Countries Without Debt 2025
Debt per Capita 2025
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Country | Debt per Capita 2025↑ | Total Debt 2025 | Debt as % of GDP 2025 | Debt as % of Total Wealth 2025 | Data Year 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Afghanistan | $30 | $1.3B | 8.85% | 3.12% | 2011 |
 | DR Congo | $49 | $5.3B | 7.35% | 7.51% | 2016 |
 | Burundi | $55 | $705M | 23.07% | 17.63% | 2016 |
 | Turkmenistan | $71 | $503M | 0.6% | 0.64% | 2016 |
 | Iran | $73 | $6.3B | 1.31% | 0.21% | 2023 |
 | Algeria | $78 | $3.7B | 1.4% | 1.04% | 2021 |
 | Guinea | $93 | $1.3B | 5.23% | 7.4% | 2016 |
 | Malawi | $95 | $1.9B | 17.09% | 8.73% | 2016 |
 | Chad | $100 | $1.9B | 10.03% | 18.75% | 2016 |
 | Niger | $104 | $2.7B | 14.5% | 20.99% | 2016 |
 | Central African Republic | $106 | $687M | 24.44% | 34.34% | 2016 |
 | Kiribati | $113 | $13.6M | 4.11% | 2013 | |
 | South Sudan | $126 | $1.9B | 29.44% | 2017 | |
 | Madagascar | $130 | $4B | 24.34% | 13.36% | 2016 |
 | Burkina Faso | $132 | $3.1B | 14.12% | 19.32% | 2016 |
 | Uganda | $136 | $6.2B | 11.23% | 12.74% | 2016 |
 | Togo | $145 | $1.2B | 11.93% | 19.55% | 2016 |
 | Comoros | $153 | $133M | 9.37% | 6.66% | 2016 |
 | Mali | $162 | $3.6B | 16.74% | 16.48% | 2016 |
 | Haiti | $163 | $2B | 8.41% | 40.44% | 2016 |
 | Sierra Leone | $176 | $1.6B | 34.25% | 39.02% | 2016 |
 | Rwanda | $177 | $2.4B | 17.82% | 8.72% | 2016 |
 | Benin | $181 | $2.3B | 10.95% | 15.6% | 2016 |
 | Nigeria | $192 | $43B | 21.54% | 6.16% | 2024 |
 | North Korea | $193 | $5B | 32.95% | 2013 | |
 | Liberia | $212 | $1.1B | 23.37% | 7.94% | 2016 |
 | Yemen | $223 | $7.2B | 42.45% | 2015 | |
 | Gambia | $224 | $542M | 20.11% | 18.06% | 2016 |
 | Timor-Leste | $227 | $312M | 15.64% | 7.79% | 2014 |
 | Ethiopia | $232 | $25.4B | 10.66% | 8.48% | 2024 |
 | Eritrea | $232 | $820M | 34.42% | 16.4% | 2016 |
 | Myanmar | $237 | $12.2B | 18.92% | 4.3% | 2023 |
 | Montserrat | $237 | $1M | 2% | 2011 | |
 | Syria | $240 | $5.9B | 31.83% | 32.88% | 2016 |
 | Cameroon | $256 | $7.4B | 13.81% | 16.03% | 2016 |
 | Tanzania | $257 | $15.9B | 19.9% | 10.96% | 2016 |
 | Somalia | $279 | $5.3B | 41.39% | 2013 | |
 | Palestine | $280 | $1.5B | 8.25% | 0.27% | 2018 |
 | Mozambique | $310 | $10.3B | 44.8% | 64.32% | 2023 |
 | Wallis and Futuna | $316 | $3.7M | 6% | 2004 | |
 | Senegal | $341 | $6.2B | 18.36% | 15.09% | 2016 |
 | Nepal | $361 | $10.5B | 24.09% | 11.69% | 2024 |
 | Eswatini | $381 | $471M | 9.25% | 2016 | |
 | Lesotho | $411 | $949M | 39.62% | 47.44% | 2016 |
 | New Caledonia | $417 | $112M | 1.16% | 2013 | |
 | Libya | $478 | $3.5B | 7.88% | 8.02% | 2016 |
 | India | $504 | $712B | 16.66% | 4.63% | 2024 |
 | Iraq | $509 | $22.6B | 8.34% | 2023 | |
 | Azerbaijan | $519 | $5.3B | 7% | 3.38% | 2024 |
 | Pakistan | $543 | $131B | 33.34% | 19.33% | 2024 |
 | British Virgin Islands | $560 | $17.7M | 2% | 2016 | |
 | Botswana | $594 | $1.4B | 6.69% | 5.3% | 2023 |
 | Bangladesh | $611 | $104B | 21.54% | 9.62% | 2024 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | $615 | $1.1B | 50.91% | 54.75% | 2010 |
 | Tajikistan | $618 | $6.3B | 48.82% | 25.39% | 2024 |
