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Government Debt in Large Economies
General government gross debt, latest year, % of GDP
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Gross debt of all levels of government. Definitions differ by country.
How indebted governments are relative to their economies. Gross debt counts all government borrowing without netting out assets.
What this chart reads·12 series
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- Japan · Government Debt · % GDPas “Japan”latest 2025-12-31
- Italy · Government Debt · % GDPas “Italy”latest 2025-12-31
- United States · Government Debt · % GDPas “United States”latest 2025-12-31
- France · Government Debt · % GDPas “France”latest 2025-12-31
- United Kingdom · Government Debt · % GDPas “United Kingdom”latest 2025-12-31
- Canada · Government Debt · % GDPas “Canada”latest 2025-12-31
- Brazil · Government Debt · % GDPas “Brazil”latest 2025-12-31
- India · Government Debt · % GDPas “India”latest 2025-12-31
- Germany · Government Debt · % GDPas “Germany”latest 2025-12-31
- Mexico · Government Debt · % GDPas “Mexico”latest 2025-12-31
- South Korea · Government Debt · % GDPas “South Korea”latest 2025-12-31
- Australia · Government Debt · % GDPas “Australia”latest 2025-12-31
Sources·12 sources
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Japan · Government Debt · % GDP. Source: OECD Economic Outlook (CC BY 4.0), general government, annual. Palanor reads the standard definition where the OECD publishes one and the country-specific definition otherwise; points carry definition: country-specific in their metadata when the latter applies.
Italy · Government Debt · % GDP. Source: OECD Economic Outlook (CC BY 4.0), general government, annual. Palanor reads the standard definition where the OECD publishes one and the country-specific definition otherwise; points carry definition: country-specific in their metadata when the latter applies.
United States · Government Debt · % GDP. Source: OECD Economic Outlook (CC BY 4.0), general government, annual. Palanor reads the standard definition where the OECD publishes one and the country-specific definition otherwise; points carry definition: country-specific in their metadata when the latter applies.
France · Government Debt · % GDP. Source: OECD Economic Outlook (CC BY 4.0), general government, annual. Palanor reads the standard definition where the OECD publishes one and the country-specific definition otherwise; points carry definition: country-specific in their metadata when the latter applies.
United Kingdom · Government Debt · % GDP. Source: OECD Economic Outlook (CC BY 4.0), general government, annual. Palanor reads the standard definition where the OECD publishes one and the country-specific definition otherwise; points carry definition: country-specific in their metadata when the latter applies.
Canada · Government Debt · % GDP. Source: OECD Economic Outlook (CC BY 4.0), general government, annual. Palanor reads the standard definition where the OECD publishes one and the country-specific definition otherwise; points carry definition: country-specific in their metadata when the latter applies.
Brazil · Government Debt · % GDP. Source: OECD Economic Outlook (CC BY 4.0), general government, annual. Palanor reads the standard definition where the OECD publishes one and the country-specific definition otherwise; points carry definition: country-specific in their metadata when the latter applies.
India · Government Debt · % GDP. Source: OECD Economic Outlook (CC BY 4.0), general government, annual. Palanor reads the standard definition where the OECD publishes one and the country-specific definition otherwise; points carry definition: country-specific in their metadata when the latter applies.
Germany · Government Debt · % GDP. Source: OECD Economic Outlook (CC BY 4.0), general government, annual. Palanor reads the standard definition where the OECD publishes one and the country-specific definition otherwise; points carry definition: country-specific in their metadata when the latter applies.
Mexico · Government Debt · % GDP. Source: OECD Economic Outlook (CC BY 4.0), general government, annual. Palanor reads the standard definition where the OECD publishes one and the country-specific definition otherwise; points carry definition: country-specific in their metadata when the latter applies.
South Korea · Government Debt · % GDP. Source: OECD Economic Outlook (CC BY 4.0), general government, annual. Palanor reads the standard definition where the OECD publishes one and the country-specific definition otherwise; points carry definition: country-specific in their metadata when the latter applies.
Australia · Government Debt · % GDP. Source: OECD Economic Outlook (CC BY 4.0), general government, annual. Palanor reads the standard definition where the OECD publishes one and the country-specific definition otherwise; points carry definition: country-specific in their metadata when the latter applies.
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