Government Debt to GDP - Ranking 2019
Year
In 2019, Hong Kong SAR, China (0.27%), Liechtenstein (0.58%), and Brunei Darussalam (2.58%) ranked highest in government debt to gdp among all countries. Eritrea ranked lowest at 260.39%.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.27% | +413.5% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | 0.58% | +18.0% |
| 3rd | Brunei Darussalam | 2.58% | -0.4% |
| 4th | Afghanistan | 6.14% | -16.9% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 7.82% | -1.6% |
| 6th | Estonia | 9.05% | +6.3% |
| 7th | Timor-Leste | 9.51% | +2.1% |
| 8th | Kuwait | 10.52% | -26.3% |
| 9th | Tuvalu | 11.61% | -1.8% |
| 10th | Russian Federation | 13.75% | +0.9% |
| 11th | Azerbaijan | 17.66% | -5.5% |
| 12th | Turkmenistan | 17.72% | -21.3% |
| 13th | Bulgaria | 18.38% | -8.5% |
| 14th | Kiribati | 18.96% | -0.1% |
| 15th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 19.39% | +0.5% |
| 16th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 19.74% | -6.2% |
| 17th | Kazakhstan | 19.94% | -1.6% |
| 18th | Saudi Arabia | 20.34% | +20.8% |
| 19th | Cambodia | 20.84% | -1.2% |
| 20th | Comoros | 21.23% | +24.7% |
| 21st | Nigeria | 21.44% | +5.2% |
| 22nd | Botswana | 21.51% | +9.5% |
| 23rd | Luxembourg | 22.34% | +7.0% |
| 24th | Marshall Islands | 25.13% | +1.8% |
| 25th | Uzbekistan | 25.38% | +45.4% |
| 26th | Paraguay | 25.77% | +15.4% |
| 27th | United Arab Emirates | 25.82% | +24.9% |
| 28th | Guatemala | 26.41% | +0.0% |
| 29th | Peru | 26.50% | +3.2% |
| 30th | Haiti | 26.53% | +10.0% |
| 31st | Chile | 28.33% | +9.8% |
| 32nd | Moldova | 28.79% | -9.5% |
| 33rd | Czechia | 29.55% | -6.7% |
| 34th | Palau | 30.49% | +3.2% |
| 35th | Eswatini | 30.52% | +15.4% |
| 36th | Indonesia | 30.56% | +0.5% |
| 37th | Türkiye | 31.77% | +7.7% |
| 38th | New Zealand | 31.81% | +13.3% |
| 39th | Bangladesh | 31.95% | +8.1% |
| 40th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32.78% | -5.0% |
| 41st | Nepal | 34.03% | +9.5% |
| 42nd | West Bank and Gaza | 34.47% | +4.0% |
| 43rd | Andorra | 35.37% | -2.7% |
| 44th | Lithuania | 35.59% | +6.7% |
| 45th | Sweden | 35.78% | -10.4% |
| 46th | Romania | 36.53% | +1.0% |
| 47th | Philippines | 36.97% | -0.5% |
| 48th | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.22% | +5.4% |
| 49th | Guinea | 37.34% | -0.3% |
| 50th | Uganda | 37.54% | +7.6% |
| 51st | Myanmar | 37.63% | -5.7% |
| 52nd | Latvia | 37.91% | -1.0% |
| 53rd | Papua New Guinea | 38.22% | +4.2% |
| 54th | Denmark | 38.34% | -0.5% |
| 55th | Chad | 38.41% | +13.7% |
| 56th | Malta | 39.25% | -5.3% |
| 57th | Switzerland | 39.64% | -0.4% |
| 58th | Korea | 39.73% | +5.0% |
| 59th | Niger | 39.79% | +7.5% |
| 60th | Panama | 39.83% | +11.9% |
| 61st | Georgia | 40.05% | +4.8% |
| 62nd | Benin | 40.38% | -1.1% |
| 63rd | Tanzania | 40.44% | -3.8% |
