| # | Flag | Country | Central government debt, total (% of GDP)Central government debt, total (% of GDP) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 196.42% | 2016 | |
| 2 | Ivory Coast | 171.07% | 1995 | |
| 3 | Burundi | 162.56% | 1999 | |
| 4 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 152.19% | 1997 | |
| 5 | Barbados | 145.77% | 2015 | |
| 6 | Lebanon | 128.64% | 1999 | |
| 7 | Jamaica | 122.65% | 2016 | |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 116.49% | 2016 | |
| 9 | Singapore | 109.4% | 2016 | |
| 10 | Bhutan | 107.65% | 2016 | |
| 11 | Spain | 104.11% | 2016 | |
| 12 | United States | 99.02% | 2016 | |
| 13 | Hungary | 97.33% | 2016 | |
| 14 | Cyprus | 91.67% | 1994 | |
| 15 | Israel | 91.57% | 1999 | |
| 16 | Egypt | 85.79% | 2007 | |
| 17 | Republic of Ireland | 84.35% | 2016 | |
| 18 | Albania | 80.74% | 2016 | |
| 19 | Italy | 77.72% | 1992 | |
| 20 | Sri Lanka | 77.65% | 2015 | |
| 21 | Belize | 77.08% | 2014 | |
| 22 | Jordan | 75.39% | 2016 | |
| 23 | Denmark | 75.26% | 1994 | |
| 24 | Pakistan | 74.03% | 2000 | |
| 25 | Brazil | 73.44% | 2016 | |
| 26 | Iceland | 73.18% | 2016 | |
| 27 | Ukraine | 71.81% | 2016 | |
| 28 | Malta | 69.81% | 1994 | |
| 29 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.75% | 2014 | |
| 30 | Bolivia | 68.34% | 2001 | |
| 31 | Palau | 66.69% | 2016 | |
| 32 | Saint Lucia | 65.52% | 2014 | |
| 33 | Seychelles | 63.34% | 2015 | |
| 34 | Kyrgyzstan | 60.47% | 2016 | |
| 35 | Poland | 60.45% | 1994 | |
| 36 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 59.88% | 2014 | |
| 37 | Mongolia | 59.51% | 2009 | |
| 38 | Finland | 58.24% | 1994 | |
| 39 | Colombia | 57.41% | 2016 | |
| 40 | Maldives | 57.3% | 2011 | |
| 41 | Morocco | 55.63% | 2011 | |
| 42 | Australia | 54.6% | 2016 | |
| 43 | Netherlands | 54.29% | 1994 | |
| 44 | San Marino | 53.77% | 2016 | |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.87% | 2016 | |
| 46 | Malaysia | 52.68% | 2016 | |
| 47 | El Salvador | 52.15% | 2016 | |
| 48 | The Bahamas | 51.85% | 2016 | |
| 49 | Tonga | 51.81% | 2016 | |
| 50 | Uruguay | 50.68% | 2016 | |
| 51 | Marshall Islands | 50.41% | 2016 | |
| 52 | India | 50.31% | 2013 | |
| 53 | Zambia | 49.41% | 2015 | |
| 54 | Malawi | 48.66% | 2017 | |
| 55 | Rwanda | 48.43% | 1992 | |
| 56 | Philippines | 45.39% | 2014 | |
| 57 | Tunisia | 44.66% | 2012 | |
| 58 | Georgia | 44.38% | 2016 | |
| 59 | New Zealand | 42.42% | 2016 | |
| 60 | South Korea | 40.36% | 2016 | |
| 61 | Belarus | 39.96% | 2016 | |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 39.49% | 2001 | |
| 63 | Fiji | 36.64% | 1994 | |
| 64 | Mauritius | 36.51% | 2012 | |
| 65 | Thailand | 35.27% | 2015 | |
| 66 | Nepal | 33.86% | 2010 | |
| 67 | Moldova | 31.89% | 2016 | |
| 68 | Turkey | 31.87% | 2016 | |
| 69 | Indonesia | 31.37% | 2016 | |
| 70 | Bangladesh | 31.2% | 2003 | |
| 71 | Norway | 30.75% | 1994 | |
| 72 | Papua New Guinea | 29.88% | 2015 | |
| 73 | Bahrain | 29.4% | 2004 | |
| 74 | Iraq | 28.85% | 2016 | |
| 75 | Republic of the Congo | 27.88% | 2010 | |
| 76 | Vanuatu | 27.3% | 1999 | |
| 77 | South Africa | 26.02% | 2008 | |
| 78 | Federated States of Micronesia | 25.57% | 2016 | |
| 79 | Peru | 23.18% | 2016 | |
| 80 | Namibia | 23.08% | 2014 | |
| 81 | Guatemala | 22.12% | 2016 | |
| 82 | Liberia | 20.85% | 2012 | |
| 83 | Switzerland | 19.77% | 2016 | |
| 84 | Germany | 19.13% | 1999 | |
| 85 | Mexico | 19.07% | 2000 | |
| 86 | Slovenia | 17.76% | 1994 | |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 16.77% | 2016 | |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 16.42% | 1999 | |
| 89 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.93% | 2007 | |
| 90 | Botswana | 15.24% | 2016 | |
| 91 | Czech Republic | 14.18% | 1994 | |
| 92 | Russia | 14.18% | 2016 | |
| 93 | Ethiopia | 10.73% | 2013 | |
| 94 | Latvia | 9.02% | 1994 | |
| 95 | Solomon Islands | 7% | 2016 | |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 6.39% | 2010 | |
| 97 | Portugal | 5.66% | 1994 | |
| 98 | Luxembourg | 2.8% | 1993 | |
| 99 | United Arab Emirates | 1.89% | 2013 |