General government gross debt

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CountriesDateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
United States [+]201818,674,925
22,064,237
107.49%€57,106$67,470
United Kingdom [+]20182,053,733
2,454,013
85.80%€30,815$36,821
Germany [+]20182,083,675
2,436,976
61.90%€25,099$29,354
France [+]20182,319,775
2,730,306
98.20%€34,474$40,575
Japan [+]20189,912,260
11,711,237
232.33%€78,361$92,583
Spain [+]20181,208,861
1,428,258
100.40%€25,755$30,429
Italy [+]20182,381,981
2,813,707
134.50%€39,821$47,039
Portugal [+]2018249,261
294,500
121.50%€24,255$28,657
Greece [+]2018334,721
404,507
186.40%€31,211$37,718
Ireland [+]2018205,848
243,211
62.90%€41,973$49,592
Andorra [+]2018990
1,170
36.35%€13,002$15,358
United Arab Emirates [+]201874,608
88,149
20.88%€7,965$9,411
Afghanistan [+]20181,150
1,359
7.38%€36$43
Antigua and Barbuda [+]20181,192
1,409
87.70%€12,550$14,827
Albania [+]20188,912
10,529
69.47%€3,113$3,678
Armenia [+]20185,402
6,383
51.23%€1,822$2,152
Angola [+]201879,775
94,253
93.00%€2,551$3,014
Argentina [+]2018378,385
447,058
85.25%€8,504$10,047
Austria [+]2018285,422
337,181
74.10%€32,219$38,062
Australia [+]2018500,882
591,787
41.77%€19,915$23,529
Azerbaijan [+]20187,451
8,804
18.69%€747$882
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]20185,855
6,918
34.27%€1,677$1,981
Barbados [+]20185,480
6,475
125.97%€19,163$22,640
Bangladesh [+]201880,506
95,117
29.60%€499$589
Belgium [+]2018459,411
542,754
99.90%€40,104$47,379
Burkina Faso [+]20185,141
6,074
37.81%€260$308
Bulgaria [+]201812,427
13,330
22.10%€1,775$1,904
Bahrain [+]201830,269
35,762
94.61%€20,139$23,794
Burundi [+]20181,362
1,609
52.97%€122$144
Benin [+]20184,957
5,857
41.08%€431$510
Brunei [+]2018297
351
2.59%€671$793
Bolivia [+]201818,230
21,539
53.08%€1,571$1,856
Brazil [+]20181,389,520
1,641,704
85.64%€6,665$7,874
Bahamas [+]20186,579
7,773
61.94%€17,451$20,618
Bhutan [+]20182,408
2,844
113.37%€3,276$3,870
Botswana [+]20182,160
2,551
14.86%€958$1,132
Belarus [+]201824,134
28,514
47.52%€2,547$3,009
Belize [+]20181,530
1,807
79.52%€3,863$4,564
Canada [+]20181,297,490
1,532,971
88.85%€34,999$41,351
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]20186,007
7,097
15.05%€71$83
Central African Republic [+]2018965
1,141
50.05%€207$244
Republic of the Congo [+]20188,911
10,528
77.13%€2,000$2,363
Switzerland [+]2018244,430
288,792
39.79%€28,607$33,798
Côte d'Ivoire [+]201817,493
20,668
35.63%€686$811
Chile [+]201864,507
76,215
25.82%€3,440$4,065
Cameroon [+]201812,976
15,331
38.34%€515$608
China [+]20186,308,205
7,453,081
53.85%€4,489$5,303
Colombia [+]2018151,535
179,037
53.58%€3,140$3,710
Costa Rica [+]201827,388
32,359
51.84%€5,454$6,443
Cabo Verde [+]20182,090
2,469
114.59%€3,842$4,539
Cyprus [+]201821,344
25,113
98.50%€24,368$28,671
Czechia [+]201867,431
79,826
32.10%€6,332$7,496
Djibouti [+]20181,186
1,401
48.09%€1,236$1,461
Denmark [+]2018102,597
121,326
34.00%€17,671$20,896
Dominica [+]2018423
499
85.63%€5,969$7,052
Dominican Republic [+]201836,575
43,213
50.47%€3,563$4,209
Algeria [+]201856,785
67,091
38.26%€1,334$1,576
Ecuador [+]201844,658
52,763
49.05%€2,623$3,100
Estonia [+]20182,127
2,513
8.20%€1,606$1,897
