Debt: Country comparison
| Countries | Date | Millions € | Millions $ | Debt Per Capita | Debt Per Capita | % GDP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States [+] | 2015 | 17,166,182 | 19,048,025 | 53,494 € | 59,325$ | 105.61% | |||||
| United Kingdom [+] | 2016 | 2,022,241 | 2,238,418 | 30,729 € | 35,677$ | 89.30% | |||||
| Germany [+] | 2016 | 2,140,368 | 2,369,173 | 25,850 € | 28,597$ | 68.30% | |||||
| France [+] | 2016 | 2,147,418 | 2,376,977 | 32,039 € | 36,603$ | 96.00% | |||||
| Japan [+] | 2015 | 9,398,439 | 10,427,568 | 74,016 € | 82,131$ | 237.97% | |||||
| Spain [+] | 2016 | 1,106,952 | 1,225,285 | 23,791 € | 26,449$ | 99.40% | |||||
| Italy [+] | 2016 | 2,217,909 | 2,455,004 | 36,606 € | 40,453$ | 132.60% | |||||
| Portugal [+] | 2016 | 241,061 | 266,830 | 23,382 € | 25,899$ | 130.40% | |||||
| Greece [+] | 2016 | 314,897 | 348,559 | 29,273 € | 32,042$ | 179.00% | |||||
| Ireland [+] | 2016 | 200,569 | 222,010 | 42,005 € | 47,172$ | 75.40% | |||||
| United Arab Emirates [+] | 2014 | 47,143 | 62,629 | 5,197 € | 6,906$ | 15.59% | |||||
| Afghanistan [+] | 2014 | 1,354 | 1,799 | 41 € | 55$ | 8.84% | |||||
| Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2016 | 1,171 | 1,296 | 11,598 € | 12,834$ | 92.69% | |||||
| Albania [+] | 2015 | 7,565 | 8,394 | 2,621 € | 2,909$ | 73.68% | |||||
| Armenia [+] | 2015 | 4,083 | 4,530 | 1,362 € | 1,511$ | 43.03% | |||||
| Angola [+] | 2015 | 60,720 | 67,369 | 2,286 € | 2,537$ | 65.44% | |||||
| Argentina [+] | 2016 | 252,555 | 279,553 | 5,760 € | 6,374$ | 51.27% | |||||
| Austria [+] | 2016 | 295,719 | 327,332 | 33,708 € | 37,646$ | 84.60% | |||||
| Australia [+] | 2016 | 467,483 | 517,457 | 19,376 € | 21,442$ | 41.09% | |||||
| Azerbaijan [+] | 2015 | 12,968 | 14,388 | 1,336 € | 1,528$ | 28.32% | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2015 | 6,648 | 7,376 | 1,891 € | 1,910$ | 45.40% | |||||
| Barbados [+] | 2016 | 4,515 | 4,997 | 15,841 € | 17,366$ | 107.89% | |||||
| Bangladesh [+] | 2015 | 58,993 | 65,452 | 366 € | 435$ | 33.91% | |||||
| Belgium [+] | 2016 | 446,824 | 494,589 | 39,313 € | 43,453$ | 105.90% | |||||
| Burkina Faso [+] | 2014 | 2,841 | 3,774 | 162 € | 215$ | 30.62% | |||||
| Bulgaria [+] | 2016 | 13,969 | 15,462 | 1,967 € | 2,174$ | 29.50% | |||||
| Bahrain [+] | 2015 | 18,514 | 20,542 | 14,308 € | 15,881$ | 66.01% | |||||
| Burundi [+] | 2015 | 1,245 | 1,381 | 122 € | 135$ | 46.01% | |||||
| Benin [+] | 2016 | 3,899 | 4,315 | 359 € | 397$ | 50.30% | |||||
| Brunei [+] | 2016 | 309 | 342 | 731 € | 825$ | 3.06% | |||||
| Bolivia [+] | 2016 | 13,252 | 14,669 | 1,217 € | 1,307$ | 42.10% | |||||
| Brazil [+] | 2016 | 1,272,911 | 1,408,985 | 6,176 € | 6,835$ | 78.32% | |||||
| Bahamas [+] | 2016 | 5,379 | 5,953 | 13,750 € | 15,474$ | 66.92% | |||||
| Bhutan [+] | 2016 | 2,107 | 2,332 | 2,641 € | 2,923$ | 110.24% | |||||
