Do Europeen (and hell other 1st world nations) countries have national debts comparable to the United States' (per capita debt?)?

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― beanz (beanz), Friday, 29 October 2004 15:52 (nineteen years ago) link

has TS: JW vs CRW been done already?

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 29 October 2004 16:00 (nineteen years ago) link

Yes, actually. It ended in GIFs.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 29 October 2004 16:02 (nineteen years ago) link

oh good

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 29 October 2004 16:06 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2186.html

Here are some randomly chosen countries:

France:

Public debt: 68.8% of GDP (2003)

Germany:

Public debt: 64.2% of GDP (2003)

U.S.:

Public debt: 62.4% of GDP (2003)

UK:

Public debt: 51% of GDP (2003)

Netherlands:

Public debt: 54.1% of GDP (2003)

Italy:

Public debt: 106.4% of GDP (2003)

― Michael White (Hereward), Friday, 29 October 2004 16:16 (nineteen years ago) link

yay italy!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 29 October 2004 16:18 (nineteen years ago) link

Grazie.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 29 October 2004 16:19 (nineteen years ago) link

Public debt. This entry records the cumulative total of all government borrowings less repayments that are denominated in a country's home currency. Public debt should not be confused with external debt, which reflects the foreign currency liablities of both the private and public sector and must be financed out of foreign exchange earnings.

― Michael White (Hereward), Friday, 29 October 2004 16:22 (nineteen years ago) link

Also, per capita, Britain and France lost more dead in WWII than we did.

Not just per capita - of total dead, Russia (most at 29 million), Poland, Germany, Yugoslavia, Romania, Hungary, France, Italy and Great Britain lost more lives than the US (413,000). I don't think it's rediculous to attribut the allied victory more to the Soviet union than to the USA. (that doesn't devalue any wasted life, of course).

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Friday, 29 October 2004 16:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Jsut curious: does anyone know how the pre-Great War population of Russia (meaning all former USSR countries) compares to the population today? I was thinking after WWI, the Revolution, WWII and Stalin how anyone could be left.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 29 October 2004 17:13 (nineteen years ago) link

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