Data

Public debt by Country

Public debt by country, ranked. All 195 countries ranked by public debt, with Magna grades and factbook links.

Japan tops the public debt ranking at 215.9% of GDP, ahead of Greece (190.6% of GDP). 191 countries carry a published figure; this ranking is compiled and ordered by the Bureau from national sources.

The Magna grade shown alongside is our own 0–100 structural-power composite — our assessment, not a source mirror.

Top 10

#	Country	Public debt	Grade
1	Japan	215.9% of GDP	MBA
2	Greece	190.6% of GDP	MBB
3	Singapore	175.6% of GDP	MBA
4	Lebanon	146.8% of GDP	MCB
5	United Kingdom	138.6% of GDP	MAB
6	Barbados	133.2% of GDP	MCC
7	Eritrea	132.8% of GDP	MCD
8	Italy	131.8% of GDP	MBA
9	Congo (Brazzaville)	128.7% of GDP	MCC
10	Cabo Verde	127.6% of GDP	MCC

All countries ranked by public debt191 countries

#	Country	Public debt
1	Japan	215.9% of GDP
2	Greece	190.6% of GDP
3	Singapore	175.6% of GDP
4	Lebanon	146.8% of GDP
5	United Kingdom	138.6% of GDP
6	Barbados	133.2% of GDP
7	Eritrea	132.8% of GDP
8	Italy	131.8% of GDP
9	Congo (Brazzaville)	128.7% of GDP
10	Cabo Verde	127.6% of GDP
11	Portugal	125.7% of GDP
12	United States	114.8% of GDP
13	Bahrain	111.6% of GDP
14	Bhutan	111.0% of GDP
15	Spain	107.3% of GDP
16	Jamaica	106.3% of GDP
17	San Marino	103.2% of GDP
18	Egypt	103.0% of GDP
19	Jordan	102.8% of GDP
20	El Salvador	102.2% of GDP
21	Mauritania	100.0% of GDP
22	Sudan	99.5% of GDP
23	Belize	99.0% of GDP
24	France	98.5% of GDP
25	Cyprus	97.5% of GDP
26	Sao Tome and Principe	93.1% of GDP
27	Somalia	93.0% of GDP
28	Belgium	92.5% of GDP
29	Syria	91.3% of GDP
30	South Sudan	86.6% of GDP
31	Antigua and Barbuda	86.2% of GDP
32	Palau	85.2% of GDP
33	Brazil	83.0% of GDP
34	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	82.8% of GDP
35	The Gambia	82.3% of GDP
36	Grenada	82.0% of GDP
37	Albania	81.9% of GDP
38	Togo	81.6% of GDP
39	Iceland	80.7% of GDP
40	Sri Lanka	79.1% of GDP
41	Austria	78.3% of GDP
42	Mozambique	76.6% of GDP
43	South Africa	76.2% of GDP
44	Suriname	75.8% of GDP
45	Croatia	75.6% of GDP
46	Angola	75.3% of GDP
47	Hungary	75.3% of GDP
48	The Bahamas	73.7% of GDP
49	Slovenia	73.6% of GDP
50	Ghana	73.4% of GDP
51	Serbia	73.1% of GDP
52	Dominica	71.7% of GDP
53	Vanuatu	71.7% of GDP
54	Zambia	71.4% of GDP
55	Colombia	71.3% of GDP
56	Zimbabwe	69.9% of GDP
57	Saint Lucia	69.2% of GDP
58	Yemen	68.1% of GDP
59	Mongolia	67.6% of GDP
60	Pakistan	67.6% of GDP
61	Montenegro	67.2% of GDP
62	Nauru	65.0% of GDP
63	Morocco	64.9% of GDP
64	Malaysia	64.3% of GDP
65	Slovakia	64.3% of GDP
66	Gabon	64.2% of GDP
67	Germany	63.9% of GDP
68	Seychelles	63.6% of GDP
69	Saint Kitts and Nevis	62.9% of GDP
70	Uruguay	62.4% of GDP
71	Tunisia	62.3% of GDP
72	Maldives	61.7% of GDP
73	Burkina Faso	61.3% of GDP
74	Canada	61.3% of GDP
75	Finland	61.3% of GDP
76	Thailand	61.1% of GDP
77	Israel	59.6% of GDP
78	Ukraine	58.7% of GDP
79	Vietnam	58.5% of GDP
80	Laos	58.4% of GDP
81	Australia	58.0% of GDP
82	Mauritius	58.0% of GDP
83	Guinea-Bissau	57.9% of GDP
84	Netherlands	56.5% of GDP
85	CT	56.0% of GDP
86	Malawi	55.6% of GDP
87	Argentina	55.0% of GDP
88	Sierra Leone	54.9% of GDP
89	New Zealand	54.0% of GDP
90	Kenya	53.2% of GDP
91	Uganda	53.1% of GDP
92	Samoa	52.6% of GDP
93	Papua New Guinea	52.4% of GDP
94	Chad	52.4% of GDP
95	South Korea	52.3% of GDP
96	Romania	50.9% of GDP
97	Guyana	50.7% of GDP
98	Malta	50.7% of GDP
99	Poland	50.6% of GDP
100	Cambodia	50.3% of GDP
101	Benin	49.7% of GDP
102	Bolivia	49.0% of GDP
103	Costa Rica	48.9% of GDP
104	Burundi	48.4% of GDP
105	Armenia	48.3% of GDP
106	Senegal	47.8% of GDP
107	Fiji	47.5% of GDP
108	Tuvalu	47.2% of GDP
109	Côte d'Ivoire	47.0% of GDP
110	China	47.0% of GDP
111	Oman	46.9% of GDP
112	Qatar	46.7% of GDP
113	India	46.5% of GDP
114	Ireland	45.4% of GDP
115	Indonesia	45.3% of GDP
116	Niger	45.2% of GDP
117	Mexico	45.1% of GDP
118	Tonga	43.9% of GDP
119	Georgia	43.4% of GDP
120	Equatorial Guinea	43.3% of GDP
121	Ecuador	43.2% of GDP
122	Cuba	42.7% of GDP
123	Tajikistan	42.0% of GDP
124	Guinea	41.8% of GDP
125	Marshall Islands	41.6% of GDP
126	Andorra	41.4% of GDP
127	Kyrgyzstan	40.5% of GDP
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.3% of GDP
129	Nepal	39.9% of GDP
130	Philippines	39.9% of GDP
131	Iran	39.5% of GDP
132	North Macedonia	39.3% of GDP
133	Venezuela	38.9% of GDP
134	Honduras	38.5% of GDP
135	Madagascar	38.4% of GDP
136	Tanzania	38.0% of GDP
137	Panama	37.4% of GDP
138	Rwanda	37.3% of GDP
139	Trinidad and Tobago	37.0% of GDP
140	Lithuania	36.9% of GDP
141	Sweden	36.9% of GDP
142	Czechia	36.8% of GDP
143	Norway	36.5% of GDP
144	Latvia	36.3% of GDP
145	Mali	36.0% of GDP
146	Eswatini	35.9% of GDP
147	Burma	35.7% of GDP
148	Denmark	35.3% of GDP
149	Peru	35.2% of GDP
150	The Dominican	34.6% of GDP
151	Moldova	34.3% of GDP
152	Haiti	33.9% of GDP
153	Djibouti	33.7% of GDP
154	Bangladesh	33.3% of GDP
155	Nicaragua	33.3% of GDP
156	Belarus	33.2% of GDP
157	Turkey	33.1% of GDP
158	Cameroon	32.5% of GDP
159	Guatemala	31.6% of GDP
160	Ethiopia	31.4% of GDP
161	Bulgaria	30.1% of GDP
162	Estonia	28.3% of GDP
163	Liberia	28.3% of GDP
164	FM	27.8% of GDP
165	Comoros	27.7% of GDP
166	Algeria	27.5% of GDP
167	Iraq	27.4% of GDP
168	Turkmenistan	24.1% of GDP
169	Palestine	23.8% of GDP
170	Luxembourg	23.0% of GDP
171	Kiribati	22.9% of GDP
172	Chile	21.0% of GDP
173	Kazakhstan	20.9% of GDP
174	Switzerland	19.9% of GDP
175	AE	19.7% of GDP
176	Botswana	19.6% of GDP
177	Nigeria	19.6% of GDP
178	Paraguay	18.9% of GDP
179	Russia	18.5% of GDP
180	Azerbaijan	16.8% of GDP
181	DRC	16.0% of GDP
182	Solomon Islands	15.4% of GDP
183	Saudi Arabia	13.1% of GDP
184	Uzbekistan	10.5% of GDP
185	Kuwait	9.9% of GDP
186	Afghanistan	7.8% of GDP
187	Libya	7.5% of GDP
188	Namibia	4.6% of GDP
189	Timor-Leste	3.1% of GDP
190	Lesotho	3.0% of GDP
191	Brunei	2.8% of GDP

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