| Botswana [+] | 2016 | 1,895 | 2,098 | 842 € | 943$ | 13.89% | |||||
| Belarus [+] | 2015 | 26,925 | 29,873 | 2,835 € | 3,151$ | 53.04% | |||||
| Belize [+] | 2016 | 1,572 | 1,740 | 4,284 € | 4,741$ | 98.56% | |||||
| Canada [+] | 2016 | 1,275,862 | 1,412,252 | 35,217 € | 38,971$ | 92.33% | |||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2015 | 6,525 | 7,239 | 86 € | 95$ | 18.81% | |||||
| Central African Republic [+] | 2016 | 684 | 757 | 149 € | 163$ | 42.52% | |||||
| Republic of the Congo [+] | 2014 | 4,801 | 6,378 | 986 € | 1,310$ | 45.25% | |||||
| Switzerland [+] | 2014 | 241,703 | 321,103 | 29,341 € | 39,458$ | 45.71% | |||||
| Ivory Coast [+] | 2015 | 14,120 | 15,666 | 611 € | 679$ | 47.82% | |||||
| Chile [+] | 2015 | 37,973 | 42,131 | 2,109 € | 2,340$ | 17.37% | |||||
| Cameroon [+] | 2015 | 6,949 | 7,710 | 304 € | 338$ | 27.12% | |||||
| China [+] | 2015 | 4,310,534 | 4,782,537 | 3,136 € | 3,480$ | 42.61% | |||||
| Colombia [+] | 2015 | 133,115 | 147,691 | 2,762 € | 3,064$ | 50.67% | |||||
| Costa Rica [+] | 2015 | 20,413 | 22,648 | 4,246 € | 4,711$ | 40.83% | |||||
| Cape Verde [+] | 2015 | 1,816 | 2,015 | 3,407 € | 3,781$ | 127.92% | |||||
| Cyprus [+] | 2016 | 19,298 | 21,361 | 22,576 € | 25,173$ | 107.80% | |||||
| Czech Republic [+] | 2016 | 64,946 | 71,888 | 6,139 € | 6,784$ | 37.20% | |||||
| Djibouti [+] | 2015 | 525 | 582 | 566 € | 628$ | 33.72% | |||||
| Denmark [+] | 2016 | 104,673 | 115,862 | 18,208 € | 20,130$ | 37.80% | |||||
| Dominica [+] | 2016 | 387 | 429 | 5,266 € | 5,784$ | 80.97% | |||||
| Dominican Republic [+] | 2016 | 22,466 | 24,868 | 2,110 € | 2,335$ | 34.44% | |||||
| Algeria [+] | 2016 | 29,577 | 32,738 | 728 € | 782$ | 20.36% | |||||
| Ecuador [+] | 2015 | 20,410 | 22,648 | 1,264 € | 1,403$ | 22.61% | |||||
| Estonia [+] | 2016 | 1,984 | 2,197 | 1,508 € | 1,675$ | 9.50% | |||||
| Egypt [+] | 2014 | 195,748 | 260,052 | 2,258 € | 3,000$ | 85.13% | |||||
| Eritrea [+] | 2008 | 1,640 | 2,412 | 388 € | 570$ | 174.92% | |||||
| Ethiopia [+] | 2016 | 35,954 | 39,798 | 394 € | 436$ | 54.86% | |||||
| Finland [+] | 2016 | 136,054 | 150,598 | 24,722 € | 27,376$ | 63.60% | |||||
| Fiji [+] | 2015 | 1,914 | 2,123 | 2,145 € | 2,380$ | 48.36% | |||||
| Federated States of Micronesia [+] | 2015 | 73 | 81 | 716 € | 793$ | 25.75% | |||||
| Gabon [+] | 2016 | 7,992 | 8,847 | 4,037 € | 4,449$ | 61.97% | |||||
| Grenada [+] | 2015 | 814 | 903 | 7,617 € | 8,451$ | 91.75% | |||||
| Georgia [+] | 2016 | 5,770 | 6,386 | 1,552 € | 1,717$ | 44.89% | |||||
| Ghana [+] | 2015 | 24,083 | 26,720 | 873 € | 969$ | 71.50% | |||||
| The Gambia [+] | 2016 | 1,013 | 1,121 | 497 € | 549$ | 116.11% | |||||
| Guinea [+] | 2015 | 3,322 | 3,686 | 275 € | 303$ | 54.71% | |||||
| Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2016 | 2,277 | 2,520 | 1,864 € | 1,805$ | 21.66% | |||||
