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The Economic Freedom Network
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APPENDIX D(1): DEBT RANKING - High Income Countries (OECD) |
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Overall Rank |
Country |
Debt / GDP (%) |
GDP Per Person ($US) |
Debt Per Person ($US) |
Discretionary Income Per Person ($US) |
Debt / Discretionary Income ($US) |
1 |
1 |
Norway |
(23.4) |
33,522 |
(7,844) |
33,339 |
(23.5) |
2 |
2 |
Korea,
Rep. |
(20.5) |
10,155 |
(2,082) |
9,972 |
(20.9) |
3 |
3 |
Finland |
(10.3) |
24,546 |
(2,528) |
24,363 |
(10.4) |
4 |
8 |
Japan |
11.8 |
40,799 |
4,814 |
40,616 |
11.9 |
5 |
20 |
Sweden |
23.9 |
25,898 |
6,190 |
25,715 |
24.1 |
6 |
30 |
Australia |
28.2 |
19,319 |
5,448 |
19,136 |
28.5 |
7 |
40 |
France |
36.4 |
26,457 |
9,630 |
26,274 |
36.7 |
8 |
42 |
YUKON
TERRITORY |
47.9 |
23,098 |
9,334 |
22,915 |
40.7 |
9 |
44 |
Iceland |
38.1 |
26,312 |
10,025 |
26,129 |
38.4 |
10 |
48 |
United
Kingdom |
41.7 |
18,892 |
7,878 |
18,709 |
42.1 |
11 |
54 |
Denmark |
44.6 |
32,992 |
14,715 |
32,809 |
44.8 |
12 |
55 |
NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES |
47.9 |
25,449 |
12,187 |
25,266 |
48.2 |
13 |
56 |
Germany |
44.9 |
29,508 |
13,249 |
29,325 |
45.2 |
14 |
57 |
Netherlands |
45.8 |
25,608 |
11,728 |
25,425 |
46.1 |
15 |
60 |
United
States |
47.9 |
26,422 |
12,656 |
26,239 |
48.2 |
16 |
64 |
Spain |
49.3 |
14,251 |
7,026 |
14,068 |
49.9 |
17 |
65 |
Austria |
49.8 |
28,983 |
14,433 |
28,800 |
50.1 |
18 |
68 |
ALBERTA |
54.5 |
22,588 |
12,302 |
22,405 |
54.9 |
19 |
70 |
BRITISH
COLUMBIA |
58.5 |
19,844 |
11,605 |
19,661 |
59.0 |
20 |
77 |
SASKATCHEWAN |
63.2 |
17,682 |
11,172 |
17,499 |
63.8 |
21 |
78 |
MANITOBA |
68.5 |
16,863 |
11,551 |
16,680 |
69.2 |
22 |
81 |
Canada |
69.6 |
19,201 |
13,371 |
19,018 |
70.3 |
23 |
83 |
ONTARIO |
74.3 |
20,734 |
15,401 |
20,551 |
74.9 |
24 |
87 |
NEW
BRUNSWICK |
75.6 |
15,587 |
11,786 |
15,404 |
76.5 |
25 |
88 |
PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND |
74.4 |
13,497 |
10,040 |
13,314 |
75.4 |
26 |
91 |
QUEBEC |
73.3 |
17,266 |
12,649 |
17,083 |
74.0 |
27 |
92 |
NOVA
SCOTIA |
88.2 |
25,449 |
12,187 |
25,266 |
89.4 |
28 |
102 |
NEWFOUNDLAND |
89.3 |
12,879 |
11,500 |
12,696 |
90.6 |
29 |
108 |
Italy |
109.7 |
19,001 |
20,844 |
18,818 |
110.8 |
30 |
111 |
Belgium |
124.4 |
26,521 |
32,992 |
26,338 |
125.3 |
APPENDIX D(2): DEBT RANKING - Upper Middle Income Countries |
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Overall Rank |
Country |
Debt / GDP (%) |
GDP Per Person ($US) |
Debt Per Person ($US) |
Discretionary Income Per Person ($US) |
Debt / Discretionary Income ($US) |
1 |
4 |
Estonia |
7.8 |
2,669 |
208 |
2,486 |
8.4 |
2 |
12 |
Fiji |
12.2 |
2,669 |
326 |
2,486 |
13.1 |
3 |
14 |
Botswana |
16.2 |
2,978 |
482 |
2,795 |
17.2 |
4 |
16 |
Slovenia |
18.8 |
9,312 |
1,752 |
9,129 |
19.2 |
5 |
19 |
Croatia |
20.3 |
3,784 |
766 |
3,601 |
21.3 |
6 |
21 |
Brazil |
23.1 |
4,322 |
999 |
4,139 |
24.1 |
7 |
22 |
St.
Lucia |
23.0 |
3,517 |
810 |
3,334 |
24.3 |
8 |
25 |
St.
