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Total amount of domestic public debt securities (amounts outstanding) issued in domestic markets as a share of GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes, treasury bills, commercial paper and other short-term notes. Table 16A (domestic debt amount): governments / GDP. End of year data (i.e. December data) are considered for debt securities. The figures are deflated using the following methodology: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is the level domestic public debt, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. GDP is from World Development Indicators. End-of period CPI is taken from IFS line 64M..ZF month of December (or if not available Q4). Average annual CPI is
As of 2020, Japan ranks first with 217.03%, followed by Lebanon (177.69%) and Canada (89.74%).
Across 31 countries and territories, values run from 217.03% (Japan) to 13.67% (Russia), with a median of 40.65%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Asia, 2 from the Americas, 1 from Africa, 1 from Europe and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Outstanding domestic public debt securities to GDP (%), 2020. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Outstanding domestic public debt securities to GDP (%) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026