General government gross debt

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CountriesDateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
United States [+]201920,768,394
23,252,252
108.80%€63,213$70,773
United Kingdom [+]20192,222,695
2,415,190
85.40%€33,162$36,034
Germany [+]20192,069,889
2,290,411
59.60%€24,888$27,540
France [+]20192,386,133
2,658,933
97.90%€35,358$39,400
Japan [+]201910,805,777
12,098,127
236.28%€85,610$95,849
Spain [+]20191,223,355
1,369,666
98.20%€25,846$28,937
Italy [+]20192,410,940
2,698,211
134.20%€40,424$45,241
Portugal [+]2019249,978
279,874
116.60%€24,279$27,183
Greece [+]2019331,144
380,800
180.60%€30,894$35,527
Ireland [+]2019203,383
228,382
57.10%€40,968$46,004
Andorra [+]2019997
1,117
35.40%€12,854$14,409
United Arab Emirates [+]2019100,936
113,007
27.09%€10,620$11,891
Afghanistan [+]20191,034
1,157
6.13%€32$36
Antigua and Barbuda [+]20191,225
1,372
81.25%€12,761$14,287
Albania [+]20199,254
10,361
67.29%€3,252$3,641
Armenia [+]20196,093
6,821
50.09%€2,059$2,305
Angola [+]201985,720
95,971
113.55%€2,649$2,966
Argentina [+]2019358,495
401,370
88.84%€7,977$8,931
Austria [+]2019280,540
314,113
70.60%€31,518$35,289
Australia [+]2019578,356
647,526
46.70%€22,657$25,366
Azerbaijan [+]20197,597
8,506
17.66%€755$845
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]20195,869
6,571
32.53%€1,681$1,882
Barbados [+]20195,660
6,337
123.22%€19,721$22,080
Bangladesh [+]201999,320
111,199
31.66%€609$682
Belgium [+]2019467,273
523,135
97.60%€40,553$45,401
Burkina Faso [+]20196,076
6,802
42.54%€299$335
Bulgaria [+]201912,311
12,617
20.00%€1,771$1,815
Bahrain [+]201935,087
39,283
101.64%€23,644$26,471
Burundi [+]20191,614
1,807
59.99%€140$157
Benin [+]20195,300
5,934
41.23%€449$502
Brunei [+]2019310
347
2.58%€673$754
Bolivia [+]201921,802
24,410
59.26%€1,851$2,073
Brazil [+]20191,470,222
1,646,058
87.87%€6,996$7,833
Bahamas [+]20197,031
7,872
59.73%€18,454$20,661
Bhutan [+]20192,332
2,611
106.49%€3,160$3,538
Botswana [+]20192,427
2,717
16.47%€1,053$1,179
Belarus [+]201923,588
26,409
41.00%€2,507$2,807
Belize [+]20191,673
1,874
79.01%€4,101$4,592
Canada [+]20191,356,107
1,518,295
87.16%€36,049$40,360
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]20196,752
7,560
15.00%€77$86
Central African Republic [+]2019959
1,074
47.15%€202$226
Republic of the Congo [+]20199,689
10,847
84.81%€2,121$2,375
Switzerland [+]2019255,564
286,129
39.64%€29,696$33,247
Côte d'Ivoire [+]201920,071
22,472
38.39%€768$859
Chile [+]201970,354
78,768
28.30%€3,682$4,122
Cameroon [+]201914,740
16,503
41.60%€570$638
China [+]20197,332,259
8,209,183
57.24%€5,200$5,822
Colombia [+]2019151,201
169,284
52.40%€3,061$3,427
Costa Rica [+]201932,462
36,345
56.43%€6,397$7,162
Cabo Verde [+]20192,211
2,476
113.98%€3,832$4,290
Cyprus [+]201921,567
23,465
93.00%€24,286$26,424
Czechia [+]201968,493
75,887
30.00%€6,405$7,096
Djibouti [+]20191,160
1,299
42.04%€1,191$1,333
Denmark [+]2019104,188
116,665
33.70%€17,893$20,036
Dominica [+]2019488
547
97.92%€6,837$7,655
Dominican Republic [+]201942,607
47,703
53.58%€4,113$4,605
Algeria [+]201970,605
79,049
46.04%€1,626$1,820
Ecuador [+]201949,643
55,580
51.41%€2,875$3,219
Estonia [+]20192,373
2,657
8.50%€1,786$1,999
