Countries by public debt (% of GDP)

Did you know Japan's public debt exceeds 250% of its GDP, yet it still functions as a global economic anchor? Debt ratios tell a complicated — and often counterintuitive — story about fiscal risk.

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Values shown in % of GDP.

Countries by public debt (% of GDP)
Rank	Country	% of GDP
1	Japan	2.37
2	Venezuela	1.64
3	Greece	1.51
4	Italy	1.35
5	United States	1.21
6	France	1.13
7	Canada	1.11
8	Belgium	1.04
9	Spain	1.02
10	United Kingdom	1.01
11	Portugal	0.95
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.93
13	Mauritius	0.91
14	Egypt	0.91
15	Ukraine	0.9
16	El Salvador	0.88
17	Brazil	0.87
18	Finland	0.83
19	India	0.81
20	Austria	0.81
21	Hungary	0.73
22	Yemen	0.71
23	Malaysia	0.7
24	Israel	0.68
25	Slovenia	0.67
26	Cyprus	0.65
27	Germany	0.64
28	Montenegro	0.63
29	Colombia	0.61
30	Costa Rica	0.6
31	Iceland	0.59
32	Slovakia	0.58
33	Croatia	0.58
34	Thailand	0.57
35	Philippines	0.57
36	Panama	0.57
37	Albania	0.56
38	Poland	0.55
39	Romania	0.55
40	Nigeria	0.53
41	South Korea	0.52
42	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.52
43	Australia	0.5
44	Tanzania	0.48
45	Malta	0.47
46	Latvia	0.47
47	Serbia	0.44
48	Belarus	0.44
49	Mongolia	0.44
50	Netherlands	0.43
51	Czechia	0.43
52	Norway	0.43
53	Chile	0.42
54	Honduras	0.41
55	Ireland	0.41
56	Indonesia	0.4
57	Nicaragua	0.39
58	Lithuania	0.38
59	Moldova	0.38
60	Georgia	0.38
61	Switzerland	0.38
62	Kyrgyzstan	0.37
63	Vietnam	0.33
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.33
65	Uzbekistan	0.33
66	Sweden	0.33
67	Ethiopia	0.32
68	United Arab Emirates	0.32
69	Peru	0.31
70	Tajikistan	0.3
71	Denmark	0.28
72	Cambodia	0.27
73	Luxembourg	0.26
74	Kazakhstan	0.25
75	Bulgaria	0.24
76	Estonia	0.24
77	Russia	0.2
78	DR Congo	0.19
79	Nauru	0.18
80	Kosovo	0.17
81	Marshall Islands	0.17
82	Kiribati	0.1
83	Turkmenistan	0.05

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