Country / Public debt

How large is government debt relative to the economy?

Name: Public debt by country
Creator: IMF — World Economic Outlook
License: https://www.imf.org/external/terms.htm

General government gross debt as a share of GDP, from the IMF World Economic Outlook. The standard measure of a government’s overall debt burden. Recent years may be IMF estimates.

IMF — World Economic Outlook GGXWDG_NGDP · 1980–2024

 Highest (latest) 262.6% Sudan · 2024 
 Lowest (latest) 0.0% Macao SAR · 2024 
 Countries 194 % of GDP 

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Year: 2024

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Ranked at 2024 · 194 countriesvalue in % of GDP

#	Country	% of GDP
1	Sudan	262.6%
2	Japan	214.5%
3	Venezuela	169.1%
4	Singapore	166.0%
5	Lebanon	157.9%
6	Greece	155.4%
7	Italy	134.7%
8	Bahrain	133.7%
9	Maldives	133.3%
10	Senegal	132.4%
11	Zambia	125.2%
12	United States	122.3%
13	France	113.2%
14	Cabo Verde	112.8%
15	Canada	110.0%
16	Bhutan	108.7%
17	Dominica	108.2%
18	Belgium	103.9%
19	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	102.8%
20	Spain	101.6%
21	Sri Lanka	100.8%
22	United Kingdom	99.9%
23	Barbados	98.9%
24	Congo, Republic of	98.0%
25	Lao P.D.R.	94.7%
26	Portugal	93.5%
27	Mozambique	91.4%
28	Egypt	90.9%
29	China, People's Republic of	90.4%
30	Ukraine	89.7%
31	Suriname	88.0%
32	Malawi	87.6%
33	El Salvador	87.4%
34	Brazil	87.0%
35	Mauritius	86.1%
36	Tunisia	85.7%
37	India	84.8%
38	Argentina	84.7%
39	Bolivia	83.2%
40	Finland	82.4%
41	Guinea-Bissau	82.4%
42	Jordan	82.1%
43	Trinidad and Tobago	81.8%
44	Austria	79.2%
45	Fiji	79.1%
46	Gambia, The	78.5%
47	Saint Lucia	76.7%
48	South Africa	76.0%
49	Grenada	75.1%
50	Bahamas, The	73.8%
51	Hungary	73.5%
52	Antigua and Barbuda	71.8%
53	Gabon	70.9%
54	Zimbabwe	70.4%
55	Ghana	70.3%
56	Pakistan	70.2%
57	Malaysia	69.8%
58	Namibia	69.8%
59	Aruba	68.6%
60	Israel	67.7%
61	Morocco	67.7%
62	Uruguay	67.6%
63	Kenya	67.3%
64	Slovenia	66.6%
65	Palau	66.3%
66	Togo	66.2%
67	Belize	65.4%
68	São Tomé and Príncipe	65.2%
69	Rwanda	63.4%
70	San Marino	62.9%
71	Thailand	62.9%
72	Cyprus	62.8%
73	Jamaica	62.5%
74	Germany	62.2%
75	Colombia	61.0%
76	Montenegro	60.8%
77	Benin	60.5%
78	Iceland	60.4%
79	Central African Republic	59.9%
80	Slovak Republic	59.7%
81	Côte d'Ivoire	59.5%
82	Mexico	59.1%
83	Costa Rica	58.9%
84	Dominican Republic	58.8%
85	Saint Kitts and Nevis	58.1%
86	Panama	57.8%
87	Romania	57.5%
88	Croatia	57.4%
89	Burkina Faso	57.2%
90	Angola	57.1%
91	Philippines	56.6%
92	Liberia	56.4%
93	Seychelles	56.1%
94	West Bank and Gaza	56.1%
95	Poland	55.1%
96	Albania	54.5%
97	Ecuador	54.1%
98	South Sudan, Republic of	53.4%
99	Papua New Guinea	53.3%
100	Burundi	53.1%
101	North Macedonia	52.9%
102	Lesotho	52.8%
103	Norway	52.8%
104	Uganda	51.8%
105	New Zealand	51.4%
106	Australia	50.6%
107	Myanmar	50.6%
108	Armenia	50.0%
109	Tanzania	49.9%
110	Madagascar	49.8%
111	Korea, Republic of	49.7%
112	Guinea	48.3%
113	Nepal	48.3%
114	Algeria	48.1%
115	Niger	47.7%
116	Sierra Leone	46.7%
117	Latvia	46.2%
118	Malta	46.0%
119	Iraq	45.2%
120	Mauritania	45.1%
121	Paraguay	44.6%
122	Mongolia	44.1%
123	Serbia	44.1%
124	Mali	44.0%
125	Netherlands	43.7%
126	Cameroon	43.4%
127	Czech Republic	43.3%
128	Chile	41.7%
129	Honduras	41.5%
130	Qatar	41.3%
131	Bangladesh	41.0%
132	Switzerland	40.5%
133	Indonesia	40.2%
134	Eswatini	40.1%
135	Nigeria	39.3%
136	Vanuatu	39.1%
137	Moldova	38.8%
138	Belarus	38.7%
139	Ireland	38.3%
140	Lithuania	38.0%
141	Nicaragua	37.9%
142	Equatorial Guinea	36.4%
143	Kyrgyz Republic	36.2%
144	Georgia	35.7%
145	Oman	35.5%
146	United Arab Emirates	34.9%
147	Djibouti	34.0%
148	Sweden	33.9%
149	Ethiopia	33.4%
150	Botswana	33.2%
151	Andorra	32.9%
152	Peru	32.1%
153	Tonga	31.9%
154	Chad	31.4%
155	Iran	31.2%
156	Vietnam	31.2%
157	Uzbekistan	30.9%
158	Denmark	30.5%
159	Comoros	30.0%
160	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.4%
161	Taiwan Province of China	26.8%
162	Guatemala	26.3%
163	Luxembourg	26.3%
164	Cambodia	26.1%
165	Solomon Islands	26.1%
166	Saudi Arabia	25.9%
167	Samoa	25.2%
168	Tajikistan	24.9%
169	Kazakhstan	24.4%
170	Guyana	24.3%
171	Bulgaria	23.8%
172	Türkiye, Republic of	23.6%
173	Estonia	23.5%
174	Azerbaijan	21.6%
175	Kosovo	17.9%
176	Nauru	16.9%
177	Puerto Rico	16.9%
178	Congo, Dem. Rep. of the	15.8%
179	Haiti	15.5%
180	Russian Federation	14.8%
181	Timor-Leste	14.4%
182	Marshall Islands	14.2%
183	Micronesia, Fed. States of	10.4%
184	Hong Kong SAR	9.2%
185	Afghanistan	8.9%
186	Kiribati	8.9%
187	Tuvalu	7.0%
188	Turkmenistan	4.1%
189	Kuwait	2.9%
190	Brunei Darussalam	1.6%
191	Liechtenstein	0.5%
192	Macao SAR	0.0%
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