Central government debt Map by Country

Central government debt is expressed as a percentage of GDP for economies with available reports. Explore the 1985–2024 series in % of GDP.

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Central government debt · % of GDP

12.66%51.45%90.23%129.02%167.80%

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Linear colour scale · 185 without data

198920242024Year Speed

World Bank WDI + Taiwan patch · Snapshot retrieved 6 Oct 2026 · Exact-year observations

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Limited coverage: this central government debt series ends in 2024. This is not a complete global debt ranking.

Country rankings · 2024

33 reporting economies; 185 without data. Ranks use the selected indicator and year.

218 economies shown

Central government debt rankings for 2024; missing values appear last. All money values use the stated unit.
Rank	Economy		GDP per capitacurrent US$	Populationpeople	GDP growthannual %	Inflationannual %
1	Singapore	167.80%	$94.9K	6.04M	5.34%	2.39%
2	United Kingdom	130.74%	$53.34K	69.28M	1.08%	3.27%
3	United States	115.77%	$86.17K	340M	2.79%	2.95%
4	El Salvador	107.28%	$5.5K	6.34M	2.59%	0.85%
5	Spain	105.64%	$35.33K	48.85M	3.46%	2.75%
6	South Africa	82.76%	$6.27K	64.01M	0.53%	4.36%
7	Hungary	81.99%	$23.31K	9.56M	0.71%	3.70%
8	Brazil	81.86%	$10.31K	212M	3.42%	4.37%
9	Mozambique	71.77%	$657	34.63M	2.15%	4.08%
10	Bahamas	71.46%	$39.46K	401.28K	3.38%	0.41%
11	Colombia	71.20%	$7.95K	52.89M	1.49%	6.61%
12	Uruguay	65.31%	$24.31K	3.39M	3.33%	4.85%
13	Malaysia	64.57%	$11.87K	35.56M	5.11%	1.83%
14	Burkina Faso	64.18%	$982	23.55M	4.83%	4.19%
15	Canada	64.13%	$55.02K	41.26M	2.05%	2.38%
16	Thailand	61.86%	$7.39K	71.67M	2.95%	0.40%
17	Uganda	54.43%	$1.08K	50.02M	6.06%	3.32%
18	Papua New Guinea	52.01%	$2.91K	10.58M	3.89%	0.60%
19	New Zealand	51.99%	$49.43K	5.29M	-0.87%	2.92%
20	Mexico	50.27%	$13.99K	130.86M	1.35%	4.72%
21	Albania	49.96%	$11.37K	2.38M	4.05%	2.22%
22	Armenia	47.88%	$8.56K	3.03M	5.90%	0.27%
23	South Korea	47.81%	$36.24K	51.75M	2.00%	2.32%
24	Mongolia	43.34%	$6.75K	3.52M	5.12%	6.20%
25	Georgia	40.10%	$8.97K	3.81M	9.68%	1.11%
26	Andorra	39.98%	$49.36K	81.94K	3.85%	Not reported
27	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.74%	$9.4K	3.16M	3.23%	Not reported
28	Kyrgyz Republic	38.72%	$2.52K	7.22M	11.54%	5.00%
29	Turkiye	26.62%	$15.89K	85.52M	3.33%	58.51%
30	Solomon Islands	26.04%	$1.93K	819.2K	3.00%	4.32%
31	Switzerland	22.28%	$107.7K	9.01M	1.39%	1.06%
32	Russian Federation	17.85%	$14.96K	143.67M	4.92%	8.43%
33	Somalia	12.66%	$630	19.01M	4.11%	Not reported
—	Aruba	Not reported	$38.59K	108K	6.81%	Not reported
—	Afghanistan	Not reported	$417	42.65M	1.87%	-6.60%
—	Angola	Not reported	$2.72K	37.89M	4.95%	28.24%
—	United Arab Emirates	Not reported	$50.27K	10.99M	3.99%	1.66%
—	Argentina	Not reported	$13.97K	45.7M	-1.34%	219.88%
—	American Samoa	Not reported	Not reported	46.77K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Antigua and Barbuda	Not reported	$23.06K	93.77K	2.54%	6.20%
—	Australia	Not reported	$64.61K	27.19M	1.37%	3.17%
—	Austria	Not reported	$58.27K	9.18M	-0.66%	2.94%
—	Azerbaijan	Not reported	$7.3K	10.2M	4.16%	2.21%
—	Burundi	Not reported	$216	14.05M	4.11%	20.21%
