General government gross debt

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CountriesDateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
United States [+]201618,108,277
20,038,583
107.19%€56,041$62,014
United Kingdom [+]20162,021,675
2,345,747
86.80%€30,704$35,626
Germany [+]20162,161,551
2,391,955
69.00%€26,194$28,986
France [+]20162,190,007
2,421,789
98.00%€32,780$36,249
Japan [+]201610,513,797
11,634,547
232.52%€82,812$91,639
Spain [+]20161,145,050
1,267,110
102.70%€24,610$27,234
Italy [+]20162,285,989
2,529,292
134.80%€37,729$41,745
Portugal [+]2016245,245
271,387
131.50%€23,788$26,324
Greece [+]2016315,012
354,738
180.50%€29,254$32,943
Ireland [+]2016200,635
222,024
74.40%€41,935$46,406
Andorra [+]20161,041
1,152
39.77%€14,237$15,752
United Arab Emirates [+]201662,484
69,145
19.37%€6,851$7,581
Afghanistan [+]20161,374
1,520
8.44%€47$52
Antigua and Barbuda [+]20161,118
1,238
86.13%€12,157$13,453
Albania [+]20167,860
8,698
73.32%€2,732$3,024
Armenia [+]20164,949
5,476
51.93%€1,657$1,834
Angola [+]201669,143
76,513
75.66%€2,514$2,782
Argentina [+]2016266,967
295,425
53.06%€6,125$6,777
Austria [+]2016296,245
326,667
82.80%€33,768$37,236
Australia [+]2016463,500
512,908
40.58%€19,007$21,033
Azerbaijan [+]20167,045
7,796
20.61%€718$795
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]20166,736
7,454
44.08%€1,919$2,124
Barbados [+]20166,573
7,274
149.45%€23,064$25,523
Bangladesh [+]201666,691
73,800
27.82%€422$467
Belgium [+]2016451,641
499,753
105.00%€39,786$44,024
Burkina Faso [+]20163,876
4,289
33.43%€208$230
Bulgaria [+]201614,188
14,564
29.10%€1,998$2,051
Bahrain [+]201623,691
26,216
81.33%€16,637$18,410
Burundi [+]20161,234
1,365
46.12%€117$130
Benin [+]20163,836
4,245
35.92%€353$390
Brunei [+]2016309
342
3.01%€742$821
Bolivia [+]201614,363
15,894
46.49%€1,307$1,446
Brazil [+]20161,271,015
1,406,503
78.29%€6,195$6,856
Bahamas [+]20165,481
6,065
51.00%€14,893$16,481
Bhutan [+]20162,096
2,319
112.37%€2,903$3,212
Botswana [+]20162,237
2,475
16.36%€1,036$1,146
Belarus [+]201623,055
25,512
53.48%€2,426$2,684
Belize [+]20161,426
1,578
70.82%€3,772$4,175
Canada [+]20161,266,980
1,402,037
91.76%€35,086$38,826
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]20166,468
7,157
19.53%€81$90
Central African Republic [+]2016889
983
53.89%€196$217
Republic of the Congo [+]20168,359
9,250
91.05%€1,971$2,181
Switzerland [+]2016254,411
281,530
40.95%€30,217$33,438
Côte d'Ivoire [+]201613,612
15,063
31.41%€562$622
Chile [+]201647,537
52,605
21.11%€2,617$2,896
Cameroon [+]20169,809
10,854
32.11%€410$454
China [+]20164,893,945
5,415,630
48.24%€3,515$3,890
Colombia [+]2016127,222
140,784
49.80%€2,717$3,006
Costa Rica [+]201623,428
25,925
44.06%€4,772$5,281
Cabo Verde [+]20161,929
2,135
128.37%€3,572$3,953
Cyprus [+]201619,632
21,589
103.20%€22,966$25,256
Czechia [+]201664,940
71,798
36.60%€6,139$6,787
Djibouti [+]20161,081
1,196
45.92%€1,164$1,288
Denmark [+]2016105,450
116,457
37.20%€18,343$20,258
Dominica [+]2016379
420
76.54%€5,413$5,991
Dominican Republic [+]201631,905
35,306
46.59%€3,167$3,504
Algeria [+]201629,557
32,708
20.44%€724$801
Ecuador [+]201640,263
44,555
44.58%€2,436$2,696
Estonia [+]20162,174
2,406
