Government debt to GDP: compare countries

See Government debt to GDP for up to four countries side by side.

To start, we chose Vanuatu, United States, Germany. Add or remove countries to compare the ones you want.

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government debt to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	Vanuatu	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 2001	—	52.6%	—
Dec 31, 2002	—	54.0%	—
Dec 31, 2003	—	56.4%	—
Dec 31, 2004	—	56.8%	—
Dec 31, 2005	—	56.7%	—
Dec 31, 2006	—	55.6%	—
Dec 31, 2007	—	55.8%	—
Dec 31, 2008	—	64.0%	—
Dec 31, 2009	—	76.0%	—
Dec 31, 2010	—	85.2%	—
Dec 31, 2011	—	89.7%	—
Dec 31, 2012	—	93.8%	—
Dec 31, 2013	—	95.5%	—
Dec 31, 2014	—	95.6%	—
Dec 31, 2015	—	96.1%	—
Dec 31, 2016	—	98.1%	—
Dec 31, 2017	—	97.2%	—
Dec 31, 2018	—	98.6%	—
Dec 31, 2019	—	100.2%	—
Dec 31, 2020	—	124.5%	—
Dec 31, 2021	75.7%	118.3%	—
Dec 31, 2022	73.1%	112.7%	—
Dec 31, 2023	67.9%	114.7%	—
Dec 31, 2024	—	115.8%	—