—	Belgium	Not reported	$56.58K	11.86M	1.10%	3.14%
—	Benin	Not reported	$1.49K	14.46M	7.45%	1.16%
—	Bangladesh	Not reported	$2.59K	173.56M	4.22%	10.47%
—	Bulgaria	Not reported	$17.6K	6.44M	3.39%	2.45%
—	Bahrain	Not reported	$29.72K	1.59M	2.90%	0.92%
—	Belarus	Not reported	$8.61K	9.13M	4.35%	5.79%
—	Belize	Not reported	$7.68K	417.07K	3.50%	3.29%
—	Bermuda	Not reported	$142.25K	64.64K	1.89%	Not reported
—	Bolivia	Not reported	$4.42K	12.41M	-1.12%	5.10%
—	Barbados	Not reported	$26.9K	282.47K	3.37%	1.45%
—	Brunei Darussalam	Not reported	$33.15K	462.72K	4.05%	-0.39%
—	Bhutan	Not reported	$4.23K	791.52K	7.50%	2.76%
—	Botswana	Not reported	$7.65K	2.52M	-2.78%	2.82%
—	Central African Republic	Not reported	$516	5.33M	1.50%	1.48%
—	Channel Islands	Not reported	Not reported	168.13K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Chile	Not reported	$16.66K	19.76M	2.81%	4.30%
—	China	Not reported	$13.29K	1.41B	4.96%	0.22%
—	Côte d’Ivoire	Not reported	$2.73K	31.93M	6.02%	3.45%
—	Cameroon	Not reported	$1.83K	29.12M	3.52%	4.53%
—	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Not reported	$693	109.28M	6.10%	Not reported
—	Republic of the Congo	Not reported	$2.48K	6.33M	2.10%	3.09%
—	Comoros	Not reported	$1.86K	866.63K	3.30%	5.05%
—	Cabo Verde	Not reported	$5.17K	524.88K	6.99%	1.05%
—	Costa Rica	Not reported	$18.85K	5.13M	4.08%	-0.41%
—	Cuba	Not reported	Not reported	10.98M	-1.06%	Not reported
—	Curacao	Not reported	$22.83K	155.97K	5.03%	Not reported
—	Cayman Islands	Not reported	$104.29K	74.46K	3.76%	Not reported
—	Cyprus	Not reported	$38.67K	1.36M	3.94%	1.80%
—	Czechia	Not reported	$31.83K	10.91M	1.25%	2.44%
—	Germany	Not reported	$56.1K	83.52M	-0.50%	2.26%
—	Djibouti	Not reported	$3.55K	1.17M	6.98%	2.11%
—	Dominica	Not reported	$10.41K	66.21K	2.05%	2.74%
—	Denmark	Not reported	$71.03K	5.98M	3.48%	1.37%
—	Dominican Republic	Not reported	$10.88K	11.43M	4.95%	3.30%
—	Algeria	Not reported	$5.75K	46.81M	3.70%	4.05%
—	Ecuador	Not reported	$6.83K	18.14M	-1.94%	1.55%
—	Egypt	Not reported	$3.34K	116.54M	2.40%	28.27%
—	Eritrea	Not reported	Not reported	3.54M	Not reported	Not reported
—	Estonia	Not reported	$31.43K	1.37M	-0.09%	3.52%
—	Ethiopia	Not reported	$1.13K	132.06M	7.61%	21.04%
—	Finland	Not reported	$53.16K	5.62M	0.37%	1.57%
—	Fiji	Not reported	$6.43K	928.78K	3.53%	3.89%
—	France	Not reported	$46.1K	68.55M	1.19%	2.00%
—	Faroe Islands	Not reported	$74.18K	54.64K	0.84%	Not reported
—	Micronesia	Not reported	$4.25K	113.16K	2.30%	Not reported
—	Gabon	Not reported	$8.23K	2.54M	3.39%	1.17%
—	Ghana	Not reported	$2.42K	34.43M	5.85%	22.85%
—	Gibraltar	Not reported	Not reported	39.33K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Guinea	Not reported	$1.7K	14.75M	5.35%	8.12%
—	Gambia	Not reported	$871	2.76M	5.55%	11.56%
—	Guinea-Bissau	Not reported	$998	2.2M	4.41%	3.77%
—	Equatorial Guinea	Not reported	$7K	1.89M	0.40%	2.92%
—	Greece	Not reported	$24.63K	10.41M	2.09%	2.74%
—	Grenada	Not reported	$11.53K	117.21K	2.40%	1.09%
—	Greenland	Not reported	Not reported	56.84K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Guatemala	Not reported	$6.15K	18.41M	3.72%	2.87%
—	Guam	Not reported	Not reported	167.78K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Guyana	Not reported	$29.68K	831.09K	43.82%	2.90%
