Countries by Government Debt (% GDP)

Complete ranking of 200 countries • % • Updated 2026

Japan leads all 200 countries in Central Gov Debt % GDP with a value of 215.9, while Macao ranks last at 0. The gap between top and bottom reflects meaningful global variation.

What Central Gov Debt % GDP Measures

Central Gov Debt % GDP is a comparative indicator tracked across countries by the World Bank. It provides a quantitative basis for cross-national comparison, enabling researchers and policymakers to benchmark national performance on this dimension against global peers.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Central Gov Debt % GDP across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 0 (Macao) to 215.9 (Japan) — an infinitely large difference across 200 countries.

Regional Patterns

The top 20 is globally diverse, with countries from 4 continents represented. No single region dominates, suggesting this metric is driven more by national conditions than by broad continental patterns.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 35.7 to 73.1. The overall spread from 0 to 215.9 reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Japan and Greece are separated by only 13%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

Asia

Japan

215.9

Europe

Greece

190.6

North America

Barbados

133.2

Africa

Eritrea

132.8

Oceania

Palau

85.2

South America

Brazil

81.855

Highest Ranked

The top five countries for Central Gov Debt % GDP are Japan (215.9), Greece (190.6), Singapore (175.614), Lebanon (146.8), and Barbados (133.2). Together, these nations represent the global leaders in this metric.

Lowest Ranked

At the other end of the spectrum, Macao (0), Somalia (0.00), Hong Kong (0.10), Brunei (2.80), and Lesotho (3.00) have the lowest values globally.

Data Source & Methodology

Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank, covering 200 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

