Countries by Government Debt

Global country ranking by government debt with latest available values, source notes, country links and economic context from World Bank / public data.
INDICATOR: Government Debt
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-07 11:20:34

Full ranking · Government Debt

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

Ranking interpretation

context

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

Production version: ranking tables should show source timestamp, latest available year and fallback status.

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.

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