General government gross debt

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CountriesDateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
United States [+]202124,905,559
29,476,402
126.43%€74,946$88,700
United Kingdom [+]20222,990,421
3,151,536
102.64%€44,579$46,981
Germany [+]20222,561,675
2,711,576
66.10%€30,366$32,143
France [+]20222,949,331
3,105,646
111.80%€43,327$45,624
Japan [+]202110,801,479
12,783,842
255.39%€86,063$101,858
Spain [+]20221,502,804
1,582,453
111.60%€31,277$32,935
Italy [+]20222,757,547
2,911,298
141.70%€46,857$49,469
Portugal [+]2022272,435
292,884
112.40%€26,027$27,981
Greece [+]2022356,597
375,497
172.60%€34,308$36,126
Ireland [+]2022224,761
236,673
44.40%€43,270$45,564
Andorra [+]20221,249
1,316
39.19%€15,313$16,124
United Arab Emirates [+]2021125,885
148,988
35.90%€13,171$15,588
Afghanistan [+]20201,305
1,490
7.40%€33$38
Antigua and Barbuda [+]20201,218
1,390
101.48%€13,143$15,000
Albania [+]202211,869
12,509
67.58%€4,298$4,529
Armenia [+]20217,056
8,351
60.25%€2,528$2,992
Angola [+]202154,890
64,964
86.86%€1,591$1,883
Argentina [+]2021332,819
393,900
80.93%€7,265$8,599
Austria [+]2022350,698
369,285
78.40%€38,518$40,560
Australia [+]2021800,927
947,919
57.58%€31,083$36,788
Azerbaijan [+]202213,714
14,453
20.68%€1,354$1,427
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]20216,874
8,135
34.40%€1,975$2,337
Barbados [+]20226,818
7,185
120.78%€24,245$25,551
Bangladesh [+]2021125,262
148,250
35.61%€740$875
Belgium [+]2022578,063
608,701
104.30%€49,180$51,787
Burkina Faso [+]20218,044
9,520
48.21%€364$431
Bulgaria [+]202219,353
20,379
22.60%€3,002$3,161
Bahrain [+]202141,934
49,630
126.28%€27,882$32,999
Burundi [+]20201,784
2,036
65.97%€146$167
Benin [+]20217,520
8,901
50.29%€579$685
Brunei [+]2021297
352
2.51%€675$798
Bolivia [+]202233,882
35,707
82.62%€2,805$2,956
Brazil [+]20221,568,442
1,652,945
85.91%€7,318$7,712
Bahamas [+]202210,429
10,991
89.41%€25,567$26,945
Bhutan [+]20223,129
3,297
124.80%€4,155$4,379
Botswana [+]20223,702
3,902
19.95%€1,430$1,507
Belarus [+]202227,581
29,067
39.75%€2,965$3,124
Belize [+]20211,687
1,997
80.12%€3,924$4,644
Canada [+]20222,164,259
2,280,863
106.59%€55,594$58,589
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]20207,116
8,121
16.67%€78$89
Central African Republic [+]20211,040
1,230
47.60%€211$250
Republic of the Congo [+]202111,062
13,092
107.92%€1,896$2,243
Switzerland [+]2021280,301
331,744
41.48%€32,076$37,962
Côte d'Ivoire [+]202237,719
39,751
56.75%€1,373$1,447
Chile [+]2022108,369
114,207
37.98%€5,559$5,859
Cameroon [+]202117,943
21,236
46.78%€659$780
China [+]202213,241,214
13,954,611
77.10%€9,374$9,879
Colombia [+]2021172,350
203,981
64.04%€3,376$3,996
Costa Rica [+]202241,379
43,608
63.77%€7,988$8,419
Cabo Verde [+]20212,551
3,019
142.94%€4,339$5,135
Cyprus [+]202223,767
24,625
85.60%€25,814$26,746
Czechia [+]2022124,300
130,888
44.20%€11,480$12,088
Djibouti [+]20211,167
1,382
40.97%€1,165$1,379
Denmark [+]2022113,586
119,606
29.80%€19,146$20,161
Dominica [+]2022643
678
104.79%€8,884$9,363
Dominican Republic [+]202150,461
59,722
63.23%€4,539$5,372
Algeria [+]202186,594
102,486
62.82%€1,960$2,320
Ecuador [+]202155,864
66,117
62.28%€3,146$3,723
