ATLAS · GOVERNMENT DEBT

Government Debt by Country

The whole world, recoloured by government debt. Government Debt worldwide (world figure): 93.9% (2025). On the map below, paler countries sit at the low end and the deepest green at the high end. Tap any nation to open its full profile. Gross general-government debt as a share of the economy (GDP), IMF World Economic Outlook. Higher means a country owes more relative to what it produces.

HIGHEST

308.7%

LOWEST

0.0%

WORLD

93.9%

191 countries with a figure

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (Apr 2026), 2025 · geometry: Natural Earth (public domain)

How the map is coloured

26.9%100.5%

No figure — the source has no value for this country (shown in words, never as zero).

The top 25

191 countries and territories have a government debt figure. Here are the highest:

#	Country	Government Debt
1	Venezuela, RB	308.7%
2	Eritrea	260.4%
3	Japan	206.5%
4	Sudan	187.6%
5	Singapore	171.3%
6	Bahrain	147.6%
7	Greece	145.7%
8	Lebanon	139.4%
9	Italy	137.1%
10	Senegal	130.2%
11	Maldives	125.4%
12	United States	123.9%
13	France	116.0%
14	Canada	113.5%
15	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	113.4%
16	Ukraine	108.7%
17	Belgium	106.3%
18	Suriname	105.8%
19	Bhutan	103.6%
20	Dominica	102.6%
21	Mozambique	102.5%
22	United Kingdom	102.3%
23	Cabo Verde	101.0%
24	Sri Lanka	100.8%
25	Spain	100.4%

Venezuela, RB ranks 1st of 191.Every country’s full standing is on its profile.

Understand the number

ATLAS · FIELD GUIDE

Government Debt by Country: What Debt-to-GDP Means, and What It Doesn't

The government debt map recolours every country by how much its government owes relative to the size of its economy. A plain-language guide to what debt-to-GDP captures, why it is the honest way to compare debt across very different countries, and what a high or low figure does and does not tell you.

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