Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP) - Country Ranking
Definition: Claims on central government (IFS line 52AN or 32AN) include loans to central government institutions net of deposits.
Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 153.56 | 2020 |
| 2 | Eritrea | 104.13 | 2014 |
| 3 | Italy | 71.57 | 2020 |
| 4 | Brazil | 57.58 | 2020 |
| 5 | United States | 53.55 | 2020 |
| 6 | Egypt | 51.77 | 2020 |
| 7 | Morocco | 51.74 | 2020 |
| 8 | El Salvador | 49.52 | 2020 |
| 9 | Spain | 46.44 | 2020 |
| 10 | Fiji | 44.46 | 2020 |
| 11 | Algeria | 42.36 | 2020 |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 41.91 | 2020 |
| 13 | Qatar | 41.51 | 2020 |
| 14 | Pakistan | 39.96 | 2020 |
| 15 | Lebanon | 36.80 | 2018 |
| 16 | Portugal | 33.70 | 2020 |
| 17 | China | 33.48 | 2020 |
| 18 | Burundi | 32.57 | 2020 |
| 19 | Jordan | 30.92 | 2020 |
| 20 | Albania | 30.77 | 2020 |
| 21 | The Gambia | 30.65 | 2020 |
| 22 | Suriname | 29.24 | 2020 |
| 23 | India | 29.23 | 2020 |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 27.83 | 2020 |
| 25 | Thailand | 27.48 | 2020 |
| 26 | France | 26.53 | 2020 |
| 27 | Philippines | 26.40 | 2020 |
| 28 | Belgium | 26.28 | 2020 |
| 29 | The Bahamas | 26.16 | 2020 |
| 30 | Zambia | 25.92 | 2020 |
| 31 | Myanmar | 24.68 | 2020 |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 24.28 | 2020 |
| 33 | Malta | 23.96 | 2020 |
| 34 | Brunei | 23.92 | 2020 |
| 35 | Belize | 23.70 | 2020 |
| 36 | Cyprus | 23.38 | 2020 |
| 37 | South Africa | 22.89 | 2020 |
| 38 | Namibia | 22.79 | 2020 |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 22.43 | 2019 |
| 40 | Chile | 22.06 | 2020 |
| 41 | Slovenia | 21.81 | 2020 |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 21.74 | 2020 |
| 43 | Mexico | 21.73 | 2020 |
| 44 | Argentina | 21.70 | 2017 |
| 45 | Turkey | 21.70 | 2020 |
| 46 | Jamaica | 21.31 | 2020 |
| 47 | Barbados | 21.23 | 2019 |
| 48 | Ghana | 21.22 | 2020 |
| 49 | Yemen | 21.19 | 2013 |
| 50 | Guyana | 21.11 | 2020 |
| 51 | Ukraine | 21.06 | 2020 |
| 52 | Slovak Republic | 20.94 | 2020 |
| 53 | Seychelles | 20.61 | 2020 |
| 54 | Austria | 20.16 | 2020 |
| 55 | New Zealand | 19.83 | 2020 |
| 56 | Croatia | 19.48 | 2020 |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 19.38 | 2020 |
| 58 | Angola | 18.88 | 2020 |
| 59 | Mauritius | 18.36 | 2020 |
| 60 | Hungary | 18.19 | 2020 |
| 61 | Tunisia | 18.15 | 2020 |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 18.15 | 2020 |
| 63 | Cabo Verde | 17.82 | 2020 |
| 64 | Poland | 17.69 | 2020 |
| 65 | Bahrain | 17.22 | 2015 |
| 66 | Central African Republic | 17.17 | 2019 |
| 67 | Singapore | 16.76 | 2020 |
| 68 | Malaysia | 16.01 | 2020 |
| 69 | Canada | 15.41 | 2008 |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 15.36 | 2020 |
| 71 | Netherlands | 15.27 | 2020 |
| 72 | Finland | 15.17 | 2020 |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 14.79 | 2008 |
| 74 | Greece | 14.66 | 2020 |
| 75 | Guinea | 14.53 | 2020 |
| 76 | Ireland | 14.10 | 2020 |
| 77 | Syrian Arab Republic | 14.10 | 2011 |
| 78 | Nepal | 13.59 | 2020 |
| 79 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13.33 | 2020 |
| 80 | Chad | 13.28 | 2019 |
| 81 | Uganda | 12.71 | 2020 |
| 82 | Kenya | 12.71 | 2020 |
| 83 | Indonesia | 12.00 | 2020 |
| 84 | Guatemala | 11.89 | 2020 |
| 85 | Sudan | 11.89 | 2020 |
| 86 | Liberia | 11.56 | 2018 |
| 87 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.08 | 2020 |
| 88 | Haiti | 10.79 | 2020 |