—	Hong Kong	Not reported	$54.28K	7.52M	2.63%	1.73%
—	Honduras	Not reported	$3.42K	10.83M	3.63%	4.61%
—	Croatia	Not reported	$24.05K	3.87M	3.83%	2.97%
—	Haiti	Not reported	$2.06K	11.77M	-4.18%	26.95%
—	Indonesia	Not reported	$4.93K	283.49M	5.03%	2.18%
—	Isle of Man	Not reported	Not reported	84.16K	Not reported	Not reported
—	India	Not reported	$2.59K	1.45B	7.10%	4.95%
—	Ireland	Not reported	$112.9K	5.4M	2.60%	2.11%
—	Iran	Not reported	$5.19K	91.57M	3.66%	32.46%
—	Iraq	Not reported	$6.07K	46.04M	-1.55%	2.61%
—	Iceland	Not reported	$85.86K	386.51K	-1.28%	5.86%
—	Israel	Not reported	$54.22K	10M	0.95%	3.07%
—	Italy	Not reported	$40.43K	58.95M	0.78%	0.98%
—	Jamaica	Not reported	$7.75K	2.84M	-0.54%	5.41%
—	Jordan	Not reported	$5.07K	11.55M	2.56%	1.56%
—	Japan	Not reported	$33.8K	123.98M	-0.24%	2.74%
—	Kazakhstan	Not reported	$14.16K	20.59M	5.00%	8.69%
—	Kenya	Not reported	$2.13K	56.43M	4.66%	4.49%
—	Cambodia	Not reported	$2.63K	17.64M	6.02%	0.81%
—	Kiribati	Not reported	$2.55K	134.52K	4.70%	2.46%
—	St. Kitts and Nevis	Not reported	$23.96K	46.84K	0.31%	Not reported
—	Kuwait	Not reported	$32.86K	4.9M	-1.47%	2.90%
—	Lao PDR	Not reported	$2.12K	7.77M	4.13%	23.13%
—	Lebanon	Not reported	$4.47K	5.81M	-7.08%	45.24%
—	Liberia	Not reported	$851	5.61M	4.02%	8.21%
—	Libya	Not reported	$6.57K	7.38M	1.90%	2.13%
—	St. Lucia	Not reported	$14.49K	179.74K	4.77%	-0.67%
—	Liechtenstein	Not reported	$220.17K	40.45K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Sri Lanka	Not reported	$4.55K	21.92M	4.99%	-0.43%
—	Lesotho	Not reported	$1.02K	2.34M	5.23%	6.11%
—	Lithuania	Not reported	$29.6K	2.89M	3.03%	0.72%
—	Luxembourg	Not reported	$137.78K	677.01K	0.36%	2.05%
—	Latvia	Not reported	$23.58K	1.87M	-0.04%	1.27%
—	Macao	Not reported	$72.01K	687K	7.85%	0.67%
—	St. Martin (French part)	Not reported	Not reported	26.13K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Morocco	Not reported	$4.15K	38.08M	3.79%	0.99%
—	Monaco	Not reported	$288K	38.63K	8.51%	Not reported
—	Moldova	Not reported	$7.58K	2.4M	0.27%	4.68%
—	Madagascar	Not reported	$550	31.96M	4.32%	7.61%
—	Maldives	Not reported	$13.38K	527.8K	3.49%	1.41%
—	Marshall Islands	Not reported	$7.59K	37.55K	3.30%	Not reported
—	North Macedonia	Not reported	$9.29K	1.82M	2.99%	3.49%
—	Mali	Not reported	$1.09K	24.48M	5.02%	3.21%
—	Malta	Not reported	$44.02K	568.85K	6.21%	1.65%
—	Myanmar	Not reported	$1.36K	54.5M	-0.97%	Not reported
—	Montenegro	Not reported	$13.27K	623.53K	3.16%	3.34%
—	Northern Mariana Islands	Not reported	Not reported	44.28K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Mauritania	Not reported	$2.11K	5.17M	6.31%	2.49%
—	Mauritius	Not reported	$11.99K	1.25M	4.95%	3.60%
—	Malawi	Not reported	$522	21.66M	1.67%	32.18%
—	Namibia	Not reported	$4.5K	3.03M	3.78%	4.24%
—	New Caledonia	Not reported	$29.21K	292.64K	-13.50%	Not reported
—	Niger	Not reported	$730	27.03M	8.32%	9.07%
—	Nigeria	Not reported	$1.08K	232.68M	4.07%	33.24%
—	Nicaragua	Not reported	$2.85K	6.92M	3.58%	4.62%
—	Netherlands	Not reported	$67.47K	17.99M	1.07%	3.35%
—	Norway	Not reported	$89.89K	5.57M	1.42%	3.15%
—	Nepal	Not reported	$1.46K	29.65M	3.68%	4.69%
—	Nauru	Not reported	$14.05K	11.95K	1.45%	Not reported
—	Oman	Not reported	$20.29K	5.28M	1.63%	0.59%