Kitts and Nevis |
25.0 |
5,484 |
1,373 |
5,301 |
25.9 |
9 |
27 |
Oman |
25.7 |
5,511 |
1,415 |
5,328 |
26.6 |
10 |
31 |
Lebanon |
26.6 |
2,782 |
741 |
2,599 |
28.5 |
11 |
34 |
Uruguay |
29.7 |
5,605 |
1,667 |
5,422 |
30.7 |
12 |
35 |
Argentina |
31.9 |
8,108 |
2,589 |
7,925 |
32.7 |
13 |
37 |
Barbados |
34.3 |
6,548 |
2,244 |
6,365 |
35.3 |
14 |
38 |
Slovak
Republic |
33.5 |
3,243 |
1,085 |
3,060 |
35.5 |
15 |
39 |
Thailand |
34.0 |
2,868 |
975 |
2,685 |
36.3 |
16 |
41 |
Russian
Federation |
34.8 |
2,337 |
813 |
2,154 |
37.7 |
17 |
43 |
Poland |
35.9 |
3,047 |
1,095 |
2,864 |
38.2 |
18 |
45 |
Czech
Republic |
37.0 |
4,333 |
1,604 |
4,150 |
38.7 |
19 |
46 |
Chile |
38.0 |
4,731 |
1,797 |
4,548 |
39.5 |
20 |
47 |
Malaysia |
40.3 |
4,236 |
1,706 |
4,053 |
42.1 |
21 |
50 |
Dominica |
41.0 |
3,110 |
1,274 |
2,927 |
43.5 |
22 |
51 |
Grenada |
40.9 |
3,030 |
1,240 |
2,847 |
43.5 |
23 |
52 |
Costa
Rica |
41.2 |
2,716 |
1,118 |
2,533 |
44.1 |
24 |
59 |
Turkey |
44.7 |
2,699 |
1,205 |
2,516 |
47.9 |
25 |
61 |
Belize |
45.1 |
2,676 |
1,206 |
2,493 |
48.4 |
26 |
62 |
Mauritius |
46.0 |
3,474 |
1,596 |
3,291 |
48.5 |
27 |
66 |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
48.0 |
4,139 |
1,986 |
3,956 |
50.2 |
28 |
67 |
Venezuela |
47.8 |
3,462 |
1,654 |
3,279 |
50.4 |
29 |
71 |
Peru |
53.7 |
2,411 |
1,294 |
2,228 |
58.1 |
30 |
82 |
Mexico |
66.3 |
2,723 |
1,805 |
2,540 |
71.1 |
31 |
85 |
Hungary |
71.5 |
4,273 |
3,055 |
4,090 |
74.7 |
32 |
94 |
St.
Vincent and the Grenadines |
80.3 |
2,305 |
1,851 |
2,122 |
87.2 |
33 |
100 |
Gabon |
95.8 |
4,356 |
4,171 |
4,173 |
100.0 |
34 |
103 |
Panama |
96.9 |
2,818 |
2,729 |
2,635 |
103.6 |
APPENDIX D(3): DEBT RANKING - Lower Middle Income Countries |
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Overall Rank |
Country |
Debt / GDP (%) |
GDP Per Person ($US) |
Debt Per Person ($US) |
Discretionary Income Per Person ($US) |
Debt / Discretionary Income ($US) |
1 |
5 |
Belarus |
8.0 |
1,989 |
159 |
1,806 |
8.8 |
2 |
6 |
Latvia |
8.1 |
2,261 |
184 |
2,078 |
8.8 |
3 |
7 |
Uzbekistan |
7.6 |
947 |
72 |
764 |
9.4 |
4 |
9 |
Ukraine |
10.5 |
1,554 |
164 |
1,371 |
11.9 |
5 |
10 |
Lithuania |
11.3 |
1,908 |
216 |
1,725 |
12.5 |
6 |
11 |
Turkmenistan |
10.0 |
869 |
87 |
686 |
12.7 |
7 |
15 |
Armenia |
13.1 |
756 |
99 |
573 |
17.3 |
8 |
17 |
Kazakstan |
17.3 |
1,289 |
224 |
1,106 |
20.2 |
9 |
18 |
Romania |
18.7 |
1,566 |
293 |
1,383 |
21.2 |
10 |
24 |
Moldova |
19.6 |
810 |
159 |
627 |
25.4 |
11 |
26 |
Guatemala |
22.6 |
1,364 |
308 |
1,181 |
26.1 |
12 |
29 |
Swaziland |
23.4 |
1,192 |
279 |
1,009 |
27.7 |
13 |
32 |
Colombia |
27.3 |
2,068 |
564 |
1,885 |
29.9 |
14 |
33 |
El
Salvador |
27.3 |
1,684 |
459 |
1,501 |
30.6 |
15 |
36 |
Paraguay |
29.5 |
1,604 |
474 |
1,421 |
33.3 |
16 |
49 |
Dominican
Republic |
37.8 |
1,442 |
544 |
1,259 |
43.3 |
17 |
58 |
Tonga |
41.1 |
1,638 |
673 |
1,455 |
46.3 |
18 |
69 |
Solomon
Islands |
44.2 |
951 |
420 |
768 |
54.7 |
19 |
72 |
Papua
New Guinea |
49.6 |
1,139 |
565 |
956 |
59.1 |
20 |
73 |
Tunisia |