Full Rankings

Government Debt (% GDP) ranking for 200 countries
				Percentile
1st	Japan	215.9%	Asia	100%
2nd	Greece	190.6%	Europe	100%
3rd	Singapore	175.6%	Asia	99%
4th	Lebanon	146.8%	Asia	99%
5th	Barbados	133.2%	North America	98%
6th	Eritrea	132.8%	Africa	98%
7th	Italy	131.8%	Europe	97%
8th	United Kingdom	131.1%	Europe	97%
9th	Congo	128.7%	Africa	96%
10th	Cabo Verde	127.6%	Africa	96%
11th	Portugal	125.7%	Europe	95%
12th	United States	118.1%	North America	95%
13th	Bahrain	111.6%	Asia	94%
14th	Bhutan	111.0%	Asia	94%
15th	Spain	107.3%	Europe	93%
16th	Jamaica	106.3%	North America	93%
17th	El Salvador	105.8%	North America	92%
18th	Egypt	103.0%	Africa	92%
19th	Jordan	102.8%	Asia	91%
20th	Mauritania	100.0%	Africa	91%
21st	San Marino	99.9%	Europe	90%
22nd	Sudan	99.5%	Africa	90%
23rd	Belize	99.0%	North America	89%
24th	France	98.5%	Europe	89%
25th	Cyprus	97.5%	Europe	88%
26th	Sao Tome and Principe	93.1%	Africa	88%
27th	Belgium	92.5%	Europe	87%
28th	Syria	91.3%	Asia	87%
29th	South Sudan	86.6%	Africa	86%
30th	Antigua and Barbuda	86.2%	North America	86%
31st	Palau	85.2%	Oceania	85%
32nd	Aruba	84.7%	North America	85%
33rd	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	82.8%	North America	84%
34th	Gambia	82.3%	Africa	84%
35th	Grenada	82.0%	North America	83%
36th	Albania	81.9%	Europe	83%
37th	Brazil	81.9%	South America	82%
38th	Togo	81.6%	Africa	82%
39th	Iceland	80.7%	Europe	81%
40th	South Africa	79.4%	Africa	81%
41st	Sri Lanka	79.1%	Asia	80%
42nd	Austria	78.3%	Europe	80%
43rd	Suriname	75.8%	North America	79%
44th	Croatia	75.6%	Europe	79%
45th	Angola	75.3%	Africa	78%
46th	Hungary	75.3%	Europe	78%
47th	Bahamas	73.7%	North America	77%
48th	Slovenia	73.6%	Europe	77%
49th	Ghana	73.4%	Africa	76%
50th	Serbia	73.1%	Europe	76%
51st	Mozambique	71.8%	Africa	75%
52nd	Dominica	71.7%	North America	75%
53rd	Vanuatu	71.7%	Oceania	74%
54th	Colombia	71.5%	North America	74%
55th	Zambia	71.4%	Africa	73%
56th	Zimbabwe	69.9%	Africa	73%
57th	Saint Lucia	69.2%	North America	72%
58th	Yemen	68.1%	Asia	72%
59th	Pakistan	67.6%	Asia	71%
60th	Montenegro	67.2%	Europe	71%
61st	Uruguay	66.4%	South America	70%
62nd	Nauru	65.0%	Oceania	70%
63rd	Canada	64.9%	North America	69%
64th	Morocco	64.9%	Africa	69%
65th	Malaysia	64.3%	Asia	68%
66th	Slovakia	64.3%	Europe	68%
67th	Gabon	64.2%	Africa	67%
68th	Germany	63.9%	Europe	67%
69th	Seychelles	63.6%	Africa	66%
70th	Saint Kitts and Nevis	62.9%	North America	66%
71st	Tunisia	62.3%	Africa	65%
72nd	Thailand	62.2%	Asia	65%
73rd	Maldives	61.7%	Asia	64%
74th	Burkina Faso	61.3%	Africa	64%
75th	Finland	61.3%	Europe	63%
76th	Israel	59.6%	Asia	63%
77th	Ukraine	58.7%	Europe	62%
78th	Vietnam	58.5%	Asia	62%
79th	Laos	58.4%	Asia	61%
80th	Australia	58.0%	Oceania	61%
81st	Mauritius	58.0%	Africa	60%
82nd	Guinea-Bissau	57.9%	Africa	60%
83rd	Netherlands	56.5%	Europe	59%
84th	Central African Republic	56.0%	Africa	59%
85th	Malawi	55.6%	Africa	58%
86th	Argentina	55.0%	South America	57%
87th	Sierra Leone	54.9%	Africa	57%
88th	New Zealand	54.1%	Oceania	56%
89th	Kenya	53.2%	Africa	56%
90th	Uganda	53.1%	Africa	56%
91st	Samoa	52.6%	Oceania	55%
92nd	Papua New Guinea	52.4%	Oceania	55%
93rd	Chad	52.4%	Africa	54%
94th	South Korea	52.3%	Asia	54%
95th	Romania	50.9%	Europe	53%
96th	Guyana	50.7%	North America	53%
97th	Malta	50.7%	Europe	52%
98th	Poland	50.6%	Europe	52%
99th	Cambodia	50.3%	Asia	51%
100th	Puerto Rico	50.1%	North America	51%
