List of countries by future gross government debt

This is a list of countries by estimated future gross central government debt based on data released in April 2018 by the International Monetary Fund, with figures in percentage of national GDP.

Projected debt estimates

Gross government debt (sortable; in percent of GDP)

Country	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Afghanistan	7.346	6.760	6.316	6.607	6.947	7.169	7.089
Albania	71.244	71.336	68.501	65.494	62.753	60.895	59.115
Algeria	25.802	33.339	38.425	39.408	38.405	35.093	31.521
Angola	65.266	72.968	71.591	68.638	66.352	63.205	60.452
Antigua and Barbuda	86.823	88.213	90.227	91.876	93.808	96.086	98.347
Argentina	52.615	54.102	52.747	52.195	52.049	52.490	53.514
Armenia	53.467	54.801	55.585	54.677	53.622	52.534	44.883
Australia	41.592	41.695	41.048	38.740	36.116	34.180	32.240
Austria	78.833	75.352	71.966	69.322	66.807	64.902	63.228
Azerbaijan	54.702	54.907	56.366	56.449	55.711	55.400	56.008
Baha The Bahamas	57.205	57.497	56.952	56.487	56.005	55.728	55.564
Bahrain	90.335	94.862	102.010	110.635	119.102	128.083	137.074
Bangladesh	32.414	32.704	33.357	33.631	33.881	34.246	34.478
Barbados	132.876	128.659	127.313	127.023	124.600	120.667	119.602
Belarus	50.962	49.463	49.929	49.631	47.487	46.121	43.225
Belgium	103.184	100.996	99.075	97.353	95.620	93.994	92.981
Belize	99.023	97.509	95.526	93.971	92.752	91.545	90.470
Benin	54.597	55.148	52.643	48.222	44.101	40.385	36.443
Bhutan	102.398	100.386	96.051	92.283	81.956	70.044	57.031
Bolivia	50.860	51.436	52.315	52.638	52.529	52.312	52.121
Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.972	39.301	38.377	37.830	37.165	35.831	34.307
Botswana	15.646	14.893	12.837	11.994	11.156	10.294	9.566
Brazil	83.980	87.331	90.240	92.698	94.578	95.731	96.302
Brunei Darussalam	2.689	2.493	2.457	2.406	2.257	2.181	2.003
Bulgaria	23.927	23.586	22.855	21.836	20.809	19.811	18.854
Burkina Faso	38.327	40.987	41.341	41.778	41.615	41.465	41.557
Burundi	56.690	65.114	69.449	75.933	85.008	94.453	108.434
Cabo Verde	126.029	124.720	126.663	126.122	124.649	122.737	120.949
Cambodia	35.134	35.778	36.186	36.714	37.854	38.554	39.152
Cameroon	33.832	34.263	34.057	33.431	32.406	31.398	30.444
Canada	89.688	86.557	83.810	81.162	78.684	76.414	74.257
Central African Republic	53.441	48.623	44.374	40.998	37.861	34.614	33.391
Chad	52.533	48.067	45.389	41.717	38.648	35.294	32.639
Chile	23.593	23.799	24.617	25.230	25.488	25.611	25.704
China	47.790	51.213	54.404	57.564	60.453	63.065	65.452
Colombia	49.414	49.275	48.170	45.999	43.904	41.817	40.212
Comoros	28.381	28.361	28.475	28.576	28.743	29.256	31.096
Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.664	14.468	13.315	12.351	11.558	10.756	9.211
Congo	119.073	110.381	105.014	109.438	114.367	111.503	108.293
Costa Rica	49.098	52.765	55.918	58.919	62.286	65.796	68.533
Croatia	78.414	75.465	72.576	69.591	66.523	63.234	60.717
Cyprus	99.258	96.970	89.518	82.956	78.778	73.145	67.647
Czech Republic	34.663	32.915	31.293	29.376	27.598	25.955	24.509
