Gross portfolio debt assets to GDP (%) by country
Countries reporting
128
Highest
490.6%
Ireland
Lowest
0.0%
Sri Lanka
Median
7.1%
Years covered
22
1999–2020
Data points
2,249
What the numbers show
Gross portfolio debt assets to GDP (%) is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 490.6% in Ireland; the lowest is 0.0% in Sri Lanka.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.1%, and the mean is 27.3%.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 7,739,950.0%), and the largest decrease in Sri Lanka (down 99.5%).
Gross portfolio debt assets to GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 490.6% | 2018 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 2 | Cambodia | 460.4% | 2017 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 5 | Mauritius | 141.1% | 2020 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Netherlands | 133.2% | 2020 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 7 | Norway | 131.9% | 2020 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 8 | Malta | 113.4% | 2020 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Greece | 100.2% | 2020 | up 258.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Switzerland | 98.9% | 2020 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 11 | Belgium | 88.3% | 2020 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 12 | France | 85.7% | 2020 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 13 | Denmark | 70.2% | 2020 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 68.5% | 2020 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 15 | Bahrain | 66.8% | 2019 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 16 | Cyprus | 66.1% | 2020 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Portugal | 62.3% | 2020 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 59.4% | 2020 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 58.7% | 2020 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 20 | Finland | 58.3% | 2020 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 21 | Austria | 56.3% | 2020 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 22 | Estonia | 53.3% | 2020 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Latvia | 51.7% | 2020 | up 700.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Italy | 41.8% | 2020 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 40.8% | 2020 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 26 | Slovenia | 39.5% | 2020 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 39.4% | 2020 | up 112.7% | rising |
| 28 | Slovakia | 38.5% | 2020 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.2% | 2020 | up 134.1% | rising |
| 30 | Canada | 30.5% | 2020 | up 202.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 29.2% | 2020 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 32 | Aruba | 29.0% | 2020 | up 335.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Sweden | 27.6% | 2020 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 34 | Namibia | 27.5% | 2020 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 35 | Saint Lucia | 26.6% | 2020 | up 208.9% | rising |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 26.0% | 2019 | up 1,060.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Togo | 24.8% | 2019 | up 638.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Uruguay | 24.3% | 2020 | up 80.1% | rising |
| 40 | Australia | 23.0% | 2020 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 41 | Lithuania | 22.3% | 2020 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 42 | New Zealand | 22.2% | 2020 | up 164.7% | rising |
| 43 | United States | 19.4% | 2020 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 44 | Israel | 17.8% | 2020 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 45 | Jamaica | 16.7% | 2020 | up 242.1% | rising |
| 46 | Grenada | 16.6% | 2020 | up 153.5% | rising |
| 47 | Dominica | 16.2% | 2020 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15.9% | 2020 | up 309.0% | rising |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 15.7% | 2020 | up 203.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Chile | 14.8% | 2020 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 51 | South Korea | 14.8% | 2020 | up 457.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Micronesia (country) | 14.7% | 2014 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 53 | Cape Verde | 14.2% | 2020 | up 1,227.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Colombia | 14.0% | 2020 | up 115.8% | rising |
| 55 | Benin | 13.1% | 2019 | up 540.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Barbados | 12.6% | 2013 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.3% | 2019 | up 293,300.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Kuwait | 10.1% | 2020 | up 99.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Albania | 9.2% | 2020 | up 355.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 9.1% | 2020 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 61 | Botswana | 9.1% | 2020 | up 112.4% | rising |
| 62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.5% | 2020 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 63 | Senegal | 7.7% | 2018 | up 368.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Malaysia | 7.5% | 2020 | up 78.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Philippines | 7.4% | 2020 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 66 | Guyana | 7.2% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 67 | Argentina | 7.1% | 2020 | up 133.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Croatia | 7.0% | 2020 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 69 | Bolivia | 7.0% | 2020 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 6.8% | 2020 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 71 | Iceland | 6.7% | 2020 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Czechia | 6.5% | 2020 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 73 | El Salvador | 5.8% | 2020 | up 350.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Russia | 5.7% | 2020 | up 186.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Mali | 5.6% | 2018 | up 149.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Thailand | 5.3% | 2020 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Suriname | 4.8% | 2020 | up 501.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Seychelles | 4.8% | 2020 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 4.8% | 2020 | up 440.2% | volatile |
| 80 | South Africa | 4.4% | 2020 | up 138.7% | rising |
| 81 | Burundi | 4.4% | 2018 | up 39,815.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Ecuador | 4.0% | 2020 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.6% | 2020 | up 109.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Poland | 3.2% | 2020 | up 297.7% | rising |
| 85 | Niger | 3.1% | 2019 | up 1,021.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Uganda | 3.0% | 2020 | up 28,417.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Georgia | 2.9% | 2020 | up 396,224.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Hungary | 2.9% | 2020 | up 116.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Eswatini | 2.9% | 2020 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.7% | 2019 | up 49.6% | flat |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.1% | 2020 | up 220.3% | volatile |
| 92 | China | 2.0% | 2020 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Vanuatu | 1.8% | 2020 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Romania | 1.7% | 2020 | up 116.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Honduras | 1.5% | 2020 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 97 | Indonesia | 1.3% | 2020 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 98 | Jordan | 1.2% | 2020 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Bangladesh | 1.2% | 2018 | up 104.9% | rising |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 1.1% | 2008 | up 17,474.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 1.0% | 2017 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Brazil | 0.5% | 2020 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 103 | Serbia | 0.5% | 2020 | up 203.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Guatemala | 0.4% | 2020 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 105 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.4% | 2019 | up 558.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Ukraine | 0.4% | 2020 | up 1,817.8% | volatile |
| 107 | North Macedonia | 0.4% | 2020 | up 318.9% | rising |
| 108 | Mongolia | 0.3% | 2020 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Belarus | 0.3% | 2020 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Nigeria | 0.2% | 2020 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 111 | Egypt | 0.2% | 2020 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Rwanda | 0.2% | 2020 | up 191.8% | volatile |
| 113 | India | 0.1% | 2020 | up 4,509.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Venezuela | 0.1% | 2016 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Kenya | 0.1% | 2018 | up 583.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Turkey | 0.1% | 2020 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2020 | up 552.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2020 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2020 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1% | 2020 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Moldova | 0.1% | 2020 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2020 | up 106.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Peru | 0.0% | 2019 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Ghana | 0.0% | 2020 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Angola | 0.0% | 2020 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2020 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2020 | up 101.0% | rising |
| 128 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2018 | up 462.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Myanmar | 0.0% | 2019 | up 7,739,950.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2019 | down 80.6% | falling |
| 131 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2018 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2019 | down 99.5% | volatile |