[jjk166]

There's nothing particularly special about the debt being larger than GDP. GDP is not income and debt is paid over time. For context, China has a Government Debt to GDP ratio of 96%, the UK is at 94%, France at 116%, Japan is at 263%.

[extraduder_ire]

It is a popular benchmark for military spending though.

Debt to tax revenue would make more sense as a metric.

[verzali]

The direction of travel is concerning, though.