Estonia [+]20226,657
6,544
18.50%€4,874$4,791
Egypt [+]2022399,229
420,739
88.53%€3,910$4,121
Eritrea [+]20203,325
3,794
179.66%€935$1,067
Ethiopia [+]202145,115
53,395
53.79%€443$524
Finland [+]2022196,878
207,313
73.30%€35,384$37,260
Fiji [+]20223,967
4,181
92.80%€4,291$4,522
Federated States of Micronesia [+]201867
79
19.56%€643$760
Gabon [+]202111,249
13,313
65.77%€4,805$5,687
Grenada [+]2020653
745
71.41%€5,776$6,592
Georgia [+]20217,819
9,254
49.68%€2,120$2,509
Ghana [+]202153,239
63,010
79.60%€1,696$2,007
The Gambia [+]20221,699
1,791
83.95%€644$678
Guinea [+]20215,548
6,567
40.65%€410$485
Equatorial Guinea [+]20214,418
5,229
42.62%€2,703$3,199
Guatemala [+]202122,355
26,458
30.42%€1,307$1,546
Guinea-Bissau [+]20211,150
1,361
78.89%€558$660
Guyana [+]20212,797
3,311
43.23%€3,477$4,115
Hong Kong [+]20216,161
7,292
1.94%€832$985
Honduras [+]202112,027
14,234
50.31%€1,189$1,407
Croatia [+]202246,334
48,790
68.20%€12,032$12,670
Haiti [+]20224,873
5,136
25.01%€426$449
Hungary [+]2022121,821
128,277
73.90%€12,694$13,366
Indonesia [+]2022499,725
526,649
39.93%€1,818$1,916
Israel [+]2020255,846
291,992
70.65%€27,767$31,690
India [+]20212,254,118
2,667,809
84.68%€1,601$1,895
Iraq [+]2021103,244
122,192
59.17%€2,372$2,807
Iran [+]2021103,649
122,672
42.40%€1,222$1,446
Iceland [+]202116,317
19,312
75.58%€43,368$51,327
Jamaica [+]202213,386
14,107
84.12%€4,885$5,149
Jordan [+]202135,173
41,628
90.87%€3,425$4,054
Kenya [+]202274,770
78,799
67.94%€1,411$1,487
Kyrgyzstan [+]20214,395
5,202
59.47%€657$777
Cambodia [+]20218,064
9,545
35.88%€509$603
Kiribati [+]202133
39
17.08%€257$304
Comoros [+]2021276
326
25.38%€299$354
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]2021509
602
69.97%€10,692$12,654
South Korea [+]2021785,435
929,584
51.33%€15,179$17,965
Kuwait [+]202110,022
11,862
8.67%€2,116$2,505
Kazakhstan [+]202250,341
53,053
23.50%€2,581$2,720
Laos [+]202114,462
17,117
92.36%€1,948$2,305
Lebanon [+]202032,318
36,884
150.58%€5,707$6,513
Saint Lucia [+]20221,686
1,777
83.48%€9,385$9,891
Sri Lanka [+]202176,867
90,974
102.24%€3,469$4,106
Liberia [+]20211,579
1,869
53.27%€304$360
Lesotho [+]20221,363
1,436
57.91%€597$629
Lithuania [+]202225,672
27,899
38.10%€8,985$9,764
Luxembourg [+]202219,175
20,192
24.70%€29,018$30,556
Latvia [+]202215,948
17,569
41.00%€8,470$9,330
Libya [+]201412,162
16,161
36.39%€1,943$2,582
Morocco [+]202183,220
98,493
68.94%€2,292$2,712
Moldova [+]20224,584
4,831
33.52%€1,824$1,922
Montenegro [+]20224,126
4,348
71.23%€6,691$7,051
Madagascar [+]20228,237
8,681
56.99%€285$300
Marshall Islands [+]202143
51
19.78%€1,025$1,213
North Macedonia [+]20216,244
7,389
53.41%€3,399$4,022
Mali [+]20218,417
9,962
50.68%€384$455
Myanmar [+]202027,964
31,914
39.28%€523$597
Mongolia [+]202213,166
13,875
82.43%€3,861$4,069
Mauritania [+]20214,256
5,037
50.92%€922$1,091
Malta [+]20229,001
9,478
52.30%€16,605$17,485
Mauritius [+]20219,412
11,140
88.36%€7,446$8,813
Maldives [+]20205,054
5,768
154.39%€9,824$11,212
Malawi [+]20216,488
7,679
61.61%€326$386
Mexico [+]2022751,796
792,300
56.03%€5,933$6,253
Malaysia [+]2021218,460
258,554
69.31%€6,705$7,936
Mozambique [+]202114,291
16,913
107.20%€446$527
Namibia [+]20228,349
8,799
71.28%€3,215$3,388
