This map shows the national debt of the countries of the world as a percentage of that nations GDP. While I'm not saying the US National debt is not something to worry about ( it is ), it does remind us that while the US has the highest debt in the world, as a percentage of GDP it isn't as bad as some countries'.
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Watch the levels of global debt change over the past decade. The figure shows public debt as a percentage of GDP from 1999-2010. As you might expect, the pace picked up in the last few years, but the debt had been growing all the while. Click to watch.
Or check out the Interactive version at The Economist.
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