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Where government debt stands

The latest published reading for each of the 23 economies this indicator covers. The stronger the shading, the higher the figure — never better or worse: high growth is welcome, high unemployment is not, and a scale that decided which end was good would be wrong on half of these figures.

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% of GDP · newest reading 2025

  1. Greece146.1%
  2. Italy137.1%
  3. United States136.8%
  4. Canada122.9%
  5. France115.6%
  6. Belgium107.9%
  7. Spain100.7%
  8. Portugal89.7%
  9. Finland88.5%
  10. Euro areaaggregate87.8%
  11. Austria81.5%
  12. Australia77.6%
  13. Hungary74.6%
  14. Germany63.5%
  15. Norway62.7%
  16. Poland59.7%
  17. Romania59.3%
  18. Netherlands44.4%
  19. Czechia44.3%
  20. Switzerland39.7%
  21. Sweden35.1%
  22. Ireland32.9%
  23. Denmark27.9%

Most of the world is unshaded, and that is the honest picture rather than a gap to be filled: this site carries 23 economies for government debt, and shading a neighbour because it is nearby would be inventing a figure. Countries publish on different schedules, so these readings are not all from the same month — the date above is the most recent of them.

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