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Amount of public international debt securities (amounts outstanding), as a share of GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes and money market instruments placed on international markets. Table 12D (international 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 international 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 constructed from
As of 2020, Lebanon ranks first with 99.76%, followed by Cyprus (65.95%) and Bahrain (63.80%).
Lebanon is 1.5 times higher than Cyprus, the runner-up.
Across 110 countries and territories, values run from 99.76% (Lebanon) to 0.02% (India), with a median of 9.14%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Asia, 3 from the Americas and 2 from Europe.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%), 2020. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026