Niger [+]20216,473
7,661
51.34%€256$303
Nigeria [+]2022172,208
181,486
38.02%€807$850
Nicaragua [+]20215,625
6,658
47.55%€821$972
Netherlands [+]2022480,548
506,017
50.10%€26,980$28,410
Norway [+]2021176,904
209,371
42.70%€32,607$38,592
Nepal [+]202113,505
15,984
44.05%€450$532
Nauru [+]202130
36
24.75%€2,427$2,873
New Zealand [+]202079,776
91,046
43.34%€15,685$17,901
Oman [+]202243,683
46,037
40.15%€9,650$10,169
Panama [+]202131,403
37,166
58.43%€7,217$8,541
Peru [+]202276,759
80,895
33.37%€2,277$2,399
Papua New Guinea [+]202010,172
11,609
48.68%€1,043$1,191
Philippines [+]2022220,642
232,530
57.52%€1,978$2,084
Pakistan [+]2021216,439
256,161
73.56%€972$1,151
Poland [+]2022323,055
340,176
49.30%€8,790$9,256
State of Palestine [+]202210,637
11,211
59.78%€2,035$2,145
Paraguay [+]202112,659
14,982
37.50%€1,722$2,038
Qatar [+]202188,671
104,945
58.41%€33,870$40,086
Romania [+]2022134,469
147,084
47.20%€7,058$7,720
Serbia [+]202129,985
35,488
56.26%€4,411$5,221
Russia [+]2021255,354
302,218
16.46%€1,754$2,076
Rwanda [+]20216,225
7,368
66.58%€462$547
Saudi Arabia [+]2021211,341
250,128
28.80%€6,196$7,333
Solomon Islands [+]2021200
237
15.36%€283$335
Seychelles [+]2021897
1,061
72.85%€9,036$10,694
Sudan [+]202155,152
65,274
187.90%€1,208$1,430
Sweden [+]2022176,777
186,146
32.90%€16,801$17,692
Singapore [+]2022601,743
634,163
134.16%€106,749$112,500
Slovenia [+]202241,242
43,427
72.30%€19,483$20,516
Slovakia [+]202263,378
66,737
57.80%€11,674$12,293
Sierra Leone [+]20223,695
3,894
98.85%€454$478
San Marino [+]20211,276
1,511
86.29%€37,866$44,834
Senegal [+]202117,085
20,221
73.16%€1,012$1,198
Suriname [+]20212,950
3,492
116.98%€4,813$5,696
South Sudan [+]20191,547
1,732
42.83%€148$166
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2020340
388
81.44%€1,557$1,777
El Salvador [+]202120,016
23,690
82.44%€3,170$3,752
Syria [+]200912,083
16,835
31.21%€573$798
Eswatini [+]20211,681
1,990
41.52%€1,410$1,669
Chad [+]20215,575
6,598
55.91%€324$384
Togo [+]20214,540
5,374
63.75%€525$622
Thailand [+]2021246,704
291,981
58.40%€3,527$4,174
Tajikistan [+]20213,205
3,793
42.45%€329$389
Timor-Leste [+]2019208
193
9.53%€161$149
Turkmenistan [+]20215,484
6,490
10.08%€865$1,023
Tunisia [+]202235,093
36,984
79.36%€2,862$3,016
Tonga [+]2021189
223
47.55%€1,780$2,107
Türkiye [+]2022267,893
282,326
31.18%€3,141$3,311
Trinidad and Tobago [+]202213,785
14,527
53.75%€9,035$9,522
Tuvalu [+]20214
5
8.77%€396$469
Taiwan [+]2021197,526
233,778
30.14%€8,450$10,001
Tanzania [+]202124,878
29,444
42.10%€391$463
Ukraine [+]2022117,439
123,766
81.69%€2,865$3,019
Uganda [+]202118,373
21,745
50.64%€433$512
Uruguay [+]202241,609
43,851
61.00%€12,144$12,798
Uzbekistan [+]202120,809
24,628
35.39%€602$713
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2022780
822
86.80%€7,474$7,877
Venezuela [+]201726,663
30,110
133.61%€872$985
Viet Nam [+]2021122,804
145,342
39.31%€1,260$1,491
Vanuatu [+]2020424
484
48.02%€1,404$1,603
Samoa [+]2022345
364
43.73%€1,725$1,818
Yemen [+]202015,852
18,092
98.47%€497$567
South Africa [+]2022273,385
288,114
71.02%€4,511$4,754
Zambia [+]202120,733
24,538
110.79%€1,065$1,260
Zimbabwe [+]202118,175
1,905,213
59.81%€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.