Egypt [+]2019227,410
254,608
80.09%€2,299$2,574
Eritrea [+]20193,312
3,708
187.09%€947$1,060
Ethiopia [+]201945,244
50,655
54.70%€473$530
Finland [+]2019155,613
160,033
64.90%€28,164$28,964
Fiji [+]20192,371
2,655
48.76%€2,649$2,966
Federated States of Micronesia [+]201966
74
17.78%€593$664
Gabon [+]20199,010
10,088
59.78%€4,017$4,498
Grenada [+]2019634
710
58.55%€5,664$6,341
Georgia [+]20196,312
7,067
40.43%€1,698$1,901
Ghana [+]201938,276
42,853
62.69%€1,269$1,420
The Gambia [+]20191,338
1,498
82.97%€533$597
Guinea [+]20194,632
5,186
38.58%€360$403
Equatorial Guinea [+]20194,384
4,908
43.19%€2,823$3,160
Guatemala [+]201918,215
20,394
26.43%€1,034$1,158
Guinea-Bissau [+]2019850
952
63.99%€431$483
Guyana [+]20192,013
2,254
43.56%€2,564$2,871
Hong Kong [+]2019884
990
0.27%€118$132
Honduras [+]20199,620
10,771
42.93%€985$1,102
Croatia [+]201939,416
44,276
70.40%€9,713$10,910
Haiti [+]20193,407
3,814
25.79%€305$342
Hungary [+]201994,234
107,094
65.30%€9,646$10,962
Indonesia [+]2019305,595
342,143
30.56%€1,145$1,282
Israel [+]2019211,453
236,742
58.82%€23,362$26,156
India [+]20191,899,734
2,126,939
75.12%€1,374$1,538
Iraq [+]201994,321
105,602
45.19%€2,269$2,541
Iran [+]2019248,495
278,214
42.70%€2,991$3,349
Iceland [+]201914,685
16,442
66.23%€40,330$45,153
Jamaica [+]201913,376
14,976
94.26%€4,892$5,478
Jordan [+]201931,055
34,769
78.02%€3,074$3,442
Kenya [+]201952,946
59,278
59.09%€1,112$1,245
Kyrgyzstan [+]20194,089
4,578
51.60%€640$717
Cambodia [+]20196,826
7,643
28.22%€438$490
Kiribati [+]201932
35
20.09%€268$301
Comoros [+]2019231
258
21.74%€264$295
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]2019535
599
51.45%€11,220$12,562
South Korea [+]2019621,354
695,666
42.13%€12,003$13,439
Kuwait [+]201914,153
15,846
11.64%€2,963$3,318
Kazakhstan [+]201932,361
36,231
19.94%€1,737$1,945
Laos [+]201910,409
11,654
62.02%€1,452$1,626
Lebanon [+]201978,286
87,649
172.27%€11,419$12,784
Saint Lucia [+]20191,162
1,301
62.15%€6,494$7,271
Sri Lanka [+]201965,667
73,521
82.59%€3,012$3,372
Liberia [+]20191,335
1,495
48.53%€270$303
Lesotho [+]20191,036
1,160
50.46%€466$521
Lithuania [+]201917,526
19,620
35.80%€6,273$7,022
Luxembourg [+]201913,961
15,650
22.40%€22,298$24,995
Latvia [+]201911,209
12,592
36.70%€5,876$6,601
Libya [+]201412,162
16,161
36.39%€1,943$2,582
Morocco [+]201969,401
77,701
60.27%€1,950$2,183
Moldova [+]20193,018
3,379
28.79%€1,143$1,280
Montenegro [+]20193,901
4,367
78.79%€6,273$7,023
Madagascar [+]20195,117
5,729
40.62%€186$208
Marshall Islands [+]201953
59
24.84%€958$1,073
North Macedonia [+]20194,555
5,100
40.45%€2,194$2,456
Mali [+]20196,286
7,038
40.73%€306$342
Myanmar [+]201923,815
26,663
38.75%€449$503
Mongolia [+]201910,055
11,258
79.25%€3,050$3,415
Mauritania [+]20194,010
4,490
55.67%€915$1,024
Malta [+]20195,720
6,404
40.00%€11,117$12,446
Mauritius [+]20199,749
10,915
84.62%€7,707$8,628
Maldives [+]20193,941
4,412
78.81%€7,811$8,745
Malawi [+]20194,463
4,997
45.30%€237$265
Mexico [+]2019604,553
676,857
53.34%€4,776$5,347
Malaysia [+]2019186,239
208,513
57.08%€5,726$6,411
Mozambique [+]201913,615
15,243
99.05%€450$503
Namibia [+]20196,649
7,444
59.37%€2,704$3,027
Niger [+]20194,590
5,139
39.80%€196$219
Nigeria [+]2019116,755
130,719
29.17%€574$643
Nicaragua [+]20194,701
5,264
41.74%€717$803
Netherlands [+]2019394,825
441,759
48.60%€22,681$25,377
Norway [+]2019148,064
165,772
40.94%€27,585$30,884
Nepal [+]201910,117
11,327
33.13%€351$393
Nauru [+]201967
75
62.84%€5,549$6,213
New Zealand [+]201959,955
67,126
31.80%€12,025$13,463
Oman [+]201941,266
46,201
52.46%€8,936$10,005
Panama [+]201925,066
28,064
41.90%€5,941$6,652
Peru [+]201955,877
62,560
26.93%€1,739$1,947
Papua New Guinea [+]20198,880
9,942
40.17%€1,032$1,156
Philippines [+]2019124,418
139,298
36.97%€1,160$1,298
Pakistan [+]2019222,262
248,845
77.51%€1,039$1,163
Poland [+]2019245,729
272,364
45.70%€6,474$7,175
State of Palestine [+]20195,275
5,906
34.47%€1,060$1,187
Palau [+]201977
86
30.49%€4,267$4,778
Paraguay [+]20198,729
9,773
25.78%€1,220$1,366
Qatar [+]201997,808
109,505
62.09%€34,944$39,123
Romania [+]201977,964
91,946
35.10%€4,034$4,757
Serbia [+]201924,681
27,632
53.64%€3,563$3,989
Russia [+]2019208,218
233,120
13.75%€1,419$1,589
Rwanda [+]20194,608
5,159
49.82%€359$402
Saudi Arabia [+]2019161,414
180,719
22.49%€4,717$5,281
Solomon Islands [+]2019115
129
7.95%€172$192
Seychelles [+]2019815
912
54.21%€8,346$9,344
Sudan [+]201960,062
67,245
200.35%€1,389$1,555
Sweden [+]2019171,979
186,294
35.60%€16,652$18,038
Singapore [+]2019429,682
481,071
128.20%€75,330$84,339
Slovenia [+]201931,752
35,549
65.40%€15,150$16,961
Slovakia [+]201945,306
50,692
48.00%€8,301$9,288
Sierra Leone [+]20192,636
2,952
72.45%€337$378
San Marino [+]2019829
928
57.41%€23,866$26,709
Senegal [+]201913,290
14,880
63.58%€816$913
Suriname [+]20193,033
3,396
85.24%€5,072$5,679
South Sudan [+]20191,335
1,494
28.09%€128$143
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2019276
308
71.57%€1,284$1,437
El Salvador [+]201917,126
19,174
71.33%€2,654$2,971
Syria [+]200912,083
16,835
31.21%€573$798
Eswatini [+]20191,590
1,780
39.51%€1,360$1,522
Chad [+]20195,138
5,752
52.33%€322$361
Togo [+]20193,377
3,780
52.35%€418$468
Thailand [+]2019198,531
222,275
41.06%€2,851$3,192
Tajikistan [+]20193,192
3,574
43.05%€342$383
Timor-Leste [+]2019207
193
9.43%€160$149
Turkmenistan [+]20197,234
8,099
15.29%€1,175$1,315
Tunisia [+]201925,751
28,831
69.02%€2,185$2,447
Tonga [+]2019189
211
41.32%€1,888$2,113
Türkiye [+]2019221,259
247,721
32.62%€2,661$2,979
Trinidad and Tobago [+]20199,688
10,846
45.41%€6,945$7,775
Tuvalu [+]20196
6
11.53%€508$569
Taiwan [+]2019178,711
200,084
32.73%€7,572$8,477
Tanzania [+]201921,202
23,738
39.04%€354$396
Ukraine [+]201969,451
77,757
50.49%€1,664$1,863
Uganda [+]201912,795
14,326
37.64%€321$360
Uruguay [+]201933,243
37,219
61.00%€9,696$10,856
Uzbekistan [+]201915,175
16,989
28.36%€456$511
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2019554
620
68.12%€5,278$5,909
Venezuela [+]201726,663
30,110
133.61%€872$985
Viet Nam [+]2019120,920
135,382
41.29%€1,253$1,403
Vanuatu [+]2019375
419
45.10%€1,283$1,436
Samoa [+]2019361
405
44.29%€1,834$2,054
Yemen [+]201914,961
16,750
76.53%€480$537
South Africa [+]2019195,045
218,371
56.22%€3,318$3,715
Zambia [+]201920,764
23,247
99.73%€1,133$1,269
Zimbabwe [+]201919,145
174,699
93.21%€1,247$11,378
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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.