General government gross debt

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CountriesDateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
United States [+]201718,322,475
20,691,241
106.22%€56,328$63,611
United Kingdom [+]20172,012,594
2,300,022
86.30%€30,368$34,705
Germany [+]20172,130,324
2,384,322
65.20%€25,731$28,799
France [+]20172,262,443
2,545,741
98.50%€33,755$37,981
Japan [+]201710,104,430
11,410,751
231.42%€79,722$90,028
Spain [+]20171,183,412
1,336,406
101.80%€25,363$28,642
Italy [+]20172,330,227
2,631,045
134.20%€38,526$43,500
Portugal [+]2017247,175
279,131
126.10%€24,018$27,124
Greece [+]2017317,481
365,996
179.50%€29,557$34,074
Ireland [+]2017201,262
227,292
67.40%€41,666$47,055
Andorra [+]20171,005
1,133
37.83%€13,441$15,142
United Arab Emirates [+]201773,835
83,381
21.62%€7,936$8,962
Afghanistan [+]20171,337
1,510
8.00%€45$51
Antigua and Barbuda [+]20171,198
1,353
92.19%€12,748$14,396
Albania [+]20178,310
9,384
71.90%€2,895$3,269
Armenia [+]20175,482
6,191
53.70%€1,844$2,082
Angola [+]201774,905
84,589
69.32%€2,640$2,981
Argentina [+]2017325,145
367,180
57.03%€7,382$8,336
Austria [+]2017289,951
327,866
78.50%€32,866$37,163
Australia [+]2017503,828
568,963
41.17%€20,348$22,978
Azerbaijan [+]20178,247
9,313
22.51%€833$941
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]20176,076
6,861
37.95%€1,736$1,960
Barbados [+]20177,015
7,922
158.26%€24,527$27,698
Bangladesh [+]201774,322
83,931
28.57%€465$526
Belgium [+]2017454,066
512,740
102.00%€39,835$44,983
Burkina Faso [+]20174,163
4,701
33.34%€217$245
Bulgaria [+]201713,183
13,588
25.10%€1,870$1,927
Bahrain [+]201727,685
31,264
88.13%€18,444$20,829
Burundi [+]20171,317
1,488
46.90%€121$137
Benin [+]20174,452
5,028
39.60%€398$450
Brunei [+]2017303
343
2.83%€705$797
Bolivia [+]201717,150
19,367
51.26%€1,538$1,737
Brazil [+]20171,528,192
1,725,760
83.63%€7,390$8,345
Bahamas [+]20175,889
6,650
54.49%€15,830$17,876
Bhutan [+]20172,270
2,563
111.72%€3,105$3,506
Botswana [+]20172,094
2,365
14.53%€950$1,073
Belarus [+]201725,761
29,091
53.16%€2,714$3,065
Belize [+]20171,567
1,770
78.21%€4,039$4,561
Canada [+]20171,297,655
1,465,419
88.85%€35,508$40,099
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]20176,454
7,288
19.19%€78$88
Central African Republic [+]2017922
1,042
50.28%€201$227
Republic of the Congo [+]20179,270
10,468
94.22%€2,132$2,408
Switzerland [+]2017257,151
290,396
41.77%€30,310$34,228
Côte d'Ivoire [+]201715,157
17,116
33.18%€610$689
Chile [+]201757,880
65,363
23.67%€3,142$3,549
Cameroon [+]201711,676
13,185
36.54%€475$537
China [+]20175,618,787
6,345,195
51.73%€4,013$4,532
Colombia [+]2017136,535
154,187
49.44%€2,879$3,252
Costa Rica [+]201725,221
28,482
47.06%€5,079$5,735
Cabo Verde [+]20171,994
2,252
127.22%€3,652$4,124
Cyprus [+]201718,936
21,247
93.20%€21,910$24,585
Czechia [+]201768,521
74,848
34.20%€6,458$7,054
Djibouti [+]20171,174
1,326
47.99%€1,244$1,405
Denmark [+]2017105,727
119,209
35.90%€18,288$20,620
Dominica [+]2017401
453
84.01%€5,694$6,430
Dominican Republic [+]201734,681
39,165
48.91%€3,411$3,851
Algeria [+]201740,406
45,630
26.81%€968$1,094
Ecuador [+]201743,436
49,051
47.03%€2,589$2,924
Estonia [+]20172,174
2,455
9.10%€1,648$1,861
