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Which Country Has the Biggest Public Debt?

Public Debt (USD) (USD bil), 2020 or latest

Economy | April 6, 2021

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Based on a comparison of 168 countries in 2020, Venezuela ranked the highest in public debt with USD 3,911,288 bil followed by USA and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Hong Kong with USD 0 bil, Macao with USD 0 bil and Comoros with USD 0.231 bil.

Data for more countries are available at Public Debt (USD) indicator page.

Public Debt (USD)	Unit	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Australia	USD bil															563	573	558	559	602
Brazil	USD bil															1,726	1,664	1,694	1,420	1,540
Canada	USD bil															1,483	1,507	1,488	1,480	1,528
China	USD bil															5,642	6,707	7,495	8,642	9,913
France	USD bil															2,505	2,692	2,626	2,746	3,032
Germany	USD bil															2,363	2,399	2,205	2,196	2,319
India	USD bil															1,852	1,870	2,023	2,140	2,288
Italy	USD bil															2,556	2,708	2,602	2,695	2,946
Japan	USD bil															11,581	12,017	12,383	12,775	13,108
Mexico	USD bil															625	656	696	652	684
South Korea	USD bil															609	668	662	684	744
Spain	USD bil															1,293	1,391	1,351	1,415	1,563
USA	USD bil															20,499	21,773	23,157	24,524	25,960
United Kingdom	USD bil															2,301	2,450	2,409	2,477	2,599
Venezuela	USD bil															81.6	5,053	2,343,542	3,911,288	7,737,818,200		...