General government gross debt, national accounts
Gross debt of general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, under the System of National Accounts: all liabilities that are debt instruments, including loans, debt securities, currency and deposits, insurance and pension entitlements and other accounts payable.
Not the Maastricht debt in government_debt: this measure also counts pension entitlements and accounts payable, and some countries value securities at market prices, so it is usually higher. Use it to compare OECD countries with each other.
Key facts
- General government gross debt, national accounts in the United States was 136.4% of GDP in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Japan had the highest general government gross debt, national accounts of 37 countries in 2024, at 218.5% of GDP, and Türkiye the lowest, at 26.5% of GDP. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Published for 37 places, with figures from 1995 to 2025.
Rankings
Countries by general government gross debt, national accounts, 2024
Places with data
Countries
- United States
- Mexico
- Japan
- Türkiye
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- France
- Italy
- Colombia
- South Korea
- Estonia
- Belgium
- Ireland
- Sweden
- Slovakia
- Israel
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest general government gross debt, national accounts? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"general_government_debt_gdp","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=general_government_debt_gdp&level=country