WORLDWIDE DEBT TRAP

Source: Jubilee Debt Campaign (July 2015)

Countries already in debt crisis

  • significant net debt (more than 30% of GDP), and
  • high current government external debt payments (more than 15% of government revenue)
  1. Armenia
  2. Belize
  3. Costa Rica
  4. Croatia
  5. Cyprus
  6. Dominican Republic
  7. El Salvador
  8. Gambia
  9. Greece
  10. Grenada
  11. Ireland
  12. Jamaica
  13. Lebanon
  14. Macedonia
  15. Marshall Islands
  16. Montenegro
  17. Portugal
  18. Spain
  19. Sri Lanka
  20. St Vincent and the Grenadines
  21. Tunisia
  22. Ukraine

 Also, countries in default or debt negotiation

  1. Sudan 24
  2. Zimbabwe

Countries at risk of government external debt crisis

  • significant net debt (more than 30% of GDP), or significant current account deficit (more than 5% of GDP), and
  • significant future government debt payments (projected to exceed 10% of government revenue or, where projections are not available, current government external debt already over 40% of GDP)
  1. Burkina Faso
  2. Cambodia
  3. Cameroon
  4. Central African Republic
  5. Chad
  6. Côte d’Ivoire
  7. Djibouti
  8. Guyana
  9. Haiti
  10. Hungary
  11. Italy
  12. Kyrgyz Republic
  13. Latvia
  14. Lesotho
  15. Liberia
  16. Lithuania
  17. Madagascar
  18. Maldives
  19. Mali
  20. Niger
  21. Poland
  22. Rwanda
  23. Serbia
  24. Sierra Leone
  25. Slovak Republic
  26. St. Lucia
  27. Togo
  28. Tonga
  29. Zambia

Countries at high risk of government external debt crisis

  • significant net debt (more than 30% of GDP)
  • high future government external debt payments (projected to exceed 15% of government revenue  or, where projections are not available, current government external debt already over 50% of GDP)
  • significant current account deficit (more than 5% of GDP).
  1. Bhutan
  2. Cabo Verde
  3. Dominica
  4. Ethiopia
  5. Ghana
  6. Lao PDR
  7. Mauritania
  8. Mongolia
  9. Mozambique
  10. Samoa
  11. Sao Tome and Principe
  12. Senegal
  13. Tanzania
  14. Uganda

 Countries at risk of private-sector debt crisis

  • significant net debt (over 30% of GDP), and
  • significant current account deficit (over 5% of GDP)
  1. Albania
  2. Australia
  3. Belarus
  4. Benin
  5. Bosnia
  6. Brazil
  7. Burundi
  8. Colombia
  9. Fiji
  10. Georgia
  11. Guinea
  12. Honduras
  13. Indonesia
  14. Jordan
  15. Malawi
  16. Moldova
  17. Morocco
  18. New Zealand
  19. Nicaragua
  20. Panama
  21. Papua New Guinea
  22. Peru
  23. Seychelles
  24. Solomon Islands
  25. Tajikistan
  26. Turkey
  27. United Kingdom
  28. Vanuatu

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