—	Pakistan	Not reported	$1.48K	251.27M	3.08%	12.63%
—	Panama	Not reported	$19.16K	4.52M	2.75%	0.69%
—	Peru	Not reported	$8.53K	34.22M	3.52%	2.01%
—	Philippines	Not reported	$3.99K	115.84M	5.71%	3.21%
—	Palau	Not reported	$18.17K	17.7K	12.01%	2.23%
—	Poland	Not reported	$25.1K	36.56M	3.03%	3.79%
—	Puerto Rico (US)	Not reported	$39.35K	3.2M	3.18%	Not reported
—	North Korea	Not reported	Not reported	26.5M	Not reported	Not reported
—	Portugal	Not reported	$29.33K	10.69M	2.21%	2.42%
—	Paraguay	Not reported	$6.46K	6.93M	4.67%	3.84%
—	West Bank and Gaza	Not reported	$3.03K	5.29M	-22.86%	53.67%
—	French Polynesia	Not reported	$22.44K	281.81K	1.13%	Not reported
—	Qatar	Not reported	$75.69K	2.86M	3.11%	1.27%
—	Romania	Not reported	$20.08K	19.05M	0.92%	5.72%
—	Rwanda	Not reported	$1.06K	14.26M	7.23%	1.77%
—	Saudi Arabia	Not reported	$35.53K	35.3M	2.65%	1.69%
—	Sudan	Not reported	$985	50.45M	-13.96%	Not reported
—	Senegal	Not reported	$1.74K	18.5M	6.46%	0.80%
—	Sierra Leone	Not reported	$807	8.64M	4.29%	28.63%
—	San Marino	Not reported	Not reported	33.98K	Not reported	1.24%
—	Serbia	Not reported	$13.68K	6.59M	3.95%	4.67%
—	South Sudan	Not reported	Not reported	11.94M	Not reported	91.44%
—	Sao Tome and Principe	Not reported	$3.5K	235.54K	1.48%	14.35%
—	Suriname	Not reported	$6.96K	634.43K	1.72%	16.23%
—	Slovak Republic	Not reported	$25.99K	5.42M	1.94%	2.76%
—	Slovenia	Not reported	$34.3K	2.13M	1.73%	1.97%
—	Sweden	Not reported	$57.22K	10.57M	1.02%	2.84%
—	Eswatini	Not reported	$3.91K	1.24M	3.03%	Not reported
—	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	Not reported	$41.47K	43.35K	3.00%	Not reported
—	Seychelles	Not reported	$18.37K	121.35K	3.35%	0.31%
—	Syrian Arab Republic	Not reported	Not reported	24.67M	Not reported	Not reported
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	Not reported	$37.51K	46.54K	5.64%	Not reported
—	Chad	Not reported	$981	20.3M	4.95%	8.90%
—	Togo	Not reported	$1.27K	8.41M	6.53%	2.86%
—	Tajikistan	Not reported	$1.36K	10.59M	8.40%	Not reported
—	Turkmenistan	Not reported	$5.9K	7.49M	6.28%	Not reported
—	Timor-Leste	Not reported	$1.33K	1.4M	-9.10%	2.06%
—	Tonga	Not reported	$6.22K	104.18K	1.72%	3.18%
—	Trinidad and Tobago	Not reported	$18.73K	1.37M	2.51%	0.53%
—	Tunisia	Not reported	$4.19K	12.28M	1.61%	7.21%
—	Tuvalu	Not reported	$5.88K	9.65K	3.39%	Not reported
—	Tanzania	Not reported	$1.19K	68.56M	5.53%	3.06%
—	Ukraine	Not reported	$5.39K	37.86M	3.25%	6.50%
—	Uzbekistan	Not reported	$3.34K	36.36M	6.68%	9.63%
—	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Not reported	$11.5K	100.62K	4.06%	3.63%
—	Venezuela	Not reported	$4.24K	28.41M	5.52%	Not reported
—	British Virgin Islands	Not reported	Not reported	39.47K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	Not reported	Not reported	104.38K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Viet Nam	Not reported	$4.72K	100.99M	7.04%	3.62%
—	Vanuatu	Not reported	$3.96K	327.78K	3.77%	1.14%
—	Samoa	Not reported	$5.39K	218.02K	4.75%	2.17%
—	Kosovo	Not reported	$7.03K	1.59M	4.57%	1.62%
—	Yemen	Not reported	Not reported	40.58M	Not reported	Not reported
—	Zambia	Not reported	$1.19K	21.31M	3.82%	14.99%
—	Zimbabwe	Not reported	$2.5K	16.63M	1.68%	Not reported
—	Taiwan	Not reported	$34.25K	23.4M	5.30%	2.20%

