Singapore vs South Asia: Central government debt, total
Central government debt, total over time
- Singapore
- South Asia
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 167.8% against 46.6% in South Asia, a difference of 121.2%.
That makes Singapore's figure about 3.6 times South Asia's.
Across all 29 years both countries report, Singapore has been ahead every year.
Singapore ranks 1st and South Asia ranks 4th of 83 countries.
Singapore has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Singapore | South Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 76.9% | 51.4% | 25.5% | Singapore |
| 2000s | 95.2% | 59.7% | 35.6% | Singapore |
| 2010s | 104.9% | 50.0% | 54.9% | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher central government debt, total, Singapore or South Asia?
- Singapore, at 167.8% against 46.6% in South Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in central government debt, total between Singapore and South Asia?
- 121.2%, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and South Asia?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2018.
- How do Singapore and South Asia rank globally for central government debt, total?
- Singapore ranks 1st and South Asia ranks 4th of 83 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Central government debt, total (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.