Government Debt, % GDP
Government Debt, as % of GDP
Source: World Bank, OECD
The government debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. In short: it is the gross amount of liabilities held by the government, minus the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. The data is published by the IMF, World Bank and OECD.
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