Egypt [+]2018195,891
231,444
87.95%€2,017$2,384
Eritrea [+]20183,151
3,723
185.61%€915$1,081
Ethiopia [+]201839,679
46,880
58.45%€422$498
Finland [+]2018151,384
164,893
64.80%€27,435$29,883
Fiji [+]20182,117
2,501
45.77%€2,378$2,810
Federated States of Micronesia [+]201867
79
19.56%€643$760
Gabon [+]20188,700
10,279
60.91%€3,969$4,689
Grenada [+]2018632
747
64.02%€5,695$6,729
Georgia [+]20185,792
6,844
38.89%€1,556$1,838
Ghana [+]201835,281
41,685
61.98%€1,194$1,410
The Gambia [+]20181,176
1,389
83.60%€516$609
Guinea [+]20183,941
4,656
39.27%€314$371
Equatorial Guinea [+]20184,568
5,397
41.21%€3,041$3,593
Guatemala [+]201816,404
19,382
26.43%€950$1,123
Guinea-Bissau [+]2018762
901
57.93%€396$468
Guyana [+]20181,906
2,252
47.03%€2,437$2,880
Hong Kong [+]2018162
191
0.05%€22$26
Honduras [+]20188,639
10,207
42.41%€900$1,063
Croatia [+]201838,665
45,644
72.60%€9,485$11,197
Haiti [+]20183,002
3,546
21.55%€273$322
Hungary [+]201893,372
110,916
69.10%€9,554$11,349
Indonesia [+]2018268,492
317,221
30.42%€1,016$1,201
Israel [+]2018190,880
225,523
59.87%€21,498$25,400
India [+]20181,610,387
1,902,656
70.39%€1,176$1,390
Iraq [+]201891,844
108,513
48.55%€2,263$2,673
Iran [+]2018177,194
209,353
40.56%€2,159$2,550
Iceland [+]201814,036
16,583
63.14%€39,317$46,453
Jamaica [+]201812,661
14,959
94.39%€4,636$5,478
Jordan [+]201827,314
32,271
75.06%€2,741$3,238
Kenya [+]201844,056
52,052
56.45%€947$1,119
Kyrgyzstan [+]20183,838
4,534
54.82%€613$725
Cambodia [+]20185,923
6,997
28.45%€382$452
Kiribati [+]201833
39
19.76%€283$334
Comoros [+]2018169
199
16.90%€198$234
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]2018490
578
53.62%€10,250$12,110
South Korea [+]2018584,460
690,534
40.02%€11,330$13,386
Kuwait [+]201817,667
20,874
15.10%€3,822$4,516
Kazakhstan [+]201830,751
36,332
20.26%€1,672$1,975
Laos [+]20189,154
10,815
59.65%€1,296$1,532
Lebanon [+]201872,060
85,138
155.08%€10,506$12,413
Saint Lucia [+]20181,056
1,247
60.38%€5,931$7,008
Sri Lanka [+]201866,843
78,974
83.59%€3,085$3,644
Liberia [+]20181,025
1,211
37.10%€213$251
Lesotho [+]2018972
1,148
49.04%€442$523
Lithuania [+]201815,322
18,103
33.70%€5,483$6,479
Luxembourg [+]201812,568
14,867
20.90%€20,472$24,217
Latvia [+]201810,784
12,779
37.00%€5,617$6,656
Libya [+]201412,162
16,161
36.39%€1,943$2,582
Morocco [+]201865,169
76,996
60.46%€1,850$2,186
Moldova [+]20183,028
3,578
31.80%€1,127$1,332
Montenegro [+]20183,352
3,960
71.89%€5,387$6,365
Madagascar [+]20184,995
5,902
42.89%€195$230
Marshall Islands [+]201846
54
24.51%€831$982
North Macedonia [+]20184,343
5,132
40.43%€2,091$2,471
Mali [+]20185,424
6,409
37.52%€272$322
Myanmar [+]201822,816
26,957
40.42%€433$512
Mongolia [+]201810,138
11,978
90.69%€3,131$3,699
Mauritania [+]20183,662
4,327
57.90%€857$1,013
Malta [+]20185,662
6,690
43.40%€11,472$13,554
Mauritius [+]20188,111
9,583
66.22%€6,407$7,570
Maldives [+]20183,227
3,812
72.01%€6,588$7,784
Malawi [+]20183,672
4,339
43.91%€200$236
Mexico [+]2018555,070
655,810
53.65%€4,429$5,233
Malaysia [+]2018169,079
199,766
55.65%€5,221$6,169
Mozambique [+]201813,412
15,847
106.75%€456$539
Namibia [+]20185,834
6,893
50.40%€2,417$2,855
Niger [+]20184,287
5,065
39.42%€190$224
Nigeria [+]201898,838
116,776
