Egypt is in the hot zone of countries with the highest ratio of debt to GDP

Egypt is in the hot zone of countries with the highest ratio of government debt to GDP, ranking us 15th out of 221 countries on a chart by HowMuch.net that is getting wide play after being picked up by the World Economic Forum. The chart uses data that puts Egypt’s government debt-to-GDP ratio at 103% as of October 2018, while senior government sources told us last December that the figure is closer to 98%.

Among the countries with the highest debt to GDP levels: Japan (238%), followed by Greece (182%), Barbados (157%) and Lebanon (147%). The US is also high on the list, with a ratio of 105%.