General government gross debt

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CountriesDateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
United States [+]202124,894,852
29,463,730
128.13%€74,943$88,697
United Kingdom [+]20212,568,034
3,039,338
95.35%€38,283$45,308
Germany [+]20212,495,538
2,968,690
69.00%€29,981$35,665
France [+]20212,826,726
3,329,379
113.00%€41,596$48,992
Japan [+]202110,801,508
12,783,844
255.07%€86,063$101,858
Spain [+]20211,428,133
1,690,788
116.80%€30,074$35,605
Italy [+]20212,680,558
3,169,955
147.10%€45,410$53,701
Portugal [+]2021269,089
318,643
124.50%€25,994$30,781
Greece [+]2021353,910
431,474
195.00%€33,835$41,251
Ireland [+]2021236,127
279,136
54.40%€46,665$55,165
Andorra [+]20211,367
1,616
48.51%€17,181$20,317
United Arab Emirates [+]2021123,207
145,819
34.74%€12,890$15,256
Afghanistan [+]20201,305
1,490
7.40%€40$45
Antigua and Barbuda [+]20211,270
1,504
96.32%€12,832$15,188
Albania [+]202111,430
13,527
75.22%€4,091$4,842
Armenia [+]20217,090
8,391
60.25%€2,540$3,007
Angola [+]202154,889
64,963
86.41%€1,591$1,883
Argentina [+]2021332,819
393,900
80.93%€7,265$8,599
Austria [+]2021334,284
395,707
82.50%€37,230$44,071
Australia [+]2021806,601
954,634
58.38%€31,304$37,049
Azerbaijan [+]202112,206
14,446
26.45%€1,202$1,422
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]20216,995
8,279
35.43%€2,009$2,378
Barbados [+]20215,819
6,887
135.40%€20,692$24,490
Bangladesh [+]2021125,026
147,971
35.55%€738$874
Belgium [+]2021548,378
649,405
107.90%€47,202$55,898
Burkina Faso [+]20218,449
10,000
52.37%€382$452
Bulgaria [+]202117,013
19,143
23.90%€2,488$2,799
Bahrain [+]202142,203
49,948
127.13%€28,381$33,590
Burundi [+]20211,885
2,231
66.56%€154$182
Benin [+]20217,468
8,838
49.94%€574$679
Brunei [+]2021297
352
2.51%€692$819
Bolivia [+]202127,677
32,756
80.48%€2,291$2,712
Brazil [+]20211,263,790
1,495,729
93.01%€6,256$7,404
Bahamas [+]20218,590
10,167
103.31%€21,060$24,925
Bhutan [+]20212,732
3,234
132.42%€3,628$4,294
Botswana [+]20213,000
3,551
19.53%€1,159$1,372
Belarus [+]202123,733
28,089
41.18%€2,538$3,004
Belize [+]20211,685
1,994
82.21%€3,919$4,638
Canada [+]20211,895,959
2,243,918
112.85%€49,581$58,680
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]20217,719
9,136
15.94%€81$95
Central African Republic [+]20211,040
1,230
47.61%€211$250
Republic of the Congo [+]202111,070
13,101
103.64%€1,897$2,245
Switzerland [+]2021284,328
336,510
42.07%€32,536$38,508
Côte d'Ivoire [+]202130,871
36,537
50.85%€1,123$1,330
Chile [+]202197,134
114,960
36.29%€4,983$5,897
Cameroon [+]202117,464
20,669
45.54%€642$759
China [+]202110,779,312
12,757,574
71.84%€7,631$9,031
Colombia [+]2021171,615
203,111
64.60%€3,362$3,979
Costa Rica [+]202137,115
43,927
68.19%€7,165$8,480
Cabo Verde [+]20212,575
3,047
147.58%€4,380$5,183
Cyprus [+]202124,741
28,725
99.30%€27,347$31,751
Czechia [+]2021103,256
118,395
42.00%€9,818$11,258
Djibouti [+]20211,309
1,550
45.95%€1,307$1,546
Denmark [+]2021123,539
145,899
36.00%€21,034$24,841
Dominica [+]2021493
583
102.65%€6,802$8,050
Dominican Republic [+]202150,469
59,731
63.06%€4,539$5,373
Algeria [+]202186,594
102,486
62.99%€1,960$2,320
Ecuador [+]202155,828
66,074
62.24%€3,144$3,721
Estonia [+]20215,534
6,551
17.80%€4,155$4,919
Egypt [+]2021318,902
377,429
89.20%€3,123$3,697
Eritrea [+]20203,325
3,794
179.66%€935$1,067
Ethiopia [+]202144,412
52,562
52.95%€445$527
Finland [+]2021181,944
196,952
72.60%€32,793$35,498
Fiji [+]20213,127
3,701
82.99%€3,382$4,003
Federated States of Micronesia [+]202153
63
15.49%€471$557
Gabon [+]202111,249
13,313
65.77%€4,805$5,687
Grenada [+]2021663
785
69.89%€5,868$6,946
Georgia [+]20217,819
9,254
49.50%€2,120$2,509
Ghana [+]202154,926
65,007
82.12%€1,750$2,071
The Gambia [+]20211,436
1,700
83.11%€544$644
Guinea [+]20215,804
6,869
42.54%€429$508
Equatorial Guinea [+]20214,437
5,252
42.81%€2,715$3,213
Guatemala [+]202122,355
26,458
30.78%€1,307$1,546
Guinea-Bissau [+]20211,149
1,359
78.80%€557$660
Guyana [+]20212,797
3,310
42.90%€3,477$4,115
Hong Kong [+]20216,776
8,019
2.13%€915$1,083
Honduras [+]202112,091
14,310
50.23%€1,195$1,414
Croatia [+]202145,744
54,026
77.50%€11,844$13,988
Haiti [+]20214,302
5,092
24.23%€376$445
Hungary [+]2021114,673
139,916
76.70%€11,835$14,441
Indonesia [+]2021412,866
488,638
41.16%€1,517$1,795
Israel [+]2021280,621
332,122
67.82%€29,959$35,457
India [+]20212,229,308
2,638,439
83.75%€1,584$1,874
Iraq [+]2021103,203
122,144
59.08%€2,371$2,806
Iran [+]2021569,625
674,167
42.40%€6,714$7,946
Iceland [+]202116,312
19,306
75.43%€43,355$51,312
Jamaica [+]202112,347
14,613
92.35%€4,506$5,333
Jordan [+]202135,172
41,627
92.14%€3,425$4,054
Kenya [+]202163,344
74,970
67.83%€1,195$1,414
Kyrgyzstan [+]20214,409
5,218
61.12%€663$784
Cambodia [+]20218,075
9,557
35.93%€510$604
Kiribati [+]202133
39
17.08%€257$304
Comoros [+]2021277
328
25.51%€301$356
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]2021502
594
69.11%€10,537$12,470
South Korea [+]2021785,435
929,584
51.33%€15,182$17,968
Kuwait [+]202110,022
11,861
8.63%€2,104$2,490
Kazakhstan [+]202141,804
49,476
25.10%€2,186$2,587
Laos [+]202114,462
17,117
92.36%€1,948$2,305
Lebanon [+]202160,532
71,641
349.88%€10,823$12,810
Saint Lucia [+]20211,372
1,624
92.20%€7,623$9,022
Sri Lanka [+]202177,496
91,719
103.08%€3,498$4,140
Liberia [+]20211,580
1,870
53.31%€304$360
Lesotho [+]20211,115
1,319
53.52%€489$578
Lithuania [+]202124,536
29,273
43.40%€8,744$10,432
Luxembourg [+]202117,731
20,987
24.50%€27,473$32,519
Latvia [+]202114,809
17,775
44.40%€7,895$9,476
Libya [+]201412,162
16,161
36.39%€1,943$2,582
Morocco [+]202183,220
98,493
68.94%€2,292$2,712
Moldova [+]20213,828
4,530
33.14%€1,470$1,740
Montenegro [+]20214,243
5,022
85.63%€6,869$8,131
Madagascar [+]20216,412
7,589
53.13%€222$262
Marshall Islands [+]202143
51
19.78%€979$1,159
North Macedonia [+]20216,243
7,389
53.20%€3,399$4,022
Mali [+]20218,406
9,948
51.95%€384$454
Myanmar [+]202027,964
31,914
39.28%€523$597
Mongolia [+]202110,302
12,193
79.77%€3,021$3,576
Mauritania [+]20214,318
5,111
51.66%€936$1,107
Malta [+]20218,263
9,805
53.90%€15,861$18,820
Mauritius [+]20219,341
11,055
93.55%€7,390$8,746
Maldives [+]20215,463
6,466
119.92%€10,477$12,400
Malawi [+]20216,483
7,672
63.93%€326$386
Mexico [+]2021631,134
746,964
57.56%€4,981$5,895
Malaysia [+]2021217,529
257,452
69.02%€6,652$7,873
Mozambique [+]202114,179
16,782
106.37%€442$523
Namibia [+]20217,482
8,856
71.96%€2,934$3,473
Niger [+]20216,473
7,661
51.21%€256$303
Nigeria [+]2021136,171
161,162
36.51%€638$755
Nicaragua [+]20215,527
6,541
46.24%€807$955
Netherlands [+]2021449,659
530,350
51.70%€25,562$30,150
Norway [+]2021176,861
209,319
43.41%€32,599$38,582
Nepal [+]202113,505
15,984
43.29%€454$537
Nauru [+]202130
36
27.06%€2,409$2,851
New Zealand [+]202199,898
118,232
47.41%€19,542$23,128
Oman [+]202145,652
54,031
62.92%€10,084$11,935
Panama [+]202131,403
37,166
58.43%€7,241$8,570
Peru [+]202169,401
82,137
36.35%€2,058$2,436
Papua New Guinea [+]202111,600
13,729
52.14%€985$1,165
Philippines [+]2021189,635
224,438
56.95%€1,721$2,037
Pakistan [+]2021220,393
260,842
74.91%€990$1,172
Poland [+]2021306,938
365,276
53.60%€8,320$9,902
State of Palestine [+]20217,678
9,088
50.38%€1,469$1,739
Palau [+]2021139
164
70.68%€7,698$9,111
Paraguay [+]202112,372
14,642
37.72%€1,683$1,991
Qatar [+]202188,600
104,860
58.36%€32,241$38,159
Romania [+]2021116,456
145,994
48.50%€6,116$7,667
Serbia [+]202130,828
36,486
57.85%€4,535$5,368
Russia [+]2021255,354
302,218
16.99%€1,754$2,076
Rwanda [+]20216,225
7,368
66.58%€462$547
Saudi Arabia [+]2021211,341
250,128
30.01%€6,865$8,125
Solomon Islands [+]2021200
237
15.36%€283$335
Seychelles [+]2021897
1,061
72.85%€9,035$10,694
Sudan [+]202155,224
65,359
187.88%€1,210$1,432
Sweden [+]2021196,376
232,686
36.70%€18,788$22,262
Singapore [+]2021549,739
650,630
159.87%€100,795$119,294
Slovenia [+]202138,879
45,990
74.40%€18,450$21,825
Slovakia [+]202161,238
72,501
61.10%€11,268$13,340
Sierra Leone [+]20212,779
3,289
79.29%€341$404
San Marino [+]20211,276
1,510
81.32%€37,866$44,816
Senegal [+]202117,085
20,221
73.16%€1,012$1,198
Suriname [+]20213,031
3,587
125.70%€4,969$5,881
South Sudan [+]20212,633
3,116
52.50%€245$290
Sao Tome and Principe [+]2020340
388
81.37%€1,556$1,775
El Salvador [+]202120,016
23,690
82.44%€3,170$3,752
Syria [+]200912,083
16,835
31.21%€573$798
Eswatini [+]20211,837
2,174
45.01%€1,541$1,823
Chad [+]20215,577
6,601
55.96%€325$384
Togo [+]20214,548
5,382
64.55%€526$622
Thailand [+]2021246,704
291,981
58.38%€3,527$4,174
Tajikistan [+]20213,178
3,761
42.10%€326$386
Timor-Leste [+]2021465
237
6.53%€352$179
Turkmenistan [+]20215,823
6,891
11.08%€918$1,087
Tunisia [+]202132,369
38,310
81.79%€2,640$3,124
Tonga [+]2021189
223
47.55%€1,780$2,107
Türkiye [+]2021288,754
341,749
41.80%€3,410$4,036
Trinidad and Tobago [+]202111,947
14,140
60.59%€8,491$10,050
Tuvalu [+]20216
7
11.54%€509$602
Taiwan [+]2021185,635
219,703
28.36%€7,942$9,399
Tanzania [+]202124,161
28,595
40.67%€380$450
Ukraine [+]202180,303
95,040
47.59%€1,959$2,318
Uganda [+]202118,789
22,237
51.76%€443$524
Uruguay [+]202132,603
38,587
65.08%€9,516$11,262
Uzbekistan [+]202120,906
24,743
35.75%€605$716
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]2021658
779
88.42%€6,307$7,464
Venezuela [+]201726,663
30,110
133.61%€872$985
Viet Nam [+]2021122,876
145,427
39.71%€1,247$1,476
Vanuatu [+]2020414
472
47.53%€1,371$1,564
Samoa [+]2021330
391
46.30%€1,650$1,953
Yemen [+]202112,114
14,337
74.43%€371$439
South Africa [+]2021244,148
288,955
68.98%€4,059$4,804
Zambia [+]202121,455
25,393
119.14%€1,102$1,304
Zimbabwe [+]202118,175
1,905,210
59.77%€1,136$119,124
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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.