| 64th | North Macedonia | 40.45% | +0.1% |
| 65th | Norway | 40.49% | +2.9% |
| 66th | Mali | 40.73% | +8.5% |
| 67th | Algeria | 40.88% | +18.5% |
| 68th | Viet Nam | 40.99% | -6.4% |
| 69th | Belarus | 41.00% | -13.7% |
| 70th | Thailand | 41.06% | -2.1% |
| 71st | Djibouti | 41.13% | -13.4% |
| 72nd | Malawi | 41.19% | +0.9% |
| 73rd | Madagascar | 41.25% | -3.8% |
| 74th | Cameroon | 41.60% | +8.5% |
| 75th | Iraq | 41.71% | -6.0% |
| 76th | Burkina Faso | 41.73% | +9.5% |
| 77th | Tonga | 42.80% | -6.6% |
| 78th | South Sudan | 43.10% | -44.5% |
| 79th | Equatorial Guinea | 43.19% | +6.5% |
| 80th | Tajikistan | 43.21% | -6.7% |
| 81st | Honduras | 44.15% | +1.4% |
| 82nd | Nicaragua | 44.20% | +13.1% |
| 83rd | Samoa | 44.29% | -10.4% |
| 84th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.62% | +7.3% |
| 85th | Central African Republic | 44.89% | -6.2% |
| 86th | Vanuatu | 45.10% | -0.4% |
| 87th | Poland | 45.21% | -6.3% |
| 88th | Sierra Leone | 45.27% | +2.5% |
| 89th | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.01% | +10.9% |
| 90th | Australia | 46.72% | +11.9% |
| 91st | Netherlands | 47.66% | -7.6% |
| 92nd | Slovak Republic | 48.01% | -2.6% |
| 93rd | Liberia | 48.55% | +30.8% |
| 94th | Puerto Rico (US) | 48.83% | -6.9% |
| 95th | Kyrgyz Republic | 48.85% | -10.9% |
| 96th | Seychelles | 48.85% | -4.7% |
| 97th | Serbia | 49.45% | -3.3% |
| 98th | Fiji | 49.48% | +8.1% |
| 99th | Ukraine | 50.45% | -16.4% |
| 100th | Colombia | 50.97% | -1.5% |
| 101st | Mexico | 51.87% | -0.6% |
| 102nd | Ecuador | 52.06% | +5.2% |
| 103rd | Oman | 52.46% | +17.4% |
| 104th | Dominican Republic | 53.46% | +5.2% |
| 105th | Rwanda | 53.64% | +9.0% |
| 106th | Zimbabwe | 53.89% | +63.5% |
| 107th | Guyana | 54.03% | +12.7% |
| 108th | Armenia | 54.15% | -3.4% |
| 109th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 54.26% | +0.7% |
| 110th | Togo | 54.93% | -5.3% |
| 111th | Ireland | 55.91% | -9.0% |
| 112th | South Africa | 56.10% | +8.9% |
| 113th | San Marino | 56.21% | -0.8% |
| 114th | Costa Rica | 56.43% | +8.9% |
| 115th | Malaysia | 57.08% | +2.6% |
| 116th | Namibia | 57.57% | +18.1% |
| 117th | Mauritania | 57.69% | -2.5% |
| 118th | Lesotho | 58.22% | +20.8% |
| 119th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 58.63% | +10.5% |
| 120th | Germany | 58.68% | -3.4% |
| 121st | Kenya | 59.09% | +4.7% |
| 122nd | Israel | 59.30% | -1.3% |
| 123rd | China | 59.44% | +7.0% |
| 124th | Nauru | 59.57% | -16.2% |
| 125th | Uruguay | 59.63% | +3.0% |
| 126th | Gabon | 59.78% | -4.1% |
| 127th | Burundi | 60.05% | +13.4% |
| 128th | Morocco | 60.27% | -0.3% |
| 129th | Bahamas, The | 60.31% | -1.9% |
| 130th | Qatar | 62.09% | +19.0% |
| 131st | St. Lucia | 62.11% | +3.0% |
| 132nd | Grenada | 62.70% | -8.5% |
| 133rd | Ghana | 62.93% | +1.5% |
