Government Debt to GDP - Ranking 2021
Year
In 2021, Liechtenstein (0.45%), Hong Kong SAR, China (1.94%), and Brunei Darussalam (2.51%) ranked highest in government debt to gdp among all countries. Lebanon ranked lowest at 358.19%.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Liechtenstein | 0.45% | -14.2% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.94% | +94.4% |
| 3rd | Brunei Darussalam | 2.51% | -12.0% |
| 4th | Timor-Leste | 6.53% | -35.3% |
| 5th | Kuwait | 7.20% | -29.6% |
| 6th | Afghanistan | 11.15% | +52.1% |
| 7th | Tuvalu | 11.30% | -6.6% |
| 8th | Turkmenistan | 12.29% | -20.0% |
| 9th | Solomon Islands | 15.94% | +24.1% |
| 10th | Russian Federation | 16.52% | -13.7% |
| 11th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 16.96% | -21.1% |
| 12th | Kiribati | 17.35% | -17.3% |
| 13th | Estonia | 18.42% | -3.5% |
| 14th | Marshall Islands | 20.06% | -7.4% |
| 15th | Nauru | 20.52% | -63.5% |
| 16th | Botswana | 22.28% | -5.2% |
| 17th | Bulgaria | 23.84% | +4.9% |
| 18th | Luxembourg | 24.19% | -1.4% |
| 19th | Kazakhstan | 25.10% | -4.8% |
| 20th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 25.26% | +6.6% |
| 21st | Saudi Arabia | 25.46% | -14.2% |
| 22nd | Cambodia | 25.94% | +2.8% |
| 23rd | Comoros | 26.28% | +8.1% |
| 24th | Azerbaijan | 26.35% | +23.5% |
| 25th | Nigeria | 26.62% | +3.5% |
| 26th | Haiti | 28.86% | +29.3% |
| 27th | Guatemala | 30.59% | -2.9% |
| 28th | Uzbekistan | 31.73% | -5.8% |
| 29th | Moldova | 33.64% | -8.2% |
| 30th | Peru | 35.54% | +3.7% |
| 31st | Bangladesh | 35.61% | +3.2% |
| 32nd | United Arab Emirates | 35.67% | +18.4% |
| 33rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.75% | -4.0% |
| 34th | Chile | 36.45% | +12.6% |
| 35th | Sweden | 37.01% | -8.0% |
| 36th | Eswatini | 37.48% | -0.9% |
| 37th | Paraguay | 37.50% | +1.6% |
| 38th | Viet Nam | 39.24% | -5.0% |
| 39th | Türkiye | 39.42% | +1.8% |
| 40th | Zimbabwe | 39.89% | -29.8% |
| 41st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 39.91% | -15.3% |
| 42nd | Djibouti | 40.28% | -4.2% |
| 43rd | Guinea | 40.57% | -10.4% |
| 44th | Czechia | 40.69% | +10.3% |
| 45th | Denmark | 40.71% | -12.0% |
| 46th | Switzerland | 40.98% | -5.1% |
| 47th | Indonesia | 41.14% | +3.5% |
| 48th | Belarus | 41.18% | -13.3% |
| 49th | Chad | 41.56% | -0.4% |
| 50th | Norway | 41.57% | -9.7% |
| 51st | Tajikistan | 42.01% | -17.5% |
| 52nd | Equatorial Guinea | 42.29% | -14.4% |
| 53rd | Tonga | 43.04% | +1.2% |
| 54th | Nepal | 43.29% | -0.1% |
| 55th | Lithuania | 43.30% | -5.6% |
| 56th | Tanzania | 43.39% | +5.1% |
| 57th | Samoa | 45.45% | +5.2% |
| 58th | Guyana | 45.71% | -23.2% |
| 59th | Latvia | 45.87% | +4.2% |
| 60th | Central African Republic | 46.94% | +9.8% |
| 61st | Sierra Leone | 47.06% | +1.5% |
| 62nd | Cameroon | 47.15% | +5.1% |