101st	Benin	49.7%	Africa	50%
102nd	Bolivia	49.0%	South America	50%
103rd	Costa Rica	48.9%	North America	49%
104th	Burundi	48.4%	Africa	49%
105th	Armenia	47.9%	Europe	48%
106th	Senegal	47.8%	Africa	48%
107th	Fiji	47.5%	Oceania	47%
108th	Tuvalu	47.2%	Oceania	47%
109th	Côte d'Ivoire	47.0%	Africa	46%
110th	China	47.0%	Asia	46%
111st	Oman	46.9%	Asia	45%
112nd	Qatar	46.7%	Asia	45%
113rd	India	46.5%	Asia	44%
114th	U.S. Virgin Islands	45.9%	North America	44%
115th	Ireland	45.4%	Europe	43%
116th	Indonesia	45.3%	Asia	43%
117th	Niger	45.2%	Africa	42%
118th	Mexico	45.1%	North America	42%
119th	Tonga	43.9%	Oceania	41%
120th	Mongolia	43.3%	Asia	41%
121st	Equatorial Guinea	43.3%	Africa	40%
122nd	Ecuador	43.2%	South America	40%
123rd	Cuba	42.7%	North America	39%
124th	Tajikistan	42.0%	Asia	39%
125th	Guinea	41.8%	Africa	38%
126th	Marshall Islands	41.6%	Oceania	38%
127th	Andorra	41.4%	Europe	37%
128th	Kyrgyzstan	40.2%	Asia	37%
129th	Georgia	40.1%	Europe	36%
130th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.9%	Europe	36%
131st	Nepal	39.9%	Asia	35%
132nd	Philippines	39.9%	Asia	35%
133rd	Iran	39.5%	Asia	34%
134th	North Macedonia	39.3%	Europe	34%
135th	Venezuela	38.9%	North America	33%
136th	Honduras	38.5%	North America	33%
137th	Madagascar	38.4%	Africa	32%
138th	Tanzania	38.0%	Africa	32%
139th	Panama	37.4%	North America	31%
140th	Rwanda	37.3%	Africa	31%
141st	Trinidad and Tobago	37.0%	North America	30%
142nd	Lithuania	36.9%	Europe	30%
143rd	Sweden	36.9%	Europe	29%
144th	Czechia	36.8%	Europe	28%
145th	Norway	36.5%	Europe	28%
146th	Latvia	36.3%	Europe	28%
147th	Mali	36.0%	Africa	27%
148th	Eswatini	35.9%	Africa	27%
149th	Myanmar	35.7%	Asia	26%
150th	Taiwan	35.7%	Asia	26%
151st	Denmark	35.3%	Europe	25%
152nd	Peru	35.2%	South America	25%
153rd	Dominican Republic	34.6%	North America	24%
154th	Moldova	34.3%	Europe	24%
155th	Haiti	33.9%	North America	23%
156th	Djibouti	33.7%	Africa	23%
157th	Bangladesh	33.3%	Asia	22%
158th	Nicaragua	33.3%	North America	22%
159th	Belarus	33.2%	Europe	21%
160th	Cameroon	32.5%	Africa	21%
161st	Guam	32.1%	Oceania	20%
162nd	Guatemala	31.6%	North America	20%
163rd	Ethiopia	31.4%	Africa	19%
164th	Bulgaria	30.1%	Europe	19%
165th	Estonia	28.3%	Europe	18%
166th	Liberia	28.3%	Africa	18%
167th	Micronesia	27.8%	Oceania	17%
168th	Comoros	27.7%	Africa	17%
169th	Algeria	27.5%	Africa	16%
170th	Iraq	27.4%	Asia	16%
171st	Turkey	26.6%	Europe	15%
172nd	Turkmenistan	24.1%	Asia	14%
173rd	Palestine	23.8%	Asia	14%
174th	Luxembourg	23.0%	Europe	14%
175th	Kiribati	22.9%	Oceania	13%
176th	Chile	21.0%	South America	13%
177th	Kazakhstan	20.9%	Asia	12%
178th	Anguilla	20.8%	North America	12%
179th	Switzerland	19.9%	Europe	11%
180th	United Arab Emirates	19.7%	Asia	11%
181st	Botswana	19.6%	Africa	10%
182nd	Nigeria	19.6%	Africa	10%
183rd	Paraguay	18.9%	South America	9%
184th	Russia	18.5%	Europe	9%
185th	Azerbaijan	16.8%	Europe	8%
186th	Congo, Democratic Republic	16.0%	Africa	8%
187th	Solomon Islands	15.4%	Oceania	7%
188th	Saudi Arabia	13.1%	Asia	7%
189th	Uzbekistan	10.5%	Asia	6%
190th	Kuwait	9.9%	Asia	6%
191st	Afghanistan	7.8%	Asia	5%
192nd	Libya	7.5%	Africa	5%
193rd	New Caledonia	6.5%	Oceania	4%
194th	Namibia	4.6%	Africa	4%
195th	Timor-Leste	3.1%	Asia	3%
196th	Lesotho	3.0%	Africa	3%
197th	Brunei	2.8%	Asia	2%
198th	Hong Kong	0.1%	Asia	2%
199th	Somalia	0.0%	Africa	1%
200th	Macao	0.0%	Asia	1%