| Guatemala [+] | 2015 | 13,911 | 15,434 | 856 € | 950$ | 24.20% | |||||
| Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2016 | 483 | 535 | 266 € | 287$ | 46.31% | |||||
| Guyana [+] | 2016 | 1,500 | 1,661 | 1,940 € | 2,147$ | 48.31% | |||||
| Hong Kong [+] | 2016 | 175 | 193 | 24 € | 26$ | 0.06% | |||||
| Honduras [+] | 2015 | 8,626 | 9,570 | 963 € | 1,068$ | 46.17% | |||||
| Croatia [+] | 2016 | 38,239 | 42,327 | 9,205 € | 10,220$ | 84.20% | |||||
| Haiti [+] | 2016 | 2,503 | 2,771 | 231 € | 255$ | 33.55% | |||||
| Hungary [+] | 2016 | 83,665 | 92,608 | 8,539 € | 9,505$ | 74.10% | |||||
| Indonesia [+] | 2016 | 234,679 | 259,767 | 907 € | 1,004$ | 27.85% | |||||
| Israel [+] | 2015 | 172,915 | 191,849 | 20,642 € | 22,905$ | 64.08% | |||||
| India [+] | 2016 | 1,417,867 | 1,569,437 | 1,071 € | 1,185$ | 69.54% | |||||
| Iraq [+] | 2014 | 56,155 | 74,601 | 1,604 € | 2,132$ | 31.80% | |||||
| Iran [+] | 2016 | 119,164 | 131,902 | 1,484 € | 1,643$ | 35.00% | |||||
| Iceland [+] | 2015 | 10,293 | 11,420 | 30,954 € | 34,347$ | 68.05% | |||||
| Jamaica [+] | 2016 | 14,600 | 16,161 | 5,067 € | 5,606$ | 115.16% | |||||
| Jordan [+] | 2015 | 31,621 | 35,084 | 4,634 € | 5,142$ | 93.39% | |||||
| Kenya [+] | 2015 | 30,058 | 33,349 | 636 € | 706$ | 52.42% | |||||
| Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2016 | 3,463 | 3,833 | 569 € | 630$ | 58.49% | |||||
| Cambodia [+] | 2014 | 4,073 | 5,412 | 267 € | 354$ | 32.26% | |||||
| Kiribati [+] | 2013 | 12 | 16 | 107 € | 141$ | 8.21% | |||||
| Comoros [+] | 2016 | 147 | 163 | 185 € | 204$ | 26.27% | |||||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis [+] | 2014 | 519 | 690 | 9,660 € | 12,838$ | 81.36% | |||||
| South Korea [+] | 2015 | 470,482 | 522,000 | 9,222 € | 10,234$ | 37.76% | |||||
| Kuwait [+] | 2015 | 11,487 | 12,745 | 2,795 € | 3,102$ | 11.17% | |||||
| Kazakhstan [+] | 2016 | 25,480 | 28,204 | 1,432 € | 1,583$ | 21.08% | |||||
| Laos [+] | 2016 | 8,200 | 9,076 | 1,145 € | 1,296$ | 67.32% | |||||
| Lebanon [+] | 2015 | 63,373 | 70,312 | 10,830 € | 11,139$ | 138.43% | |||||
| Saint Lucia [+] | 2016 | 1,046 | 1,158 | 5,876 € | 6,452$ | 82.93% | |||||
| Sri Lanka [+] | 2015 | 55,673 | 61,770 | 2,655 € | 2,947$ | 76.04% | |||||
| Liberia [+] | 2016 | 855 | 946 | 185 € | 204$ | 44.80% | |||||
| Lesotho [+] | 2016 | 979 | 1,084 | 444 € | 477$ | 47.79% | |||||
| Lithuania [+] | 2016 | 15,536 | 17,197 | 5,455 € | 5,986$ | 40.20% | |||||
| Luxembourg [+] | 2016 | 10,853 | 12,013 | 18,374 € | 20,298$ | 20.00% | |||||
| Latvia [+] | 2016 | 10,038 | 11,111 | 5,148 € | 5,638$ | 40.10% | |||||
| Libya [+] | 2014 | 12,162 | 16,157 | 1,943 € | 1,966$ | 36.39% | |||||
| Morocco [+] | 2016 | 60,574 | 67,049 | 1,717 € | 1,860$ | 64.69% | |||||
| Moldova [+] | 2016 | 2,323 | 2,572 | 654 € | 724$ | 38.09% | |||||
| Montenegro [+] | 2016 | 2,659 | 2,943 | 4,272 € | 4,782$ | 71.32% | |||||