Côte d'Ivoire	46.391	48.002	46.873	46.023	45.323	44.498	43.772
Denmark	36.413	35.876	35.060	34.053	32.763	31.368	29.789
Djibouti	30.649	30.440	29.328	28.623	28.147	27.998	28.294
Dominica	87.570	93.580	87.255	89.675	90.251	90.543	89.582
Dominican Republic	37.743	36.872	37.870	38.813	39.871	41.182	42.568
Ecuador	44.979	47.961	50.053	51.375	52.381	52.439	52.141
Egypt	103.261	91.186	87.077	81.197	77.853	72.846	68.074
El Salvador	59.319	58.872	58.829	58.874	59.045	59.314	59.777
Equatorial Guinea	42.676	45.561	48.406	49.847	48.275	46.477	45.874
Eritrea	131.244	129.426	127.338	136.222	132.564	128.773	124.950
Estonia	8.772	8.467	8.115	7.642	7.177	6.755	6.400
Ethiopia	56.223	58.322	56.700	53.997	51.340	48.796	47.492
Eurozone	86.611	84.242	81.725	79.250	76.797	74.264	71.743
European Union	83.211	81.140	78.935	76.756	74.629	72.416	70.161
Fiji	46.623	47.284	46.861	46.353	45.965	45.769	45.497
Finland	61.369	60.530	59.556	57.794	56.326	54.647	53.034
France	96.956	96.346	96.205	95.124	93.588	91.577	88.989
Gabon	61.065	59.282	59.342	56.622	54.469	51.651	46.943
Ga The Gambia	123.239	111.449	105.168	99.574	92.742	87.696	82.000
Georgia	44.918	44.221	44.091	43.706	42.996	41.953	40.781
Germany	64.137	59.813	55.746	52.161	48.742	45.471	42.372
Ghana	71.448	64.025	56.721	50.169	45.505	42.430	43.182
Greece	181.906	191.271	181.782	177.036	172.185	168.704	165.097
Grenada	71.448	64.025	56.721	50.169	45.505	42.430	43.182
Guatemala	24.375	24.447	24.644	25.030	25.429	25.822	26.222
Guinea	39.669	43.662	44.686	44.254	42.373	41.235	39.988
Guinea-Bissau	41.971	40.070	37.590	35.882	35.340	34.784	33.993
Guyana	50.676	53.911	56.118	48.343	42.411	37.803	30.478
Haiti	31.087	33.171	34.270	34.159	33.520	32.537	31.792
Honduras	43.949	43.838	44.081	43.100	40.882	38.712	35.434
Hong Kong	0.055	0.052	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Hungary	69.906	67.430	65.869	64.703	64.035	63.639	61.838
Iceland	40.906	38.410	34.881	32.100	29.246	25.637	23.496
India	70.200	68.913	67.293	65.809	64.327	62.867	61.445
Indonesia	28.913	29.633	30.251	30.697	31.097	31.491	31.650
Iran	40.866	53.858	49.206	45.603	42.561	39.985	38.082
Iraq	57.980	54.692	54.435	54.208	53.526	52.121	50.616
Ireland	68.520	67.119	64.858	61.034	58.814	55.579	52.350
Israel	60.971	61.555	61.383	61.313	61.160	61.013	60.879
Italy	131.454	129.745	127.514	124.885	122.090	119.292	116.574
Jamaica	104.074	98.280	93.993	88.164	83.484	78.056	73.192
Japan	236.388	235.958	234.182	232.296	231.429	230.712	229.646
Jordan	95.557	93.517	90.830	86.351	82.006	77.478	77.130
Kazakhstan	21.184	21.649	23.142	24.513	25.778	26.793	27.771
Kenya	55.646	58.146	56.948	54.612	52.824	51.984	51.037
Kiribati	26.315	29.970	32.881	35.509	37.918	39.768	41.400
Kosovo	20.940	22.355	24.871	26.314	27.729	28.920	30.000
Kuwait	20.641	26.722	32.417	37.351	41.367	44.658	46.843
Kyrgyzstan	59.092	55.092	55.079	52.748	51.708	50.020	48.885
Laos	62.769	65.512	66.707	67.198	67.736	68.336	68.839
Latvia	34.835	32.901	31.916	30.628	29.309	28.080	26.938
Lebanon	152.846	157.257	160.567	164.685	168.622	173.049	177.826
