Unsustainable Debt: Countries With The Highest National Debt Per Person In 2020
With a population of 126.85 million, Japan now has the highest national debt per person. Data gathered and calculated by the CEOWORLD magazine shows that each Japanese national owes $89,525 of the $11.35 trillion national debt.
Other countries with high national debt per citizen include the US ($70180), Belgium ($50462), the United Kingdom ($49,211) and Italy ($47,147) closes the top five category. Canada ($46,035) occupies the sixth position.
The United States with the highest global national debt of $23.2 trillion has a $70,180 debt per person. On the other hand, China with a population of about 1.4 billion debt per citizen is over 15 times lower than Japan’s, and over 11 times lower than the United States. Each Chinese national owes $5,866.
Top 30 countries with the highest national debt per person
| Rank | Country | National Debt ($USD) | Population | Debt per Citizen ($USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 11356100000000 | 126847639 | 89525.51 |
| 2 | United States | 23181702300000 | 330315550 | 70180.48 |
| 3 | Belgium | 582394396000 | 11541060 | 50462.82 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 3323941450000 | 67544062 | 49211.45 |
| 5 | Italy | 2854654800000 | 60547216 | 47147.58 |
| 6 | Canada | 1722805075000 | 37423183 | 46035.77 |
| 7 | France | 2829254900000 | 65134025 | 43437.43 |
| 8 | Greece | 419999660000 | 10471228 | 40109.88 |
| 9 | Ireland | 187931688000 | 4818000 | 39006.16 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 320140761000 | 8593386 | 37254.32 |
| 11 | Norway | 172372540000 | 5379483 | 32042.58 |
| 12 | Germany | 2386834950000 | 83531211 | 28574.17 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 484116774000 | 17098272 | 28313.78 |
| 14 | Portugal | 286174029500 | 10224996 | 27987.69 |
| 15 | Australia | 617010755050 | 25214030 | 24470.93 |
| 16 | Sweden | 229672265000 | 10038176 | 22879.88 |
| 17 | Spain | 1482085709000 | 68497030 | 21637.23 |
| 18 | South Korea | 736450100000 | 51226807 | 14376.26 |
| 19 | Taiwan | 227549522500 | 23774573 | 9571.13 |
| 20 | Brazil | 1800597700000 | 211106867 | 8529.32 |
| 21 | Argentina | 380458300000 | 44795019 | 8493.32 |
| 22 | Poland | 312165661000 | 37885770 | 8239.65 |
| 23 | Mexico | 774728494900 | 127628299 | 6070.19 |
| 24 | China | 8412481390000 | 1434004954 | 5866.42 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 178376980000 | 34288946 | 5202.17 |
| 26 | Turkey | 254871899000 | 82431979 | 3091.91 |
| 27 | Russia | 267898504500 | 145876619 | 1836.47 |
| 28 | India | 2490898290000 | 1366506449 | 1822.82 |
| 29 | Indonesia | 347482700000 | 270731905 | 1283.49 |
| 30 | Nigeria | 142292148000 | 201147305 | 707.4 |
China had a public debt of about $8.4 trillion which is three times lower than the United States $23.2 trillion. Elsewhere, each of 1.3 billion Indian citizens owes a debt of $1823 to make it the 28th most country with a high public debt person against the $2.5 trillion national debt.
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