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153 countries · IMF + World Bank data · U.S. updated live
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153 countries
#CountryNational Debt Lifetimes Owed Lifetime Share Debt/GDP Debt/Capita
1🇮🇳 India$3.5T36.8M2.6%89%$2K
2🇨🇳 China$16.8T32.8M2.3%91%$12K
3🇺🇸 United States$39T14.2M4.2%134%$116K
4🇯🇵 Japan$10.2T6.2M4.9%249%$82K
5🇧🇷 Brazil$2.2T5.3M2.5%102%$10K
6🇵🇰 Pakistan$290B4.8M2.1%83%$1K
7🇪🇬 Egypt$455B3.2M3.0%115%$4K
8🇳🇬 Nigeria$248B3.0M1.3%69%$1K
9🇮🇩 Indonesia$560B2.9M1.0%41%$2K
10🇦🇷 Argentina$450B2.3M4.8%70%$10K
11🇲🇽 Mexico$860B2.0M1.6%48%$7K
12🇵🇭 Philippines$300B2.0M1.7%69%$3K
13🇧🇩 Bangladesh$165B1.9M1.1%36%$971
14🇻🇪 Venezuela$150B1.9M6.7%167%$5K
15🇮🇹 Italy$3.2T1.8M3.1%137%$54K
16🇫🇷 France$3.5T1.7M2.5%112%$51K
17🇪🇹 Ethiopia$55B1.7M1.4%34%$440
18🇬🇧 United Kingdom$3.4T1.6M2.3%101%$50K
19🇩🇪 Germany$3T1.3M1.5%66%$36K
20🇸🇩 Sudan$60B1.3M2.8%133%$1K
21🇹🇭 Thailand$340B1.1M1.6%62%$5K
22🇿🇦 South Africa$320B1.1M1.8%84%$5K
23🇹🇷 Turkey$355B986K1.2%26%$4K
24🇪🇸 Spain$1.7T960K2.0%106%$35K
25🇨🇦 Canada$2.3T916K2.3%107%$57K
26🇻🇳 Vietnam$150B893K0.9%35%$2K
27🇷🇺 Russia$480B870K0.6%24%$3K
28🇨🇴 Colombia$247B858K1.6%68%$5K
29🇰🇪 Kenya$80B800K1.4%70%$1K
30🇺🇦 Ukraine$155B760K2.1%86%$4K
31🇾🇪 Yemen$30B750K2.3%150%$909
32🇲🇦 Morocco$113B673K1.8%76%$3K
33🇮🇷 Iran$130B650K0.7%35%$1K
34🇬🇭 Ghana$55B625K1.9%73%$2K
35🇹🇿 Tanzania$30B625K1.0%38%$476
36🇰🇷 South Korea$1T545K1.1%58%$20K
37🇦🇴 Angola$75B536K1.5%75%$2K
38🇲🇾 Malaysia$290B525K1.6%67%$9K
39🇩🇿 Algeria$113B514K1.1%47%$3K
40🇨🇺 Cuba$30B500K4.5%27%$3K
41🇱🇧 Lebanon$100B500K9.1%333%$18K
42🇲🇿 Mozambique$12B500K1.6%63%$375
43🇺🇬 Uganda$18B500K1.1%36%$383
44🇱🇰 Sri Lanka$85B472K2.1%113%$4K
45🇮🇶 Iraq$90B450K1.1%33%$2K
46🇲🇲 Myanmar$35B438K0.8%54%$648
47🇦🇫 Afghanistan$10B417K1.0%50%$250
48🇨🇩 DR Congo$10B417K0.4%15%$100
49🇵🇱 Poland$392B411K1.1%52%$10K
50🇨🇮 Ivory Coast$30B375K1.4%38%$1K
51🇦🇺 Australia$960B374K1.4%56%$36K
52🇬🇷 Greece$399B361K3.5%164%$38K
53🇵🇪 Peru$100B357K1.1%38%$3K
54🇸🇳 Senegal$25B347K2.0%83%$1K
55🇿🇲 Zambia$18B321K1.6%62%$900
56🇸🇬 Singapore$782B292K4.9%168%$133K
57🇲🇬 Madagascar$7B292K1.0%47%$241
58🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia$320B286K0.8%30%$9K
59🇿🇼 Zimbabwe$17B283K1.8%61%$1K
60🇪🇨 Ecuador$65B271K1.5%57%$4K
61🇧🇪 Belgium$656B264K2.3%104%$57K
62🇹🇳 Tunisia$40B263K2.2%85%$3K
63🇳🇵 Nepal$12B250K0.8%29%$400
64🇷🇼 Rwanda$9B250K1.9%64%$667
65🇺🇿 Uzbekistan$30B250K0.7%31%$833
66🇵🇹 Portugal$298B245K2.4%104%$29K
67🇬🇹 Guatemala$40B238K1.4%41%$2K
68🇨🇲 Cameroon$14B233K0.8%31%$509
69🇯🇴 Jordan$55B229K2.2%112%$5K
70🇲🇱 Mali$8B222K1.0%40%$356
71🇧🇴 Bolivia$30B214K1.8%67%$2K
72🇳🇱 Netherlands$560B209K1.2%50%$31K
73🇳🇪 Niger$5B208K0.8%29%$200
74🇮🇱 Israel$380B205K2.1%75%$39K
75🇷🇴 Romania$170B203K1.1%49%$9K
76🇧🇫 Burkina Faso$7B194K0.9%35%$318
77🇭🇺 Hungary$190B188K2.0%90%$20K
78🇩🇴 Dominican Republic$55B183K1.6%49%$5K
79🇧🇯 Benin$8B167K1.3%40%$615
80🇦🇹 Austria$380B157K1.7%73%$42K
81🇰🇿 Kazakhstan$62B155K0.8%24%$3K
82🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea$18B150K1.5%60%$2K
