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Government Debt Per Capita — Full Country Ranking

🇺🇸 United States has the highest government debt per citizen, at roughly $118,436 per person. Figures divide each country's live IMF WEO (April 2026) debt baseline by its population.

#CountryPer CapitaDebt/GDP
1🇺🇸United States$118,436124%
2🇯🇵Japan$82,575230%
3🇸🇬Singapore$81,356172%
4🇨🇦Canada$70,091113%
5🇧🇪Belgium$65,879109%
6🇫🇷France$62,828118%
7🇬🇧United Kingdom$62,415104%
8🇮🇹Italy$59,608137%
9🇦🇹Austria$50,14082%
10🇫🇮Finland$49,74989%
11🇮🇪Ireland$49,02033%
12🇦🇺Australia$48,99351%
13🇳🇴Norway$47,39844%
14🇪🇸Spain$44,976101%
15🇩🇪Germany$42,65665%
16🇱🇺Luxembourg$42,42425%
17🇮🇱Israel$39,16268%
18🇨🇭Switzerland$38,86438%
19🇳🇱Netherlands$35,86544%
20🇮🇸Iceland$35,13556%
21🇬🇷Greece$34,283146%
22🇧🇧Barbados$29,47198%
23🇧🇭Bahrain$28,363141%
24🇵🇹Portugal$28,12990%
25🇧🇸Bahamas$26,28177%
26🇳🇿New Zealand$21,83855%
27🇶🇦Qatar$21,11143%
28🇰🇷South Korea$20,37554%
29🇩🇰Denmark$20,33928%
30🇸🇪Sweden$20,28835%
31🇦🇪UAE$19,98333%
32🇱🇧Lebanon$18,868164%
33🇨🇾Cyprus$18,46260%
34🇲🇹Malta$16,98146%
35🇹🇼Taiwan$16,26226%
36🇨🇳China$13,93196%
37🇵🇱Poland$13,86360%
38🇭🇺Hungary$12,65673%
39🇸🇦Saudi Arabia$12,57632%
40🇦🇷Argentina$11,45170%
41🇨🇿Czech Republic$11,31044%
42🇱🇻Latvia$10,69547%
43🇧🇷Brazil$10,01492%
44🇰🇼Kuwait$10,0007%
45🇭🇷Croatia$9,85760%
46🇺🇾Uruguay$9,82369%
47🇵🇦Panama$9,45558%
48🇸🇰Slovakia$9,42162%
49🇷🇴Romania$8,73960%
50🇴🇲Oman$8,59735%
51🇸🇮Slovenia$8,57167%
52🇱🇹Lithuania$8,35040%
53🇲🇽Mexico$7,56561%
54🇲🇾Malaysia$7,24870%
55🇲🇪Montenegro$7,15358%
56🇪🇪Estonia$6,88425%
57🇨🇷Costa Rica$6,84960%
58🇨🇱Chile$6,29342%
59🇯🇲Jamaica$6,24868%
60🇿🇦South Africa$5,83779%
61🇻🇪Venezuela$5,654240%
62🇧🇿Belize$5,31560%
63🇬🇾Guyana$5,06323%
64🇧🇬Bulgaria$5,00024%
65🇦🇲Armenia$4,87054%
66🇹🇷Turkey$4,83224%
67🇯🇴Jordan$4,65293%
68🇦🇱Albania$4,51453%
69🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago$4,28668%
70🇺🇦Ukraine$4,160110%
71🇹🇭Thailand$4,10865%
72🇱🇾Libya$4,000102%
73🇸🇻El Salvador$3,99888%
74🇨🇴Colombia$3,93760%
75🇷🇸Serbia$3,81645%
76🇪🇨Ecuador$3,79549%
77🇷🇺Russia$3,70819%
78🇱🇰Sri Lanka$3,679102%
79🇲🇰North Macedonia$3,51751%
80🇸🇷Suriname$3,33386%
81🇬🇪Georgia$3,24534%
82🇮🇶Iraq$3,21146%
83🇩🇴Dominican Republic$2,99255%
84🇰🇿Kazakhstan$2,70425%
85🇲🇳Mongolia$2,69442%
86🇹🇳Tunisia$2,55582%
87🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina$2,50034%
88🇮🇳India$2,40682%
89🇸🇩Sudan$2,404252%
90🇮🇩Indonesia$2,31141%
91🇧🇾Belarus$2,27441%
92🇦🇴Angola$2,07465%
93🇵🇾Paraguay$2,06144%
94🇵🇪Peru$2,01030%
95🇵🇭Philippines$1,97158%
96🇱🇦Laos$1,92991%
97🇲🇦Morocco$1,89167%
98🇧🇴Bolivia$1,86992%
99🇪🇬Egypt$1,79784%
100🇲🇩Moldova$1,73637%
101🇨🇺Cuba$1,607120%
102🇳🇮Nicaragua$1,50435%
103🇻🇳Vietnam$1,45334%
104🇬🇹Guatemala$1,37627%
105🇿🇼Zimbabwe$1,31359%
106🇭🇳Honduras$1,28546%
107🇵🇰Pakistan$1,24077%
108🇵🇬Papua New Guinea$1,19752%
109🇾🇪Yemen$1,03973%
110🇮🇷Iran$1,03740%
111🇸🇾Syria$1,03398%
112🇬🇭Ghana$94766%
113🇸🇳Senegal$900111%
114🇩🇿Algeria$89557%
115🇿🇲Zambia$87291%
116🇦🇿Azerbaijan$79220%
117🇨🇮Ivory Coast$74859%
118🇺🇿Uzbekistan$73835%
119🇰🇪Kenya$66068%
120🇰🇭Cambodia$64529%
121🇷🇼Rwanda$57478%
122🇹🇿Tanzania$56349%
123🇲🇲Myanmar$55661%
124🇧🇩Bangladesh$54440%
125🇳🇬Nigeria$51053%
126🇨🇲Cameroon$49140%
127🇲🇿Mozambique$475101%
128🇳🇵Nepal$44448%
129🇺🇬Uganda$32750%
130🇲🇱Mali$31850%
131🇸🇴Somalia$2949%
132🇭🇹Haiti$26316%
133🇪🇹Ethiopia$25042%
134🇲🇬Madagascar$22851%
135🇧🇫Burkina Faso$22753%
136🇳🇪Niger$20043%
137🇹🇩Chad$17630%

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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