Economy > Debt > Central government debt, total > Current LCU per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Central government debt, total (current LCU). Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Belarus	12.78 million	2011
2	Indonesia	7.99 million	2011
3	Japan	6.99 million	2011
4	Colombia	6.96 million	2011
5	Iceland	6.08 million	2011
6	Hungary	2.28 million	2011
7	Mongolia	1.89 million	2011
8	Republic of the Congo	1.35 million	1999
9	Zambia	1.11 million	1998
10	South Korea	1.02 million	1997
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	1.02 million	2011
11	Sierra Leone	741,267.15	1999
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	644,729.19	2010
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	561,661.49	2011
12	Uganda	474,686.49	2011
13	Cote d'Ivoire	459,714.8	2004
14	Jamaica	446,967.62	2008
	NATO countries average (profile)	411,525	2011
15	Cameroon	364,592.4	1999
16	Madagascar	355,740.51	2001
17	Paraguay	333,973.75	1993
18	Senegal	243,282.07	2001
19	Kazakhstan	165,574.54	2011
20	Denmark	162,630.34	2011
21	Sri Lanka	151,788.26	2007
22	Sweden	141,766.2	2011
23	Czech Republic	139,346.67	2011
24	Seychelles	129,244.31	2012
	European Union average (profile)	128,312.76	2011
25	Uruguay	124,166.6	2011
26	Burundi	113,105.26	1999
27	Norway	111,876.67	2011
28	Hong Kong	107,260.87	2011
29	Mauritius	91,323.91	2011
30	Singapore	71,026.78	2011
31	Albania	64,305.02	1998
32	Philippines	56,222.58	2012
33	Maldives	55,827.86	2010
34	Vanuatu	52,082.76	1999
35	Bhutan	49,335.64	2009
36	Thailand	47,777.58	2011
37	United States	39,342.95	2011
38	Russia	36,335.34	2011
39	Ireland	36,243.64	2011
40	India	35,643.99	2011
41	Barbados	30,599.67	2010
42	Belgium	30,465.01	2011
43	New Zealand	29,292.88	2011
44	Italy	28,825.18	2011
45	France	28,686.72	2011
46	Canada	26,811.82	2011
47	Austria	26,764.16	2011
48	United Kingdom	24,452.9	2011
49	Netherlands	23,814.79	2011
50	Switzerland	20,532.14	2008
51	Rwanda	20,108.63	1992
52	Greece	19,661.19	2011
53	Australia	19,269.88	2011
54	San Marino	18,813.67	2011
	Eurozone average (profile)	18,320	2011
55	Cyprus	18,134.41	2011
56	Germany	17,634.07	2011
57	Malaysia	17,155.21	2012
58	Finland	16,791.47	2011
59	Trinidad and Tobago	16,651.25	2007
60	Kenya	15,664.89	1999
61	Pakistan	15,441.35	1998
62	Lithuania	15,282.76	2011
63	Nepal	15,045.19	2010
64	Portugal	14,993.51	2011
65	Kyrgyzstan	14,840.75	2001
66	Morocco	14,229.52	2011
67	Luxembourg	13,845.82	2011
68	Malta	13,279.03	2011
69	Spain	12,711.48	2011
70	Mexico	12,288.5	2000
71	Brazil	11,105.48	2011
72	South Africa	9,487.59	2000
73	Poland	8,751.63	2002
74	Egypt	8,607.8	2007
75	Turkey	8,158.51	2011
76	Ukraine	7,816.76	2011
77	Bangladesh	7,809.08	2003
78	The Bahamas	7,690.47	2008
79	Guatemala	6,095.64	2011
80	Slovakia	5,827.54	2011
81	Moldova	5,483.06	2011
82	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5,451.48	2001
83	Nigeria	4,868.01	2008
84	Peru	3,209.68	2011
85	Latvia	2,921.74	2011
86	Tunisia	2,696.27	2011
87	Swaziland	2,602.29	2000
88	Belize	2,345.51	1996
89	Jordan	2,323.22	2012
90	Georgia	1,886.7	2012
91	Slovenia	1,879.77	1999
92	Lesotho	1,830.74	1998
93	El Salvador	1,769.01	2011
94	Bulgaria	1,582.97	2011
95	Papua New Guinea	1,435.96	2002
96	Bahrain	1,293.57	2007
97	Fiji	1,278.77	1994
98	Botswana	1,109.14	1996
99	Estonia	840.27	2011
100	China	831.03	1999
101	Ethiopia	771.29	1999
102	Zimbabwe	406.49	1997
103	Oman	405.38	2010
104	Tajikistan	325.32	2001
105	Azerbaijan	299.45	2010
106	Democratic Republic of the Congo	276.21	1997
107	Sudan	86.24	1999

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