55.1 |
2,007 |
1,106 |
1,824 |
60.6 |
21 |
75 |
Philippines |
53.2 |
1,081 |
575 |
898 |
64.0 |
22 |
76 |
Indonesia |
54.4 |
1,025 |
558 |
842 |
66.3 |
23 |
79 |
Djibouti |
52.6 |
781 |
411 |
598 |
68.7 |
24 |
80 |
Maldives |
57.1 |
1,071 |
612 |
888 |
68.9 |
25 |
86 |
Macedonia,
FYR |
61.4 |
932 |
573 |
749 |
76.4 |
26 |
89 |
Morocco |
68.3 |
1,220 |
834 |
1,037 |
80.4 |
27 |
95 |
Ecuador |
77.8 |
1,563 |
1,216 |
1,380 |
88.1 |
28 |
97 |
Algeria |
78.7 |
1,482 |
1,166 |
1,299 |
89.8 |
29 |
98 |
Egypt,
Arab Rep. |
72.1 |
819 |
590 |
636 |
92.8 |
30 |
101 |
Bulgaria |
88.0 |
1,471 |
1,295 |
1,288 |
100.5 |
31 |
104 |
Jamaica |
96.9 |
1,747 |
1,693 |
1,564 |
108.2 |
32 |
107 |
Bolivia |
85.9 |
827 |
710 |
644 |
110.3 |
33 |
114 |
Syrian
Arab Republic |
127.0 |
1,189 |
1,511 |
1,006 |
150.1 |
34 |
132 |
Congo |
278.8 |
822 |
2,291 |
639 |
358.7 |
APPENDIX D(4): DEBT RANKING - Upper Low Income Countries |
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Overall Rank |
Country |
Debt / GDP (%) |
GDP Per Person ($US) |
Debt Per Person ($US) |
Discretionary Income Per Person ($US) |
Debt / Discretionary Income ($US) |
1 |
13 |
Azerbaijan |
9.2 |
462 |
43 |
279 |
15.3 |
2 |
23 |
China |
16.9 |
581 |
98 |
398 |
24.7 |
3 |
28 |
Kyrgyz
Republic |
20.0 |
676 |
135 |
493 |
27.4 |
4 |
53 |
Albania |
32.3 |
672 |
217 |
489 |
44.4 |
5 |
63 |
Bhutan |
28.7 |
438 |
125 |
255 |
49.3 |
6 |
74 |
India |
28.9 |
349 |
101 |
166 |
60.9 |
7 |
90 |
Pakistan |
49.7 |
467 |
232 |
284 |
81.8 |
8 |
93 |
Sri
Lanka |
63.7 |
713 |
454 |
530 |
85.7 |
9 |
96 |
Georgia |
51.2 |
430 |
220 |
247 |
89.0 |
10 |
99 |
Lesotho |
64.1 |
520 |
333 |
337 |
98.9 |
11 |
105 |
Zimbabwe |
74.9 |
592 |
444 |
409 |
108.4 |
12 |
109 |
Senegal |
79.0 |
575 |
454 |
392 |
115.9 |
13 |
110 |
Mongolia |
59.5 |
350 |
208 |
167 |
124.9 |
14 |
112 |
Guinea |
87.9 |
559 |
492 |
376 |
130.7 |
15 |
113 |
Comoros |
89.4 |
456 |
407 |
273 |
149.4 |
16 |
115 |
Honduras |
116.0 |
665 |
771 |
482 |
160.1 |
17 |
117 |
Cameroon |
117.9 |
597 |
704 |
414 |
170.0 |
18 |
118 |
Nigeria |
86.5 |
364 |
315 |
181 |
174.0 |
19 |
121 |
Ghana |
93.0 |
370 |
344 |
187 |
184.2 |
20 |
125 |
Lao
PDR |
123.0 |
361 |
443 |
178 |
249.7 |
21 |
126 |
Cote
d'Ivoire |
188.2 |
720 |
1,356 |
537 |
252.3 |
22 |
127 |
Zambia |
168.2 |
454 |
763 |
271 |
282.0 |
23 |
130 |
Equatorial
Guinea |
173.9 |
421 |
733 |
238 |
307.5 |
24 |
133 |
Mauritania |
231.1 |
470 |
1,085 |
287 |
378.6 |
25 |
135 |
Guyana |
353.5 |
713 |
2,520 |
530 |
475.5 |
26 |
141 |
Nicaragua |
486.0 |
437 |
2,123 |
254 |
836.5 |
27 |
142 |
Sao
Tome and Principe |
609.3 |
353 |
2,149 |
170 |
1266.7 |
APPENDIX
D(5): DEBT RANKING - Low Income
Countries |
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Overall Rank |
Country |
Debt / GDP (%) |
GDP Per Person ($US) |
Debt Per Person ($US) |
Discretionary Income Per Person ($US) |
Debt / Discretionary Income ($US) |
1 |
84 |
Tajikistan |
33.3 |
343 |
114 |
160 |
71.5 |
2 |
106 |
Haiti |
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