economic2024

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

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Key Insights

Global Average
45,269,972,430,342.1current LCU
Median: 306,335,417,699.9current LCU
Countries Covered
109
with available data
Highest
Indonesia
1,681,710,000,000,000.0current LCU
Lowest
Marshall Islands
96,801,972.0current LCU
Top 5 Countries
1Indonesia1,681,710,000,000,000.0current LCU
2South Korea1,222,539,443,620,220.0current LCU
3Colombia1,219,821,661,890,840.0current LCU
4Uganda110,879,263,902,955.0current LCU
5India87,925,980,000,000.0current LCU
By Region
South America247,496,916,149,775.2current LCU(5 countries)
Asia197,337,394,914,960.6current LCU(16 countries)
North America13,215,141,369,104.5current LCU(4 countries)
Other6,713,019,526,748.5current LCU(59 countries)
Europe4,263,770,793,266.4current LCU(19 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (96,801,972.0current LCU)High (1,681,710,000,000,000.0current LCU)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 45,269,972,430,342.1current LCU)

South America (5)
Asia (16)
North America (4)
Other (59)
Europe (19)
Africa (4)
Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Indonesia1,681,710,000,000,000.0current LCU
2South Korea1,222,539,443,620,220.0current LCU
3Colombia1,219,821,661,890,840.0current LCU
4Uganda110,879,263,902,955.0current LCU
5India87,925,980,000,000.0current LCU
6Cambodia87,608,775,251,916.0current LCU
7Iraq73,786,628,554,876.2current LCU
8Hungary66,815,347,000,000.0current LCU
9Somalia42,608,353,690,500.0current LCU
10Russian Federation36,114,339,000,000.0current LCU
11Mongolia34,963,172,920,993.8current LCU
12United States of America33,917,827,000,000.0current LCU
13Lebanon33,733,600,000,000.0current LCU
14Kazakhstan24,946,537,126,950.0current LCU
15Democratic Republic of the Congo21,116,586,200,000.0current LCU
16Mexico16,844,210,476,418.1current LCU
17Türkiye11,868,778,093,852.9current LCU
18Thailand11,558,117,640,000.0current LCU
19Brazil9,641,957,759,678.1current LCU
20Malawi9,591,112,263,641.1current LCU
21Cote d'Ivoire9,392,700,000,000.0current LCU
22Burkina Faso9,004,316,739,776.8current LCU
23Sri Lanka8,503,200,000,000.0current LCU
24South Africa6,085,086,297,212.9current LCU
25Philippines5,735,242,000,000.0current LCU
26Cameroon5,656,160,000,000.0current LCU
27Chile5,549,435,860,705.9current LCU
28Armenia4,880,743,683,345.7current LCU
29United Kingdom3,780,155,000,000.0current LCU
30Iceland3,502,575,134,777.1current LCU
31Pakistan2,832,571,000,000.0current LCU
32Ukraine2,479,012,600,000.0current LCU
33Uruguay2,161,937,978,086.0current LCU
34Jamaica2,090,497,753,634.2current LCU
35Costa Rica2,066,700,000,000.0current LCU
36Canada1,993,558,000,000.0current LCU
37Nepal1,737,636,800,000.0current LCU
38Spain1,684,235,460,897.5current LCU
39Republic of the Congo1,657,840,000,000.0current LCU
40Australia1,352,679,000,000.0current LCU
41Singapore1,284,503,519,245.7current LCU
42Albania1,258,012,233,000.0current LCU
43Malaysia1,247,613,545,373.3current LCU
44Bangladesh1,086,914,100,000.0current LCU
45Mozambique1,043,544,333,000.0current LCU
46Ethiopia846,210,210,185.1current LCU
47Denmark747,563,000,000.0current LCU
48Italy650,913,870,482.9current LCU
49Egypt638,953,000,000.0current LCU
50Kyrgyzstan612,825,910,000.0current LCU
51Morocco456,190,140,000.0current LCU
52Israel443,534,000,000.0current LCU
53Zambia315,877,936,572.0current LCU
54Peru309,587,259,565.9current LCU
55Germany306,335,417,699.9current LCU
56Mauritius296,826,300,000.0current LCU
57Norway275,920,000,000.0current LCU
58Sudan233,591,000,000.0current LCU
59New Zealand224,614,245,000.0current LCU
60Bhutan202,153,590,400.0current LCU
61Czech Republic194,159,000,000.0current LCU
62Switzerland190,250,465,302.1current LCU
63Netherlands170,008,757,958.2current LCU
64Poland152,238,000,000.0current LCU
65Rwanda131,613,000,000.0current LCU
66Guatemala104,970,000,000.0current LCU
67Moldova, Republic of104,003,087,746.1current LCU
68Vanuatu96,129,000,000.0current LCU
69Papua New Guinea61,721,600,000.0current LCU
70Dominican Republic57,544,200,000.0current LCU
71Finland52,858,942,468.0current LCU
72Botswana52,121,742,234.2current LCU
73Belarus44,790,614,100.0current LCU
74El Salvador37,417,800,000.0current LCU
75Jordan37,305,605,488.0current LCU
76Georgia37,301,300,000.0current LCU
77Bolivia36,760,230,000.0current LCU
78Tunisia31,420,100,000.0current LCU
79United Arab Emirates27,127,927,216.0current LCU
80Eswatini25,387,283,318.1current LCU
81Maldives23,212,090,000.0current LCU
82Trinidad and Tobago21,813,800,000.0current LCU
83Bosnia and Herzegovina21,362,552,118.0current LCU
84Seychelles16,183,269,201.5current LCU
85Bahrain15,037,786,758.0current LCU
86Barbados14,201,382,937.0current LCU
87Bahamas11,313,773,956.1current LCU
88Namibia6,815,540,724.8current LCU
89Portugal4,669,745,912.4current LCU
90Solomon Islands3,486,908,204.0current LCU
91Cyprus3,346,535,127.1current LCU
92Azerbaijan2,711,634,760.0current LCU
93Belize2,609,974,000.0current LCU
94Tajikistan2,046,017,000.0current LCU
95Saint Lucia1,835,400,000.0current LCU
96San Marino1,765,782,505.0current LCU
97Andorra1,493,974,161.2current LCU
98Saint Kitts and Nevis1,482,430,000.0current LCU
99Slovenia1,431,313,637.1current LCU
100Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,035,630,000.0current LCU
101Lesotho1,011,600,000.0current LCU
102Fiji979,110,000.0current LCU
103Malta791,031,912.4current LCU
104Tonga504,155,080.0current LCU
105Luxembourg396,257,799.4current LCU
106Palau240,221,474.0current LCU
107Latvia228,570,000.0current LCU
108Micronesia, Federated States of103,650,413.0current LCU
109Marshall Islands96,801,972.0current LCU
Showing 109 of 109 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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