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Countries by government debt

Central government debt as a share of GDP. 45 countries ranked for 2021 (% of GDP).

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1United Kingdom183.8 % of GDP

2Singapore147.8 % of GDP

3Spain132.5 % of GDP

		Value
1	United Kingdom	183.8 % of GDP	+28.4%	▲ 1
2	Singapore	147.8 % of GDP	+41.0%	▲ 2
3	Spain	132.5 % of GDP	+129.2%	▲ 11
4	United States	118.3 % of GDP	+31.9%	▲ 3
5	San Marino	95.1 % of GDP	+112.3%	▲ 22
6	Iceland	94.3 % of GDP	-39.2%	▼ 5
7	Jordan	90.4 % of GDP	+65.3%	▲ 11
8	Hungary	88.7 % of GDP	-2.8%	▼ 2
9	Brazil	85 % of GDP	+43.3%	▲ 4
10	Mozambique	84.2 % of GDP	–	–
11	The Bahamas	82.5 % of GDP	+133.7%	▲ 21
12	Albania	81.9 % of GDP	+18.4%	▼ 3
13	Colombia	80.4 % of GDP	+27.8%	▼ 2
14	Vanuatu	75.7 % of GDP	–	–
15	South Africa	74.1 % of GDP	–	–
16	Zambia	71.4 % of GDP	+296.7%	▲ 32
17	Australia	69.8 % of GDP	+132.7%	▲ 18
18	Canada	68.8 % of GDP	+27.2%	▲ 2
19	Mongolia	67.6 % of GDP	–	–
20	El Salvador	66.5 % of GDP	+21.8%	▼ 1
21	Malaysia	63.3 % of GDP	+26.6%	▲ 2
22	Armenia	60.1 % of GDP	–	–
23	Andorra	58.8 % of GDP	–	–
24	Thailand	58.5 % of GDP	+108.2%	▲ 12
25	Uruguay	58.1 % of GDP	+34.5%	▲ 3
26	Kyrgyzstan	56.4 % of GDP	–	–
27	Burkina Faso	55.6 % of GDP	–	–
28	Georgia	54.7 % of GDP	+97.5%	▲ 9
29	Papua New Guinea	52.6 % of GDP	–	–
30	New Zealand	51.4 % of GDP	+6.9%	▼ 5
31	Uganda	51.3 % of GDP	–	–
32	Somalia	47.3 % of GDP	–	–
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47 % of GDP	+2.6%	▼ 7
34	South Korea	45.8 % of GDP	–	–
35	Mexico	44.9 % of GDP	–	–
36	Turkey	41.6 % of GDP	+4.0%	▼ 6
37	Nepal	39.9 % of GDP	–	–
38	Eswatini	35.7 % of GDP	+178.9%	▲ 12
39	Peru	35.2 % of GDP	+70.0%	▲ 6
40	Moldova	32.1 % of GDP	+62.1%	▲ 6
41	Cambodia	28 % of GDP	–	–
42	Kazakhstan	22.4 % of GDP	+154.5%	▲ 9
43	Russia	21 % of GDP	+144.2%	▲ 9
44	Botswana	19.7 % of GDP	-6.6%	▼ 1
45	Switzerland	19.3 % of GDP	-7.2%	▼ 1

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