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Gross general government debt as a share of output. Gross, not net — government-held assets are not deducted. Perimeter varies by country; treat cross-country comparison with care.

9 of 187 economies publish no comparable figure for this measure and are excluded from the ranking. They are absent from the source, not zero.

#	Country	Region	Currency	Debt to GDP
1	Sudan	Africa	SDG	252.0%
2	Japan	Asia-Pacific	JPY	232.7%
3	Singapore	Asia-Pacific	SGD	174.9%
4	Eritrea	Africa	ERN	158.0%
5	Venezuela	Latin America	VES	155.0%
6	Lebanon	Middle East	LBP	145.0%
7	Greece	Europe	EUR	142.2%
8	Italy	Europe	EUR	136.9%
9	Bahrain	Middle East	BHD	130.1%
10	United States	North America	USD	125.8%
11	Maldives	Asia-Pacific	MVR	124.2%
12	Bhutan	Asia-Pacific	BTN	120.7%
13	France	Europe	EUR	116.3%
14	Laos	Asia-Pacific	LAK	115.0%
15	Senegal	Africa	XOF	111.4%
16	Cape Verde	Africa	CVE	110.5%
17	United Kingdom	Europe	GBP	105.9%
18	Belgium	Europe	EUR	105.9%
19	Canada	North America	CAD	105.6%
20	Sri Lanka	Asia-Pacific	LKR	103.7%
21	Barbados	Latin America	BBD	103.2%
22	Ukraine	Europe	UAH	102.4%
23	Spain	Europe	EUR	101.3%
24	Congo	Africa	XAF	96.4%
25	China	Asia-Pacific	CNY	96.3%
26	Bolivia	Latin America	BOB	95.1%
27	Brazil	Latin America	BRL	92.0%
28	Portugal	Europe	EUR	91.5%
29	Jordan	Middle East	JOD	91.5%
30	Mozambique	Africa	MZN	90.5%
31	Suriname	Latin America	SRD	89.5%
32	Malawi	Africa	MWK	88.2%
33	Egypt	Africa	EGP	88.1%
34	El Salvador	Latin America	USD	86.4%
35	Finland	Europe	EUR	84.3%
36	India	Asia-Pacific	INR	83.0%
37	Tunisia	Africa	TND	82.5%
38	Mauritius	Africa	MUR	79.8%
39	Rwanda	Africa	RWF	79.6%
40	Yemen	Middle East	YER	79.5%
41	Austria	Europe	EUR	79.2%
42	Bahamas	Latin America	BSD	79.2%
43	Fiji	Asia-Pacific	FJD	78.3%
44	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	XOF	77.1%
45	South Africa	Africa	ZAR	76.5%
46	Pakistan	Asia-Pacific	PKR	73.4%
47	Hungary	Europe	HUF	73.4%
48	Gabon	Africa	XAF	73.2%
49	Ghana	Africa	GHS	72.5%
50	Burundi	Africa	BIF	72.5%
51	Zambia	Africa	ZMW	72.4%
52	Gambia	Africa	GMD	70.5%
53	Israel	Middle East	ILS	70.1%
54	Kenya	Africa	KES	70.1%
55	Morocco	Africa	MAD	68.9%
56	Togo	Africa	XOF	68.4%
57	Malaysia	Asia-Pacific	MYR	66.8%
58	Slovenia	Europe	EUR	66.4%
59	Namibia	Africa	NAD	66.3%
60	Mongolia	Asia-Pacific	MNT	66.2%
61	Germany	Europe	EUR	64.7%
62	Argentina	Latin America	ARS	64.5%
63	Uruguay	Latin America	UYU	64.1%
64	Jamaica	Latin America	JMD	64.1%
65	Thailand	Asia-Pacific	THB	63.9%
66	Angola	Africa	AOA	63.8%
67	Panama	Latin America	USD	63.5%
68	Belize	Latin America	BZD	63.2%
69	Costa Rica	Latin America	CRC	62.5%
70	Montenegro	Europe	EUR	61.5%
71	Cyprus	Europe	EUR	60.9%
72	Dominican Republic	Latin America	DOP	60.4%
73	Lesotho	Africa	LSL	60.4%
74	Slovakia	Europe	EUR	60.2%
75	Seychelles	Africa	SCR	60.2%
76	Myanmar	Asia-Pacific	MMK	60.1%
77	Iceland	Europe	ISK	60.1%
78	Mexico	Latin America	MXN	58.6%
79	Burkina Faso	Africa	XOF	58.5%
80	Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America	TTD	58.4%
81	Poland	Europe	PLN	58.3%
82	Philippines	Asia-Pacific	PHP	58.3%
83	Colombia	Latin America	COP	58.2%
84	Ivory Coast	Africa	XOF	58.1%
85	South Sudan	Africa	SSP	58.1%
86	Croatia	Europe	EUR	57.6%
