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Government debt around the world

Government debt, 2025: highest in Libya, at 153.8% of GDP, and lowest in Brunei, at 1.6% of GDP, of 149 countries with a value.

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% of GDP · IMF

Government debt around the worldGovernment debt, 2025: highest in Libya, at 153.8% of GDP, and lowest in Brunei, at 1.6% of GDP, of 149 countries with a value.
IndiaChinaUnited StatesIndonesiaPakistanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

Every country, by its latest figure

% of GDP · IMF

#CountryLatestYear
1Lebanon357.52021
2Eritrea260.42019
3Japan213.62024
4Sudan191.32021
5Singapore165.82024
6Libya153.82025
7Greece146.62025
8Italy137.12025
9Bahrain133.72024
10Maldives129.42025
11Senegal127.72025
12Cape Verde127.12024
13United States124.42025
14France115.52025
15Canada113.62025
16Bhutan108.72024
17Belgium107.92025
18St. Vincent & Grenadines107.72025
19Ukraine107.12025
20United Kingdom102.12025
21Zambia100.62025
22Spain100.52025
23Congo - Brazzaville100.42025
24Dominica99.92025
25China98.62025
26Suriname96.92025
27Sri Lanka96.82025
28Malawi96.62025
29Barbados96.22025
30Brazil93.32025
31Egypt90.92024
32Mozambique90.82023
33Portugal89.72025
34Laos88.82025
35Finland88.42025
36El Salvador87.62025
37Mauritius86.82025
38India84.82024
39Gabon84.22025
40Jordan83.62025
41Bolivia83.32025
42Guinea-Bissau82.42024
43Tunisia81.72025
44Trinidad & Tobago812024
45Argentina80.12025
46Austria802024
47Fiji78.82024
48Gambia77.42023
49St. Lucia76.82025
50South Africa762024
51Hungary74.62025
52Bahamas73.12024
53Pakistan72.82025
54Aruba72.52024
55Kenya71.32025
56Malaysia70.52025
57Antigua & Barbuda70.22025
58Grenada69.42025
59Israel67.92025
60Namibia67.62025
61Belize66.92025
62Morocco66.62025
63Jamaica662025
64Uruguay65.62025
65Slovenia65.12025
66Togo64.92025
67Rwanda64.72025
68South Sudan64.22025
69San Marino63.82024
70Montenegro63.52025
71Thailand62.92024
72Germany62.72025
73Mexico61.72025
74Slovakia61.42025
75Romania60.52025
76Costa Rica60.42025
77Palau60.12024
78Colombia59.92025
79Poland59.72025
80Benin59.32025
81Philippines59.12025
82São Tomé & Príncipe59.12025
83Dominican Republic592025
84St. Kitts & Nevis58.72025
85Côte d’Ivoire57.22025
86Iceland56.72025
87Panama56.62025
88Croatia56.32025
89Liberia55.12025
90Cyprus552025
91New Zealand54.72025
92Ecuador54.52025
93Norway542025
94Albania53.82025
95Uganda53.22025
96Burkina Faso53.22025
97Angola52.92025
98Iraq52.82025
99North Macedonia52.62025
100Algeria52.12025
101Australia51.92025
102Papua New Guinea51.62025
103Sierra Leone51.42025
104Seychelles51.22025
105South Korea49.62024
106Lesotho49.42025
107Ghana48.82025
108Tanzania47.82023
109Madagascar47.82025
110Nepal47.42025
111Armenia46.92025
112Latvia46.92025
113Malta46.22025
114Niger45.52025
115Mongolia452025
116Eswatini44.82025
117Netherlands44.72025
118Czechia44.22025
119Central African Republic42.62025
120Qatar42.52025
121Serbia42.22025
122Bangladesh422025
123Burundi422025
124Chile41.52025
125Indonesia40.92025
126Cameroon40.52025
127Mauritania40.42025
128Honduras40.32025
129Mali40.32025
130Switzerland40.12025
131Lithuania39.52025
132Kyrgyzstan39.52025
133Moldova39.22025
134Paraguay38.22025
135Zimbabwe382025
136Myanmar (Burma)37.62019
137Guinea36.32025
138Vanuatu36.22025
139Nigeria36.12025
140Equatorial Guinea352024
141Ireland34.82025
142Oman34.72025
143Nicaragua34.62025
144Sweden34.62025
145Georgia34.32025
146United Arab Emirates33.92025
147Ethiopia33.52024
148Chad33.32025
149Saudi Arabia31.82025
150Tonga31.72024
151Djibouti31.32025
152Belarus31.32025
153Iran31.22024
154Syria31.22009
155Comoros30.52025
156Vietnam30.52025
157Botswana30.52024
158Andorra30.32025
159Peru30.12025
160Bulgaria29.92025
161Guyana28.92025
162Bosnia & Herzegovina28.82025
163Uzbekistan28.62025
164Denmark27.42025
165Guatemala26.72025
166Solomon Islands26.62024
167Luxembourg26.52025
168Cambodia25.52025
169Kazakhstan24.42024
170Estonia242025
171Türkiye23.72025
172Taiwan23.62025
173Samoa21.22025
174Azerbaijan20.12025
175Tajikistan18.62025
176Kosovo17.52025
177Congo - Kinshasa17.22023
178Russia16.62025
179Puerto Rico16.62023
180Nauru16.52024
181Haiti15.12024
182Marshall Islands14.32024
183Timor-Leste13.62024
184Micronesia12.82023
185Hong Kong SAR China12.12025
186Kiribati8.92024
187Afghanistan7.62025
188Turkmenistan3.12025
189Kuwait2.92024
190Tuvalu2.82025
191Brunei1.62025
192Liechtenstein0.52024

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Good to know

  • What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • The chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.

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