Visualizing World Debt by Country in 2025
A Closer Look at World Debt by Country
Below, we break down government debt around the world in 2025:
|
Country
|
Share of Global Debt
2025 |
Value of Debt
(Billions USD) |
General Government Gross Debt
(Percent of GDP) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 U.S. | 34.5% | $38,269.7 | 125.0% |
| 🇨🇳 China | 16.8% | $18,680.8 | 96.3% |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | 8.9% | $9,826.5 | 229.6% |
| 🇬🇧 UK | 3.7% | $4,093.4 | 103.4% |
| 🇫🇷 France | 3.5% | $3,916.2 | 116.5% |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 3.1% | $3,479.8 | 136.8% |
| 🇮🇳 India | 3.0% | $3,357.9 | 81.4% |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 2.9% | $3,228.7 | 64.4% |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 2.3% | $2,601.0 | 113.9% |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1.9% | $2,062.8 | 91.4% |
America’s debt burden exceeds $38 trillion in 2025, standing at 125% of GDP.
Over the past five years, net interest payments on the national debt have nearly tripled. They are projected to double again by 2035 to reach $1.8 trillion per year.
With $18.7 trillion in debt, China ranks in second. In 2025, debt expanded by almost $2.2 trillion, driven by government stimulus and weaker land revenues given a struggling property market sector.
As we can see, Japan follows next with a $9.8 trillion debt pile, equal to 230% of GDP. Even though debt remains sky-high, the country’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is proposing $92.2 billion in stimulus spending and subsidies.
The UK and France round out the top largest debt burdens, both hovering near $4 trillion. France, in particular, has experienced significant political instability amid contentious budget cut proposals, cycling through five prime ministers over the past two years.
Información extraída de: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/111-trillion-of-global-debt-in-2025/
