Private Debt As A Percentage of GDP (2013)

Data is already from a year ago, yet it is still very interesting. It shows very clearly that private debt to gdp is higher in developed countries versus developing countries. This might very well have something to do with property rights. Ireland is clearly on top with almost 300 percent of private debt to GDP. While the Nordic countries are known for their low government debt levels, Denmark and Sweden are second and third in this ranking. Notice Germany which is on the bottom half. Also Italy and Greece are far from the top.

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World Economic Heat Map Q1 2014

This chart shows a forecast in the outlook for several developed and developing countries. It shows on the x-axis the current PMI-index, this is the sentiment under purchasing managers at manufacturing companies. Currently Ireland, Czech Republic, United States and the United Kingdom are at very high levels (where higher than 50 means growth). France, Ireland and Spain saw there PMI growth the most in recent months.

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OECD Yearly 2012 GDP Growth

More and more countries have been reporting their fourth quarter GDP growth for 2012 lately, and hence the yearly 2012 GDP growth rate. For the countries that have reported their figures China had the highest yearly growth rate of 7.8 percent. Indonesia and Norway are following China with 6.2 and 3.0 percent respectively. Yet, most countries had a growth rate of less than 2 percent, with most all European countries on the lower end. Portugal and Italy saw their economy's decline the most, in Portugal even with 3.2 percent.

Share of World GDP Per Continent (1990-2010)

In the twenty years before 2010 China gained a lot of GDP. Since its GDP growth was a lot higher than in Europe and the United States it also gained in its share of World GDP. That is China's economy got bigger compared to Europe, United States and Japan. This is shown in the graph.

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Percent Of Population Over 65 (2011 Versus 1996)

The populations of the less developed countries are clearly younger than the western economies. Especially Japan and Germany have a big elderly population. Note the huge increase in Japan in the last 15 years. Bulgaria, Estonia and Latvia, noticable less prosperous than the most developed countries, are also in the top 15. South Korea and Ireland are relatively young in their population.

Developed Countries GDP Growth (2nd Quarter 2012)

This chart show the quarterly economic growth (second quarter versus the first quarter of 2012) for the countries in the Euro Zone, compared with the United States and Japan. What is interesting is that most Euro Zone countries saw their economic growth far below the U.S. and Japan, especially Portugal and Italy. Not being in the Euro Zone is not a guarantuee for economic growth though, as you can see with the -0.7 percent contraction in the United Kingdom.

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Development Aid Spending As a Percentage of GDP

In this graph you can see what percentage of GDP the OECD-countries spent on foreign aid in 2011. As you can see only Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg, Denmark and the Netherlands met the target of 0,7% GDP. Greece, Korea, Japan and Italy spent the least as a percentage of GDP.

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Leading Indicator Index (Beginning 2012)

EconompicData make a nice graph with data from the OECD. It shows the leading indicator index. This index is a total of all the economic data for a country which are identified as the best indicators for future economic growth. Examples of such indicators are industrial production, trade volumes and private consumption.

Especially Italy and Germany (which may be surprising) saw the leading indicator drop the most. The United States and Japan are more and more going in the positive direction.

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Non-Financial Corporate Debt

You can see in the graph from The Economist (with data from Mckinsey) that Spain, France and the United Kingdom have the highest non-financial corporations debt of the selection countries. Again the emerging countries have the lowest debt. Non-financial corporation debt is a lot higher in Europe than in North America.

Due to a request by the Economist this graph has been removed. 

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Household Debt as a Percentage of GDP (Developed and Emerging Countries)

You can see in the graph from The Economist (with data from Mckinsey) that the Anglo-Saxon countries have the highest household debt of selected countries. The emerging countries have the lowest household debt. As you were able to see in this post with total debt (government, household, financial and non-financial) Britain was also the country with the highest total debt.

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OECD Countries: Average Tuition Fees & Grants Received (Public Institutions)

This graph shows the average higher edution public tuition fees in dollars for the year 2004/2005. You can see United States was the most expensive country to study in that year. Australia and Japan come in second. Its the cheapest to study in Turkey, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Norway and Denmark.

In Turkey, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands (almost) every student receives a grant. In Belgium and Japan the least number of student receive a grant.

Source: CBS

History of Global Debt

The IMF made an interesting video about the history of public debt from 1980 until recently in developed, emerging and low-income countries.

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Shadow Economy As A Percentage Of GDP

The Financial Times made this chart with the shadow economy as a percentage of GDP for the developed countries. You can see that the shadow economy is relatively the biggest in Bulgaria en the smallest in the United States.

Source: Financial Times

Child Poverty in Developed World

This chart shows the percentage of total children that are in poverty in twenty-one rich nations at the turn of the century.

Source: Zero Hedge

Government debt: Public Debt 2011

Gross Debt (in orange) and Net Debt (gross debt minus gross financial assets) in blue for developed countries.

Source: Rabobank

Current Account Balance for Developed Countries

Currenct Account Balance in 2011 for developed countries

Interest payments for developed countries

Interest payments for developed countries as a percentage of government revenue (2011).

External Debt for developed countries

External Debt: government debt held by foreigners as a percentage of GDP in 2010-Q3.

Source: Rabobank

Weighted average years to maturity

This graph shows the time in which countries have to repay their debt. In other words in how many years all the government bonds expire.

Source: Rabobank

Government debt-to-gdp for developed countries

Government Debt-to-GDP ratios for developed countries in 2007, 2010 and 2015 (forecast by IMF).

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Where the labels are: AU is Australia, AT is Austria, BE is Belgium, CA is Canada, DK is Denmark, FI is Finland, FR is France, DE is Germany, GR is Greece, IS is Iceland, IE is Ireland, IT is Italy, JP is Japan, LU is Luxembourg, NL is the Netherlands, NZ is New Zealand, NO is Norway, PT is Portugal, ES is
Spain, SE is Sweden, CH is Switzerland, GB is the United Kingdom and US is the United States.