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Government debt to GDP: compare countries

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Government debt to GDP by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government debt to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	United States
Dec 31, 2001	52.0%	52.6%
Dec 31, 2002	50.2%	54.0%
Dec 31, 2003	45.5%	56.4%
Dec 31, 2004	43.4%	56.8%
Dec 31, 2005	40.2%	56.7%
Dec 31, 2006	35.7%	55.6%
Dec 31, 2007	31.7%	55.8%
Dec 31, 2008	35.7%	64.0%
Dec 31, 2009	48.2%	76.0%
Dec 31, 2010	50.0%	85.2%
Dec 31, 2011	57.8%	89.7%
Dec 31, 2012	77.4%	93.8%
Dec 31, 2013	91.9%	95.5%
Dec 31, 2014	104.9%	95.6%
Dec 31, 2015	104.5%	96.1%
Dec 31, 2016	106.0%	98.1%
Dec 31, 2017	106.6%	97.2%
Dec 31, 2018	107.2%	98.6%
Dec 31, 2019	111.3%	100.2%
Dec 31, 2020	139.0%	124.5%
Dec 31, 2021	132.5%	118.3%
Dec 31, 2022	109.0%	112.7%
Dec 31, 2023	107.4%	114.7%
Dec 31, 2024	105.6%	115.8%