Ranked: The World’s Most Indebted Countries Today

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Ranked: The World’s Most Indebted Countries Today​

Published

2 days ago
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March 2, 2026
By

Gabriel Cohen

Article/Editing:​

• Niccolo Conte​

Graphics/Design:​

• Miranda Smith​

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Ranked: The World’s Most Indebted Countries Today​

Published

2 days ago
on

March 2, 2026
By

Gabriel Cohen

Article/Editing:​

• Niccolo Conte​

Graphics/Design:​

• Miranda Smith​

See more visuals like this on the Voronoi app.

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Ranked: The World’s Most Indebted Countries Today​

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Key Takeaways​

• Hong Kong ranks first with total debt equal to 380% of GDP, followed by Japan at 372%
• The U.S. ranks seventh at 264%, led by government debt (123%) and corporate debt (73%)

How indebted is your country today?

Based on the latest available data (Q4 2025) from the Institute of International Finance’s Global Debt Monitor, several major economies now carry total debt loads exceeding 300% of GDP, meaning their combined household, corporate, and government borrowing is worth more than three years of economic output.

This visualization ranks 35 countries by their total debt-to-GDP ratios, combining household, corporate, and government borrowing into one measure

 

[eatshitndie]

need another panda-mic and or world war to remove and relieve jiakliaobees from household debt and government debt as much of government debt in asia and america are in pension, health and social security (including cpf in sg) payouts (ie. govs owing shitizens). the earlier they kaput the better for gov debt and liabilities. it’s symptomatic of shitizens living longer or way longer than their productive years.

 

[Boonsiong]

Colombia has low debt burden
Who wants to stay there

 

[VanDick]

Our awesome gahment's debt is ranked at no.3. So that is why they need to pump up the population to 10 million slaves just to service their debt.