5. Netherlands
Debt: $3.94 trillion
The Netherlands took the fifth place on our list of countries that have the most debt in 2017, not only because it has a huge debt per capita, $234,000, but because it has a huge external debt. According to the European Commission, the Netherlands is outperforming in the average economic growth which was expected from it. The economic growth for 2017 is 2.1% and it is expected for 2018 to be 1.8%.