List of countries by household debt

The following list sorts countries by household debt as percentage of GDP according to data by the International Monetary Fund. Household debt is defined as the combined debt of all people in a household. It includes mortgage loans and consumer debt like car loans, student loans and credit card debt.

Countries by household debt, loans and debt securities as % of GDP 1980 to 2017^[1]
Country	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2016	2017
Afghanistan							1.43	0.58	0.60	0.62
Albania						5.04	11.88	11.28	11.27	11.30
Algeria						0.11	2.11	2.77	3.07
Argentina				3.95	6.58	3.14	4.83	6.35	5.98	6.98
Australia	38.06	42.63	45.20	54.23	71.15	100.70	109.90	120.14	122.32	121.71
Austria				41.30	45.28	51.72	54.36	50.21	50.42	49.21
Bangladesh						7.80	8.47	7.73	7.65	7.99
Belgium	31.96	28.23	34.96	36.73	40.50	43.09	52.71	59.24	59.53	60.41
Brazil				11.24	12.61	12.27	21.64	24.44	22.78	24.69
Bulgaria				0.59	2.25	14.95	25.96	21.68	20.93	20.94
Cameroon						1.95	3.38	3.71	3.56	3.70
Canada	46.62	39.65	53.80	57.06	59.45	70.56	92.44	97.49	100.66	100.02
Central African Republic						2.34	3.11	4.76	5.09	4.58
Chad						0.81	1.28	2.54	3.01	2.87
Chile						26.22	32.34	40.92	42.23	43.69
China							27.29	38.24	44.20	49.22
Colombia					9.66	12.86	18.67	25.26	26.45	25.88
Republic of the Congo						0.72	1.27	4.58	4.60	4.22
Costa Rica						18.21	23.01	29.10	30.53	31.89
Croatia						30.75	41.88	38.50	35.31	34.13
Cyprus				62.87	77.74	89.46	118.27	127.74	121.24	109.48
Czech Republic				10.14	7.74	16.56	29.00	30.36	31.32	31.63
Denmark				74.11	85.60	111.79	135.29	119.09	119.17	117.14
El Salvador						20.87	23.09	25.75	26.25	29.50
Estonia				1.86	8.66	32.03	53.40	40.30	41.42	40.47
Finland	25.93	32.14	42.34	34.66	31.65	46.42	61.12	66.69	67.12	67.20
France	22.34	27.19	32.50	33.22	34.08	41.60	53.70	56.25	57.22	58.62
North Macedonia						8.15	18.08	22.43	23.11	24.48
Germany	52.31	61.00	58.16	59.92	70.92	67.57	59.03	53.30	53.12	52.73
Greece				6.26	13.94	39.72	61.08	62.21	60.75	56.98
Honduras						17.14	24.82	29.14	29.59	29.20
Hong Kong			34.49	41.21	57.90	54.93	59.23	67.09	67.63	70.56
Hungary			18.12	6.02	5.90	23.30	39.46	21.29	20.25	18.77
Iceland	16.76	33.30	45.19	69.14	87.46	103.39	107.16	82.88
India					2.55	7.90	8.68	9.66	9.89	10.70
Indonesia						11.48	13.55	16.80	16.98	17.04
Ireland						81.20	112.23	56.46	52.26	47.75
Israel				34.50	36.39	37.55	39.56	40.85	41.29	42.07
Italy	6.13	6.21	16.69	17.48	22.69	32.96	43.63	41.87	41.51	41.31
Japan	46.61	53.13	69.50	71.37	70.99	60.37	60.72	56.96	57.24	57.04
Kazakhstan						9.02	10.26	10.72	9.29	9.09
South Korea	17.00	27.83	40.79	46.78	50.59	66.14	76.48	88.10	92.85	94.19
Latvia				1.36	5.40	28.40	49.80	24.50	23.71	22.34
Lesotho						3.69	6.10	10.27	10.54	11.37
Lithuania				1.35	1.51	13.77	29.65	22.16	22.77	22.62
Luxembourg						45.48	57.12	60.07	65.29	66.80
Malta				17.27	23.52	44.51	59.05	53.03	51.86	50.41
Mauritius							32.25	33.34	33.05	32.23
Mexico				11.76	7.86	10.96	13.24	15.24	15.96	16.12
Morocco						19.48	28.30	30.64	30.47	29.63
Myanmar						0.32	0.45	1.49	2.00	1.92
Nepal						10.74	25.66	30.25	38.81	36.63
Netherlands			50.87	61.81	87.82	108.00	118.74	110.34	108.29	105.53
New Zealand			27.86	45.65	61.86	82.63	90.28	89.86	92.43	91.90
Nicaragua						14.18	14.74	20.33	22.75	23.73
Norway	42.82	53.71	70.25	55.35	52.49	68.94	81.85	95.21	101.18	101.58
Pakistan							4.38	3.10	3.41	3.59
Peru						6.87	10.20	15.08	14.96	15.28
Poland				2.25	7.15	15.00	34.17	36.04	36.67	35.04
Portugal	9.98	12.08	15.14	28.33	58.80	79.88	90.67	76.70	72.41	69.42
Romania						8.60	19.28	15.15	14.83	14.19
Russia					0.60	5.95	10.38	15.86	15.36	16.22
Samoa				8.02	13.07	16.50	18.36	17.83	18.88	19.90
São Tomé and Príncipe							24.68	12.55	12.63	11.46
Saudi Arabia					7.85	12.82	9.80	13.75	14.59	12.83
Sierra Leone						0.69	2.73	1.06	1.14	1.39
Singapore				31.51	37.10	43.31	47.00	58.07	58.50	58.64
Slovakia				3.65	4.25	12.28	24.78	34.82	38.01	40.54
Slovenia						18.76	30.36	27.62	27.31	26.97
Solomon Islands						3.12	6.04	7.35	8.28	7.51
South Africa							40.17	36.45	34.18	33.19
Spain	24.01	23.05	30.39	30.71	45.08	70.23	83.49	67.63	64.12	61.24
Sri Lanka							22.37	10.55	11.89
Sweden	48.55	48.34	56.42	44.14	47.76	61.10	77.08	83.56	85.06	88.15
Switzerland					103.43	111.71	111.53	123.79	126.34	127.72
Tajikistan						1.53	4.21	9.40	7.22	5.90
Thailand						45.08	59.27	80.77	79.03	78.03
Turkey			0.12	0.89	4.02	7.17	16.06	17.80	17.59	17.00
Ukraine				0.24	0.63	7.81	19.42	8.80	6.86	5.84
United Arab Emirates							28.13	25.16	27.19	24.02
United Kingdom	29.87	41.90	57.51	57.91	62.91	85.82	93.67	85.55	86.25	86.35
United States	49.39	53.43	60.24	64.19	69.92	91.46	90.71	78.46	78.77	77.66
Vanuatu						16.25	32.84	36.61	35.24	36.00