In 2024, the net government debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of Japan was estimated at about *** percent. The government debt ratio of the United States was over ** percent. Saudi Arabia, who had the lowest net debt, had a debt ratio of only **** percent.

This dataset provides values for GOVERNMENT DEBT TO GDP reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

The statistic shows the 20 countries with the lowest national debt in 2023 in relation to the gross domestic product (GDP). The data refer to the debts of the entire state, including the central government, the provinces, municipalities, local authorities and social insurance. In 2023, Russia's estimated level of national debt reached about 19.66 percent of the GDP, ranking 17th of the countries with the lowest national debt. National debt and GDP The debt-to-GDP ratio is an indicator of a country’s ability to produce and sell goods in order to pay back any present debts, however these countries should not retain newer debts in the process. Many economists believe that if a country is able to produce more without impairing its own economical growth, it can be considered more stable, particularly for the future. However, the listed countries, with the exception of Russia and Saudi Arabia, are not necessarily economic first-world powers. Additionally, economically powerful countries such as the United States and France maintain one of the highest debt-to-GDP ratios, signifying that occurring debt does not necessarily damage the state of the economy and is sometimes necessary in order to help develop it. Saudi Arabia has maintained one of the lowest debt-to-GDP ratios due to its high export rates, which primarily consist of petroleum and petroleum goods. Given the significance of oil in today’s world, Saudi Arabia produces enough oil and earns enough revenue to maintain a high GDP and additionally refrain from incurring debt.

World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates. [Note: Even though Global Development Finance (GDF) is no longer listed in the WDI database name, all external debt and financial flows data continue to be included in WDI. The GDF publication has been renamed International Debt Statistics (IDS), and has its own separate database, as well.

Last Updated:01/28/2025

Data contains Following 20 Countries 'Argentina', 'Australia', 'Brazil', 'China', 'France', 'Germany', 'India', 'Indonesia', 'Italy', 'Japan', 'Korea, Rep.', 'Mexico', 'Netherlands', 'Russian Federation', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Spain', 'Switzerland', 'Turkiye', 'United Kingdom', 'United States'

Dataset contains below Development Indicators 'Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)', 'Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)', 'Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources)', 'Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)', 'Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49)', 'Domestic credit provided by financial sector (% of GDP)', 'Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)', 'Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)', 'Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)', 'External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)', 'Fertility rate, total (births per woman)', 'Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)', 'Forest area (sq. km)', 'GDP (current US$)', 'GDP growth (annual %)', 'GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)', 'GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)', 'GNI, Atlas method (current US$)', 'GNI, PPP (current international $)', 'Gross capital formation (% of GDP)', 'High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)', 'Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)', 'Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)', 'Income share held by lowest 20%', 'Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)', 'Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)', 'Life expectancy at birth, total (years)', 'Merchandise trade (% of GDP)', 'Military expenditure (% of GDP)', 'Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)', 'Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)', 'Net barter terms of trade index (2015 = 100)', 'Net migration', 'Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$)', 'Personal remittances, received (current US$)', 'Population density (people per sq. km of land area)', 'Population growth (annual %)', 'Population, total', 'Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population)', 'Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)', 'Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)', 'Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)', 'Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)', 'Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)', 'School enrollment, primary (% gross)', 'School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)', 'School enrollment, secondary (% gross)', 'Surface area (sq. km)', 'Tax revenue (% of GDP)', 'Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)', 'Time required to start a business (days)', 'Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)', 'Urban population growth (annual %)