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Fastest-Growing Government Debt — Ranked by Rate

🇨🇳 China's government debt is growing fastest in dollar terms, adding +$89,129/sec right now. Growth rates are derived from IMF World Economic Outlook (April 2026) fiscal projections.

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#		Country	Growth Rate	Debt/GDP
1	🇨🇳	China	+$89,129/sec	99%
2	🇺🇸	United States	+$60,200/sec	124%
3	🇧🇷	Brazil	+$13,210/sec	93%
4	🇫🇷	France	+$11,099/sec	116%
5	🇩🇪	Germany	+$10,973/sec	63%
6	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	+$10,175/sec	102%
7	🇮🇹	Italy	+$9,293/sec	137%
8	🇲🇽	Mexico	+$6,264/sec	62%
9	🇮🇳	India	+$5,373/sec	84%
10	🇨🇦	Canada	+$4,538/sec	114%
11	🇪🇸	Spain	+$4,467/sec	100%
12	🇦🇺	Australia	+$4,330/sec	51%
13	🇵🇱	Poland	+$4,328/sec	59%
14	🇮🇱	Israel	+$2,669/sec	69%
15	🇸🇬	Singapore	+$2,658/sec	171%
16	🇧🇪	Belgium	+$2,451/sec	106%
17	🇰🇷	South Korea	+$2,310/sec	52%
18	🇷🇺	Russia	+$1,978/sec	17%
19	🇳🇱	Netherlands	+$1,976/sec	43%
20	🇪🇬	Egypt	+$1,812/sec	87%
21	🇨🇴	Colombia	+$1,730/sec	60%
22	🇮🇩	Indonesia	+$1,449/sec	41%
23	🇸🇪	Sweden	+$1,445/sec	35%
24	🇦🇹	Austria	+$1,425/sec	80%
25	🇺🇦	Ukraine	+$1,414/sec	109%
26	🇹🇷	Turkey	+$1,389/sec	23%
27	🇿🇦	South Africa	+$1,358/sec	79%
28	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	+$1,275/sec	32%
29	🇷🇴	Romania	+$1,224/sec	61%
30	🇩🇿	Algeria	+$1,047/sec	54%
31	🇫🇮	Finland	+$997/sec	89%
32	🇨🇭	Switzerland	+$958/sec	39%
33	🇧🇴	Bolivia	+$902/sec	85%
34	🇨🇿	Czech Republic	+$861/sec	45%
35	🇭🇺	Hungary	+$809/sec	75%
36	🇲🇾	Malaysia	+$797/sec	71%
37	🇨🇱	Chile	+$784/sec	42%
38	🇵🇰	Pakistan	+$755/sec	77%
39	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	+$665/sec	42%
40	🇮🇶	Iraq	+$663/sec	54%
41	🇵🇭	Philippines	+$613/sec	59%
42	🇳🇬	Nigeria	+$600/sec	35%
43	🇳🇴	Norway	+$587/sec	45%
44	🇹🇼	Taiwan	+$526/sec	22%
45	🇳🇿	New Zealand	+$517/sec	55%
46	🇰🇼	Kuwait	+$492/sec	15%
47	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	+$491/sec	25%
48	🇵🇹	Portugal	+$453/sec	90%
49	🇦🇪	UAE	+$444/sec	33%
50	🇹🇭	Thailand	+$423/sec	65%
51	🇬🇷	Greece	+$397/sec	146%
52	🇸🇰	Slovakia	+$353/sec	62%
53	🇵🇪	Peru	+$352/sec	30%
54	🇩🇰	Denmark	+$342/sec	28%
55	🇰🇪	Kenya	+$342/sec	69%
56	🇮🇪	Ireland	+$317/sec	33%
57	🇱🇹	Lithuania	+$316/sec	40%
58	🇮🇷	Iran	+$254/sec	40%
59	🇺🇾	Uruguay	+$253/sec	66%
60	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	+$248/sec	29%
61	🇻🇳	Vietnam	+$228/sec	30%
62	🇬🇭	Ghana	+$213/sec	49%
63	🇭🇷	Croatia	+$209/sec	56%
64	🇦🇷	Argentina	+$200/sec	70%
65	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	+$199/sec	27%
66	🇨🇮	Ivory Coast	+$192/sec	56%
67	🇦🇴	Angola	+$186/sec	51%
68	🇲🇦	Morocco	+$170/sec	67%
69	🇷🇸	Serbia	+$169/sec	42%
70	🇸🇳	Senegal	+$166/sec	130%
