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Government Debt Per Capita — Full Country Ranking

🇸🇬 Singapore has the highest government debt per citizen, at roughly $189,036 per person. Figures divide each country's live IMF WEO (April 2026) debt baseline by its population.

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#		Country	Per Capita	Debt/GDP
1	🇸🇬	Singapore	$189,036	171%
2	🇺🇸	United States	$119,351	124%
3	🇯🇵	Japan	$72,710	207%
4	🇧🇪	Belgium	$70,392	106%
5	🇨🇦	Canada	$68,103	114%
6	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	$63,639	102%
7	🇮🇹	Italy	$62,750	137%
8	🇮🇸	Iceland	$61,880	56%
9	🇫🇷	France	$60,623	116%
10	🇦🇹	Austria	$54,668	80%
11	🇫🇮	Finland	$54,358	89%
12	🇨🇭	Switzerland	$49,087	39%
13	🇮🇱	Israel	$49,062	69%
14	🇧🇭	Bahrain	$48,719	148%
15	🇮🇪	Ireland	$47,707	33%
16	🇳🇴	Norway	$45,723	45%
17	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	$45,132	27%
18	🇪🇸	Spain	$42,368	100%
19	🇩🇪	Germany	$40,438	63%
20	🇬🇷	Greece	$40,109	146%
21	🇦🇺	Australia	$38,661	51%
22	🇳🇱	Netherlands	$34,640	43%
23	🇶🇦	Qatar	$34,573	41%
24	🇵🇹	Portugal	$31,184	90%
25	🇧🇸	Bahamas	$30,061	74%
26	🇳🇿	New Zealand	$29,956	55%
27	🇧🇧	Barbados	$27,450	94%
28	🇲🇹	Malta	$26,484	47%
29	🇸🇮	Slovenia	$26,299	66%
30	🇸🇪	Sweden	$25,222	35%
31	🇩🇰	Denmark	$22,794	28%
32	🇭🇺	Hungary	$20,926	75%
33	🇦🇪	UAE	$20,217	33%
34	🇰🇷	South Korea	$19,886	52%
35	🇱🇧	Lebanon	$18,868	164%
36	🇸🇰	Slovakia	$18,693	62%
37	🇵🇱	Poland	$18,674	59%
38	🇨🇿	Czech Republic	$17,625	45%
39	🇨🇾	Cyprus	$17,615	55%
40	🇺🇾	Uruguay	$17,612	66%
41	🇭🇷	Croatia	$16,348	56%
42	🇱🇹	Lithuania	$15,933	40%
43	🇹🇹	Trinidad & Tobago	$15,854	84%
44	🇨🇳	China	$15,185	99%
45	🇷🇴	Romania	$15,028	61%
46	🇱🇻	Latvia	$13,678	47%
47	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	$12,613	60%
48	🇵🇦	Panama	$12,489	57%
49	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	$11,948	32%
50	🇬🇾	Guyana	$11,674	29%
51	🇦🇷	Argentina	$11,473	70%
52	🇧🇷	Brazil	$11,204	93%
53	🇲🇾	Malaysia	$10,440	71%
54	🇲🇪	Montenegro	$10,194	67%
55	🇲🇽	Mexico	$9,803	62%
56	🇪🇪	Estonia	$9,582	24%
57	🇹🇼	Taiwan	$9,263	22%
58	🇸🇷	Suriname	$8,479	106%
59	🇨🇱	Chile	$8,478	42%
60	🇴🇲	Oman	$8,300	36%
61	🇰🇼	Kuwait	$8,004	15%
62	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	$7,101	59%
63	🇷🇸	Serbia	$6,676	42%
64	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	$6,215	27%
65	🇧🇴	Bolivia	$6,106	85%
66	🇺🇦	Ukraine	$6,023	109%
67	🇨🇴	Colombia	$6,005	60%
68	🇦🇱	Albania	$5,996	53%
69	🇿🇦	South Africa	$5,889	79%
70	🇻🇪	Venezuela	$5,654	240%
71	🇯🇲	Jamaica	$5,517	68%
72	🇧🇿	Belize	$5,353	60%
73	🇹🇭	Thailand	$5,320	65%
74	🇸🇻	El Salvador	$5,286	87%
75	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	$5,249	53%
76	🇦🇲	Armenia	$5,217	49%
77	🇯🇴	Jordan	$5,142	83%
78	🇹🇷	Turkey	$4,747	23%
79	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	$4,470	25%
80	🇹🇳	Tunisia	$4,170	81%
81	🇱🇾	Libya	$4,000	102%
82	🇩🇿	Algeria	$3,963	54%
83	🇬🇪	Georgia	$3,890	34%
84	🇪🇨	Ecuador	$3,838	49%
85	🇮🇶	Iraq	$3,804	54%
86	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	$3,704	102%
87	🇲🇳	Mongolia	$3,670	45%
88	🇧🇾	Belarus	$3,485	33%
89	🇪🇬	Egypt	$3,420	87%
90	🇧🇦	Bosnia & Herzegovina	$3,393	30%
91	🇷🇺	Russia	$3,382	17%
92	🇵🇪	Peru	$3,353	30%
93	🇲🇦	Morocco	$3,336	67%
94	🇲🇩	Moldova	$3,172	37%
95	🇸🇳	Senegal	$3,052	130%
96	🇵🇾	Paraguay	$2,916	38%
97	🇵🇭	Philippines	$2,653	59%
98	🇮🇳	India	$2,365	84%
99	🇮🇩	Indonesia	$2,249	41%
100	🇦🇴	Angola	$2,224	51%
101	🇨🇮	Ivory Coast	$2,176	56%
102	🇬🇹	Guatemala	$1,953	27%
103	🇱🇦	Laos	$1,951	91%
104	🇰🇪	Kenya	$1,854	69%
105	🇬🇭	Ghana	$1,836	49%
106	🇭🇳	Honduras	$1,709	41%
107	🇨🇺	Cuba	$1,607	120%
108	🇸🇩	Sudan	$1,601	188%
109	🇻🇳	Vietnam	$1,579	30%
110	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	$1,541	20%
111	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	$1,488	44%
112	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	$1,354	29%
113	🇵🇰	Pakistan	$1,257	77%
114	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	$1,216	42%
115	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	$1,216	52%
116	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	$1,153	35%
117	🇮🇷	Iran	$1,052	40%
118	🇾🇪	Yemen	$1,039	73%
119	🇸🇾	Syria	$1,033	98%
120	🇨🇲	Cameroon	$928	40%
121	🇿🇲	Zambia	$872	91%
122	🇷🇼	Rwanda	$828	65%
123	🇰🇭	Cambodia	$827	26%
124	🇺🇬	Uganda	$827	54%
125	🇲🇲	Myanmar	$802	52%
126	🇲🇿	Mozambique	$754	103%
127	🇳🇵	Nepal	$746	48%
128	🇹🇿	Tanzania	$719	50%
129	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	$697	52%
130	🇲🇱	Mali	$610	42%
131	🇳🇬	Nigeria	$527	35%
132	🇳🇪	Niger	$434	45%
133	🇹🇩	Chad	$433	30%
134	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	$394	43%
135	🇲🇬	Madagascar	$363	49%
136	🇭🇹	Haiti	$360	12%
137	🇸🇴	Somalia	$294	9%

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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