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Central government debt rankings: 2024 reference snapshot

33 of 218 economies report this indicator in 2024; 185 have no observation. Use the year controls above to explore historical rankings on this page.

Singapore: 167.80%. Rank 1 among reporting economies in 2024.
United Kingdom: 130.74%. Rank 2 among reporting economies in 2024.
United States: 115.77%. Rank 3 among reporting economies in 2024.
El Salvador: 107.28%. Rank 4 among reporting economies in 2024.
Spain: 105.64%. Rank 5 among reporting economies in 2024.

Ranks can change because of the figures themselves or because different economies report from year to year. Compare years using each year's own coverage.

Understanding central government debt

Central government debt is expressed as a percentage of GDP for economies with available reports.

How to interpret the figures: Coverage is limited to 109 economies somewhere in the series and ends in 2024, with far fewer reporting in individual years. Central government debt is narrower than general government debt; this is not a complete global debt ranking.

In 2024, this snapshot includes 33 reporting economies for central government debt. Singapore has the highest reported value at 167.80% (% of GDP). This ranking uses the same year for every economy and excludes missing observations.

Source indicator: GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS · World Bank. Taiwan values, where present, use the separately attributed patch described below.

Central government debt questions

What unit does this map use?

The series is measured in % of GDP. Coverage is limited to 109 economies somewhere in the series and ends in 2024, with far fewer reporting in individual years. Central government debt is narrower than general government debt; this is not a complete global debt ranking.

Why are some countries grey or absent from the ranking?

A grey country has no reported observation for the selected year. It does not have a value of zero. Only reporting economies receive a rank; use the timeline to inspect another year.

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Economic indicators in 2024

Each indicator shows the same observation year, its reporting coverage and the three highest reported values. Sums cover reporting economies only; rates and per-capita values are not added together.

output

GDP

2024 · current US$

201 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 201 reporting economies $111.42T

Highest reported values

1United States$29.3T
2China$18.73T
3Germany$4.69T

Real GDP

2024 · constant 2015 US$

199 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 199 reporting economies $95.97T

Highest reported values

1United States$22.73T
2China$18.48T
3Japan$4.71T

GDP (PPP)

2024 · current international $

196 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 196 reporting economies int$198.58T

Highest reported values

1Chinaint$38.24T
2United Statesint$29.3T
3Indiaint$15.55T

GDP growth

2024 · annual %

201 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Guyana43.82%
2Palau12.01%
3Kyrgyz Republic11.54%

GDP per capita

2024 · current US$

201 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Monaco$288K
2Liechtenstein$220.17K
3Bermuda$142.25K

Real GDP per capita

2024 · constant 2015 US$

199 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Monaco$247.17K
2Bermuda$116.51K
3Luxembourg$104.15K

GDP per capita (PPP)

