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List of countries by public debt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of countries by public debt to GDP ratio as listed by Eurostat for EU and by CIA's World Factbook 2010, for the rest of the world. It is the cumulative .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_public_debt

The World's Biggest Debtor Nations - CNBC
Mar 27, 2012 . This report takes a look at the world's 75 largest economies to see which ones have the highest external debt-to-GDP ratio, calculated using the .
http://www.cnbc.com/id/30308959/The_World_s_Biggest_Debtor_Nations

Using data from the credit card interst calculator (US debt) and the ge aamco credit card (annual global gold production), I come up with the following chart:
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US Federal Debt by Year - Charts Tables History
Mar 22, 2012 . Federal debt began the 20th century at less than 10 percent of GDP. It jerked above 30 percent as a result of World War I and then declined in .
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_debt_chart.html

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