Based on a comparison of 168 countries in 2020, Venezuela ranked the highest in public debt with USD 3,911,288 bil followed by USA and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Hong Kong with USD 0 bil, Macao with USD 0 bil and Comoros with USD 0.231 bil.
Data for more countries are available at Public Debt (USD) indicator page.
| Public Debt (USD) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Australia | USD bil | 563 | 573 | 558 | 559 | 602 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | USD bil | 1,726 | 1,664 | 1,694 | 1,420 | 1,540 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | USD bil | 1,483 | 1,507 | 1,488 | 1,480 | 1,528 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | USD bil | 5,642 | 6,707 | 7,495 | 8,642 | 9,913 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | USD bil | 2,505 | 2,692 | 2,626 | 2,746 | 3,032 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD bil | 2,363 | 2,399 | 2,205 | 2,196 | 2,319 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | USD bil | 1,852 | 1,870 | 2,023 | 2,140 | 2,288 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | USD bil | 2,556 | 2,708 | 2,602 | 2,695 | 2,946 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | USD bil | 11,581 | 12,017 | 12,383 | 12,775 | 13,108 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | USD bil | 625 | 656 | 696 | 652 | 684 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | USD bil | 609 | 668 | 662 | 684 | 744 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | USD bil | 1,293 | 1,391 | 1,351 | 1,415 | 1,563 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | USD bil | 20,499 | 21,773 | 23,157 | 24,524 | 25,960 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | USD bil | 2,301 | 2,450 | 2,409 | 2,477 | 2,599 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | USD bil | 81.6 | 5,053 | 2,343,542 | 3,911,288 | 7,737,818,200 | ... |
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