2024 · current international $

196 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Luxembourgint$156.08K
2Singaporeint$153.16K
3Irelandint$140.78K

GNI (Atlas method)

2024 · current US$

198 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 198 reporting economies $108.27T

Highest reported values

1United States$28.19T
2China$19.25T
3Japan$4.61T

GNI per capita (PPP)

2024 · current international $

195 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Singaporeint$126.63K
2Macaoint$125.63K
3Bermudaint$122.53K

people

Population

2024 · people

218 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 218 reporting economies 8.14B

Highest reported values

prices

Inflation

2024 · annual %

175 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Argentina219.88%
2South Sudan91.44%
3Turkiye58.51%

labour

Unemployment

2024 · % of labour force (ILO est.)

183 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

sectors

Agriculture share of GDP

2024 · % of GDP

187 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Niger47.97%
2Guinea-Bissau41.16%
3Chad37.16%

Industry share of GDP

2024 · % of GDP

189 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

Services share of GDP

2024 · % of GDP

189 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Macao92.03%
2Hong Kong91.45%
3Bermuda91.31%

Gross capital formation

2024 · % of GDP

169 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Iran44.35%
2Mauritania43.08%
3Bhutan42.60%

flows

FDI net inflows

2024 · current US$

195 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 195 reporting economies $1.56T

Highest reported values

1United States$297.06B
2Singapore$135.08B
3Hong Kong$125.82B

FDI net outflows

2024 · current US$

171 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 171 reporting economies $1.69T

Highest reported values

1United States$322.17B
2Japan$207.46B
3China$192.2B

Total reserves

2024 · current US$

164 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 164 reporting economies $14.86T

Highest reported values

1China$3.46T
2Japan$1.23T
3United States$910.04B

Current account balance

2024 · current US$

165 / 218 economies reporting

Sum of 165 reporting economies $425.62B

Highest reported values

1China$462.28B
2Germany$276.16B
3Japan$193.66B

Current account / GDP

2024 · % of GDP

166 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Macao33.73%
2Kuwait29.03%
3Marshall Islands21.87%

trade

Exports / GDP

2024 · % of GDP

172 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Luxembourg191.53%
2Hong Kong181.62%
3Singapore174.66%

Imports / GDP

2024 · % of GDP

172 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

1Hong Kong177.77%
2Luxembourg159.73%
3Singapore138.64%

public finance

Central government debt

2024 · % of GDP

33 / 218 economies reporting

Highest reported values

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Sources & methodology

This explorer uses a frozen snapshot retrieved on 6 October 2026, covering 1985–2025. The observation year is shown beside each value. World Bank WDI metadata records an API revision of 13 July 2026; retrieval date and observation year describe different things.

World Bank World Development Indicators supplies the main country series. Taiwan is included through a separate patch, labelled National Statistics, Taiwan (DGBAS) in the delivered files. The accompanying reference describes an IMF WEO patch; that provenance discrepancy remains unresolved. The Census population cross-check mentioned in the metadata is not a bundled data series.

Countries and territories are joined by ISO3 code to Natural Earth 110m boundaries. The map contains 177 polygons, plus 47 markers for economies without a polygon at this scale. It is a statistical overview; the geometry is not intended for detailed boundary work.

Rankings compare only economies reporting the selected indicator in the selected year. A missing value stays missing, zero and negative values remain valid, and ties receive the same rank. The map uses a logarithmic colour scale for large positive monetary totals and headcounts, and a linear scale for rates and signed values. The legend states the scale in use. Different money units are kept separate.

2024 is the default comparison year. Reporting coverage varies by indicator and year, especially in 2025; estimates may be included. Central government debt has particularly limited coverage and ends in 2024. Aggregate figures are sums over reporting economies with their reporting count, rather than complete world totals. Percentages and per-capita values are never summed.

For a source that updates directly from the API, use the live World Bank GDP per capita map. This explorer uses a fixed historical snapshot so its charts, rankings, downloads and page summaries agree.

Download the source files

The original source files below are served from the GeoDataViewer static CDN and match the frozen snapshot used by this explorer.

All indicator series (JSON) · Country metadata · Reporting-country sums · Source metadata · Country polygons · Country points

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Use each original provider's reuse terms and retain attribution. The Taiwan patch and World Bank series have separate source labels; no single licence is asserted for the combined snapshot. Dataset version 1.0.