71	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	+$159/sec	60%
72	🇪🇨	Ecuador	+$152/sec	49%
73	🇹🇳	Tunisia	+$150/sec	81%
74	🇺🇬	Uganda	+$144/sec	54%
75	🇧🇭	Bahrain	+$135/sec	148%
76	🇸🇮	Slovenia	+$129/sec	66%
77	🇵🇾	Paraguay	+$128/sec	38%
78	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	+$123/sec	59%
79	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	+$117/sec	27%
80	🇵🇦	Panama	+$117/sec	57%
81	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	+$108/sec	102%
82	🇧🇾	Belarus	+$97/sec	33%
83	🇪🇪	Estonia	+$95/sec	24%
84	🇹🇿	Tanzania	+$89/sec	50%
85	🇬🇹	Guatemala	+$86/sec	27%
86	🇱🇻	Latvia	+$84/sec	47%
87	🇶🇦	Qatar	+$84/sec	41%
88	🇬🇾	Guyana	+$69/sec	29%
89	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	+$68/sec	43%
90	🇯🇴	Jordan	+$62/sec	83%
91	🇬🇪	Georgia	+$60/sec	34%
92	🇮🇸	Iceland	+$58/sec	56%
93	🇭🇳	Honduras	+$58/sec	41%
94	🇦🇲	Armenia	+$57/sec	49%
95	🇲🇿	Mozambique	+$57/sec	103%
96	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	+$56/sec	52%
97	🇨🇲	Cameroon	+$53/sec	40%
98	🇲🇹	Malta	+$49/sec	47%
99	🇧🇦	Bosnia & Herzegovina	+$46/sec	30%
100	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	+$45/sec	53%
101	🇳🇪	Niger	+$44/sec	45%
102	🇦🇱	Albania	+$40/sec	53%
103	🇷🇼	Rwanda	+$40/sec	65%
104	🇲🇱	Mali	+$39/sec	42%
105	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	+$38/sec	52%
106	🇲🇩	Moldova	+$37/sec	37%
107	🇳🇵	Nepal	+$37/sec	48%
108	🇸🇻	El Salvador	+$37/sec	87%
109	🇰🇭	Cambodia	+$36/sec	26%
110	🇸🇩	Sudan	+$34/sec	188%
111	🇱🇦	Laos	+$32/sec	91%
112	🇲🇳	Mongolia	+$31/sec	45%
113	🇹🇩	Chad	+$30/sec	30%
114	🇲🇬	Madagascar	+$29/sec	49%
115	🇲🇲	Myanmar	+$24/sec	52%
116	🇹🇹	Trinidad & Tobago	+$20/sec	84%
117	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	+$19/sec	44%
118	🇯🇲	Jamaica	+$18/sec	68%
119	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	+$13/sec	20%
120	🇴🇲	Oman	+$11/sec	36%
121	🇨🇾	Cyprus	+$10/sec	55%
122	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	+$10/sec	35%
123	🇭🇹	Haiti	+$7/sec	12%
124	🇸🇷	Suriname	+$7/sec	106%
125	🇲🇪	Montenegro	+$6/sec	67%
126	🇧🇸	Bahamas	+$4/sec	74%
127	🇧🇿	Belize	+$3/sec	60%
128	🇧🇧	Barbados	+$1/sec	94%
129	🇱🇧	Lebanon	stable	164%
130	🇾🇪	Yemen	stable	73%
131	🇸🇾	Syria	stable	98%
132	🇿🇲	Zambia	stable	91%
133	🇸🇴	Somalia	stable	9%
134	🇱🇾	Libya	stable	102%
135	🇻🇪	Venezuela	stable	240%
136	🇨🇺	Cuba	stable	120%
137	🇯🇵	Japan	stable	207%

Top 10 highlighted. Excludes the World and EU aggregates (EU aggregate figures are available on the EU page).

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Source: Global Debt Clock, based on the IMF World Economic Outlook (April 2026, general government gross debt) and World Bank IDS.
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