Who Owes What to Whom?

Submitted by Chris Gaetano on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 14:35

Comparative macroeconomic analyses of public debt just got a little easier today. The Economist, a London-based news and international affairs magazine, has recently released a rather interesting toy that lets you examine how much debt virtually every country in the world currently carries. Users can view the data through a number of different metrics, including per capita, GDP percentage, rate of growth and, of course, the total sum. They can also select up to three different countries to compare who owes more and how.

In 2009, according to the data, Japan carries more public debt than any other nation on Earth, $9.54 trillion, followed by the U.S. at $6.7 trillion. However, it is Russia’s debt that’s climbing the fastest – 82.8 percent, versus 26.6 percent for the U.S. and 4.5 percent for Japan.

People can also take a look at the running world debt counter at the top of the page. As of the time we posted this, the collective debt of the world was about $35.074 trillion.

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Yes, but when is US debt and

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 14:50.

Yes, but when is US debt and Russian debt going to converge?

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