Data
Public debt by Country
Public debt by country, ranked. All 195 countries ranked by public debt, with Magna Power scores and factbook links.
Japan tops the public debt ranking at 215.9% of GDP, ahead of Greece (190.6% of GDP). 191 countries carry a published figure; this ranking is compiled and ordered by the Bureau from national sources.
The Magna Power score shown alongside is our own 0–100 structural-power composite — our assessment, not a source mirror.
| # | Country | Public debt | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 215.9% of GDP | 69.06/100 |
| 2 | Greece | 190.6% of GDP | 54.14/100 |
| 3 | Singapore | 175.6% of GDP | 64.69/100 |
| 4 | Lebanon | 146.8% of GDP | 49.47/100 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 138.6% of GDP | 82.72/100 |
| 6 | Barbados | 133.2% of GDP | 17.8/100 |
| 7 | Eritrea | 132.8% of GDP | 37.0/100 |
| 8 | Italy | 131.8% of GDP | 64.38/100 |
| 9 | Congo (Brazzaville) | 128.7% of GDP | 31.67/100 |
| 10 | Cabo Verde | 127.6% of GDP | 33.38/100 |
All countries ranked by public debt191 countries
| # | Country | Public debt |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 215.9% of GDP |
| 2 | Greece | 190.6% of GDP |
| 3 | Singapore | 175.6% of GDP |
| 4 | Lebanon | 146.8% of GDP |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 138.6% of GDP |
| 6 | Barbados | 133.2% of GDP |
| 7 | Eritrea | 132.8% of GDP |
| 8 | Italy | 131.8% of GDP |
| 9 | Congo (Brazzaville) | 128.7% of GDP |
| 10 | Cabo Verde | 127.6% of GDP |
| 11 | Portugal | 125.7% of GDP |
| 12 | United States | 114.8% of GDP |
| 13 | Bahrain | 111.6% of GDP |
| 14 | Bhutan | 111.0% of GDP |
| 15 | Spain | 107.3% of GDP |
| 16 | Jamaica | 106.3% of GDP |
| 17 | San Marino | 103.2% of GDP |
| 18 | Egypt | 103.0% of GDP |
| 19 | Jordan | 102.8% of GDP |
| 20 | El Salvador | 102.2% of GDP |
| 21 | Mauritania | 100.0% of GDP |
| 22 | Sudan | 99.5% of GDP |
| 23 | Belize | 99.0% of GDP |
| 24 | France | 98.5% of GDP |
| 25 | Cyprus | 97.5% of GDP |
| 26 | Sao Tome and Principe | 93.1% of GDP |
| 27 | Somalia | 93.0% of GDP |
| 28 | Belgium | 92.5% of GDP |
| 29 | Syria | 91.3% of GDP |
| 30 | South Sudan | 86.6% of GDP |
| 31 | Antigua and Barbuda | 86.2% of GDP |
| 32 | Palau | 85.2% of GDP |
| 33 | Brazil | 83.0% of GDP |
| 34 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 82.8% of GDP |
| 35 | The Gambia | 82.3% of GDP |
| 36 | Grenada | 82.0% of GDP |
| 37 | Albania | 81.9% of GDP |
| 38 | Togo | 81.6% of GDP |
| 39 | Iceland | 80.7% of GDP |
| 40 | Sri Lanka | 79.1% of GDP |
| 41 | Austria | 78.3% of GDP |
| 42 | Mozambique | 76.6% of GDP |
| 43 | South Africa | 76.2% of GDP |
| 44 | Suriname | 75.8% of GDP |
| 45 | Croatia | 75.6% of GDP |
| 46 | Angola | 75.3% of GDP |
| 47 | Hungary | 75.3% of GDP |
| 48 | The Bahamas | 73.7% of GDP |
| 49 | Slovenia | 73.6% of GDP |
| 50 | Ghana | 73.4% of GDP |
| 51 | Serbia | 73.1% of GDP |
| 52 | Dominica | 71.7% of GDP |
| 53 | Vanuatu | 71.7% of GDP |
| 54 | Zambia | 71.4% of GDP |
| 55 | Colombia | 71.3% of GDP |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 69.9% of GDP |
| 57 | Saint Lucia | 69.2% of GDP |
| 58 | Yemen | 68.1% of GDP |
| 59 | Mongolia | 67.6% of GDP |
| 60 | Pakistan | 67.6% of GDP |
| 61 | Montenegro | 67.2% of GDP |
| 62 | Nauru | 65.0% of GDP |
| 63 | Morocco | 64.9% of GDP |
| 64 | Malaysia | 64.3% of GDP |
| 65 | Slovakia | 64.3% of GDP |
| 66 | Gabon | 64.2% of GDP |
| 67 | Germany | 63.9% of GDP |
| 68 | Seychelles | 63.6% of GDP |
| 69 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 62.9% of GDP |
| 70 | Uruguay | 62.4% of GDP |
| 71 | Tunisia | 62.3% of GDP |
| 72 | Maldives | 61.7% of GDP |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 61.3% of GDP |
| 74 | Canada | 61.3% of GDP |
| 75 | Finland | 61.3% of GDP |
| 76 | Thailand | 61.1% of GDP |
| 77 | Israel | 59.6% of GDP |
| 78 | Ukraine | 58.7% of GDP |
| 79 | Vietnam | 58.5% of GDP |
| 80 | Laos | 58.4% of GDP |
