Late last month, fiscal watchdogs issued a concerning update on the state of federal finances: The national debt had finally ...

In this article we are going to list the 5 countries with the highest debt to GDP ratios. For our extended coverage please see 25 Countries with the Highest Debt to GDP Ratios.

THE government’s blueprint for debt reduction is being challenged by slower economic growth and oil-price-induced fiscal ...

Federal debt held by the public now surpasses the total value of the nation's economic output. Here's why experts say that's a concern.

Last week it was reported that our national debt officially has surpassed 100% of our GDP (gross domestic product). Our national debt (as of the report) now totals $31.27 trillion, while GDP stands at ...

Nigeria’s public debt-to-GDP ratio dropped to 39.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 following the successful rebasing of the country’s Gross Domestic Product by the National Bureau of Statistics.

The United States national debt has now grown beyond the size of the country’s GDP, punctuating a long-running trajectory ...

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has raised alarm over Nigeria’s escalating debt burden, cautioning that the country ...

At the end of Q4, US national debt reached $38.51 trillion, having soared by yet another $2.30 trillion over the 12 months in the calendar year 2025, or by 6.3%. In Q4 alone, the debt rose by $877 ...

The share of national debt  to gross domestic product   rose to 65.2 percent in the first quarter, a level analysts view as ...

Piling up debt through irresponsible budgeting can seem like part of human nature. In “How Countries Go Broke”, a book released in June, Ray Dalio, founder of the hedge fund Bridgewater, argues that ...

The global fiscal landscape in 2026 is defined by a paradox: while the total volume of global debt has reached a staggering new record of $348 trillion , the actual debt-to-GDP ratios in many mature ...