10.00%€1,653$1,829
Egypt [+]2016290,868
321,874
93.15%€3,196$3,537
Eritrea [+]20163,350
3,707
167.51%€995$1,102
Ethiopia [+]201633,762
37,360
51.80%€370$410
Finland [+]2016147,963
152,068
68.00%€26,886$27,632
Fiji [+]20161,945
2,152
44.56%€2,218$2,454
Federated States of Micronesia [+]201672
80
24.19%€695$769
Gabon [+]20168,134
9,001
64.20%€3,899$4,314
Grenada [+]2016783
866
81.57%€7,117$7,876
Georgia [+]20165,508
6,095
40.26%€1,478$1,636
Ghana [+]201628,383
31,408
55.94%€1,002$1,109
The Gambia [+]20161,075
1,190
80.95%€500$554
Guinea [+]20163,344
3,701
43.01%€280$310
Equatorial Guinea [+]20164,179
4,624
41.14%€2,987$3,306
Guatemala [+]201614,892
16,479
24.96%€898$994
Guinea-Bissau [+]2016649
718
57.71%€390$432
Guyana [+]20161,776
1,966
43.84%€2,298$2,543
Hong Kong [+]2016175
193
0.06%€24$26
Honduras [+]20167,737
8,562
39.42%€834$923
Croatia [+]201637,576
41,736
79.10%€9,045$10,047
Haiti [+]20162,728
3,019
21.57%€255$282
Hungary [+]201687,470
96,265
74.90%€8,928$9,825
Indonesia [+]2016235,463
260,563
27.96%€911$1,008
Israel [+]2016178,838
197,902
61.44%€20,934$23,165
India [+]20161,429,701
1,582,104
68.94%€1,068$1,182
Iraq [+]2016101,554
112,380
66.97%€2,624$2,904
Iran [+]2016198,283
219,420
47.90%€2,481$2,745
Iceland [+]201615,478
17,128
82.37%€45,745$50,622
Jamaica [+]201614,717
16,286
113.70%€5,407$5,983
Jordan [+]201627,954
30,934
77.43%€2,926$3,238
Kenya [+]201634,074
37,706
50.40%€769$851
Kyrgyzstan [+]20163,637
4,025
59.07%€604$669
Cambodia [+]20165,275
5,837
29.12%€347$385
Kiribati [+]201636
40
21.92%€316$350
Comoros [+]2016142
157
15.49%€176$195
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]2016524
579
57.40%€10,955$12,123
South Korea [+]2016558,463
617,995
41.22%€10,904$12,066
Kuwait [+]20169,904
10,959
10.02%€2,288$2,532
Kazakhstan [+]201624,413
27,015
19.68%€1,362$1,508
Laos [+]20167,830
8,664
54.47%€1,144$1,266
Lebanon [+]201667,672
74,886
146.41%€10,079$11,154
Saint Lucia [+]20161,034
1,144
60.30%€5,876$6,503
Sri Lanka [+]201659,642
66,000
75.00%€2,813$3,113
Liberia [+]2016840
930
28.57%€183$203
Lesotho [+]2016814
901
40.59%€406$449
Lithuania [+]201615,447
17,169
39.70%€5,424$6,029
Luxembourg [+]201611,010
12,200
19.60%€18,640$20,655
Latvia [+]201610,224
11,337
40.30%€5,243$5,814
Libya [+]201412,162
16,161
36.39%€1,943$2,582
Morocco [+]201660,571
67,028
60.08%€1,756$1,944
Moldova [+]20162,862
3,167
39.23%€806$892
Montenegro [+]20162,625
2,905
66.39%€4,218$4,668
Madagascar [+]20164,313
4,773
40.28%€178$197
Marshall Islands [+]201653
59
29.26%€987$1,093
North Macedonia [+]20163,844
4,254
39.81%€1,854$2,051
Mali [+]20164,564
5,050
36.02%€254$281
Myanmar [+]201620,816
23,035
38.33%€401$444
Mongolia [+]20168,833
9,774
87.63%€2,831$3,133
Mauritania [+]20163,278
3,627
56.56%€809$895
Malta [+]20165,770
6,385
54.70%€12,535$13,872
Mauritius [+]20167,376
8,162
64.99%€5,835$6,457
Maldives [+]20162,457
2,719
62.27%€5,410$5,987
Malawi [+]20162,591
2,867
37.08%€139$154
Mexico [+]2016552,834
611,765
56.72%€4,505$4,985
Malaysia [+]2016152,208
168,433
55.79%€4,812$5,324
Mozambique [+]201613,612
15,063
126.19%€491$544
Namibia [+]20164,440
4,913
45.83%€1,910$2,114
Niger [+]20163,070
3,398
32.83%€147$162
Nigeria [+]201685,604