| 134th | Hungary | 64.99% | -5.6% |
| 135th | Guinea-Bissau | 65.13% | +10.3% |
| 136th | Finland | 65.33% | +0.1% |
| 137th | Iceland | 65.72% | +5.6% |
| 138th | Slovenia | 66.02% | -7.0% |
| 139th | Albania | 66.58% | -2.8% |
| 140th | Mongolia | 66.84% | -12.7% |
| 141st | Tunisia | 67.30% | -7.7% |
| 142nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.16% | -1.8% |
| 143rd | Lao PDR | 69.13% | +14.1% |
| 144th | Croatia | 70.88% | -2.7% |
| 145th | Austria | 71.01% | -4.8% |
| 146th | Aruba | 72.09% | -1.7% |
| 147th | India | 75.06% | +6.7% |
| 148th | Maldives | 77.20% | +9.3% |
| 149th | Congo, Republic of | 77.61% | +9.0% |
| 150th | El Salvador | 77.91% | +1.2% |
| 151st | Belize | 78.62% | -0.5% |
| 152nd | Pakistan | 78.71% | +18.7% |
| 153rd | Montenegro | 79.64% | +9.3% |
| 154th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 80.09% | -8.9% |
| 155th | Mauritius | 81.07% | +28.4% |
| 156th | Senegal | 81.49% | +32.4% |
| 157th | Antigua and Barbuda | 81.59% | -3.3% |
| 158th | Sri Lanka | 82.59% | -1.2% |
| 159th | Gambia, The | 82.97% | -0.8% |
| 160th | Suriname | 84.03% | +22.4% |
| 161st | United Kingdom | 85.66% | -0.8% |
| 162nd | Brazil | 87.12% | +2.8% |
| 163rd | Jamaica | 87.72% | -0.6% |
| 164th | Argentina | 89.84% | +5.4% |
| 165th | Canada | 90.21% | -0.6% |
| 166th | Yemen, Republic of | 91.48% | +5.3% |
| 167th | Cyprus | 92.29% | -8.3% |
| 168th | Jordan | 92.92% | +6.4% |
| 169th | Bahrain | 97.13% | +7.5% |
| 170th | Belgium | 97.57% | -2.5% |
| 171st | Spain | 97.58% | -2.1% |
| 172nd | Dominica | 97.68% | +14.1% |
| 173rd | France | 98.10% | -0.4% |
| 174th | Mozambique | 98.26% | -6.9% |
| 175th | São Tomé and Principe | 98.64% | +2.9% |
| 176th | Bhutan | 100.78% | -2.5% |
| 177th | Angola | 101.37% | +22.8% |
| 178th | Zambia | 103.33% | +27.3% |
| 179th | Barbados | 107.65% | -5.7% |
| 180th | United States | 108.75% | +1.0% |
| 181st | Cabo Verde | 109.76% | -2.2% |
| 182nd | Portugal | 116.11% | -4.1% |
| 183rd | Singapore | 127.91% | +16.9% |
| 184th | Italy | 133.90% | -0.2% |
| 185th | Lebanon | 172.10% | +11.0% |
| 186th | Greece | 183.69% | -3.1% |
| 187th | Sudan | 216.50% | +3.2% |
| 188th | Japan | 236.38% | +1.7% |
| 189th | Eritrea | 260.39% | -2.5% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest government debt to gdp in 2019?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China has the highest government debt to gdp in 2019 at 0.27%.
Which country has the lowest government debt to gdp in 2019?▾
Eritrea has the lowest government debt to gdp in 2019 at 260.39%.
How many countries are ranked by government debt to gdp?▾
189 countries have government debt to gdp data for 2019.
What are the top 3 countries by government debt to gdp?▾
1. Hong Kong SAR, China (0.27%), 2. Liechtenstein (0.58%), 3. Brunei Darussalam (2.58%).