| 81 | Australia | 58.0% of GDP |
| 82 | Mauritius | 58.0% of GDP |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 57.9% of GDP |
| 84 | Netherlands | 56.5% of GDP |
| 85 | CT | 56.0% of GDP |
| 86 | Malawi | 55.6% of GDP |
| 87 | Argentina | 55.0% of GDP |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 54.9% of GDP |
| 89 | New Zealand | 54.0% of GDP |
| 90 | Kenya | 53.2% of GDP |
| 91 | Uganda | 53.1% of GDP |
| 92 | Samoa | 52.6% of GDP |
| 93 | Papua New Guinea | 52.4% of GDP |
| 94 | Chad | 52.4% of GDP |
| 95 | South Korea | 52.3% of GDP |
| 96 | Romania | 50.9% of GDP |
| 97 | Guyana | 50.7% of GDP |
| 98 | Malta | 50.7% of GDP |
| 99 | Poland | 50.6% of GDP |
| 100 | Cambodia | 50.3% of GDP |
| 101 | Benin | 49.7% of GDP |
| 102 | Bolivia | 49.0% of GDP |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 48.9% of GDP |
| 104 | Burundi | 48.4% of GDP |
| 105 | Armenia | 48.3% of GDP |
| 106 | Senegal | 47.8% of GDP |
| 107 | Fiji | 47.5% of GDP |
| 108 | Tuvalu | 47.2% of GDP |
| 109 | China | 47.0% of GDP |
| 110 | Côte d'Ivoire | 47.0% of GDP |
| 111 | Oman | 46.9% of GDP |
| 112 | Qatar | 46.7% of GDP |
| 113 | India | 46.5% of GDP |
| 114 | Ireland | 45.4% of GDP |
| 115 | Indonesia | 45.3% of GDP |
| 116 | Niger | 45.2% of GDP |
| 117 | Mexico | 45.1% of GDP |
| 118 | Tonga | 43.9% of GDP |
| 119 | Georgia | 43.4% of GDP |
| 120 | Equatorial Guinea | 43.3% of GDP |
| 121 | Ecuador | 43.2% of GDP |
| 122 | Cuba | 42.7% of GDP |
| 123 | Tajikistan | 42.0% of GDP |
| 124 | Guinea | 41.8% of GDP |
| 125 | Marshall Islands | 41.6% of GDP |
| 126 | Andorra | 41.4% of GDP |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 40.5% of GDP |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.3% of GDP |
| 129 | Nepal | 39.9% of GDP |
| 130 | Philippines | 39.9% of GDP |
| 131 | Iran | 39.5% of GDP |
| 132 | North Macedonia | 39.3% of GDP |
| 133 | Venezuela | 38.9% of GDP |
| 134 | Honduras | 38.5% of GDP |
| 135 | Madagascar | 38.4% of GDP |
| 136 | Tanzania | 38.0% of GDP |
| 137 | Panama | 37.4% of GDP |
| 138 | Rwanda | 37.3% of GDP |
| 139 | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.0% of GDP |
| 140 | Lithuania | 36.9% of GDP |
| 141 | Sweden | 36.9% of GDP |
| 142 | Czechia | 36.8% of GDP |
| 143 | Norway | 36.5% of GDP |
| 144 | Latvia | 36.3% of GDP |
| 145 | Mali | 36.0% of GDP |
| 146 | Eswatini | 35.9% of GDP |
| 147 | Burma | 35.7% of GDP |
| 148 | Denmark | 35.3% of GDP |
| 149 | Peru | 35.2% of GDP |
| 150 | The Dominican | 34.6% of GDP |
| 151 | Moldova | 34.3% of GDP |
| 152 | Haiti | 33.9% of GDP |
| 153 | Djibouti | 33.7% of GDP |
| 154 | Bangladesh | 33.3% of GDP |
| 155 | Nicaragua | 33.3% of GDP |
| 156 | Belarus | 33.2% of GDP |
| 157 | Turkey | 33.1% of GDP |
| 158 | Cameroon | 32.5% of GDP |
| 159 | Guatemala | 31.6% of GDP |
| 160 | Ethiopia | 31.4% of GDP |
| 161 | Bulgaria | 30.1% of GDP |
| 162 | Estonia | 28.3% of GDP |
| 163 | Liberia | 28.3% of GDP |
| 164 | FM | 27.8% of GDP |
| 165 | Comoros | 27.7% of GDP |
| 166 | Algeria | 27.5% of GDP |
| 167 | Iraq | 27.4% of GDP |
| 168 | Turkmenistan | 24.1% of GDP |
| 169 | Palestine | 23.8% of GDP |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 23.0% of GDP |
| 171 | Kiribati | 22.9% of GDP |
| 172 | Chile | 21.0% of GDP |
| 173 | Kazakhstan | 20.9% of GDP |
| 174 | Switzerland | 19.9% of GDP |
| 175 | AE | 19.7% of GDP |
| 176 | Botswana | 19.6% of GDP |
| 177 | Nigeria | 19.6% of GDP |
| 178 | Paraguay | 18.9% of GDP |
| 179 | Russia | 18.5% of GDP |
| 180 | Azerbaijan | 16.8% of GDP |
| 181 | DRC | 16.0% of GDP |
| 182 | Solomon Islands | 15.4% of GDP |
| 183 | Saudi Arabia | 13.1% of GDP |
| 184 | Uzbekistan | 10.5% of GDP |
| 185 | Kuwait | 9.9% of GDP |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 7.8% of GDP |
| 187 | Libya | 7.5% of GDP |
| 188 | Namibia | 4.6% of GDP |
| 189 | Timor-Leste | 3.1% of GDP |
| 190 | Lesotho | 3.0% of GDP |
| 191 | Brunei | 2.8% of GDP |