| 89 | Germany | 10.75 | 2020 |
| 90 | Armenia | 10.52 | 2020 |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 10.39 | 2020 |
| 92 | Senegal | 10.12 | 2020 |
| 93 | Gabon | 9.50 | 2019 |
| 94 | Iran | 9.33 | 2016 |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.95 | 2020 |
| 96 | Malawi | 8.89 | 2016 |
| 97 | Australia | 8.88 | 2020 |
| 98 | Israel | 8.87 | 2020 |
| 99 | Bolivia | 8.69 | 2020 |
| 100 | Venezuela | 7.91 | 2013 |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 7.83 | 2020 |
| 102 | Congo | 7.47 | 2019 |
| 103 | Nigeria | 7.45 | 2020 |
| 104 | Romania | 7.38 | 2020 |
| 105 | Serbia | 6.89 | 2020 |
| 106 | United Arab Emirates | 6.80 | 2020 |
| 107 | Mozambique | 6.52 | 2020 |
| 108 | Madagascar | 6.14 | 2020 |
| 109 | Colombia | 6.04 | 2020 |
| 110 | Vietnam | 5.75 | 2020 |
| 111 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.73 | 2020 |
| 112 | Mali | 5.70 | 2020 |
| 113 | Uruguay | 5.65 | 2020 |
| 114 | Czech Republic | 5.48 | 2020 |
| 115 | Latvia | 5.39 | 2020 |
| 116 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.33 | 2019 |
| 117 | Mauritania | 5.09 | 2019 |
| 118 | Switzerland | 4.19 | 2016 |
| 119 | Tanzania | 4.07 | 2020 |
| 120 | Lithuania | 3.76 | 2020 |
| 121 | Sweden | 3.24 | 2018 |
| 122 | Georgia | 3.02 | 2020 |
| 123 | Ecuador | 2.94 | 2020 |
| 124 | Cameroon | 2.73 | 2018 |
| 125 | Somalia | 2.51 | 1989 |
| 126 | Niger | 2.48 | 2020 |
| 127 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 2.42 | 2020 |
| 128 | Dominica | 2.32 | 2020 |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 1.97 | 2020 |
| 130 | Burkina Faso | 1.95 | 2020 |
| 131 | Zimbabwe | 1.93 | 2020 |
| 132 | Eswatini | 1.89 | 2020 |
| 133 | Comoros | 1.86 | 2020 |
| 134 | Bhutan | 1.79 | 2020 |
| 135 | Honduras | 1.72 | 2020 |
| 136 | Moldova | 1.63 | 2020 |
| 137 | Djibouti | 1.32 | 2020 |
| 138 | Benin | 0.65 | 2020 |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.60 | 2020 |
| 140 | Togo | 0.36 | 2020 |
| 141 | Luxembourg | 0.10 | 2020 |
| 142 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.08 | 2020 |
| 143 | Botswana | -0.40 | 2020 |
| 144 | Denmark | -0.84 | 2020 |
| 145 | Lao PDR | -0.95 | 2010 |
| 146 | Korea | -1.30 | 2020 |
| 147 | São Tomé and Principe | -1.34 | 2020 |
| 148 | Tajikistan | -2.40 | 2020 |
| 149 | Iraq | -2.48 | 2018 |
| 150 | St. Lucia | -3.09 | 2020 |
| 151 | Kyrgyz Republic | -3.37 | 2020 |
| 152 | Rwanda | -3.51 | 2020 |
| 153 | Peru | -3.95 | 2020 |
| 154 | Mongolia | -4.08 | 2020 |
| 155 | Russia | -4.13 | 2020 |
| 156 | Estonia | -4.77 | 2020 |
| 157 | Libya | -6.18 | 2020 |
| 158 | Lesotho | -6.19 | 2019 |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | -7.10 | 2020 |
| 160 | Belarus | -8.03 | 2020 |
| 161 | Iceland | -8.14 | 2020 |
| 162 | Afghanistan | -8.25 | 2020 |
| 163 | Paraguay | -8.56 | 2020 |
| 164 | Montenegro | -10.89 | 2020 |
| 165 | Kuwait | -11.55 | 2018 |
| 166 | Azerbaijan | -12.01 | 2020 |
| 167 | Panama | -12.02 | 2020 |
| 168 | Oman | -13.72 | 2019 |
| 169 | Samoa | -14.09 | 2020 |
| 170 | Grenada | -15.87 | 2020 |
| 171 | Saudi Arabia | -17.00 | 2017 |
| 172 | Norway | -19.63 | 2020 |
| 173 | Vanuatu | -20.76 | 2020 |
| 174 | Tonga | -22.49 | 2020 |
| 175 | Cambodia | -23.66 | 2020 |
| 176 | Uzbekistan | -35.32 | 2020 |
| 177 | Timor-Leste | -37.15 | 2020 |
| 178 | St. Kitts and Nevis | -39.99 | 2020 |
| 179 | Hong Kong SAR, China | -41.21 | 2020 |
| 180 | Macao SAR, China | -190.70 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual