Countries by Government Debt

Compare countries by government debt using latest available economic data, ranking tables, country links and source notes.
INDICATOR: Government Debt
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T18:54:54+02:00

Full ranking · Government Debt

GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Singapore 175.61 high open
2 United Kingdom 131.07 high open
3 United States 117.97 high open
4 Bahrain 111.6 high open
5 Spain 105.64 high open
6 Jordan 102.85 medium open
7 Israel 88.24 medium open
8 Egypt 85.79 medium open
9 Hungary 82.03 medium open
10 Brazil 81.86 medium open
11 Iceland 80.16 medium open
12 South Africa 79.45 medium open
13 Italy 77.29 lower open
14 Denmark 75.33 lower open
15 Colombia 71.48 lower open
16 Canada 64.89 lower open
17 Malaysia 64.57 lower open
18 Thailand 62.2 lower open
19 Poland 60.45 lower open
20 Ukraine 58.72 lower open
21 Finland 58.31 lower open
22 Australia 57.88 lower open
23 Pakistan 55.03 lower open
24 Netherlands 54.21 lower open
25 New Zealand 52.25 lower open
26 Morocco 51.23 lower open
27 Mexico 49.57 lower open
28 South Korea 48.55 lower open
29 India 46.52 lower open
30 Philippines 43.43 lower open
31 Tunisia 42.52 lower open
32 Peru 35.25 lower open
33 Ethiopia 31.45 lower open
34 Bangladesh 31.2 lower open
35 Norway 30.75 lower open
36 Indonesia 30 lower open
37 Turkey 26.62 lower open
38 Switzerland 23.07 lower open
39 Kazakhstan 20.89 lower open
40 Germany 20.85 lower open
41 Russia 17.95 lower open
42 Slovenia 16.24 lower open
43 Czech Republic 14 lower open
44 Chile 13.15 lower open
45 Latvia 7.45 lower open
46 Portugal 5.66 lower open
47 Luxembourg 2.9 lower open
48 United Arab Emirates 1.8 lower open

Ranking interpretation

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This ranking uses the latest available value in the local indicator dataset.

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Countries by Government Debt: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Debt for Germany. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: government debt by country, global government debt ranking, country ranking government debt.