Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP by country
The WHD Regional Economic Outlook (REO) provides information on recent economic developments and prospects for countries in the Western Hemisphere. Data for the Western Hemisphere REO are prepared in conjunction and are consistent with the semi-annual World Economic Outlook (WEO) exercises. REO aggregate data may...
What the numbers show
Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 308.75 in Venezuela; the lowest is 11.77 in Haiti.
The median across all reporting countries is 59.61, and the mean is 69.28.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia (up 168.8%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 69.4%).
Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela | 308.75 | 2025 | up 137.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 144.68 | 2031 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 142.11 | 2031 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 106.52 | 2031 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 5 | Canada | 103.53 | 2031 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 6 | Bolivia | 102.7 | 2026 | up 168.8% | rising |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago | 82.07 | 2031 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 8 | Dominica | 81.58 | 2031 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 9 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 79.23 | 2031 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 10 | Saint Lucia | 77.37 | 2031 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 11 | El Salvador | 74.36 | 2031 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 12 | Barbados | 69.11 | 2031 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 67.31 | 2031 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 14 | Grenada | 66.75 | 2031 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 63.59 | 2031 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 16 | Bahamas | 61.93 | 2031 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Jamaica | 60.53 | 2031 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 18 | Belize | 59.98 | 2031 | down 27.0% | flat |
| 19 | Colombia | 59.23 | 2031 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 58.6 | 2031 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 21 | Antigua and Barbuda | 58.41 | 2031 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 22 | Ecuador | 54.42 | 2025 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 23 | Panama | 53.92 | 2031 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 24 | Argentina | 52.16 | 2031 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 50.02 | 2031 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 26 | Chile | 49.17 | 2031 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Aruba | 48.03 | 2031 | down 56.2% | rising |
| 28 | Paraguay | 36.64 | 2031 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 29 | Suriname | 35.43 | 2031 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Honduras | 34.46 | 2031 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Peru | 32.18 | 2031 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 30.59 | 2031 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Guatemala | 29.57 | 2031 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 34 | Guyana | 28.89 | 2031 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 18.65 | 2031 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 36 | Haiti | 11.77 | 2031 | down 58.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
About this data
The WHD Regional Economic Outlook (REO) provides information on recent economic developments and prospects for countries in the Western Hemisphere. Data for the Western Hemisphere REO are prepared in conjunction and are consistent with the semi-annual World Economic Outlook (WEO) exercises. REO aggregate data may differ from WEO aggregates due to differences in group membership. Composite data for country groups are weighted averages of data for individual countries. Arithmetic weighted averages are used for all concepts except for inflation and broad money, for which geometric averages are used. PPP GDP weights from the WEO database are used for the aggregation of real GDP growth, real non-oil GDP growth, real per capita GDP growth, investment, national savings, broad money, claims on the nonfinancial private sector, and real and nominal effective exchange rates. Aggregates for other concepts are weighted by GDP in U.S. dollars at market exchange rates.