 | Greenland | $644 | $36.4M | 2010 | ||
 | Vanuatu | $647 | $208M | 16.14% | 2016 | |
 | Zimbabwe | $651 | $10.9B | 30.35% | 15.35% | 2016 |
 | Solomon Islands | $655 | $492M | 28.79% | 2013 | |
 | Mauritania | $728 | $3.6B | 33.73% | 59.75% | 2016 |
 | Brunei | $754 | $340M | 2.12% | 2.83% | 2017 |
 | Kenya | $766 | $40.2B | 34.42% | 9.23% | 2024 |
 | Republic of the Congo | $784 | $4.8B | 31.08% | 80.28% | 2016 |
 | Honduras | $813 | $8B | 21.89% | 2016 | |
 | Ghana | $846 | $27.9B | 37.06% | 24.92% | 2024 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | $875 | $1.4B | 12.74% | 6.82% | 2016 |
 | Micronesia | $885 | $93.6M | 19.34% | 2013 | |
 | Uzbekistan | $888 | $33.3B | 26.16% | 2020 | |
 | Fiji | $925 | $833M | 14.37% | 6.94% | 2016 |
 | Cayman Islands | $932 | $79M | 1.2% | 1998 | |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | $1,036 | $237M | 31.49% | 2016 | |
 | Guatemala | $1,070 | $19.1B | 15.78% | 2016 | |
 | Angola | $1,073 | $37.7B | 31.84% | 68.55% | 2016 |
 | Zambia | $1,180 | $23.1B | 77.49% | 85.73% | 2024 |
 | Cambodia | $1,209 | $21B | 40.96% | 32.74% | 2024 |
 | Philippines | $1,223 | $140B | 27.51% | 13.81% | 2024 |
 | Sudan | $1,237 | $62.4B | 202.12% | 283.64% | 2021 |
 | Ivory Coast | $1,244 | $36.5B | 42.01% | 2023 | |
 | Djibouti | $1,255 | $1.3B | 30.68% | 66.95% | 2016 |
 | Bolivia | $1,349 | $15.3B | 31.68% | 14.54% | 2024 |
 | Laos | $1,359 | $10.3B | 67.5% | 29.29% | 2023 |
 | Vietnam | $1,372 | $139B | 27.46% | 13.68% | 2023 |
 | Tuvalu | $1,386 | $14.8M | 22.42% | 2017 | |
 | Maldives | $1,440 | $742M | 10.3% | 7.42% | 2014 |
 | Egypt | $1,465 | $155B | 44.88% | 12.43% | 2024 |
 | Guyana | $1,479 | $1.1B | 5.4% | 19.05% | 2015 |
 | Indonesia | $1,501 | $424B | 28.41% | 13.02% | 2024 |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,518 | $5B | 17.04% | 5.7% | 2024 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | $1,628 | $11.7B | 73.92% | 46.63% | 2024 |
 | Nicaragua | $1,631 | $11.1B | 58.95% | 16.09% | 2016 |
 | Morocco | $1,759 | $64.8B | 38.42% | 18.67% | 2022 |
 | China | $1,787 | $2.5T | 12.88% | 2.98% | 2024 |
 | Papua New Guinea | $1,871 | $22B | 69.49% | 51.26% | 2016 |
 | Russia | $1,989 | $290B | 13.23% | 6.62% | 2024 |
 | Suriname | $2,003 | $1.2B | 28.48% | 61.75% | 2016 |
 | Armenia | $2,098 | $6.5B | 25.4% | 13.73% | 2024 |
 | Gabon | $2,142 | $5.2B | 24.55% | 22.43% | 2016 |
 | Namibia | $2,156 | $6.5B | 51.04% | 21.02% | 2016 |
 | Samoa | $2,176 | $447M | 43.67% | 2013 | |
 | Marshall Islands | $2,309 | $98M | 32.12% | 2013 | |
 | Tonga | $2,327 | $233M | 40.12% | 2016 | |
 | Cuba | $2,373 | $26.3B | 17.88% | 2016 | |
 | Dominican Republic | $2,418 | $26.1B | 19.22% | 2016 | |
 | El Salvador | $2,471 | $14.9B | 41.56% | 2016 | |
 | Peru | $2,550 | $86.3B | 30.55% | 16.63% | 2023 |
 | Sri Lanka | $2,582 | $56.6B | 75.61% | 15.75% | 2024 |
 | South Africa | $2,600 | $164B | 39.19% | 17.69% | 2024 |
 | Saint Lucia | $2,788 | $513M | 19.88% | 2016 | |
 | Nauru | $2,851 | $33.3M | 20.68% | 2004 | |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $2,897 | $321M | 28.47% | 2016 | |
 | Bhutan | $2,909 | $2.3B | 72.7% | 2016 | |
 | Thailand | $3,047 | $201B | 36.84% | 14.14% | 2024 |
 | Belize | $3,229 | $1.3B | 40.26% | 44.23% | 2016 |
 | Anguilla | $3,288 | $48.3M | 15.83% | 2024 | |
 | Cape Verde | $3,379 | $1.7B | 61.07% | 2016 | |
 | Ecuador | $3,404 | $57.7B | 45.89% | 22.61% | 2024 |
 | Paraguay | $3,562 | $21.8B | 48.43% | 32% | 2022 |
 | Tunisia | $3,580 | $42.6B | 80.86% | 24.05% | 2024 |
 | Jordan | $3,603 | $42.3B | 79.32% | 17.99% | 2024 |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $3,654 | $188M | 16.53% | 2016 | |
 | Colombia | $3,809 | $201B | 47.87% | 35.59% | 2024 |
 | Venezuela | $3,878 | $110B | 100.18% | 2019 | |
 | Belarus | $3,976 | $36.4B | 49.78% | 14.28% | 2024 |
 | Moldova | $4,198 | $10.2B | 55.42% | 15.65% | 2024 |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | $4,259 | $441M | 20.74% | 2012 | |
 | Dominica | $4,281 | $289M | 40.76% | 2016 | |
 | Albania | $4,641 | $11.1B | 43.84% | 14.48% | 2024 |
 | Costa Rica | $4,691 | $24.9B | 24.74% | 11.81% | 2016 |
 | Ukraine | $5,209 | $172B | 90.44% | 25.29% | 2024 |
 | Jamaica | $5,931 | $16.8B | 83.39% | 37.24% | 2016 |
 | Argentina | $6,007 | $283B | 46.8% | 67.32% | 2024 |
 | Grenada | $6,031 | $679M | 48.29% | 2013 | |
 | Turkey | $6,138 | $526B | 36.13% | 50.51% | 2024 |
 | Lebanon | $6,301 | $34.6B | 158.82% | 10.03% | 2024 |
 | Aruba | $6,444 | $693M | 17.04% | 2014 | |
 | Mexico | $6,784 | $880B | 43.64% | 18.1% | 2023 |
 | Georgia | $6,850 | $25.3B | 76.25% | 55.02% | 2024 |
 | North Macedonia | $6,961 | $12.7B | 80.09% | 2024 | |
 | Montenegro | $7,047 | $4.4B | 54.87% | 12.21% | 2023 |
 | Brazil | $7,056 | $1.5T | 63.91% | 32.19% | 2023 |
 | Bulgaria | $7,872 | $50.7B | 43.92% | 19.67% | 2024 |
 | Kazakhstan | $8,176 | $166B | 54.09% | 23.03% | 2024 |
 | Serbia | $8,179 | $54B | 65.45% | 29.05% | 2024 |
 | Saudi Arabia | $8,183 | $264B | 23.87% | 11.64% | 2022 |
 | Romania | $8,310 | $158B | 39% | 23.75% | 2023 |
 | Malaysia | $8,813 | $301B | 61.65% | 44.4% | 2024 |
 | Taiwan | $9,084 | $213B | 26.1% | 3.92% | 2024 |
 | Oman | $10,244 | $54B | 48.54% | 28.59% | 2021 |
 | San Marino | $10,339 | $352M | 17.31% | 2016 | |
 | Mongolia | $10,591 | $37.1B | 169.15% | 247.45% | 2024 |
 | Panama | $10,873 | $44.2B | 48.17% | 29.46% | 2025 |
 | Chile | $12,292 | $247B | 68.16% | 31.69% | 2024 |
 | Poland | $12,459 | $467B | 51.04% | 29.35% | 2024 |
 | Kuwait | $12,638 | $62.1B | 38.34% | 11.01% | 2024 |
 | Andorra | $12,736 | $1.1B | 28.53% | 2014 | |
 | Uruguay | $13,671 | $47.8B | 57.91% | 22.05% | 2024 |
 | Croatia | $13,694 | $52.9B | 55.04% | 22.98% | 2022 |
 | South Korea | $13,722 | $703B | 36.09% | 7.1% | 2024 |
 | Israel | $14,666 | $147B | 26.69% | 10.75% | 2024 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | $15,736 | $21.5B | 75.91% | 42.22% | 2016 |
 | Faroe Islands | $16,236 | $889M | 38% | 2010 | |
 | Barbados | $16,766 | $4.5B | 65.42% | 28.06% | 2010 |
 | Cook Islands | $18,697 | $281M | 23% | 2011 | |
 | United Arab Emirates | $20,639 | $220B | 38.76% | 17.75% | 2016 |
 | Czech Republic | $20,704 | $226B | 62.63% | 29.3% | 2024 |
 | Seychelles | $21,029 | $2.5B | 115.84% | 63.8% | 2016 |
 | Lithuania | $21,744 | $62.8B | 75.9% | 42.75% | 2024 |
 | Latvia | $23,782 | $44.1B | 96.81% | 31.25% | 2024 |
 | Bahrain | $24,813 | $39.4B | 82.45% | 33.98% | 2023 |
 | Slovakia | $26,732 | $145B | 95.01% | 53.66% | 2024 |
 | Slovenia | $28,494 | $60.7B | 82.88% | 32.27% | 2023 |
 | Estonia | $30,426 | $41.7B | 96.79% | 50.81% | 2024 |
 | Hungary | $35,903 | $343B | 109.56% | 74.78% | 2024 |
 | Japan | $37,502 | $4.6T | 105.59% | 20.52% | 2024 |
 | Bermuda | $38,014 | $2.4B | 31.11% | 2015 | |
 | Portugal | $42,911 | $457B | 142.7% | 34.48% | 2024 |
 | Bahamas | $44,102 | $17.6B | 122.03% | 109.75% | 2013 |
 | New Zealand | $45,997 | $246B | 93.71% | 17.28% | 2024 |
 | Italy | $49,635 | $2.9T | 118.99% | 26.56% | 2024 |
 | Puerto Rico | $51,634 | $167B | 142.15% | 2015 | |
 | Spain | $58,392 | $2.9T | 156.81% | 33.77% | 2024 |
 | Greece | $59,398 | $618B | 232.97% | 69.41% | 2024 |
 | Iceland | $64,941 | $25.3B | 76.83% | 19.61% | 2024 |
 | Qatar | $68,059 | $195B | 80.97% | 47.79% | 2018 |
 | Australia | $71,698 | $1.9T | 103.69% | 20.07% | 2024 |
 | United States | $75,852 | $25.8T | 88.45% | 18.44% | 2024 |
 | Canada | $76,474 | $3.2T | 136.08% | 28.15% | 2024 |
 | Austria | $82,174 | $756B | 135.16% | 42.13% | 2024 |
 | Germany | $85,266 | $7.1T | 144.6% | 40.84% | 2024 |
 | Denmark | $98,416 | $590B | 136.45% | 31.56% | 2024 |
 | Sweden | $105,643 | $1.1T | 175.1% | 47.9% | 2024 |
 | France | $119,450 | $8.2T | 249.57% | 51.25% | 2024 |
 | Finland | $121,797 | $687B | 214.62% | 86.71% | 2024 |
 | Norway | $132,849 | $743B | 147.62% | 45.21% | 2024 |
 | Belgium | $139,901 | $1.6T | 239.72% | 51.72% | 2024 |
 | Mauritius | $150,096 | $189B | 1156% | 278.01% | 2024 |
 | United Kingdom | $152,271 | $10.5T | 293.48% | 65.91% | 2024 |
 | Netherlands | $243,753 | $4.4T | 345.55% | 90.34% | 2024 |
 | Hong Kong | $255,645 | $1.9T | 456.21% | 55.12% | 2024 |
 | Switzerland | $257,429 | $2.3T | 232.5% | 48.13% | 2024 |
 | Cyprus | $301,614 | $291B | 837.83% | 267.41% | 2024 |
 | Singapore | $356,645 | $2.1T | 383.29% | 112.96% | 2024 |
 | Malta | $368,190 | $207B | 912.41% | 357.68% | 2024 |
 | Monaco | $430,057 | $16.5B | 187.84% | 2010 | |
 | Ireland | $614,404 | $3.3T | 562.93% | 362.07% | 2024 |
 | Palau | $1.10 Mn | $18.4B | 5968% | 2014 | |
 | Luxembourg | $5.85 Mn | $3.9T | 4052% | 1314.28% | 2024 |
 | Niue | 2016 |
- Any apparent discrepancies between year-to-year data are consistent with the original source.
- Country-level international debt is made up of two major components: public debt, which is the debt owed to foreign creditors by the country’s government, and private debt, which is the debt owed to foreign creditors by the the country’s private residents or corporations.
- Only two sovereign states in the world are believed to be completely free of debt: Liechtenstein and Niue.
- However, most countries are both debtors and creditors, owing money to some countries at the same time they are owed money by other countries. If one were to compare the amount of money each country owes to the amount that it is owed by other countries, additional countries would show a positive debt balance.
