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Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025) by country

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual WEO exercise, which begins in January and June of each year and results in the April and September/October WEO publication. Selected series from the publication are available in a database format.

Countries reporting
26
Highest
192.81
Japan
Lowest
1.23
Brunei Darussalam
Median
51.75
Years covered
52
1980–2031
Data points
966

What the numbers show

Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 192.81 in Japan; the lowest is 1.23 in Brunei Darussalam.

The median across all reporting countries is 51.75, and the mean is 62.11.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 157.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Hong Kong, China (up 923.0%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 51.3%).

Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 192.81 2031 down 13.4% rising
2 Singapore 174.75 2031 up 24.9% rising
3 Maldives 131.9 2031 up 6.9% volatile
4 Spain 90.44 2031 down 21.8% rising
5 India 77.69 2031 down 9.4% rising
6 Poland 77.57 2031 up 46.3% rising
7 Egypt 70.92 2031 down 21.1% rising
8 Thailand 69.7 2031 up 19.4% rising
9 Montenegro 66.05 2031 down 23.4% rising
10 Republic of Korea 63.15 2031 up 31.6% volatile
11 Lithuania 56.25 2031 up 29.8% rising
12 Ecuador 54.42 2025 up 49.3% rising
13 Latvia 53.49 2031 up 16.6% rising
14 Dominican Republic 50.02 2031 down 20.4% rising
15 Australia 49.12 2031 down 11.3% rising
16 Iran, Islamic Republic of 44.15 2031 up 10.6% rising
17 Ghana 42.33 2031 down 51.3% rising
18 Saudi Arabia 42.22 2031 up 65.9% volatile
19 Estonia 41.21 2031 up 123.7% volatile
20 Honduras 34.46 2031 down 34.7% volatile
21 Nigeria 30.11 2031 up 13.1% volatile
22 Taiwan, China 27.56 2031 down 8.4% falling
23 Türkiye 27.49 2031 down 29.4% falling
24 United Arab Emirates 26.01 2031 down 27.1% volatile
25 Hong Kong, China 19.83 2031 up 923.0% volatile
26 Brunei Darussalam 1.23 2031 down 14.5% falling

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Indicator
Gross debt, General government, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
26 places, 966 data points, 1980–2031
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The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual WEO exercise, which begins in January and June of each year and results in the April and September/October WEO publication. Selected series from the publication are available in a database format.