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Country or Region: Western Hemisphere (Latin America and the Caribbean) › Change country
Economic Indicator: Total Government Gross Debt (% of GDP) › See all Western Hemisphere indicators, › See Total Government Gross Debt (% of GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: US Dollar
Currency Symbol: US$

Gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. This includes debt liabilities in the form of SDRs, currency and deposits, debt securities, loans, insurance, pensions and standardized guarantee schemes, and other accounts payable. Thus, all liabilities in the GFSM 2001 system are debt, except for equity and investment fund shares and financial derivatives and employee stock options. Debt can be valued at current market, nominal, or face values (GFSM 2001, paragraph 7.110).

Total Government Gross Debt (% of GDP) for Western Hemisphere in year 2010 is 50.353 %

This makes Western Hemisphere n/a in world rankings according to Total Government Gross Debt (% of GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Total Government Gross Debt (% of GDP) value is 46.17 %; Western Hemisphere is 4.18 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Total Government Gross Debt (% of GDP) for Western Hemisphere was 50.98 % Total Government Gross Debt (% of GDP) for Western Hemisphere in 2010 was or will be 1.24% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Total Government Gross Debt (% of GDP) for Western Hemisphere was or will be 49.86 %, which is 0.98% less than the 2010 figure.