Malta vs Palau: Central government debt, total

Malta
791.03 million current LCU
in 1994
Palau
240.22 million current LCU
in 2019
Malta rank
79th
Palau rank
81st

Central government debt, total over time

  • Malta
  • Palau
0200.0M400.0M600.0M800.0M199020042019

How they compare

Malta currently reports 791.03 million current LCU against 240.22 million current LCU in Palau, a difference of 550.81 million current LCU.

That makes Malta's figure about 3.3 times Palau's.

Globally, Malta ranks 79th and Palau ranks 81st of 83 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Central government debt, total (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
83 places, 1,590 data points, 1970–2024
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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 in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.