General government gross debt

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CountriesDateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
United States [+]202024,630,630
28,110,495
134.54%€74,360$84,866
United Kingdom [+]20202,480,377
2,830,810
102.61%€36,976$42,200
Germany [+]20202,340,849
2,641,029
68.80%€28,150$31,760
France [+]20202,662,105
3,022,228
114.90%€39,347$44,670
Japan [+]202011,437,715
13,053,658
259.43%€90,884$103,725
Spain [+]20201,345,786
1,535,918
120.30%€28,393$32,404
Italy [+]20202,574,153
2,937,052
155.00%€43,456$49,582
Portugal [+]2020270,495
308,694
134.90%€26,266$29,975
Greece [+]2020341,588
400,857
207.00%€31,988$37,538
Ireland [+]2020217,885
248,661
58.10%€43,522$49,669
Andorra [+]20201,173
1,337
46.33%€15,039$17,139
United Arab Emirates [+]2020124,747
142,372
39.67%€12,613$14,396
Afghanistan [+]20201,305
1,490
7.40%€40$45
Antigua and Barbuda [+]20201,218
1,390
101.48%€12,428$14,184
Albania [+]202010,086
11,511
75.93%€3,564$4,068
Armenia [+]20207,031
8,024
63.48%€2,373$2,708
Angola [+]202069,539
79,364
136.54%€2,080$2,374
Argentina [+]2020350,411
399,918
102.79%€7,722$8,813
Austria [+]2020315,939
360,644
82.90%€35,369$40,374
Australia [+]2020680,951
777,157
57.24%€26,559$30,312
Azerbaijan [+]20207,978
9,105
21.33%€788$900
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]20206,386
7,288
36.53%€1,831$2,090
Barbados [+]20205,821
6,644
147.02%€20,212$23,068
Bangladesh [+]2020111,970
127,790
34.18%€680$776
Belgium [+]2020515,219
588,083
111.90%€44,589$50,895
Burkina Faso [+]20207,061
8,058
46.37%€338$385
Bulgaria [+]202015,132
16,311
24.60%€2,188$2,358
Bahrain [+]202039,471
45,047
129.73%€26,814$30,603
Burundi [+]20201,784
2,036
65.97%€150$171
Benin [+]20206,337
7,232
46.14%€522$595
Brunei [+]2020300
343
2.86%€662$755
Bolivia [+]202025,208
28,769
77.97%€2,112$2,410
Brazil [+]20201,252,497
1,429,452
98.68%€5,915$6,750
Bahamas [+]20207,434
8,484
74.96%€19,110$21,810
Bhutan [+]20202,777
3,169
130.89%€3,727$4,254
Botswana [+]20202,578
2,942
19.03%€1,096$1,251
Belarus [+]202025,514
29,119
47.49%€2,711$3,094
Belize [+]20201,848
2,109
104.49%€4,390$5,011
Canada [+]20201,697,712
1,937,568
117.76%€44,643$50,950
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]20207,036
8,030
16.49%€78$88
Central African Republic [+]2020909
1,037
43.42%€188$215
Republic of the Congo [+]202010,317
11,774
113.98%€2,203$2,515
Switzerland [+]2020280,595
320,238
43.33%€32,363$36,935
Côte d'Ivoire [+]202025,615
29,234
47.58%€955$1,090
Chile [+]202072,081
82,265
32.60%€3,704$4,228
Cameroon [+]202016,061
18,330
44.86%€605$691
China [+]20208,863,574
10,115,837
68.06%€6,277$7,164
Colombia [+]2020155,569
177,548
65.66%€3,088$3,525
Costa Rica [+]202036,573
41,740
67.17%€7,132$8,140
Cabo Verde [+]20202,379
2,715
145.13%€4,083$4,660
Cyprus [+]202025,384
28,363
114.90%€28,330$31,655
Czechia [+]202081,923
92,600
37.70%€7,806$8,823
Djibouti [+]20201,226
1,399
43.99%€1,241$1,416
Denmark [+]2020131,860
149,921
42.30%€22,579$25,671
Dominica [+]2020522
596
114.53%€7,256$8,281
Dominican Republic [+]202049,440
56,425
71.49%€4,495$5,130
Algeria [+]202066,377
75,755
52.27%€1,528$1,743
Ecuador [+]202052,977
60,462
60.89%€3,025$3,453
Estonia [+]20205,094
5,818
18.60%€3,830$4,374
Egypt [+]2020285,937
326,335
85.31%€2,842$3,244
Eritrea [+]20203,325
3,794
179.66%€935$1,067
Ethiopia [+]202045,455
51,877
53.70%€468$534
Finland [+]2020177,906
187,378
74.70%€32,149$33,861
Fiji [+]20202,701
3,083
63.09%€3,001$3,425
Federated States of Micronesia [+]202066
75
18.46%€586$669
Gabon [+]202010,521
12,008
78.28%€4,589$5,238
Grenada [+]2020653
745
71.41%€5,776$6,592
Georgia [+]20208,357
9,538
60.19%€2,241$2,558
Ghana [+]202048,499
55,351
79.06%€1,576$1,798
The Gambia [+]20201,361
1,554
85.89%€529$604
Guinea [+]20205,900
6,733
47.49%€447$510
Equatorial Guinea [+]20204,281
4,886
48.38%€2,682$3,061
Guatemala [+]202021,436
24,464
31.52%€1,193$1,361
Guinea-Bissau [+]20201,021
1,165
76.51%€507$578
Guyana [+]20202,449
2,795
51.08%€3,072$3,506
Hong Kong [+]20203,074
3,508
1.00%€414$472
Honduras [+]202010,944
12,490
52.42%€1,101$1,256
Croatia [+]202043,781
49,960
86.10%€10,847$12,378
Haiti [+]20202,713
3,097
21.35%€240$274
Hungary [+]2020105,507
124,705
79.30%€10,843$12,816
Indonesia [+]2020370,045
422,326
39.76%€1,370$1,563
Israel [+]2020255,846
291,992
70.65%€27,767$31,690
India [+]20202,084,533
2,379,040
89.18%€1,493$1,704
Iraq [+]2020125,059
142,727
84.23%€2,939$3,354
Iran [+]2020375,141
428,142
44.08%€4,464$5,095
Iceland [+]202014,667
16,740
77.16%€39,771$45,390
Jamaica [+]202013,221
15,089
108.07%€4,831$5,513
Jordan [+]202033,732
38,498
87.98%€3,306$3,773
Kenya [+]202060,095
68,585
67.95%€1,156$1,319
Kyrgyzstan [+]20204,619
5,271
67.65%€709$809
Cambodia [+]20207,762
8,859
35.17%€495$565
Kiribati [+]202030
35
19.02%€255$291
Comoros [+]2020256
293
24.02%€286$326
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]2020489
558
56.85%€10,257$11,706
South Korea [+]2020701,780
800,929
48.70%€13,538$15,451
Kuwait [+]202010,867
12,402
11.71%€2,326$2,655
Kazakhstan [+]202039,510
45,092
26.36%€2,093$2,389
Laos [+]202013,431
15,328
82.75%€1,846$2,107
Lebanon [+]202032,318
36,884
150.58%€5,707$6,513
Saint Lucia [+]20201,324
1,512
96.90%€7,399$8,444
Sri Lanka [+]202071,564
81,675
95.70%€3,265$3,726
Liberia [+]20201,561
1,781
58.66%€309$352
Lesotho [+]2020978
1,116
54.19%€434$495
Lithuania [+]202023,063
26,319
46.20%€8,249$9,414
Luxembourg [+]202015,876
18,141
24.60%€25,012$28,580
Latvia [+]202012,869
14,551
42.70%€6,798$7,686
Libya [+]201412,162
16,161
36.39%€1,943$2,582
Morocco [+]202076,819
87,672
72.25%€2,137$2,439
Moldova [+]20203,701
4,224
36.63%€1,425$1,626
Montenegro [+]20204,493
5,127
107.35%€7,238$8,260
Madagascar [+]20205,814
6,635
50.82%€206$235
Marshall Islands [+]202046
53
21.62%€844$964
North Macedonia [+]20205,518
6,297
51.88%€2,667$3,044
Mali [+]20207,254
8,279
47.34%€342$390
Myanmar [+]202027,964
31,914
39.28%€523$597
Mongolia [+]202011,359
12,963
97.37%€3,383$3,860
Mauritania [+]20204,212
4,807
55.82%€936$1,069
Malta [+]20206,974
7,965
52.20%€13,513$15,433
Mauritius [+]20209,624
10,984
99.18%€7,602$8,676
Maldives [+]20205,054
5,768
154.39%€9,824$11,212
Malawi [+]20205,687
6,491
54.79%€294$335
Mexico [+]2020574,367
655,515
60.15%€4,495$5,130
Malaysia [+]2020200,318
228,619
67.72%€6,148$7,016
Mozambique [+]202014,881
16,983
119.96%€477$545
Namibia [+]20206,175
7,048
66.61%€2,466$2,815
Niger [+]20205,424
6,190
44.99%€223$254
Nigeria [+]2020129,758
148,091
34.49%€623$711
Nicaragua [+]20205,299
6,048
48.05%€816$931
Netherlands [+]2020435,475
496,224
54.70%€24,919$28,396
Norway [+]2020148,529
169,513
46.80%€27,549$31,442
Nepal [+]202012,553
14,327
42.44%€428$488
Nauru [+]202061
70
61.38%€5,111$5,833
New Zealand [+]202079,607
90,854
43.16%€15,652$17,864
Oman [+]202045,164
51,545
69.68%€10,161$11,596
Panama [+]202031,007
35,388
65.56%€7,246$8,270
Peru [+]202063,092
72,005
34.99%€1,934$2,207
Papua New Guinea [+]202010,172
11,609
47.06%€1,158$1,322
Philippines [+]2020163,677
186,801
51.64%€1,505$1,717
Pakistan [+]2020209,416
239,003
79.56%€960$1,095
Poland [+]2020293,230
342,739
57.20%€7,749$9,058
State of Palestine [+]20206,407
7,313
47.08%€1,256$1,434
Palau [+]2020118
135
52.36%€6,572$7,500
Paraguay [+]202011,456
13,074
36.90%€1,579$1,803
Qatar [+]202091,881
104,862
72.61%€34,233$39,069
Romania [+]2020102,412
123,866
46.70%€5,333$6,451
Serbia [+]202027,437
31,313
58.71%€3,993$4,557
Russia [+]2020249,777
285,066
19.20%€1,709$1,950
Rwanda [+]20205,852
6,679
65.57%€445$508
Saudi Arabia [+]2020199,705
227,919
32.40%€5,704$6,510
Solomon Islands [+]2020184
210
13.65%€266$303
Seychelles [+]2020938
1,071
84.85%€9,529$10,875
Sudan [+]202083,122
94,866
275.23%€1,870$2,135
Sweden [+]2020201,713
214,578
40.20%€19,434$20,674
Singapore [+]2020462,798
528,183
151.95%€81,393$92,892
Slovenia [+]202037,424
42,710
79.60%€17,745$20,252
Slovakia [+]202054,993
62,784
58.80%€10,072$11,499
Sierra Leone [+]20202,715
3,098
76.33%€340$388
San Marino [+]2020969
1,106
71.65%€27,841$31,774
Senegal [+]202014,868
16,969
69.17%€888$1,013
Suriname [+]20203,692
4,213
146.10%€6,123$6,988
South Sudan [+]20202,342
2,673
49.94%€221$252
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2020340
388
81.37%€1,556$1,775
El Salvador [+]202019,242
21,960
89.40%€2,967$3,386
Syria [+]200912,083
16,835
31.21%€573$798
Eswatini [+]20201,470
1,678
41.40%€1,245$1,421
Chad [+]20205,096
5,816
54.22%€306$349
Togo [+]20204,007
4,573
60.28%€484$552
Thailand [+]2020219,774
250,825
49.47%€3,149$3,593
Tajikistan [+]20203,594
4,102
50.43%€377$430
Timor-Leste [+]2020261
218
10.11%€201$168
Turkmenistan [+]20206,115
6,979
13.12%€978$1,117
Tunisia [+]202030,864
35,224
82.85%€2,538$2,896
Tonga [+]2020187
214
43.62%€1,871$2,135
Türkiye [+]2020250,181
285,527
39.65%€2,992$3,415
Trinidad and Tobago [+]202011,436
13,052
59.27%€8,174$9,329
Tuvalu [+]20205
6
12.27%€494$564
Taiwan [+]2020191,155
218,161
32.60%€8,113$9,259
Tanzania [+]202022,870
26,101
40.53%€371$423
Ukraine [+]202083,007
94,734
60.57%€2,004$2,287
Uganda [+]202015,227
17,378
46.32%€369$422
Uruguay [+]202032,139
36,680
68.31%€9,372$10,697
Uzbekistan [+]202019,743
22,533
37.62%€582$665
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2020605
691
79.25%€5,786$6,603
Venezuela [+]201726,663
30,110
133.61%€872$985
Viet Nam [+]2020125,208
142,898
41.67%€1,283$1,464
Vanuatu [+]2020414
472
47.53%€1,371$1,564
Samoa [+]2020329
375
43.19%€1,660$1,895
Yemen [+]202013,867
15,826
83.96%€434$496
South Africa [+]2020204,058
232,888
69.00%€3,423$3,906
Zambia [+]202022,250
25,394
140.21%€1,176$1,342
Zimbabwe [+]202019,889
1,164,360
84.37%€1,269$74,307
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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.