Total central government debt % of GDP

Variable		Total central government debt % of GDP
Type		Stocks: Outstanding amounts
Unit		Percentage
Frequency		Annual
Time period		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Greece		105.2	103.7	103.6	108.9	109.7	109.2	105.8	108.3	110.3	107.5	105.8	109.6	125.7
Italy		111.0	108.7	106.7	103.6	102.7	99.5	96.8	96.2	97.5	96.7	95.2	98.0	106.6
Belgium		109.9	105.3	103.4	99.5	99.1	97.9	95.4	92.8	91.8	87.6	85.3	90.2	95.3
Iceland		46.2	40.7	35.3	33.8	39.2	35.3	33.3	28.2	19.4	24.8	23.2	44.3	87.2
Portugal		58.0	54.8	55.1	54.1	56.0	58.7	60.2	63.0	68.2	69.8	69.2	71.2	81.1
United Kingdom		..	49.7	44.1	42.2	38.8	39.1	38.7	40.0	43.4	43.3	42.6	61.3	75.1
Hungary		60.9	59.0	59.1	54.1	50.5	53.6	56.3	55.7	58.1	61.9	61.3	68.2	72.7
Austria		59.2	59.9	62.0	61.2	60.7	60.4	60.9	62.2	62.1	60.6	58.1	59.6	64.3
France		45.6	46.3	47.8	47.4	48.3	49.9	51.9	52.6	53.3	52.1	52.1	54.2	60.8
United States		45.4	42.5	39.0	33.9	32.4	33.2	34.9	36.0	36.1	36.0	35.6	40.0	53.1
Netherlands		53.9	52.0	49.2	44.1	41.3	41.5	43.0	43.8	43.0	39.2	37.8	50.1	49.9
Poland		43.0	39.5	39.7	35.8	36.4	40.6	44.9	43.6	44.8	45.1	42.6	44.8	47.1
Turkey		32.9	31.0	39.8	38.2	74.1	69.2	62.2	56.6	51.1	45.5	39.6	40.0	46.3
Spain		55.3	53.6	52.3	49.9	46.3	43.9	40.7	39.3	36.4	33.0	30.0	33.7	46.1
Ireland		57.4	47.8	44.1	34.8	30.9	27.9	26.9	25.4	23.6	20.3	19.8	27.7	46.0
Germany		24.3	26.1	34.1	34.1	34.6	36.1	37.7	39.2	40.4	40.9	39.4	38.8	43.8
Sweden		74.1	72.0	64.0	56.9	48.6	46.8	47.7	46.6	46.2	42.3	36.4	35.5	37.8
Denmark		69.1	64.0	60.9	54.8	52.0	51.6	49.6	47.0	39.3	32.7	27.8	32.4	37.8
Finland		65.0	59.9	55.7	48.0	44.4	41.3	43.5	41.9	38.2	35.6	31.2	29.5	37.6
Canada		52.7	50.1	46.7	40.9	39.7	38.1	35.9	32.1	30.2	28.0	25.1	28.6	35.7
Slovenia		..	..	..	..	..	..	26.9	27.1	26.9	25.8	23.2	21.3	34.1
Slovak Republic		20.8	22.5	22.7	23.9	36.0	35.1	35.1	38.4	33.1	29.2	28.1	26.3	33.6
Korea		10.0	14.3	16.3	16.7	17.4	17.6	20.7	23.7	27.6	30.1	29.7	29.0	32.6
Czech Republic		9.6	9.8	11.0	13.2	14.7	16.1	19.1	21.1	23.2	24.9	25.2	27.1	32.5
Mexico		23.5	25.4	23.3	21.2	20.5	21.9	22.1	20.7	20.2	20.5	21.0	24.5	28.2
New Zealand		36.3	37.9	35.1	32.2	30.2	28.5	26.4	23.8	22.1	21.6	20.4	20.6	27.5
Norway		24.7	22.2	20.9	19.3	18.1	19.0	21.3	18.4	17.2	12.5	11.7	13.8	26.1
Switzerland		25.3	27.7	25.4	25.6	24.8	28.2	28.3	28.1	28.1	25.2	23.2	22.5	20.7
Luxembourg		3.7	4.1	3.5	3.2	3.1	2.7	1.7	1.4	0.8	1.4	1.4	8.2	8.6
Australia		18.5	15.6	13.8	11.4	9.6	8.6	7.5	6.7	6.3	5.8	5.2	4.9	8.1
Chile		13.2	12.5	13.7	13.6	14.9	15.7	13.0	10.7	7.3	5.3	4.1	5.2	6.1
Japan		76.7	87.7	97.0	106.1	123.5	137.6	140.9	156.7	164.3	161.4	164.2	178.0	..
Israel		103.0	103.8	92.9	83.2	87.4	95.0	97.5	96.4	91.9	82.8	76.4	75.4	..