Lesotho	34.703	39.527	41.739	42.489	42.014	41.213	40.499
Liberia	34.434	38.674	39.118	40.096	41.710	42.083	42.263
Libya	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lithuania	36.520	34.161	31.409	28.869	26.644	24.610	22.740
Luxembourg	23.032	22.942	22.797	22.401	22.126	21.834	21.709
Macau	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Macedonia	39.254	41.198	42.217	43.482	44.920	44.899	45.626
Madagascar	37.276	37.218	38.022	37.775	37.227	36.522	34.865
Malawi	59.318	57.752	57.586	55.653	53.316	50.902	48.338
Malaysia	54.157	53.617	52.624	51.389	49.987	48.235	46.166
Maldives	68.051	71.050	72.824	73.556	72.524	71.387	70.811
Mali	35.557	35.902	36.584	37.672	38.728	38.728	40.572
Malta	52.622	48.607	45.940	43.074	41.189	40.031	38.016
Marshall Islands	27.969	25.292	23.250	22.281	22.392	23.472	25.661
Mauritania	91.086	72.407	73.169	70.624	63.621	59.258	56.616
Mauritius	60.150	59.898	59.110	58.579	58.345	58.256	58.133
Mexico	54.181	53.517	53.428	53.398	53.340	53.289	53.285
Micronesia	24.489	22.432	20.548	18.736	17.039	15.439	13.866
Moldova	37.720	39.764	41.994	41.890	41.774	41.879	41.693
Montenegro	67.493	69.724	66.504	61.232	56.961	52.619	49.290
Morocco	64.407	64.061	62.444	61.461	60.004	58.396	57.279
Mozambique	102.243	110.143	116.597	122.125	126.737	130.303	112.468
Myanmar	34.725	35.592	34.872	35.005	35.143	35.266	35.546
Namibia	46.103	52.432	58.517	63.137	67.050	71.112	74.741
Nauru	60.122	61.706	60.839	59.148	58.350	58.298	58.708
Nepal	27.150	27.405	28.829	30.071	31.146	32.219	33.710
Netherlands	56.658	53.507	50.905	49.036	47.446	44.931	42.451
New Zealand	26.428	24.006	22.689	21.530	19.513	20.902	17.385
Nicaragua	33.562	34.076	34.577	35.038	35.689	36.305	36.852
Niger	46.528	46.169	47.533	47.618	46.675	45.858	45.335
Nigeria	23.401	26.752	27.373	27.330	27.758	28.065	28.345
Norway	36.655	36.655	36.655	36.655	36.655	36.655	36.655
Oman	44.220	46.770	48.340	50.627	53.510	55.948	58.600
Pakistan	67.173	67.184	67.444	67.305	66.913	66.158	65.538
Panama	38.158	37.676	36.965	35.581	34.147	32.716	31.191
Papua New Guinea	32.609	30.541	30.670	30.718	31.323	31.786	32.232
Paraguay	25.566	26.455	26.056	25.988	25.775	25.665	25.618
Peru	25.507	26.954	28.012	28.078	27.507	26.916	26.330
Philippines	37.825	37.323	36.285	35.670	35.113	34.606	34.187
Poland	51.382	50.814	49.799	48.601	47.369	46.221	45.036
Portugal	125.619	121.244	117.544	114.092	110.794	107.717	104.699
Puerto Rico	54.573	60.977	66.024	70.423	73.296	74.380	74.586
Qatar	53.962	55.355	51.957	48.178	44.864	41.753	38.573
Romania	36.878	37.850	38.963	39.966	41.003	41.889	42.675
Russia	17.437	18.666	19.482	19.947	20.015	20.138	20.350
Rwanda	40.599	41.335	43.117	42.546	41.891	40.835	39.540
Saint Kitts and Nevis	62.378	60.318	57.547	55.674	52.722	51.745	51.005
Saint Lucia	71.262	73.097	74.905	77.346	80.151	83.358	86.861
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	80.813	81.391	81.226	80.922	80.375	79.927	79.414
Samoa	49.121	45.829	46.249	45.486	46.331	47.049	48.772