| Madagascar [+] | 2015 | 3,120 | 3,462 | 129 € | 143$ | 35.53% | |||||
| Marshall Islands [+] | 2015 | 56 | 62 | 1,035 € | 1,153$ | 34.67% | |||||
| Republic of Macedonia [+] | 2015 | 3,458 | 3,836 | 1,669 € | 1,852$ | 38.16% | |||||
| Mali [+] | 2015 | 3,652 | 4,052 | 209 € | 232$ | 30.91% | |||||
| Burma - Myanmar [+] | 2016 | 21,452 | 23,745 | 406 € | 449$ | 35.79% | |||||
| Mauritania [+] | 2014 | 3,260 | 4,331 | 802 € | 1,066$ | 80.36% | |||||
| Malta [+] | 2016 | 5,767 | 6,383 | 13,093 € | 14,498$ | 58.30% | |||||
| Mauritius [+] | 2015 | 6,463 | 7,170 | 5,117 € | 5,679$ | 62.30% | |||||
| Maldives [+] | 2015 | 2,071 | 2,298 | 5,062 € | 5,617$ | 72.00% | |||||
| Malawi [+] | 2016 | 2,776 | 3,072 | 153 € | 187$ | 62.08% | |||||
| Mexico [+] | 2016 | 549,146 | 607,849 | 4,306 € | 4,765$ | 58.10% | |||||
| Malaysia [+] | 2015 | 154,722 | 171,665 | 4,961 € | 5,505$ | 57.95% | |||||
| Mozambique [+] | 2016 | 11,746 | 13,001 | 407 € | 451$ | 115.20% | |||||
| Namibia [+] | 2016 | 4,145 | 4,588 | 1,672 € | 1,742$ | 42.07% | |||||
| Niger [+] | 2015 | 2,671 | 2,963 | 134 € | 149$ | 41.30% | |||||
| Nigeria [+] | 2016 | 68,310 | 75,612 | 367 € | 406$ | 18.62% | |||||
| Nicaragua [+] | 2015 | 3,358 | 3,726 | 552 € | 613$ | 29.36% | |||||
| Netherlands [+] | 2016 | 434,090 | 480,494 | 25,413 € | 28,211$ | 62.30% | |||||
| Norway [+] | 2015 | 103,302 | 114,613 | 19,812 € | 23,468$ | 31.60% | |||||
| Nepal [+] | 2016 | 5,213 | 5,770 | 180 € | 199$ | 27.27% | |||||
| Nauru [+] | 2016 | 60 | 66 | 4,609 € | 5,101$ | 64.96% | |||||
| New Zealand [+] | 2016 | 48,512 | 53,698 | 10,222 € | 11,311$ | 29.50% | |||||
| Oman [+] | 2015 | 9,607 | 10,659 | 2,502 € | 2,776$ | 15.27% | |||||
| Panama [+] | 2015 | 18,215 | 20,212 | 4,589 € | 5,092$ | 38.77% | |||||
| Peru [+] | 2015 | 41,675 | 46,238 | 1,338 € | 1,485$ | 24.04% | |||||
| Papua New Guinea [+] | 2013 | 3,984 | 5,292 | 525 € | 697$ | 25.03% | |||||
| Philippines [+] | 2016 | 92,815 | 102,737 | 891 € | 986$ | 33.71% | |||||
| Pakistan [+] | 2016 | 171,771 | 190,133 | 887 € | 982$ | 66.89% | |||||
| Poland [+] | 2016 | 228,166 | 252,557 | 6,009 € | 6,699$ | 54.40% | |||||
| Paraguay [+] | 2015 | 5,898 | 6,544 | 888 € | 986$ | 23.99% | |||||
| Qatar [+] | 2015 | 51,821 | 57,495 | 20,882 € | 23,172$ | 34.93% | |||||
| Romania [+] | 2016 | 63,008 | 69,744 | 3,208 € | 3,559$ | 37.60% | |||||
| Serbia [+] | 2015 | 25,457 | 28,245 | 3,597 € | 3,992$ | 76.02% | |||||
| Russia [+] | 2015 | 196,257 | 217,748 | 1,339 € | 1,518$ | 15.94% | |||||
| Rwanda [+] | 2015 | 2,493 | 2,766 | 214 € | 238$ | 33.42% | |||||
| Saudi Arabia [+] | 2016 | 71,436 | 79,073 | 2,213 € | 2,449$ | 12.36% | |||||
| Solomon Islands [+] | 2014 | 115 | 153 | 201 € | 266$ | 13.28% | |||||
| Seychelles [+] | 2015 | 831 | 922 | 8,891 € | 10,437$ | 67.82% | |||||
| Sudan [+] | 2015 | 53,513 | 59,372 | 1,385 € | 1,833$ | 72.91% | |||||
