	95.5%
Dec 31, 2014	58.5%	95.6%
Dec 31, 2015	67.5%	96.1%
Dec 31, 2016	73.4%	98.1%
Dec 31, 2017	83.7%	97.2%
Dec 31, 2018	86.6%	98.6%
Dec 31, 2019	92.6%	100.2%
Dec 31, 2020	98.7%	124.5%
Dec 31, 2021	85.0%	118.3%
Dec 31, 2022	79.1%	112.7%
Dec 31, 2023	83.0%	114.7%
Dec 31, 2024	81.9%	115.8%