Countries With Most Debt and Where it Has Grown Fastest

With the United States currently floating the idea of reducing its debt burden by not increasing its debt limit, now is a good time to review how debt conditions compare among nations.

Highest debt burden

Which nation would you guess has the highest debt burden?

Would you guess a European country?

Here is what the data show.

If you guessed a European country, you would be right.  On top of the estimates put out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is Greece at 155 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), well beyond what anyone with a care for their children’s future would recommend for a country.

In second place is...