TOP 100

Rank	Country	Public debt (% of GDP)
1	Japan	237.6
2	Greece	181.8
3	Barbados	157.3
4	Lebanon	146.8
5	Italy	131.8
6	Eritrea	131.2
7	Congo, Republic of the	130.8
8	Cape Verde	125.8
9	Portugal	125.7
10	Sudan	121.6
11	Singapore	111.1
12	Bhutan	106.3
13	Belgium	103.4
14	Egypt	103
15	Mozambique	102.1
16	Jamaica	101
17	Belize	99
18	Spain	98.4
19	France	96.8
20	Mauritania	96.6
21	Jordan	95.9
22	Syria	94.8
23	Mongolia	91.4
24	Canada	89.7
25	Bahrain	88.5
26	Sao Tome and Principe	88.4
27	Gambia, The	88
28	United Kingdom	87.5
29	Antigua and Barbuda	86.8
30	Aruba	86
31	Brazil	84
32	Dominica	82.7
33	Zimbabwe	82.3
34	Sri Lanka	79.1
35	United States	78.8
36	Austria	78.6
37	Croatia	77.8
38	Somalia	76.7
39	Togo	75.7
40	Yemen	74.5
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	73.8
42	Hungary	73.6
43	Slovenia	73.6
44	Albania	71.8
45	Ghana	71.8
46	India	71.2
47	Ukraine	71
48	Saint Lucia	70.7
49	Grenada	70.4
50	Tunisia	70.3
51	Suriname	69.3
52	Ireland	68.6
53	El Salvador	67.9
54	Montenegro	67.2
55	Pakistan	67
56	Uruguay	65.7
57	Morocco	65.1
58	Angola	65
59	Mauritius	64
60	Germany	63.9
61	Maldives	63.9
62	Sierra Leone	63.9
63	Laos	63.6
64	Seychelles	63.6
65	Zambia	63.1
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	62.9
67	Gabon	62.7
68	South Sudan	62.7
69	Serbia	62.5
70	Nauru	62
71	Finland	61.3
72	Israel	60.9
73	Iraq	59.7
74	Malawi	59.2
75	Vietnam	58.5
76	Argentina	57.6
77	Netherlands	56.5
78	Kyrgyzstan	56
79	Benin	54.6
80	Bahamas, The	54.6
81	Mexico	54.3
82	Kenya	54.2
83	Ethiopia	54.2
84	Azerbaijan	54.1
85	Malaysia	54.1
86	Guinea-Bissau	53.9
87	Qatar	53.8
88	Armenia	53.5
89	Belarus	53.4
90	Virgin Islands	53.3
91	South Africa	53
92	Central African Republic	52.9
93	Chad	52.5
94	Guyana	52.2
95	Burundi	51.7
96	Puerto Rico	51.6
97	Slovakia	50.9
98	Malta	50.7
99	Poland	50.6
100	Tajikistan	50.4

Definition: This entry records the cumulative total of all government borrowings less repayments that are denominated in a country's home currency. Public debt should not be confused with external debt, which reflects the foreign currency liabilities of both the private and public sector and must be financed out of foreign exchange earnings.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020