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Today’s infographic visualization breaks down $59.7 trillion of world debt by country, as well as highlighting each country’s debt-to-GDP ratio using colour.
The edited excerpts above, and those below, are from an infographic* by VisualCapitalist.com originally entitled $60 Trillion of World Debt in One Visualization which can be seen in its original format HERE.
The data used above comes from the IMF and only covers public government debt. It excludes the debt of country’s citizens and businesses, as well as unfunded liabilities which are not yet technically incurred yet. All figures are based on USD.
*http://www.visualcapitalist.com/60-trillion-of-world-debt-in-one-visualization/
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