Government debt to GDP: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government debt to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	United States	Germany	Barbados
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%	—	63.8%
Dec 31, 2006	—	55.6%	—	62.4%
Dec 31, 2007	—	55.8%	—	66.8%
Dec 31, 2008	—	64.0%	—	71.1%
Dec 31, 2009	—	76.0%	—	86.9%
Dec 31, 2010	—	85.2%	—	79.9%
Dec 31, 2011	—	89.7%	—	83.9%
Dec 31, 2012	31.0%	93.8%	—	94.8%
Dec 31, 2013	33.4%	95.5%	—	99.6%
Dec 31, 2014	34.8%	95.6%	—	107.1%
Dec 31, 2015	35.7%	96.1%	—	117.2%
Dec 31, 2016	36.1%	98.1%	—	125.0%
Dec 31, 2017	35.4%	97.2%	—	—
Dec 31, 2018	35.5%	98.6%	—	—
Dec 31, 2019	37.7%	100.2%	—	—
Dec 31, 2020	43.8%	124.5%	—	—
Dec 31, 2021	45.8%	118.3%	—	—
Dec 31, 2022	47.6%	112.7%	—	—
Dec 31, 2023	48.6%	114.7%	—	—
Dec 31, 2024	47.8%	115.8%	—	—