That way, the debt GDP ratio declines because the denominator (economic output) increases, not because the numerator (the total the government has borrowed) declines.

The national debt held by US and foreign investors totaled about 40 of GDP at the end of 2008.

In Spain, the public debt to GDP ratio is 69 , but the debt of the Spanish banking system totals 305 of GDP, or about 3.3 trillion about as much as the combined public debt of all five crisis stricken eurozone countries.

And we see right over here the debt to GDP ratio is a percentage so this debt is a percentage of GDP , it's well over 100 .

Add the open public debt of 67 of GDP to this total, and the result is an overall German debt GDP ratio of about 340 .

But all parts of a country s total debt and how it is financed are interconnected.

Loans would be provided by other EU countries if necessary, taking the form of covered state bonds collateralized with privatizable state assets.

The debt is the total amount of money that they owe, that's this top line right over here.

Table 13. Latin America and the Caribbean total disbursed external debt a Year end balance (millions of dollars)

As a result, America s public debt has reached roughly 140 of GDP.

The debt GDP ratio varies a lot by country.

The annual budget deficit is nearly 10 of GDP, higher than any of the eurozone countries. With nominal GDP stagnating, that deficit is causing the debt GDP ratio to rise by 10 annually.

After varying between 25 and 50 of GDP for the past half century, the recent budget deficits have caused the debt to reach 62 of GDP.

France s debt GDP ratio is already around 90 even if its 2013 budget deficit does not exceed 3.5 of GDP, its debt GDP ratio will have climbed to 93 by the end of the year.

The difference between the overall deficit and the primary deficit implies that the interest on the Greek national debt this year will be 4.1 of GDP.

The combination of household and corporate saving brings total private saving to 7.5 of GDP.

Each downward revision implies postponement of the date on which the debt GDP ratio will peak.

Its debt to GDP ratio stood at 113 by the end of 2009.

The ratio of debt is measured against key variables such as GDP, export earnings and fiscal revenues.

Owing to strong GDP growth, the debt to GDP ratio decreased from 100.2 per cent to 95.1 per cent.

For Greece, with an overall deficit of 4.1 of GDP and a debt GDP ratio of 170 , the debt ratio would fall if the combination of inflation and real (inflation adjusted) GDP growth exceeded 2.4 .

India s external debt burden is even more favorable, at only 21.2 of GDP (much of it owed by the private sector), while short term external debt is only 5.2 of GDP.

Greek public debt today stands at nearly 160 of the country s official GDP.

Spain and Ireland had fiscal surpluses and low debt GDP ratios before the crisis.

It is likely to rise to more than 60 of GDP by the end of 2010, with the debt to GDP ratio continuing to increase.

In 2001 the ratio of maternity benefits against the total expenditures from the GDP constituted 0.12 .

And the government debt to GDP ratio is around 190 , compared to 120 in Greece.

Debt to GDP ratios tend to increase for countries that are in economic trouble.

Unemployment rates and budget deficits are higher, and public debt GDP ratios are at record levels.

That process appears to have accelerated in 2004, and total external debt is estimated at some 6.6 billion.

Politicians have exacerbated the situation by doubling down on fiscal austerity, which has undermined GDP growth while failing to shrink government debt GDP ratios.

In Saudi Arabia, the most highly indebted country of the Gulf Cooperation Council, total government debt increased to some 75 per cent of GDP in 2003 however, only some 23 per cent of total debt is owed to external creditors.

The US federal deficit is an alarming 12 of GDP, and public debt as a share of national income is already projected to double, to 80 of GDP.

Meanwhile, Sweden s public debt was reduced from 73 of GDP to 39 of GDP, while taxes have been cut repeatedly.

NEW YORK The Greek financial saga is the tip of an iceberg of problems of public debt sustainability for many advanced economies, and not only the so called PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain). Indeed, the OECD now estimates that public debt to GDP ratios in advanced economies will rise to an average of around 100 of GDP.

Second, troubles in any single component of total debt will have an impact on all the other components.

He would also lower personal tax rates by 20 , and make up lost revenue by limiting tax deductions and credits, particularly at the upper end, thereby raising about 18.5 of GDP, just above the historical average, at full employment.

Stabilizing the debt to GDP ratio is thus the line in the sand that must not be crossed.

The eurozone as a whole has a debt to GDP ratio of 90 , which is high by any standard.

By 2012, Greek public debt will be above 160 of GDP and rising.

Domestic public debt today stands at roughly 205 of GDP, compared to around 85 in 1995.

At a minimum, that would mean reducing the deficit to a level that stops the rise in the debt to GDP ratio.

In 2012, French government debt levels reached 1.8 trillion euros, the equivalent of 90 of French GDP.

At the end of 2011, China s central government debt amounted to 16.5 of GDP, and overall government debt totaled 18 trillion, or 38 of GDP.

Likewise, while Japan has the highest debt to GDP ratio among rich countries, this is not a serious problem because the debt is domestically held.