83🇱🇦 Laos$14B140K1.9%78%$2K
84🇹🇩 Chad$5B139K0.8%38%$286
85🇸🇻 El Salvador$23B128K2.0%68%$4K
86🇱🇾 Libya$40B125K1.8%80%$6K
87🇰🇭 Cambodia$12B120K0.7%39%$706
88🇨🇿 Czech Republic$140B118K1.1%42%$13K
89🇭🇳 Honduras$14B117K1.1%45%$1K
90🇫🇮 Finland$230B111K2.0%77%$42K
91🇨🇱 Chile$113B105K0.5%34%$6K
92🇵🇦 Panama$50B104K2.4%65%$11K
93🇨🇫 Central African Rep.$2B100K1.8%80%$370
94🇬🇳 Guinea$4B100K0.7%25%$296
95🇵🇾 Paraguay$20B100K1.4%47%$3K
96🇹🇬 Togo$4B100K1.1%44%$455
97🇮🇪 Ireland$219B98K1.8%40%$41K
98🇸🇪 Sweden$196B93K0.9%33%$19K
99🇳🇴 Norway$231B91K1.7%40%$42K
100🇳🇮 Nicaragua$9B90K1.3%53%$1K
101🇧🇾 Belarus$25B89K0.9%33%$3K
102🇸🇰 Slovakia$78B89K1.6%58%$14K
103🇦🇪 UAE$120B86K0.9%23%$12K
104🇭🇹 Haiti$4B83K0.7%20%$348
105🇲🇳 Mongolia$15B83K2.5%79%$4K
106🇸🇱 Sierra Leone$2B83K1.0%50%$238
107🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan$8B80K1.1%62%$1K
108🇷🇸 Serbia$35B80K1.2%50%$5K
109🇨🇷 Costa Rica$40B77K1.5%59%$8K
110🇯🇲 Jamaica$20B71K2.6%111%$7K
111🇱🇷 Liberia$2B71K1.3%50%$370
112🇩🇰 Denmark$200B70K1.2%50%$34K
113🇺🇾 Uruguay$50B69K2.0%63%$14K
114🇹🇯 Tajikistan$4B67K0.7%31%$400
115🇳🇿 New Zealand$140B66K1.3%55%$27K
116🇶🇦 Qatar$130B65K2.2%55%$45K
117🇨🇬 Congo$7B58K1.0%47%$1K
118🇴🇲 Oman$40B56K1.2%36%$9K
119🇧🇭 Bahrain$55B55K3.7%117%$37K
120🇭🇷 Croatia$45B54K1.4%56%$12K
121🇨🇭 Switzerland$175B50K0.6%19%$20K
122🇳🇦 Namibia$12B50K1.9%92%$5K
123🇦🇲 Armenia$10B45K1.6%42%$3K
124🇦🇱 Albania$12B43K1.5%55%$4K
125🇦🇿 Azerbaijan$10B42K0.4%13%$990
126🇬🇪 Georgia$10B42K1.1%36%$3K
127🇱🇸 Lesotho$2B42K1.8%67%$870
128🇬🇦 Gabon$8B40K1.7%40%$3K
129🇧🇬 Bulgaria$25B39K0.6%26%$4K
130🇰🇼 Kuwait$40B33K0.8%25%$9K
131🇸🇮 Slovenia$40B33K1.6%59%$19K
132🇲🇺 Mauritius$15B31K2.4%107%$12K
133🇲🇩 Moldova$6B30K1.2%40%$2K
134🇱🇹 Lithuania$28B29K1.0%35%$10K
135🇧🇦 Bosnia$10B28K0.8%42%$3K
136🇲🇰 North Macedonia$10B28K1.3%67%$5K
137🇧🇼 Botswana$8B25K1.0%36%$3K
138🇹🇱 Timor-Leste$2B25K1.8%80%$1K
139🇨🇾 Cyprus$26B23K1.9%81%$22K
140🇱🇻 Latvia$18B23K1.3%42%$10K
141🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago$12B20K1.3%43%$8K
142🇫🇯 Fiji$4B17K1.8%80%$4K
143🇲🇻 Maldives$5B14K2.7%71%$10K
144🇲🇪 Montenegro$5B13K2.0%77%$8K
145🇸🇿 Eswatini$2B13K1.0%40%$2K
146🇹🇲 Turkmenistan$3B13K0.2%5%$492
147🇬🇾 Guyana$4B11K1.4%24%$5K
148🇸🇷 Suriname$3B11K1.7%75%$5K
149🇪🇪 Estonia$10B10K0.7%25%$7K
150🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea$3B9K0.7%25%$2K
151🇲🇹 Malta$10B9K1.7%50%$19K
152🇮🇸 Iceland$25B8K2.2%81%$68K
153🇱🇺 Luxembourg$26B8K1.2%30%$39K
Lifetimes = national debt ÷ (avg annual wage × 40-year career) · Sources: IMF WEO Oct 2024 (gross govt debt & GDP), OECD Avg Annual Wages 2023 (OECD members), World Bank GNI per capita 2023 (all others) · Color scale = debt-to-GDP ratio

The U.S. alone owes ~14.2 million lifetimes. Global total: ~189 million. Each country's debt is measured in local lifetimes of labor using country-specific wages. The global aggregate uses the World Bank GNI per capita ($12,800/yr) as a universal proxy. U.S. figures use SSA median wage ($68,487/yr × 40 yrs = $2,739,476 per lifetime).