Gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. This includes debt liabilities in the form of SDRs, currency and deposits, debt securities, loans, insurance, pensions and standardized guarantee schemes, and other accounts payable. Thus, all liabilities in the GFSM 2001 system are debt, except for equity and investment fund shares and financial derivatives and employee stock options. Debt can be valued at current market, nominal, or face values (GFSM 2001, paragraph 7.110).

General government gross debt in current LCU (billion LCU)

19902000200520102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Colombia78,7041,30,2241,98,5662,21,5082,26,3902,68,4443,30,4814,05,7184,30,1324,55,0475,29,2995,55,4866,55,7367,63,7538,82,6898,26,018
Argentina1304687228481,0671,4562,0473,1304,3666,07912,56919,36828,24837,45769,8112,97,464
Paraguay4,04110,36818,76316,75115,63718,12722,44928,08735,08139,68143,48951,48960,98888,5261,01,4891,18,7421,28,985
Chile5,5494,8209,53513,52015,51817,55422,22227,56035,61042,41148,87055,39365,16787,26399,7211,11,092
United States of America8,53414,32015,52116,75117,61218,35319,14520,03920,69322,06723,25928,14429,48230,90033,417
Costa Rica1,7983,5745,5626,3828,0158,93110,48312,00414,12316,16318,67021,34924,42027,27228,22428,762
Mexico2,6983,6845,6096,2866,7467,4718,5429,80111,41811,83612,62113,03914,08915,14515,95416,868
Brazil7461,4542,4262,6542,9673,1773,5614,3014,8545,4495,9386,4377,3068,0158,4619,192
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)02474681,0264,217
Dominican Republic664157408631,0101,2241,3141,4331,6251,8602,1382,4443,1883,4103,7284,093
Canada5138901,0041,3991,4951,5921,6661,7061,8321,8721,9472,0292,0872,6252,8573,0213,095
Jamaica3638941,6571,7581,9282,0292,1632,0582,0331,9521,9381,9992,1382,1882,1212,146
Uruguay923073604175666427429179781,0411,1621,3081,5351,6951,7421,809
Guyana265310309348368351326370406421468470583690761961
Haiti4383119117137161144172206222260330324490627797
Honduras4170102658398141146176196224244264307343382382
Peru7999106109105109119147161178194209252317319321
Bolivia3963525966768693109133148166197227244267
Nicaragua62705763697888101118140154173206230248262
Guatemala2543808896104110118125132146157189205215222
Suriname012234557162020275770104127
Trinidad and Tobago10202029474240444656646773889698105
Ecuador141315162228354549535660666666
Panama7101213151618192022242835374144
El Salvador371213151516171819202124262729
Barbados461010111313141516131313141515
Bahamas12234455667888101111
Saint Lucia01222333333344455
Antigua and Barbuda12333333434444444
Belize222233334444444
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines01111112222222222
Grenada1222222222222222
Dominica01111111111112222
Saint Kitts and Nevis1233322222222222