San Marino	56.569	55.540	54.606	52.798	52.250	51.709	51.178
São Tomé and Príncipe	83.300	76.928	72.158	67.385	61.512	57.984	55.111
Saudi Arabia	17.289	19.977	23.826	25.971	27.111	27.602	29.398
Senegal	61.152	60.634	58.750	57.138	55.841	54.607	53.356
Serbia	61.476	58.525	55.088	52.060	50.954	49.944	49.133
Seychelles	63.315	58.502	53.679	49.258	45.064	41.086	38.318
Sierra Leone	58.428	63.699	63.992	74.953	73.664	65.573	59.479
Singapore	110.864	110.237	108.788	108.075	106.762	105.841	107.248
Slovakia	50.427	48.997	46.556	43.889	42.295	41.070	40.267
Slovenia	75.367	72.100	69.800	67.975	66.509	65.337	64.403
Solomon Islands	10.011	14.550	16.414	18.603	20.380	21.929	23.574
South Africa	52.673	54.885	55.698	56.364	57.038	57.616	58.118
South Korea	39.782	38.867	38.265	37.938	37.552	37.261	37.005
South Sudan	66.341	51.038	48.576	51.595	51.678	59.642	64.948
Spain	98.364	96.708	95.118	93.871	92.769	91.752	90.923
Sri Lanka	79.424	77.343	75.186	73.108	71.023	68.994	66.873
Sudan	126.022	176.493	176.023	176.849	176.931	173.741	173.167
Suriname	72.053	68.463	67.729	67.384	67.512	66.895	66.654
Swaziland	29.173	36.229	40.967	42.222	44.670	47.299	50.014
Sweden	40.943	38.030	34.446	31.979	30.624	29.308	27.862
Switzerland	42.779	41.908	41.098	39.587	38.245	36.937	35.666
Syria	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Taiwan	35.172	33.561	31.826	29.699	27.499	25.296	22.941
Tajikistan	47.784	50.151	49.878	46.839	44.445	42.842	41.417
Tanzania	38.243	39.338	40.717	41.306	40.800	39.611	38.209
Thailand	41.882	41.620	41.575	41.592	41.719	41.888	41.892
Togo	78.633	75.630	70.573	65.289	60.214	55.193	50.273
Trinidad and Tobago	41.340	41.748	44.673	47.474	52.137	56.523	61.111
Tunisia	71.275	73.104	73.314	72.931	71.359	70.053	68.757
Turkey	28.482	27.792	27.855	27.943	28.010	28.102	28.149
Turkmenistan	28.820	31.164	33.616	35.238	35.761	35.955	36.635
Tuvalu	49.186	43.197	31.486	25.563	20.254	10.359	6.279
Uganda	38.955	41.454	44.505	46.627	46.407	44.721	42.252
Ukraine	75.602	78.351	76.855	71.678	66.923	63.051	59.366
United Arab Emirates	19.471	19.044	19.347	19.345	19.148	18.955	18.743
United Kingdom	87.029	86.335	85.924	85.180	84.516	83.619	82.505
United States	107.785	108.021	109.447	111.264	113.118	115.230	116.870
Uruguay	66.190	66.245	65.167	64.885	65.022	64.801	64.698
Uzbekistan	24.539	20.093	20.649	21.315	22.018	22.725	23.400
Vanuatu	48.412	51.300	51.699	51.752	51.397	51.285	51.197
Venezuela	34.866	161.986	172.077	168.141	165.485	160.409	157.681
Vietnam	58.231	58.413	58.130	58.156	58.319	58.523	58.782
Yemen	141.014	128.226	95.828	75.801	70.011	64.434	58.905
Zambia	62.209	65.520	68.041	69.111	70.915	72.100	72.415
Zimbabwe	78.360	75.172	72.638	70.775	68.708	66.357	63.903

See also

• List of countries by public debt

Sources

• International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database of April 2018, for countries: [1]ww.imf.org/rnal/pubs/ft/weo/2018/01/weodaty81%2C313%C124%2C988%2C963%2C592%2C522%2C694%2C622%2C142%2C156%2C449%2C626%2C564%2C628%2C565%2C228%2C283%2C92C2882y, for the European Union: