General government gross debt

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CountriesDateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
United States [+]202229,308,819
30,887,920
121.31%€87,875$92,609
United Kingdom [+]20222,978,698
3,139,184
101.86%€44,404$46,797
Germany [+]20222,561,675
2,701,170
66.10%€30,366$32,020
France [+]20222,949,331
3,108,202
111.80%€43,327$45,661
Japan [+]202110,801,508
12,783,844
255.07%€86,063$101,858
Spain [+]20221,502,804
1,583,451
111.60%€31,277$32,956
Italy [+]20222,757,547
2,905,508
141.70%€46,857$49,371
Portugal [+]2022272,435
287,271
112.40%€26,027$27,444
Greece [+]2022356,597
390,489
172.60%€34,308$37,568
Ireland [+]2022224,761
236,864
44.40%€43,270$45,600
Andorra [+]20221,249
1,320
39.37%€15,313$16,173
United Arab Emirates [+]2022149,769
157,838
31.13%€15,669$16,514
Afghanistan [+]20201,305
1,490
7.40%€40$45
Antigua and Barbuda [+]20221,439
1,516
86.24%€14,244$15,011
Albania [+]202211,869
12,508
65.55%€4,298$4,529
Armenia [+]20229,119
9,610
49.25%€3,063$3,228
Angola [+]202277,654
81,838
66.65%€2,251$2,372
Argentina [+]2022506,725
534,027
84.69%€11,062$11,658
Austria [+]2022350,698
369,285
78.40%€38,518$40,560
Australia [+]2021777,175
919,806
55.91%€30,156$35,690
Azerbaijan [+]202212,955
13,653
17.34%€1,279$1,348
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]20226,910
7,282
29.70%€1,990$2,097
Barbados [+]20226,941
7,315
122.51%€24,685$26,015
Bangladesh [+]2022165,336
174,244
37.86%€976$1,029
Belgium [+]2022578,063
608,761
104.30%€49,180$51,792
Burkina Faso [+]20219,239
10,935
55.37%€418$495
Bulgaria [+]202219,353
19,466
22.60%€3,002$3,019
Bahrain [+]202249,518
52,186
117.58%€32,113$33,843
Burundi [+]20222,541
2,678
68.35%€208$219
Benin [+]20228,967
9,450
54.19%€689$726
Brunei [+]2022325
343
2.06%€738$778
Bolivia [+]202233,642
35,455
80.01%€2,785$2,935
Brazil [+]20221,554,598
1,638,356
85.33%€7,656$8,068
Bahamas [+]202210,429
10,991
88.85%€25,567$26,945
Bhutan [+]20223,205
3,378
127.33%€4,257$4,486
Botswana [+]20223,535
3,725
17.98%€1,366$1,439
Belarus [+]202228,541
30,078
41.30%€3,083$3,250
Belize [+]20221,795
1,892
63.38%€4,062$4,281
Canada [+]20222,178,253
2,295,613
107.38%€55,953$58,968
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]20229,075
9,564
14.54%€95$100
Central African Republic [+]20211,039
1,230
47.61%€211$250
Republic of the Congo [+]202111,058
13,088
97.76%€1,895$2,243
Switzerland [+]2022317,584
334,695
40.89%€36,037$37,979
Côte d'Ivoire [+]202237,791
39,827
56.75%€1,375$1,449
Chile [+]2022108,365
114,203
37.98%€5,559$5,859
Cameroon [+]202219,142
20,173
45.51%€686$723
China [+]202213,065,012
13,768,928
76.98%€9,254$9,753
Colombia [+]2022196,787
207,389
60.35%€3,813$4,018
Costa Rica [+]202241,379
43,608
63.78%€7,913$8,340
Cabo Verde [+]20212,575
3,047
147.58%€4,380$5,183
Cyprus [+]202223,767
24,625
85.60%€25,814$26,746
Czechia [+]2022124,300
128,316
44.20%€11,480$11,851
Djibouti [+]20221,405
1,481
40.44%€1,402$1,478
Denmark [+]2022113,586
119,606
29.80%€19,146$20,161
Dominica [+]2022619
652
98.53%€8,546$9,007
Dominican Republic [+]202264,342
67,808
59.55%€5,787$6,099
Algeria [+]2022102,948
108,495
55.62%€2,330$2,456
Ecuador [+]202262,974
66,367
57.69%€3,546$3,738
Estonia [+]20226,657
7,017
18.50%€4,874$5,137
Egypt [+]2022399,229
420,739
88.53%€3,910$4,121
Eritrea [+]20203,325
3,794
179.66%€935$1,067
Ethiopia [+]202253,008
55,864
46.41%€509$537
Finland [+]2022196,878
205,251
73.30%€35,384$36,889
Fiji [+]20223,967
4,181
91.05%€4,291$4,522
Federated States of Micronesia [+]202153
63
15.49%€471$557
Gabon [+]202111,249
13,314
65.82%€4,805$5,687
Grenada [+]2022734
773
63.57%€6,436$6,783
Georgia [+]20229,286
9,786
39.77%€2,485$2,619
Ghana [+]202263,325
66,736
92.38%€1,974$2,080
The Gambia [+]20221,699
1,790
82.84%€643$678
Guinea [+]20215,548
6,567
41.45%€410$485
Equatorial Guinea [+]20214,365
5,166
42.11%€2,671$3,161
Guatemala [+]202226,343
27,762
29.22%€1,540$1,623
Guinea-Bissau [+]20221,310
1,380
80.35%€636$670
Guyana [+]20212,797
3,311
43.21%€3,477$4,115
Hong Kong [+]202214,863
15,664
4.27%€2,008$2,116
Honduras [+]202214,684
15,475
49.09%€1,426$1,503
Croatia [+]202246,334
48,564
68.20%€12,032$12,611
Haiti [+]20224,664
4,915
23.94%€407$429
Hungary [+]2022121,821
131,970
73.90%€12,694$13,751
Indonesia [+]2022502,315
529,379
40.14%€1,828$1,926
Israel [+]2022302,186
318,468
60.66%€31,276$32,961
India [+]20212,229,308
2,638,439
83.75%€1,584$1,874
Iraq [+]2022111,342
117,341
44.93%€2,558$2,695
Iran [+]2021103,650
122,672
42.40%€1,222$1,446
Iceland [+]202218,348
19,336
68.90%€47,318$49,867
Jamaica [+]202213,047
13,750
77.09%€4,762$5,018
Jordan [+]202135,172
41,627
92.14%€3,425$4,054
Kenya [+]202273,812
77,789
68.42%€1,393$1,468
Kyrgyzstan [+]20225,451
5,745
49.22%€819$863
Cambodia [+]20218,075
9,557
35.93%€510$604
Kiribati [+]202133
39
17.08%€257$304
Comoros [+]2021277
328
25.51%€301$356
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]2022560
591
61.13%€11,773$12,407
South Korea [+]2022854,582
900,625
53.80%€16,515$17,405
Kuwait [+]202110,022
11,861
8.63%€2,104$2,490
Kazakhstan [+]202250,341
53,054
23.52%€2,547$2,684
Laos [+]202114,462
17,117
92.36%€1,948$2,305
Lebanon [+]202160,532
71,641
349.88%€10,823$12,810
Saint Lucia [+]20221,648
1,737
74.21%€9,104$9,594
Sri Lanka [+]202176,867
90,974
102.74%€3,469$4,106
Liberia [+]20211,580
1,870
53.31%€304$360
Lesotho [+]20221,401
1,476
59.93%€614$647
Lithuania [+]202225,672
26,831
38.10%€8,985$9,390
Luxembourg [+]202219,175
20,254
24.70%€29,018$30,651
Latvia [+]202215,948
16,806
41.00%€8,470$8,925
Libya [+]201412,162
16,161
36.39%€1,943$2,582
Morocco [+]202288,790
93,574
71.48%€2,421$2,552
Moldova [+]20224,497
4,739
32.57%€1,790$1,886
Montenegro [+]20224,180
4,405
72.10%€6,778$7,143
Madagascar [+]20227,925
8,351
55.13%€274$289
Marshall Islands [+]202247
50
19.22%€1,054$1,111
North Macedonia [+]20226,720
7,082
52.10%€3,672$3,870
Mali [+]20229,396
9,903
51.65%€415$438
Myanmar [+]202027,963
31,914
39.28%€523$597
Mongolia [+]202212,421
13,091
76.35%€3,643$3,839
Mauritania [+]20214,267
5,050
51.05%€925$1,094
Malta [+]20229,001
9,488
52.30%€16,605$17,505
Mauritius [+]202211,036
11,631
83.09%€8,731$9,201
Maldives [+]20226,770
7,135
114.37%€12,982$13,682
Malawi [+]20228,942
9,424
75.17%€450$474
Mexico [+]2022752,111
792,633
54.07%€5,936$6,256
Malaysia [+]2022253,333
266,982
65.59%€7,759$8,177
Mozambique [+]202217,363
18,299
95.52%€541$570
Namibia [+]20228,352
8,802
69.84%€3,217$3,390
Niger [+]20216,473
7,661
51.34%€256$303
Nigeria [+]2022179,583
189,258
39.65%€842$887
Nicaragua [+]20226,534
6,886
43.94%€954$1,005
Netherlands [+]2022480,548
505,928
50.10%€26,980$28,405
Norway [+]2022204,093
215,089
37.12%€37,182$39,186
Nepal [+]202216,698
17,597
43.10%€561$592
Nauru [+]202130
36
24.79%€2,427$2,873
New Zealand [+]2022106,636
112,381
46.43%€20,807$21,928
Oman [+]202243,523
45,868
40.00%€9,614$10,132
Panama [+]202238,976
41,076
53.68%€8,868$9,346
Peru [+]202279,498
83,781
34.25%€2,358$2,485
Papua New Guinea [+]202214,471
15,250
48.75%€1,228$1,294
Philippines [+]2022220,618