27.69%€498$589
Nicaragua [+]20184,155
4,909
37.69%€641$757
Netherlands [+]2018405,899
479,362
52.40%€23,487$27,737
Norway [+]2018146,684
173,305
39.66%€27,530$32,526
Nepal [+]20188,430
9,960
30.08%€300$355
Nauru [+]201879
93
75.11%€6,560$7,750
New Zealand [+]201849,851
58,898
28.10%€10,169$12,015
Oman [+]201834,612
40,894
44.69%€7,521$8,886
Panama [+]201820,506
24,228
37.32%€4,931$5,825
Peru [+]201849,944
59,008
26.02%€1,582$1,870
Papua New Guinea [+]20187,484
8,843
36.68%€888$1,049
Philippines [+]2018109,012
128,796
37.13%€1,031$1,218
Pakistan [+]2018195,400
230,863
64.82%€932$1,101
Poland [+]2018240,805
286,778
48.70%€6,342$7,552
State of Palestine [+]20184,566
5,395
33.15%€941$1,111
Palau [+]201872
85
29.50%€3,997$4,722
Paraguay [+]20187,603
8,982
22.33%€1,078$1,274
Qatar [+]201880,965
95,659
52.18%€29,335$34,659
Romania [+]201870,738
88,054
34.40%€3,644$4,535
Serbia [+]201823,823
28,146
55.58%€3,421$4,042
Russia [+]2018190,550
225,133
13.62%€1,298$1,534
Rwanda [+]20183,667
4,332
44.93%€293$346
Saudi Arabia [+]2018126,348
149,279
18.28%€3,781$4,468
Solomon Islands [+]2018111
131
8.09%€169$200
Seychelles [+]2018771
911
55.91%€7,967$9,413
Sudan [+]201852,841
62,431
186.74%€1,258$1,486
Sweden [+]2018186,322
216,116
39.60%€18,213$21,125
Singapore [+]2018352,419
416,379
109.45%€62,497$73,839
Slovenia [+]201832,246
38,097
70.30%€15,496$18,308
Slovakia [+]201844,405
52,439
49.40%€8,147$9,621
Sierra Leone [+]20182,389
2,822
69.09%€312$369
San Marino [+]2018802
947
57.20%€23,186$27,386
Senegal [+]201812,043
14,228
61.52%€760$897
Suriname [+]20182,237
2,643
66.14%€3,792$4,480
South Sudan [+]20181,826
2,157
46.30%€176$208
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2018331
391
93.89%€1,564$1,848
El Salvador [+]201815,495
18,307
70.35%€2,413$2,851
Syria [+]200912,083
16,835
31.21%€573$798
Eswatini [+]20181,354
1,600
33.86%€1,167$1,379
Chad [+]20184,524
5,345
48.41%€292$345
Togo [+]20183,433
4,056
57.00%€435$514
Thailand [+]2018177,559
209,784
41.94%€2,557$3,022
Tajikistan [+]20183,044
3,596
46.33%€333$394
Timor-Leste [+]2018123
145
9.15%€97$114
Turkmenistan [+]20187,787
9,201
18.90%€1,284$1,517
Tunisia [+]201827,018
31,921
74.78%€2,317$2,738
Tonga [+]2018187
221
45.90%€1,867$2,206
Türkiye [+]2018198,408
234,418
30.07%€2,420$2,859
Trinidad and Tobago [+]20188,380
9,901
41.83%€6,029$7,123
Tuvalu [+]20185
6
11.84%€467$552
Taiwan [+]2018174,872
206,609
33.92%€7,413$8,759
Tanzania [+]201819,457
22,988
40.54%€335$396
Ukraine [+]201866,954
79,105
60.42%€1,595$1,884
Uganda [+]201810,110
11,945
34.95%€260$308
Uruguay [+]201831,734
37,494
58.32%€9,260$10,941
Uzbekistan [+]20188,780
10,373
19.71%€269$318
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2018519
613
69.40%€4,931$5,826
Venezuela [+]201726,663
30,110
133.61%€872$985
Viet Nam [+]2018112,135
132,486
43.71%€1,185$1,400
Vanuatu [+]2018356
420
45.26%€1,249$1,475
Samoa [+]2018367
434
49.41%€1,874$2,214
Yemen [+]201813,632
16,106
74.54%€471$557
South Africa [+]2018176,700
208,769
51.68%€3,050$3,603
Zambia [+]201817,931
21,186
80.52%€1,009$1,192
Zimbabwe [+]201815,948
18,842
51.00%€1,059$1,252
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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.