TradingEconomics.com the page displays a table with actual values, estimates, forecasts, statistics and historical data charts for countries with the “Public debt to GDP” list.
Since SEASIA provides public debt-to-GDP figures reported for several Asian countries, it has detected Southeast Asian countries with up-to-date public debt-to-GDP figures, last recorded as much as December 2017, and we hereby include the figures and data provided by the web site.
BRUNEI
Record debt-to-GDP ratio (until December 2017): 2.8%
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2016): 3.10%
Brunei recorded a public debt equal to 2.80 percent of the country’s gross domestic product in 2017. Public debt to GDP in Brunei averaged 0.69 percent between 1985 and 2017, reaching an all-time high of three.20 percent in 2014 and an all-time low of 0 percent in 1986.
INDONESIA
Record debt-to-GDP ratio (until December 2017): 28.7%
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2016): 27.90%
Indonesia recorded a public debt of 28.70 percent of gross domestic product in 2017. During the period 2000–2017, public debt to GDP in Indonesia averaged 38.97 percent, reaching a record high of 87.43 percent in 2000 and a record low of twenty-two.96 percent in 2012.
CAMBODIA
Record debt-to-GDP ratio (until December 2017): 35.1%
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2016): 32.96%
Cambodia recorded a public debt equal to 35.10 percent of the country’s gross domestic product in 2017. Cambodia’s public debt-to-GDP ratio averaged 35.10 percent between 1996 and 2017, reaching an all-time high of 43.10 percent in 2003 and an all-time low of 29.90 percent in 2008.
MYANMAR
Record debt-to-GDP ratio (until December 2017): 36.75%
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2016): 32.96%
Myanmar recorded a public debt equal to 36.75 percent of the country’s gross domestic product in 2017. Myanmar’s public debt-to-GDP ratio averaged 87.09 percent between 1998 and 2017, reaching a record high of 216.04 percent in 2001 and a record low of 29.91 percent in 2014.
THAILAND
Record debt-to-GDP ratio (until December 2017): 41.2%
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2016): 41.20%
Thailand recorded a public debt of 41.20 percent of gross domestic product in 2016. Public debt to GDP in Thailand averaged 44.40 percent between 1996 and 2016, reaching an all-time high of 57.80 percent in 2000 and an all-time low of 15.20 percent in 1996.
PHILIPPINES
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2017): 42.10%
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2016): 42.10%
The Philippines recorded a public debt of 42.10 percent of gross domestic product in 2017. Public debt to GDP within the Philippines averaged 56.25 percent between 1990 and 2017, reaching an all-time high of 74.90 percent in 1993 and an all-time low of 42.10 percent in 2016.
LAOS
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2017): 50.03%
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2016): 45.56%
Laos recorded a public debt of fifty.03 percent of gross domestic product in 2017. Over the period 1991–2017, public debt to GDP in Laos averaged 50.61 percent, reaching an all-time high of 81.70 percent in 2004 and an all-time low of 33.61 percent in 1991.
MALAYSIA
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2017): 50.09%
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2016): 53.20%
Malaysia recorded a public debt of fifty.90 per cent of gross domestic product in 2017. During the period 1990–2017, public debt to GDP in Malaysia averaged 48.50 per cent, reaching a record high of 80.74 per cent in 1990 and a record low of 31.80 per cent in 1997.
VIETNAM
Record debt-to-GDP ratio (until December 2017): 61.5%
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2016): 62.40%
Vietnam recorded a public debt of 61.50 percent of gross domestic product in 2017. During the period 2000-2017, public debt to GDP in Vietnam averaged 44.60 percent, reaching an all-time high of 61.50 percent in 2017 and an all-time low of 31.40 percent in 2000.
SINGAPORE
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2017): 111%
Debt to GDP record (as much as December 2016): 112%
Singapore recorded a public debt of 110.60 per cent of gross domestic product in 2017. During the period 1993–2017, public debt to GDP in Singapore averaged 90.11 per cent, reaching an all-time high of 111.50 per cent in 2016 and an all-time low of 67.40 per cent in 1995.
Source: https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/government-debt-to-gdp?continent=asia
