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25 countries show the estimated values between 2008 and 2014. Since the
public debt situation generally does not change in a short period, and we are only
interested in comparing Taiwan's public debt position with the world, we put them
together with the others, arranging the public debt ratios in decreasing order.
From Figure 4, we see that the size of the debts is scattered between 0%
and 150%, mostly from zero to 100 percent. A few countries exceeded 100% of
their nominal GDP, with five outliers: Portugal (129%, ranked #173), Italy (136%,
#174), Greece (171.3%, ranked #176), Zimbabwe (205. 3%, #177), and the
highest one, Japan (227.9%, #178). The world median is 47.2% (shared by the
Republic of Congo #89 and Honduras, #90), and the world average is 54.6%
(Malaysia, #108).
Taiwan's debt to GDP ratio is 32.8%, ranked at #43 out of 178 countries,
which is much lower than both world median and average as shown in Figure 4.
Sources: World Factbook (2016b). Figure drawn by the author.
Figure 4 Public Debt as Percentage of Nominal GDP
178 Countries, 2015 estimate
0
50
100
150
200
250
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190
Percent
Country
World
Average = 54.6%
Medium = 47.2%
Taiwan
32.8%, #43
#2 Tajikistan 6.5%
#3 Lybia 6.6%
#178 Japan 228%
#177 Zimbabwe 205%
#176 Greece 171%
#174 Italy 136%
#173 Portugal 129%
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