Egypt [+]2017213,761
241,397
97.80%€2,245$2,536
Eritrea [+]20173,415
3,856
202.54%€1,005$1,135
Ethiopia [+]201737,613
42,476
55.28%€406$458
Finland [+]2017149,457
156,318
66.00%€27,109$28,354
Fiji [+]20172,001
2,260
43.43%€2,262$2,554
Federated States of Micronesia [+]201771
80
21.92%€681$769
Gabon [+]20178,311
9,385
62.89%€3,883$4,385
Grenada [+]2017702
793
70.40%€6,326$7,143
Georgia [+]20175,673
6,407
39.45%€1,521$1,718
Ghana [+]201730,471
34,410
56.98%€1,053$1,189
The Gambia [+]20171,154
1,303
86.98%€521$589
Guinea [+]20173,829
4,325
41.88%€313$353
Equatorial Guinea [+]20173,915
4,421
36.24%€2,699$3,048
Guatemala [+]201715,915
17,972
25.09%€941$1,062
Guinea-Bissau [+]2017659
744
50.66%€388$438
Guyana [+]20171,803
2,037
42.89%€2,318$2,618
Hong Kong [+]2017170
192
0.06%€23$26
Honduras [+]20178,458
9,552
41.29%€896$1,012
Croatia [+]201738,366
43,092
76.00%€9,345$10,496
Haiti [+]20172,524
2,850
18.96%€232$262
Hungary [+]201791,266
103,203
72.10%€9,333$10,554
Indonesia [+]2017264,334
298,508
29.40%€1,011$1,142
Israel [+]2017189,274
213,744
59.66%€21,731$24,540
India [+]20171,635,959
1,847,459
69.68%€1,208$1,364
Iraq [+]2017100,595
113,600
59.06%€2,539$2,867
Iran [+]2017194,184
219,289
45.04%€2,395$2,705
Iceland [+]201715,687
17,715
71.64%€45,018$50,838
Jamaica [+]201713,459
15,199
101.23%€4,937$5,576
Jordan [+]201727,916
31,525
76.02%€2,853$3,221
Kenya [+]201739,096
44,151
53.87%€861$972
Kyrgyzstan [+]20174,010
4,528
58.79%€653$738
Cambodia [+]20175,893
6,655
29.97%€384$434
Kiribati [+]201735
40
21.32%€309$349
Comoros [+]2017179
203
18.81%€217$245
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]2017525
592
55.84%€10,977$12,397
South Korea [+]2017575,626
650,044
40.05%€11,207$12,656
Kuwait [+]201721,893
24,724
20.49%€4,933$5,571
Kazakhstan [+]201729,349
33,143
19.87%€1,616$1,825
Laos [+]20178,638
9,755
57.20%€1,242$1,403
Lebanon [+]201770,430
79,535
149.99%€10,328$11,664
Saint Lucia [+]20171,069
1,207
59.99%€6,038$6,818
Sri Lanka [+]201760,389
68,196
72.26%€2,816$3,180
Liberia [+]2017935
1,056
31.80%€199$225
Lesotho [+]2017835
943
40.04%€385$435
Lithuania [+]201716,540
18,781
39.10%€5,889$6,686
Luxembourg [+]201712,676
14,335
21.80%€21,055$23,812
Latvia [+]201710,493
11,879
38.90%€5,424$6,141
Libya [+]201412,162
16,161
36.39%€1,943$2,582
Morocco [+]201763,253
71,430
60.26%€1,815$2,050
Moldova [+]20172,937
3,317
34.86%€828$935
Montenegro [+]20172,846
3,214
66.21%€4,573$5,164
Madagascar [+]20174,683
5,288
40.14%€188$212
Marshall Islands [+]201748
54
25.58%€886$1,000
North Macedonia [+]20173,953
4,464
39.38%€1,905$2,151
Mali [+]20174,894
5,527
35.99%€264$299
Myanmar [+]201720,871
23,569
38.47%€399$451
Mongolia [+]201710,453
11,804
102.82%€3,289$3,714
Mauritania [+]20173,310
3,738
54.76%€796$899
Malta [+]20175,705
6,443
47.80%€11,994$13,544
Mauritius [+]20177,759
8,762
64.34%€6,133$6,926
Maldives [+]20172,714
3,065
64.56%€5,744$6,487
Malawi [+]20173,188
3,600
40.26%€178$201
Mexico [+]2017553,786
625,381
53.96%€4,465$5,042
Malaysia [+]2017153,777
173,657
54.40%€4,802$5,423
Mozambique [+]201712,191
13,768
104.15%€427$482
Namibia [+]20175,000
5,647
43.83%€2,111$2,384
Niger [+]20173,615
4,082
36.49%€166$188
Nigeria [+]201784,315
95,215
