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Countries by Government Debt

Global country ranking by government debt for a consistent selectable data year, including unit, scale and source documentation.

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2025 / 188 countries
INDICATOR: Government Debt UNIT: Percent of GDP (%) DATA YEAR: 2025 RANKING: ASC SOURCE: World Bank / IMF / public data sources
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Top 10 countriesData year: 2025
Unit: Percent of GDP (%)Source: World Bank / IMF / public data sources
19862025 10 countries2025
0,00 2,00 4,00 6,00 8,00 10,00 12,00 14,00 1. Macao SAR, China 0,00% 2. Liechtenstein 0,50% 3. Brunei Darussalam 1,50% 4. Tuvalu 3,60% 5. Turkmenistan 3,80% 6. Afghanistan 8,00% 7. Kiribati 8,00% 8. Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 8,90% 9. Marshall Islands 11,80% 10. Hong Kong SAR, China 11,90% Percent of GDP (%)
Bars use a zero baseline. Major and minor axis divisions use the indicator's defined unit. Only values from the displayed data year are compared.
RankCountryRegionValue (Percent of GDP (%))Data year
1Macao SAR, ChinaEast Asia & Pacific0,00%2025open
2LiechtensteinEurope & Central Asia0,50%2025open
3Brunei DarussalamEast Asia & Pacific1,50%2025open
4TuvaluEast Asia & Pacific3,60%2025open
5TurkmenistanEurope & Central Asia3,80%2025open
6AfghanistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan8,00%2025open
7KiribatiEast Asia & Pacific8,00%2025open
8Micronesia, Fed. Sts.East Asia & Pacific8,90%2025open
9Marshall IslandsEast Asia & Pacific11,80%2025open
10Hong Kong SAR, ChinaEast Asia & Pacific11,90%2025open
11HaitiLatin America & Caribbean12,30%2025open
12Timor-LesteEast Asia & Pacific14,30%2025open
13KuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan14,60%2025open
14NaoeroEast Asia & Pacific14,60%2025open
15Russian FederationEurope & Central Asia17,20%2025open
16Puerto Rico (US)Latin America & Caribbean18,00%2025open
17AzerbaijanEurope & Central Asia20,10%2025open
18Congo, Dem. Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa20,20%2025open
19SamoaEast Asia & Pacific21,20%2025open
20TajikistanEurope & Central Asia21,60%2025open
21TurkiyeEurope & Central Asia23,50%2025open
22EstoniaEurope & Central Asia24,20%2025open
23KazakhstanEurope & Central Asia24,60%2025open
24CambodiaEast Asia & Pacific26,50%2025open
25LuxembourgEurope & Central Asia27,00%2025open
26BulgariaEurope & Central Asia27,10%2025open
27GuatemalaLatin America & Caribbean27,20%2025open
28TongaEast Asia & Pacific27,40%2025open
29DenmarkEurope & Central Asia27,50%2025open
30GuyanaLatin America & Caribbean28,60%2025open
31UzbekistanEurope & Central Asia28,60%2025open
32Solomon IslandsEast Asia & Pacific28,70%2025open
33ComorosSub-Saharan Africa29,50%2025open
34Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope & Central Asia29,90%2025open
35PeruLatin America & Caribbean30,20%2025open
36AndorraEurope & Central Asia30,30%2025open
37Viet NamEast Asia & Pacific30,30%2025open
38ChadSub-Saharan Africa30,40%2025open
39Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan31,70%2025open
40DjiboutiMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan32,10%2025open
41IrelandEurope & Central Asia32,90%2025open
42BelarusEurope & Central Asia33,10%2025open
43GeorgiaEurope & Central Asia34,30%2025open
44United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan34,30%2025open
45NicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean34,80%2025open
46SwedenEurope & Central Asia34,90%2025open
47NigeriaSub-Saharan Africa35,50%2025open
48OmanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan35,80%2025open
49Kyrgyz RepublicEurope & Central Asia36,00%2025open
50MoldovaEurope & Central Asia36,60%2025open
51Iran, Islamic Rep.Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan37,30%2025open
52ParaguayLatin America & Caribbean38,10%2025open
53BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa38,60%2025open
54SwitzerlandEurope & Central Asia39,40%2025open
55LithuaniaEurope & Central Asia39,80%2025open
56MauritaniaSub-Saharan Africa40,10%2025open
57CameroonSub-Saharan Africa40,40%2025open
58Equatorial GuineaSub-Saharan Africa40,60%2025open
59VanuatuEast Asia & Pacific40,90%2025open
60IndonesiaEast Asia & Pacific41,00%2025open
61BurundiSub-Saharan Africa41,20%2025open
62HondurasLatin America & Caribbean41,20%2025open
63QatarMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan41,40%2025open
64ChileLatin America & Caribbean41,80%2025open
65MaliSub-Saharan Africa41,90%2025open
66BangladeshSouth Asia42,00%2025open
67SerbiaEurope & Central Asia42,40%2025open
68EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa43,10%2025open
69NetherlandsEurope & Central Asia43,30%2025open
70ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa43,80%2025open
71CzechiaEurope & Central Asia44,60%2025open
72EswatiniSub-Saharan Africa44,90%2025open
73NorwayEurope & Central Asia45,00%2025open
74MongoliaEast Asia & Pacific45,10%2025open
75Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa45,20%2025open
76NigerSub-Saharan Africa45,40%2025open
77MaltaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan46,80%2025open
78LatviaEurope & Central Asia46,90%2025open
79GuineaSub-Saharan Africa48,10%2025open
80NepalSouth Asia48,10%2025open
81MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa48,70%2025open
82GhanaSub-Saharan Africa48,80%2025open
83ArmeniaEurope & Central Asia49,00%2025open
84LesothoSub-Saharan Africa49,10%2025open
85TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa49,70%2025open
86AustraliaEast Asia & Pacific51,00%2025open
87AngolaSub-Saharan Africa51,30%2025open
88SeychellesSub-Saharan Africa51,50%2025open
89MyanmarEast Asia & Pacific51,90%2025open
90Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa52,00%2025open
91Papua New GuineaEast Asia & Pacific52,10%2025open
92Korea, Rep.East Asia & Pacific52,30%2025open
93North MacedoniaEurope & Central Asia52,50%2025open
94AlbaniaEurope & Central Asia52,60%2025open
95IraqMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan53,90%2025open
96AlgeriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan54,10%2025open
97UgandaSub-Saharan Africa54,20%2025open
98EcuadorLatin America & Caribbean54,40%2025open
99New ZealandEast Asia & Pacific54,70%2025open
100LiberiaSub-Saharan Africa54,90%2025open
101CyprusEurope & Central Asia55,30%2025open
102Sao Tome and PrincipeSub-Saharan Africa55,70%2025open
103CroatiaEurope & Central Asia55,90%2025open
104IcelandEurope & Central Asia56,10%2025open
105Cote d'IvoireSub-Saharan Africa56,30%2025open
106PanamaLatin America & Caribbean56,60%2025open
107BeninSub-Saharan Africa57,30%2025open
108St. Kitts and NevisLatin America & Caribbean58,40%2025open
109PolandEurope & Central Asia58,80%2025open
110Dominican RepublicLatin America & Caribbean59,00%2025open
111PhilippinesEast Asia & Pacific59,40%2025open
112ColombiaLatin America & Caribbean59,90%2025open
113Costa RicaLatin America & Caribbean60,40%2025open
114RomaniaEurope & Central Asia60,60%2025open
115San MarinoEurope & Central Asia60,60%2025open
116Slovak RepublicEurope & Central Asia61,60%2025open
117Central African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa61,80%2025open
118MexicoLatin America & Caribbean61,80%2025open
119South SudanSub-Saharan Africa62,10%2025open
120PalauEast Asia & Pacific62,30%2025open
121GermanyEurope & Central Asia62,90%2025open
122TogoSub-Saharan Africa63,00%2025open
123ArubaLatin America & Caribbean63,60%2025open
124RwandaSub-Saharan Africa64,60%2025open
125ThailandEast Asia & Pacific64,70%2025open
126UruguayLatin America & Caribbean65,70%2025open
127SloveniaEurope & Central Asia65,90%2025open
128MontenegroEurope & Central Asia67,10%2025open
129MoroccoMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan67,10%2025open
130JamaicaLatin America & Caribbean67,70%2025open
131BelizeLatin America & Caribbean67,90%2025open
132IsraelMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan68,50%2025open
133KenyaSub-Saharan Africa69,30%2025open
134Antigua and BarbudaLatin America & Caribbean69,70%2025open
135NamibiaSub-Saharan Africa70,20%2025open
136MalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific70,70%2025open
137GrenadaLatin America & Caribbean71,60%2025open
138PakistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan72,80%2025open
139Bahamas, TheLatin America & Caribbean73,80%2025open
140Gambia, TheSub-Saharan Africa73,90%2025open
141HungaryEurope & Central Asia75,20%2025open
142Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa75,30%2025open
143St. LuciaLatin America & Caribbean77,10%2025open
144MalawiSub-Saharan Africa78,40%2025open
145South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa78,60%2025open
146FijiEast Asia & Pacific78,70%2025open
147GabonSub-Saharan Africa78,90%2025open
148ArgentinaLatin America & Caribbean80,30%2025open
149AustriaEurope & Central Asia80,50%2025open
150Lao PDREast Asia & Pacific80,60%2025open
151TunisiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan81,30%2025open
152JordanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan82,80%2025open
153IndiaSouth Asia84,10%2025open
154Trinidad and TobagoLatin America & Caribbean84,20%2025open
155BoliviaLatin America & Caribbean84,80%2025open
156ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa86,00%2025open
157MauritiusSub-Saharan Africa86,50%2025open
158Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan86,80%2025open
159El SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean87,20%2025open
160FinlandEurope & Central Asia89,30%2025open
161PortugalEurope & Central Asia89,90%2025open
162BrazilLatin America & Caribbean93,30%2025open
163BarbadosLatin America & Caribbean94,20%2025open
164Congo, Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa96,80%2025open
165ChinaEast Asia & Pacific99,20%2025open
166SpainEurope & Central Asia100,40%2025open
167Cabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa101,00%2025open
168United KingdomEurope & Central Asia102,30%2025open
169MozambiqueSub-Saharan Africa102,50%2025open
170DominicaLatin America & Caribbean102,60%2025open
171BhutanSouth Asia103,60%2025open
172SurinameLatin America & Caribbean105,80%2025open
173BelgiumEurope & Central Asia106,30%2025open
174UkraineEurope & Central Asia108,70%2025open
175St. Vincent and the GrenadinesLatin America & Caribbean113,40%2025open
176CanadaNorth America113,50%2025open
177FranceEurope & Central Asia116,00%2025open
178United StatesNorth America123,90%2025open
179MaldivesSouth Asia125,40%2025open
180SenegalSub-Saharan Africa130,20%2025open
181ItalyEurope & Central Asia137,10%2025open
182LebanonMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan139,40%2025open
183GreeceEurope & Central Asia145,70%2025open
184BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan147,60%2025open
185SingaporeEast Asia & Pacific171,30%2025open
186SudanSub-Saharan Africa187,60%2025open
187JapanEast Asia & Pacific206,50%2025open
188Venezuela, RBLatin America & Caribbean308,70%2025open