| Sweden [+] | 2016 | 190,559 | 210,930 | 19,065 € | 21,268$ | 41.60% | |||||
| Singapore [+] | 2016 | 302,955 | 335,341 | 54,032 € | 59,331$ | 112.03% | |||||
| Slovenia [+] | 2016 | 31,677 | 35,063 | 15,333 € | 16,971$ | 79.70% | |||||
| Slovakia [+] | 2016 | 42,053 | 46,549 | 7,737 € | 8,551$ | 51.90% | |||||
| Sierra Leone [+] | 2016 | 1,921 | 2,127 | 260 € | 265$ | 53.41% | |||||
| San Marino [+] | 2015 | 279 | 310 | 8,453 € | 9,110$ | 19.73% | |||||
| Senegal [+] | 2015 | 7,009 | 7,777 | 468 € | 519$ | 56.92% | |||||
| Suriname [+] | 2015 | 2,008 | 2,227 | 3,629 € | 4,027$ | 45.66% | |||||
| South Sudan [+] | 2015 | 7,388 | 8,196 | 622 € | 498$ | 65.66% | |||||
| Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2016 | 293 | 325 | 1,468 € | 1,629$ | 92.78% | |||||
| El Salvador [+] | 2016 | 14,456 | 15,997 | 2,278 € | 2,521$ | 59.89% | |||||
| Syria [+] | 2009 | 12,088 | 16,860 | 573 € | 798$ | 31.21% | |||||
| Swaziland [+] | 2016 | 952 | 1,054 | 709 € | 763$ | 27.50% | |||||
| Chad [+] | 2015 | 4,224 | 4,687 | 302 € | 335$ | 42.80% | |||||
| Togo [+] | 2014 | 2,264 | 3,008 | 318 € | 423$ | 65.23% | |||||
| Thailand [+] | 2015 | 152,178 | 168,842 | 2,211 € | 2,476$ | 42.69% | |||||
| Tajikistan [+] | 2015 | 2,401 | 2,664 | 281 € | 312$ | 33.91% | |||||
| Turkmenistan [+] | 2015 | 6,290 | 6,978 | 1,130 € | 1,254$ | 19.36% | |||||
| Tunisia [+] | 2015 | 22,242 | 24,677 | 1,973 € | 2,189$ | 57.19% | |||||
| Turkey [+] | 2015 | 213,463 | 236,837 | 2,711 € | 3,008$ | 27.57% | |||||
| Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2015 | 10,816 | 12,000 | 7,953 € | 8,574$ | 49.50% | |||||
| Tuvalu [+] | 2013 | 16 | 22 | 1,496 € | 1,991$ | 57.18% | |||||
| Taiwan [+] | 2015 | 171,802 | 190,614 | 7,313 € | 8,115$ | 36.30% | |||||
| Tanzania [+] | 2015 | 15,193 | 16,857 | 282 € | 313$ | 36.94% | |||||
| Ukraine [+] | 2015 | 65,015 | 72,134 | 1,527 € | 1,694$ | 79.33% | |||||
| Uganda [+] | 2015 | 7,516 | 8,339 | 187 € | 230$ | 33.21% | |||||
| Uruguay [+] | 2016 | 30,043 | 33,254 | 8,723 € | 9,653$ | 60.93% | |||||
| Uzbekistan [+] | 2014 | 3,394 | 4,509 | 110 € | 147$ | 7.14% | |||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 2016 | 555 | 614 | 5,046 € | 5,577$ | 79.25% | |||||
| Venezuela [+] | 2010 | 80,863 | 107,200 | 2,835 € | 3,762$ | 36.46% | |||||
| Vietnam [+] | 2013 | 66,498 | 88,316 | 741 € | 985$ | 51.82% | |||||
| Vanuatu [+] | 2015 | 170 | 189 | 644 € | 719$ | 25.63% | |||||
| Samoa [+] | 2016 | 374 | 414 | 1,916 € | 2,119$ | 52.61% | |||||
| Yemen [+] | 2013 | 14,667 | 19,479 | 573 € | 762$ | 48.20% | |||||
| South Africa [+] | 2016 | 134,138 | 148,477 | 2,399 € | 2,655$ | 50.47% | |||||
| Zambia [+] | 2015 | 11,005 | 12,210 | 684 € | 758$ | 57.48% | |||||
| Zimbabwe [+] | 2014 | 5,910 | 7,854 | 384 € | 568$ | 55.32% | |||||
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.