| 63rd | New Zealand | 47.52% | +9.9% |
| 64th | Korea | 47.99% | +4.5% |
| 65th | Nicaragua | 48.43% | -1.5% |
| 66th | Vanuatu | 48.53% | +1.1% |
| 67th | Andorra | 48.61% | +4.9% |
| 68th | Puerto Rico (US) | 48.87% | -2.7% |
| 69th | Ukraine | 48.92% | -19.2% |
| 70th | Georgia | 49.09% | -17.6% |
| 71st | Madagascar | 49.44% | -6.5% |
| 72nd | Malta | 49.56% | +2.0% |
| 73rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 50.17% | +8.3% |
| 74th | West Bank and Gaza | 50.18% | +6.6% |
| 75th | South Sudan | 50.18% | +2.5% |
| 76th | Honduras | 50.26% | -4.2% |
| 77th | Benin | 50.29% | +9.0% |
| 78th | Uganda | 50.35% | +8.6% |
| 79th | Netherlands | 50.50% | -5.5% |
| 80th | Niger | 51.34% | +14.2% |
| 81st | Romania | 51.53% | +4.6% |
| 82nd | Mali | 51.56% | +8.9% |
| 83rd | Papua New Guinea | 52.58% | +8.0% |
| 84th | Ireland | 52.65% | -7.8% |
| 85th | North Macedonia | 52.75% | +3.7% |
| 86th | Poland | 53.01% | -6.3% |
| 87th | Liberia | 53.28% | -9.2% |
| 88th | Serbia | 53.64% | -1.3% |
| 89th | Panama | 54.41% | -11.6% |
| 90th | Mauritania | 54.45% | -3.6% |
| 91st | Iraq | 54.72% | -24.5% |
| 92nd | Algeria | 55.15% | +20.0% |
| 93rd | Burkina Faso | 55.48% | +27.1% |
| 94th | Australia | 55.52% | -2.7% |
| 95th | Kyrgyz Republic | 56.20% | -11.7% |
| 96th | Mexico | 56.70% | -3.0% |
| 97th | Philippines | 57.01% | +10.4% |
| 98th | Lesotho | 57.96% | +6.0% |
| 99th | Thailand | 58.35% | +18.1% |
| 100th | Qatar | 58.40% | -19.6% |
| 101st | Slovak Republic | 60.18% | +3.0% |
| 102nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.51% | -0.1% |
| 103rd | Ecuador | 61.76% | -2.8% |
| 104th | Oman | 61.87% | -8.9% |
| 105th | Dominican Republic | 62.82% | -12.5% |
| 106th | Myanmar | 63.42% | +29.1% |
| 107th | Armenia | 63.65% | -5.4% |
| 108th | Uruguay | 64.08% | -6.1% |
| 109th | Colombia | 64.42% | -1.3% |
| 110th | Togo | 64.86% | +4.3% |
| 111th | Burundi | 66.47% | +0.9% |
| 112th | Malawi | 66.55% | +23.6% |
| 113th | Rwanda | 67.25% | -2.1% |
| 114th | Mongolia | 67.36% | -19.2% |
| 115th | Costa Rica | 67.63% | +1.1% |
| 116th | Israel | 67.69% | -4.8% |
| 117th | Germany | 67.99% | -0.1% |
| 118th | Kenya | 68.23% | +0.4% |
| 119th | South Africa | 68.82% | -0.2% |
| 120th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 69.10% | +1.7% |
| 121st | Malaysia | 69.16% | +2.2% |
| 122nd | Morocco | 69.35% | -4.0% |
| 123rd | Namibia | 69.60% | +8.3% |
| 124th | Palau | 69.95% | +34.3% |
| 125th | China | 70.15% | +1.6% |
| 126th | Seychelles | 70.96% | -8.3% |
| 127th | Gabon | 72.95% | -12.2% |
| 128th | Finland | 73.20% | -2.8% |
| 129th | Iceland | 73.59% | -3.3% |
| 130th | Angola | 74.29% | -37.6% |
| 131st | Pakistan | 74.75% | -7.5% |
| 132nd | Albania | 74.80% | -0.8% |
| 133rd | Slovenia | 74.82% | -6.7% |