25.34%€436$492
Nicaragua [+]20174,160
4,698
34.08%€648$732
Netherlands [+]2017420,440
474,645
57.00%€24,471$27,626
Norway [+]2017136,303
153,925
38.64%€25,739$29,066
Nepal [+]20176,411
7,240
24.99%€232$262
Nauru [+]201776
86
77.53%€5,839$6,594
New Zealand [+]201756,127
63,383
31.12%€11,657$13,164
Oman [+]201728,717
32,430
40.11%€6,298$7,112
Panama [+]201719,419
21,930
35.26%€4,739$5,351
Peru [+]201748,191
54,421
25.23%€1,556$1,757
Papua New Guinea [+]20176,542
7,388
32.48%€793$895
Philippines [+]2017110,848
125,179
38.11%€1,064$1,202
Pakistan [+]2017182,807
206,441
60.86%€891$1,006
Poland [+]2017241,130
266,572
50.80%€6,349$7,019
State of Palestine [+]20174,539
5,126
31.79%€959$1,083
Palau [+]201769
78
26.90%€3,837$4,333
Paraguay [+]20176,854
7,740
19.85%€986$1,113
Qatar [+]201773,566
83,077
51.57%€26,997$30,487
Romania [+]201764,463
77,980
35.30%€3,300$3,992
Serbia [+]201723,508
26,547
60.09%€3,358$3,792
Russia [+]2017199,613
225,419
14.31%€1,359$1,535
Rwanda [+]20173,385
3,823
41.32%€277$313
Saudi Arabia [+]2017104,632
118,159
17.16%€3,208$3,623
Solomon Islands [+]2017110
124
8.47%€173$196
Seychelles [+]2017840
949
60.34%€8,769$9,903
Sudan [+]201764,761
73,134
149.54%€1,592$1,798
Sweden [+]2017194,607
220,359
41.40%€19,229$21,774
Singapore [+]2017331,585
374,453
107.74%€59,085$66,724
Slovenia [+]201731,893
36,017
74.20%€15,431$17,426
Slovakia [+]201743,572
49,205
51.50%€8,005$9,040
Sierra Leone [+]20172,274
2,568
69.16%€304$343
San Marino [+]2017768
867
56.73%€23,058$26,040
Senegal [+]201711,363
12,833
61.14%€737$832
Suriname [+]20172,273
2,567
71.45%€3,898$4,402
South Sudan [+]20171,879
2,121
60.70%€176$199
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2017286
323
85.84%€1,374$1,551
El Salvador [+]201715,600
17,617
70.53%€2,442$2,758
Syria [+]200912,083
16,835
31.21%€573$798
Eswatini [+]20171,092
1,234
27.63%€999$1,129
Chad [+]20174,346
4,908
48.70%€289$327
Togo [+]20173,205
3,619
56.61%€416$470
Thailand [+]2017166,242
187,734
41.78%€2,402$2,713
Tajikistan [+]20173,182
3,593
47.69%€356$403
Timor-Leste [+]201794
106
6.58%€76$85
Turkmenistan [+]20178,121
9,171
19.78%€1,361$1,537
Tunisia [+]201725,811
29,148
69.13%€2,238$2,528
Tonga [+]2017182
206
44.68%€1,803$2,036
Türkiye [+]2017212,523
239,999
27.94%€2,630$2,970
Trinidad and Tobago [+]20178,406
9,493
41.48%€6,074$6,859
Tuvalu [+]20175
5
12.05%€430$485
Taiwan [+]2017180,542
203,883
34.51%€7,660$8,650
Tanzania [+]201719,199
21,681
40.73%€341$385
Ukraine [+]201771,103
80,296
71.62%€1,684$1,902
Uganda [+]20179,353
10,562
33.63%€248$280
Uruguay [+]201732,338
36,519
56.72%€9,450$10,671
Uzbekistan [+]201710,414
11,761
19.27%€324$366
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2017516
582
68.69%€4,886$5,518
Venezuela [+]201726,663
30,110
133.61%€872$985
Viet Nam [+]2017113,646
128,339
46.32%€1,213$1,370
Vanuatu [+]2017410
463
52.63%€1,470$1,660
Samoa [+]2017366
413
46.68%€1,875$2,118
Yemen [+]201718,404
20,783
77.43%€651$736
South Africa [+]2017164,065
185,275
48.59%€2,873$3,245
Zambia [+]201715,194
17,159
66.32%€881$995
Zimbabwe [+]201714,027
15,841
74.08%€972$1,097
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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.