Based on a comparison of 167 countries in 2023, Japan ranked the highest in public debt per capita with USD 92,731 followed by Singapore and USA. On the other end of the scale was Venezuela with USD 0.038, Liberia with USD 3.27 and Hong Kong with USD 26.4.
Data for more countries are available at Public Debt Per Capita (USD) indicator page.
| Public Debt Per Capita (USD) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | USD | 39,846 | 37,980 | 38,425 | 38,512 | 40,018 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | USD | 46,766 | 43,530 | 44,636 | 45,907 | 48,738 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | USD | 41,229 | 39,693 | 39,052 | 41,079 | 41,606 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | USD | 38,414 | 36,158 | 36,828 | 38,624 | 41,565 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD | 32,278 | 29,273 | 29,072 | 29,043 | 29,720 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | USD | 35,228 | 31,691 | 32,128 | 33,244 | 37,494 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | USD | 39,165 | 34,282 | 31,812 | 28,824 | 28,884 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | USD | 52,996 | 47,783 | 47,061 | 47,804 | 50,948 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | USD | 42,606 | 39,751 | 40,523 | 42,209 | 44,974 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | USD | 80,149 | 80,744 | 92,991 | 92,731 | 97,161 | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | USD | 22,756 | 24,629 | 29,604 | 36,871 | 40,865 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | USD | 53,356 | 55,044 | 59,333 | 63,463 | 68,057 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | USD | 34,660 | 35,777 | 34,067 | 34,238 | 34,098 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | USD | ... | 57,148 | 59,204 | 61,632 | 62,870 | 66,431 | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | USD | 39,623 | 40,194 | 36,921 | 36,085 | 38,384 |
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