| 134th | Yemen, Republic of | 75.91% | -12.7% |
| 135th | Hungary | 76.22% | -3.1% |
| 136th | San Marino | 77.19% | +10.6% |
| 137th | Croatia | 78.20% | -9.6% |
| 138th | Guinea-Bissau | 78.80% | +1.6% |
| 139th | Tunisia | 79.73% | +2.6% |
| 140th | Argentina | 81.04% | -21.9% |
| 141st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 81.41% | +4.4% |
| 142nd | St. Lucia | 81.90% | -13.3% |
| 143rd | Belize | 82.21% | -20.2% |
| 144th | Austria | 82.40% | -0.9% |
| 145th | Gambia, The | 83.11% | -3.2% |
| 146th | India | 83.47% | -5.6% |
| 147th | São Tomé and Principe | 85.06% | -6.5% |
| 148th | Mauritius | 86.13% | -6.3% |
| 149th | Montenegro | 86.18% | -20.5% |
| 150th | Jamaica | 86.28% | -14.8% |
| 151st | Grenada | 86.60% | -3.2% |
| 152nd | Fiji | 86.66% | +31.7% |
| 153rd | Ghana | 86.88% | +9.8% |
| 154th | Jordan | 87.62% | -16.1% |
| 155th | El Salvador | 87.96% | -7.8% |
| 156th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 88.36% | +10.2% |
| 157th | Brazil | 88.93% | -7.4% |
| 158th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 89.90% | +4.3% |
| 159th | Bahamas, The | 90.66% | +26.1% |
| 160th | Lao PDR | 92.86% | +22.2% |
| 161st | Antigua and Barbuda | 92.95% | -7.5% |
| 162nd | Cyprus | 96.48% | -15.1% |
| 163rd | Congo, Republic of | 97.76% | -4.6% |
| 164th | Senegal | 98.56% | +9.2% |
| 165th | Sri Lanka | 102.67% | +6.0% |
| 166th | Mozambique | 104.34% | -13.0% |
| 167th | United Kingdom | 105.13% | -0.7% |
| 168th | Dominica | 108.50% | -3.5% |
| 169th | Belgium | 108.54% | -2.4% |
| 170th | Aruba | 110.66% | -5.4% |
| 171st | Zambia | 111.05% | -20.7% |
| 172nd | Canada | 112.62% | -4.6% |
| 173rd | France | 112.79% | -1.8% |
| 174th | Spain | 115.59% | -3.0% |
| 175th | Suriname | 115.82% | -20.9% |
| 176th | Barbados | 121.59% | -12.0% |
| 177th | Bahrain | 122.30% | -2.7% |
| 178th | Maldives | 123.42% | -20.7% |
| 179th | Portugal | 123.88% | -7.6% |
| 180th | Bhutan | 124.47% | +7.3% |
| 181st | United States | 125.01% | -5.7% |
| 182nd | Singapore | 141.73% | -4.4% |
| 183rd | Italy | 145.81% | -5.5% |
| 184th | Cabo Verde | 149.52% | +3.6% |
| 185th | Sudan | 189.64% | -31.9% |
| 186th | Greece | 197.81% | -5.8% |
| 187th | Japan | 253.65% | -1.8% |
| 188th | Lebanon | 358.19% | +140.9% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest government debt to gdp in 2021?▾
Liechtenstein has the highest government debt to gdp in 2021 at 0.45%.
Which country has the lowest government debt to gdp in 2021?▾
Lebanon has the lowest government debt to gdp in 2021 at 358.19%.
How many countries are ranked by government debt to gdp?▾
188 countries have government debt to gdp data for 2021.
What are the top 3 countries by government debt to gdp?▾
1. Liechtenstein (0.45%), 2. Hong Kong SAR, China (1.94%), 3. Brunei Darussalam (2.51%).