87	North Macedonia	Europe	MKD	57.3%
88	South Korea	Asia-Pacific	KRW	56.5%
89	Romania	Europe	RON	56.1%
90	Albania	Europe	ALL	55.9%
91	Ecuador	Latin America	USD	55.8%
92	Libya	Africa	LYD	55.4%
93	Liberia	Africa	LRD	54.6%
94	Madagascar	Africa	MGA	54.2%
95	Benin	Africa	XOF	53.5%
96	Nigeria	Africa	NGN	52.9%
97	Central African Republic	Africa	XAF	52.7%
98	Uganda	Africa	UGX	52.4%
99	Mali	Africa	XOF	52.1%
100	Papua New Guinea	Asia-Pacific	PGK	50.8%
101	Australia	Asia-Pacific	AUD	50.1%
102	Armenia	Asia-Pacific	AMD	49.7%
103	Malta	Europe	EUR	49.7%
104	Algeria	Africa	DZD	49.6%
105	Niger	Africa	XOF	49.5%
106	Chad	Africa	XAF	49.5%
107	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	STN	49.5%
108	Iraq	Middle East	IQD	49.2%
109	Latvia	Europe	EUR	47.9%
110	Nepal	Asia-Pacific	NPR	47.8%
111	Serbia	Europe	RSD	47.5%
112	Tanzania	Africa	TZS	47.3%
113	New Zealand	Asia-Pacific	NZD	46.3%
114	Mauritania	Africa	MRU	46.3%
115	Honduras	Latin America	HNL	46.2%
116	Zimbabwe	Africa	ZWG	45.9%
117	Czechia	Europe	CZK	45.2%
118	Eswatini	Africa	SZL	45.1%
119	Sierra Leone	Africa	SLE	44.9%
120	Cameroon	Africa	XAF	43.8%
121	Norway	Europe	NOK	43.7%
122	Netherlands	Europe	EUR	43.1%
123	Nicaragua	Latin America	NIO	42.9%
124	Belarus	Europe	BYN	42.7%
125	Chile	Latin America	CLP	42.6%
126	Samoa	Asia-Pacific	WST	42.6%
127	Qatar	Middle East	QAR	42.5%
128	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	XAF	42.5%
129	Paraguay	Latin America	PYG	42.1%
130	Kyrgyzstan	Asia-Pacific	KGS	42.1%
131	Vanuatu	Asia-Pacific	VUV	41.2%
132	Ireland	Europe	EUR	40.8%
133	Tonga	Asia-Pacific	TOP	40.5%
134	Bangladesh	Asia-Pacific	BDT	40.4%
135	Indonesia	Asia-Pacific	IDR	40.1%
136	Lithuania	Europe	EUR	40.1%
137	Moldova	Europe	MDL	39.2%
138	Switzerland	Europe	CHF	37.7%
139	Georgia	Asia-Pacific	GEL	37.2%
140	Ethiopia	Africa	ETB	35.4%
141	Oman	Middle East	OMR	35.4%
142	Comoros	Africa	KMF	35.4%
143	Uzbekistan	Asia-Pacific	UZS	35.2%
144	Vietnam	Asia-Pacific	VND	34.9%
145	Andorra	Europe	EUR	34.5%
146	Sweden	Europe	SEK	34.2%
147	Peru	Latin America	PEN	34.1%
148	Iran	Middle East	IRR	33.6%
149	Guinea	Africa	GNF	33.1%
150	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	SAR	32.4%
151	Djibouti	Africa	DJF	32.4%
152	Tajikistan	Asia-Pacific	TJS	32.1%
153	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	AED	29.4%
154	Denmark	Europe	DKK	29.3%
155	Guatemala	Latin America	GTQ	27.6%
156	Taiwan	Asia-Pacific	TWD	27.5%
157	Cambodia	Asia-Pacific	KHR	27.4%
158	Botswana	Africa	BWP	26.9%
159	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	BAM	26.8%
160	Turkey	Europe	TRY	26.4%
161	Luxembourg	Europe	EUR	26.4%
162	Estonia	Europe	EUR	25.8%
163	Kazakhstan	Asia-Pacific	KZT	25.6%
164	Bulgaria	Europe	BGN	25.1%
165	Guyana	Latin America	GYD	24.8%
166	Haiti	Latin America	HTG	23.5%
167	Russia	Europe	RUB	21.4%
168	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	CDF	20.6%
169	Azerbaijan	Asia-Pacific	AZN	20.3%
170	Kosovo	Europe	EUR	17.7%
171	Timor-Leste	Asia-Pacific	USD	17.5%
172	Solomon Islands	Asia-Pacific	SBD	17.2%
173	Hong Kong SAR	Asia-Pacific	HKD	11.9%
174	Kuwait	Middle East	KWD	7.9%
175	Somalia	Africa	SOS	5.9%
176	Turkmenistan	Asia-Pacific	TMT	5.5%
177	Brunei	Asia-Pacific	BND	2.3%
178	Macao SAR	Asia-Pacific	MOP	0.0%