Finance and investment: Key tables from OECD - - ISSN 2075-8294 - © OECD 2011
| Total central government debt | ||||||||
| As percentage of GDP | ||||||||
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| | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Australia | 7.5 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 8.2 | 11.0 |
| Austria | 60.9 | 62.2 | 62.1 | 60.4 | 57.8 | 59.3 | 64.9 | 65.8 |
| Belgium | 95.4 | 92.8 | 91.8 | 87.6 | 85.3 | 90.1 | 94.9 | 96.8 |
| Canada | 35.9 | 32.1 | 30.2 | 27.9 | 25.2 | 28.6 | 35.7 | 36.1 |
| Chile | 13.0 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 9.2 |
| Czech Republic | 19.1 | 21.1 | 23.2 | 24.9 | 25.2 | 27.1 | 32.5 | 36.6 |
| Denmark | 49.6 | 47.0 | 39.3 | 32.7 | 27.8 | 32.3 | 37.9 | 39.6 |
| Estonia | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| Finland | 43.5 | 41.9 | 38.2 | 35.6 | 31.2 | 29.5 | 37.5 | 41.7 |
| France | 51.9 | 52.6 | 53.3 | 52.1 | 52.1 | 53.4 | 61.2 | 67.4 |
| Germany | 38.5 | 39.9 | 40.8 | 41.2 | 39.6 | 39.6 | 44.2 | 44.4 |
| Greece | 105.8 | 108.6 | 110.6 | 107.7 | 105.7 | 110.6 | 127.0 | 147.8 |
| Hungary | 56.2 | 55.7 | 58.1 | 62.0 | 61.6 | 67.7 | 72.8 | 73.9 |
| Iceland | 33.3 | 28.2 | 19.4 | 24.8 | 23.2 | 44.2 | 87.5 | 81.3 |
| Ireland | 26.9 | 25.3 | 23.5 | 20.3 | 19.8 | 28.0 | 47.1 | 60.7 |
| Israel | 97.8 | 96.6 | 92.1 | 82.7 | 75.9 | 75.3 | 77.7 | 74.7 |
| Italy | 96.7 | 96.3 | 97.7 | 97.5 | 95.6 | 98.1 | 106.8 | 109.0 |
| Japan | 140.9 | 156.8 | 164.5 | 161.8 | 164.5 | 180.8 | 183.5 | .. |
| Korea | 20.7 | 23.7 | 27.6 | 30.1 | 29.7 | 29.0 | 32.6 | 31.9 |
| Luxembourg | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 12.6 |
| Mexico | 22.1 | 20.7 | 20.3 | 20.6 | 20.9 | 24.4 | 28.1 | 27.5 |
| Netherlands | 43.0 | 43.8 | 43.0 | 39.2 | 37.6 | 50.1 | 49.7 | 51.8 |
| New Zealand | 26.4 | 23.7 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 20.3 | 20.7 | 27.5 | 30.5 |
| Norway | 21.3 | 18.4 | 17.2 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 26.4 | 26.1 |
| Poland | 44.9 | 43.6 | 44.8 | 45.1 | 42.6 | 44.7 | 47.0 | 49.7 |
| Portugal | 58.3 | 61.0 | 66.2 | 67.7 | 66.6 | 68.9 | 78.7 | 88.0 |
| Slovak Republic | 35.1 | 38.4 | 33.1 | 29.2 | 28.1 | 26.3 | 33.7 | 39.1 |
| Slovenia | 26.9 | 27.1 | 26.9 | 25.8 | 23.2 | 21.2 | 33.6 | 36.0 |
| Spain | 40.7 | 39.3 | 36.4 | 33.0 | 30.0 | 33.7 | 46.0 | 51.7 |
| Sweden | 47.7 | 46.6 | 46.2 | 42.2 | 36.4 | 35.6 | 38.1 | 33.8 |
| Switzerland | 28.3 | 28.1 | 28.1 | 25.2 | 23.2 | 22.4 | 20.7 | 20.2 |
| Turkey | 62.2 | 56.6 | 51.1 | 45.5 | 39.6 | 40.0 | 46.4 | 42.9 |
| United Kingdom | 38.7 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 43.2 | 42.7 | 61.1 | 75.3 | 85.5 |
| United States | 34.9 | 36.0 | 36.1 | 36.0 | 35.7 | 40.2 | 53.6 | 61.3 |
Last updated: 23 December 2011 | |||||||||
Source: Central Government Debt, OECD National Accounts Statistics (database) |