# Countries by general government gross debt, national accounts, 2024

All 37 values come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `general_government_debt_gdp`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: 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.
- Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD National Accounts at a Glance: gross debt of general government, percentage of GDP (DSD_NAAG_VI@DF_NAAG_VI, LES13_FD4) (https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_NAAG_VI%40DF_NAAG_VI&df[ag]=OECD.SDD.NAD)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: OECD. OECD National Accounts at a Glance: gross debt of general government, percentage of GDP (DSD_NAAG_VI@DF_NAAG_VI, LES13_FD4). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_NAAG_VI%40DF_NAAG_VI&df[ag]=OECD.SDD.NAD. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/general-government-gross-debt/countries

| Rank | Place | % of GDP |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Japan | 218.5 |
| 2 | Greece | 170.4 |
| 3 | Italy | 147.8 |
| 4 | United States | 137.4 |
| 5 | Canada | 116.5 |
| 6 | France | 115 |
| 7 | Spain | 109 |
| 8 | Belgium | 104.8 |
| 9 | Portugal | 99.1 |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 92.5 |
| 11 | Iceland | 89.8 |
| 12 | Finland | 85.3 |
| 13 | Austria | 83.6 |
| 14 | Colombia | 83.2 |
| 15 | Hungary | 82 |
| 16 | Israel | 73.2 |
| 17 | Australia | 71.1 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 69 |
| 19 | Slovakia | 67.2 |
| 20 | Poland | 67 |
| 21 | Germany | 62.9 |
| 22 | Mexico | 62.3 |
| 23 | New Zealand | 59.6 |
| 24 | Norway | 59.3 |
| 25 | Latvia | 57.2 |
| 26 | South Korea | 56.6 |
| 27 | Sweden | 55.7 |
| 28 | Czechia | 49.1 |
| 29 | Netherlands | 48.3 |
| 30 | Chile | 45.9 |
| 31 | Switzerland | 40.8 |
| 32 | Lithuania | 40.1 |
| 33 | Ireland | 39 |
| 34 | Denmark | 37.1 |
| 35 | Estonia | 33 |
| 36 | Luxembourg | 31.7 |
| 37 | Türkiye | 26.5 |