| # | Flag | Country | Central government debt, total (current LCU)Central government debt, total (current LCU) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 3,890,000,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 2 | Japan | 1,050,000,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 3 | South Korea | 663,000,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 4 | Colombia | 496,000,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 5 | Iraq | 58,000,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 6 | India | 56,500,000,000,000 | 2013 | |
| 7 | Hungary | 34,500,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 8 | Lebanon | 33,700,000,000,000 | 1999 | |
| 9 | United States | 18,500,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 10 | Russia | 12,200,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 11 | Ivory Coast | 9,390,000,000,000 | 1995 | |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 8,500,000,000,000 | 2015 | |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 7,880,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 14 | Philippines | 5,740,000,000,000 | 2014 | |
| 15 | Thailand | 4,850,000,000,000 | 2015 | |
| 16 | Brazil | 4,600,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 17 | Mongolia | 3,920,000,000,000 | 2009 | |
| 18 | Pakistan | 2,830,000,000,000 | 2000 | |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 2,290,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 20 | Malawi | 2,240,000,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 21 | Jamaica | 2,160,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 2,070,000,000,000 | 2001 | |
| 23 | Iceland | 1,830,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 24 | Ukraine | 1,710,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 25 | Republic of the Congo | 1,660,000,000,000 | 2010 | |
| 26 | Mexico | 1,280,000,000,000 | 2000 | |
| 27 | Albania | 1,190,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 28 | Spain | 1,160,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 1,090,000,000,000 | 2003 | |
| 30 | Australia | 908,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 31 | Turkey | 831,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 32 | Uruguay | 805,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 33 | Denmark | 748,000,000,000 | 1994 | |
| 34 | Burundi | 740,000,000,000 | 1999 | |
| 35 | Italy | 651,000,000,000 | 1992 | |
| 36 | Malaysia | 648,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 37 | Egypt | 639,000,000,000 | 2007 | |
| 38 | South Africa | 616,000,000,000 | 2008 | |
| 39 | Singapore | 481,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 40 | Morocco | 456,000,000,000 | 2011 | |
| 41 | Israel | 444,000,000,000 | 1999 | |
| 42 | Nepal | 404,000,000,000 | 2010 | |
| 43 | Germany | 395,000,000,000 | 1999 | |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 288,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 45 | Norway | 276,000,000,000 | 1994 | |
| 46 | Republic of Ireland | 230,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 47 | Czech Republic | 194,000,000,000 | 1994 | |
| 48 | Netherlands | 170,000,000,000 | 1994 | |
| 49 | Bhutan | 161,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 50 | Poland | 152,000,000,000 | 1994 | |
| 51 | Peru | 150,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 52 | Rwanda | 132,000,000,000 | 1992 | |
| 53 | Switzerland | 131,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 54 | Mauritius | 128,000,000,000 | 2012 | |
| 55 | Guatemala | 115,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 56 | New Zealand | 114,000,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 57 | Ethiopia | 93,049,100,000 | 2013 | |
| 58 | Zambia | 90,603,650,000 | 2015 | |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 57,544,200,000 | 1999 | |
| 60 | Finland | 52,858,942,468 | 1994 | |
| 61 | Moldova | 51,276,800,000 | 2016 | |
| 62 | Belarus | 37,941,765,766 | 2016 | |
| 63 | Bolivia | 36,760,230,000 | 2001 | |
| 64 | Namibia | 32,020,735,195 | 2014 | |
| 65 | Tunisia | 31,420,100,000 | 2012 | |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 27,127,927,216 | 2013 | |
| 67 | Botswana | 25,986,219,844 | 2016 | |
| 68 | Maldives | 23,212,090,000 | 2011 | |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21,813,800,000 | 2007 | |
| 70 | Jordan | 20,979,900,000 | 2016 | |
| 71 | Papua New Guinea | 17,966,880,000 | 2015 | |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15,809,924,210 | 2016 | |
| 73 | Georgia | 15,102,700,000 | 2016 | |
| 74 | Barbados | 13,365,027,241 | 2015 | |
| 75 | El Salvador | 12,595,426,766 | 2016 | |
| 76 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 12,174,960,000 | 1997 | |
| 77 | Seychelles | 11,616,521,354 | 2015 | |
| 78 | Vanuatu | 9,445,000,000 | 1999 | |
| 79 | The Bahamas | 6,138,814,000 | 2016 | |
| 80 | Cyprus | 5,717,894,742 | 1994 | |
| 81 | Portugal | 4,669,745,912 | 1994 | |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 2,728,520,000 | 2014 | |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 2,711,634,760 | 2010 | |
| 84 | Belize | 2,609,974,000 | 2014 | |
| 85 | Malta | 1,842,608,694 | 1994 | |
| 86 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 1,482,430,000 | 2014 | |
| 87 | Bahrain | 1,453,600,000 | 2004 | |
| 88 | Slovenia | 1,431,313,637 | 1994 | |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,350,810,000 | 2014 | |
| 90 | Fiji | 979,110,000 | 1994 | |
| 91 | San Marino | 760,475,442 | 2016 | |
| 92 | Solomon Islands | 686,326,347.9 | 2016 | |
| 93 | Liberia | 567,200,000 | 2012 | |
| 94 | Tonga | 460,835,620 | 2016 | |
| 95 | Luxembourg | 396,257,799.4 | 1993 | |
| 96 | Latvia | 325,225,809.8 | 1994 | |
| 97 | Palau | 202,718,309 | 2016 | |
| 98 | Marshall Islands | 98,046,732.6 | 2016 | |
| 99 | Federated States of Micronesia | 84,368,040 | 2016 |