232,505
57.51%€1,977$2,084
Pakistan [+]2022270,886
285,481
76.20%€1,217$1,283
Poland [+]2022323,055
339,297
49.30%€8,790$9,232
State of Palestine [+]20228,746
9,217
49.15%€1,633$1,721
Palau [+]2022160
169
68.39%€8,909$9,389
Paraguay [+]202216,136
17,005
40.76%€2,165$2,281
Qatar [+]202295,216
100,346
42.45%€33,633$35,445
Romania [+]2022134,469
152,082
47.20%€7,058$7,983
Serbia [+]202232,260
33,999
53.54%€4,841$5,101
Russia [+]2022402,241
423,913
18.89%€2,804$2,955
Rwanda [+]20216,225
7,368
66.66%€462$547
Saudi Arabia [+]2022250,499
263,995
23.82%€7,786$8,205
Solomon Islands [+]2022255
269
16.92%€361$380
Seychelles [+]2021897
1,062
70.73%€9,038$10,697
Sudan [+]202155,224
65,359
187.88%€1,210$1,432
Sweden [+]2022176,777
186,146
32.90%€16,801$17,692
Singapore [+]2022744,350
784,454
167.50%€132,047$139,162
Slovenia [+]202241,242
43,669
72.30%€19,483$20,630
Slovakia [+]202263,378
66,813
57.80%€11,674$12,307
Sierra Leone [+]20223,624
3,819
95.78%€445$469
San Marino [+]20221,299
1,370
76.69%€38,418$40,506
Senegal [+]202117,085
20,221
73.31%€1,012$1,198
Suriname [+]20213,017
3,571
119.64%€4,946$5,854
South Sudan [+]20212,633
3,116
52.50%€245$290
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2020361
413
86.66%€1,653$1,887
El Salvador [+]202223,137
24,384
75.05%€3,652$3,848
Syria [+]200912,083
16,835
31.21%€573$798
Eswatini [+]20221,966
2,072
42.02%€1,649$1,738
Chad [+]20215,714
6,763
57.36%€333$394
Togo [+]20225,120
5,396
66.25%€592$624
Thailand [+]2022280,753
295,880
60.54%€4,014$4,230
Tajikistan [+]20223,245
3,419
32.59%€333$351
Timor-Leste [+]2022736
274
5.59%€557$207
Turkmenistan [+]20224,270
4,500
5.83%€673$710
Tunisia [+]202235,094
36,985
79.78%€2,862$3,016
Tonga [+]2021189
223
47.55%€1,780$2,107
Türkiye [+]2022272,444
287,123
31.70%€3,195$3,367
Trinidad and Tobago [+]202213,793
14,536
50.96%€9,803$10,331
Tuvalu [+]20226
6
10.07%€529$558
Taiwan [+]2022214,241
225,784
29.69%€9,209$9,705
Tanzania [+]202124,878
29,444
42.10%€391$463
Ukraine [+]2022119,480
125,917
78.45%€2,914$3,071
Uganda [+]202222,154
23,348
48.40%€522$550
Uruguay [+]202240,058
42,216
59.31%€11,691$12,321
Uzbekistan [+]202226,649
28,085
34.92%€756$796
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2022790
833
87.93%€7,575$7,983
Venezuela [+]201726,663
30,110
133.61%€872$985
Viet Nam [+]2021122,180
144,603
39.11%€1,240$1,468
Vanuatu [+]2020424
484
48.02%€1,404$1,603
Samoa [+]2022345
364
43.70%€1,727$1,820
Yemen [+]202214,754
15,549
66.03%€443$467
South Africa [+]2022273,385
288,114
71.12%€4,511$4,754
Zambia [+]202227,795
29,293
98.49%€1,427$1,504
Zimbabwe [+]202118,175
1,905,210
59.77%€1,136$119,124
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Public debt by country

In the diagram we can see the representation of the total debt of the countries and their debt per capita. The total debt is represented by the size of the country, and the debt per capita by its color. The higher the debt per capita, the redder the background color of the country.

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General government gross debt

Government debt is the total financial obligations incurred by the government of a nation. Also is known as public debt, national debt or sovereign debt, and other definition is money owed by a national government.

Public debt is the sum of the debts owed by a state, and can be expressed: a) as amount (in million dollars) b) as a percentage of GDP: (Public Debt) / (GDP) and is the percentage of GDP a country should spend to pay its debt.