94,729
23.41%€454$502
Nicaragua [+]20163,712
4,107
30.92%€584$647
Netherlands [+]2016438,532
485,101
61.90%€25,673$28,399
Norway [+]2016127,073
140,619
38.13%€24,166$26,742
Nepal [+]20165,531
6,121
24.96%€203$225
Nauru [+]201672
80
79.56%€5,531$6,120
New Zealand [+]201656,065
62,041
33.36%€11,886$13,153
Oman [+]201619,918
22,042
29.34%€4,513$4,994
Panama [+]201618,474
20,443
35.30%€4,576$5,064
Peru [+]201643,008
47,593
24.35%€1,414$1,564
Papua New Guinea [+]20166,329
7,004
33.74%€783$866
Philippines [+]2016107,524
118,986
37.34%€1,049$1,161
Pakistan [+]2016172,339
190,710
60.81%€861$953
Poland [+]2016229,014
255,966
54.50%€6,031$6,741
State of Palestine [+]20164,319
4,780
31.03%€932$1,032
Palau [+]201665
72
23.74%€3,615$4,000
Paraguay [+]20166,324
6,998
19.39%€923$1,021
Qatar [+]201664,042
70,869
46.71%€24,462$27,070
Romania [+]201662,692
73,278
37.80%€3,191$3,730
Serbia [+]201625,889
28,649
70.40%€3,677$4,069
Russia [+]2016171,849
190,168
14.85%€1,171$1,295
Rwanda [+]20162,872
3,178
36.56%€241$266
Saudi Arabia [+]201676,305
84,439
13.09%€2,400$2,656
Solomon Islands [+]201688
97
7.07%€142$157
Seychelles [+]2016891
986
66.15%€9,407$10,410
Sudan [+]201664,460
71,331
109.93%€1,637$1,811
Sweden [+]2016195,265
217,892
42.20%€19,536$21,800
Singapore [+]2016313,463
346,878
106.57%€55,906$61,865
Slovenia [+]201631,756
35,141
78.50%€15,372$17,010
Slovakia [+]201642,481
47,009
52.30%€7,816$8,649
Sierra Leone [+]20162,115
2,341
60.73%€289$319
San Marino [+]2016285
315
21.46%€8,585$9,498
Senegal [+]20168,175
9,046
47.52%€545$603
Suriname [+]20162,242
2,481
74.79%€3,892$4,307
South Sudan [+]20163,290
3,641
104.00%€297$329
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2016300
332
95.30%€1,465$1,621
El Salvador [+]201615,033
16,636
68.77%€2,365$2,617
Syria [+]200912,083
16,835
31.21%€573$798
Eswatini [+]2016867
959
24.87%€798$883
Chad [+]20164,614
5,106
50.05%€317$351
Togo [+]20163,277
3,627
60.15%€436$483
Thailand [+]2016153,365
169,714
41.75%€2,224$2,461
Tajikistan [+]20162,666
2,950
42.18%€306$338
Timor-Leste [+]201670
77
4.68%€57$63
Turkmenistan [+]20167,176
7,941
19.04%€1,223$1,353
Tunisia [+]201624,234
26,817
60.45%€2,125$2,352
Tonga [+]2016188
208
49.42%€1,861$2,060
Türkiye [+]2016219,320
242,699
27.92%€2,748$3,041
Trinidad and Tobago [+]20167,625
8,437
36.99%€5,533$6,123
Tuvalu [+]20164
4
11.49%€361$399
Taiwan [+]2016173,554
192,055
35.36%€7,373$8,159
Tanzania [+]201617,900
19,809
39.80%€329$364
Ukraine [+]201667,049
74,196
79.51%€1,581$1,749
Uganda [+]20168,290
9,174
31.00%€227$251
Uruguay [+]201628,882
31,961
55.83%€8,460$9,362
Uzbekistan [+]20166,341
7,017
8.19%€201$222
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2016584
646
79.43%€5,310$5,876
Venezuela [+]20165,084
5,626
138.41%€165$183
Viet Nam [+]2016108,342
119,891
47.55%€1,169$1,293
Vanuatu [+]2016306
339
43.73%€1,126$1,246
Samoa [+]2016374
414
48.99%€1,917$2,121
Yemen [+]201620,449
22,629
72.26%€741$820
South Africa [+]2016137,787
152,475
47.13%€2,449$2,711
Zambia [+]201611,666
12,909
61.58%€698$772
Zimbabwe [+]20169,117
10,089
49.08%€641$709
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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.