debt-ridden countries or organizations owe so much money that they cannot pay the money back 〔国家或机构〕负债累累的,债台高筑的
Examples from the Corpus
debt-ridden• Louie had led the fight to bring Nogales' debt-ridden budget back into the black.• The debt-ridden non-Leaguers can now look forward to a capacity 9,000 crowd for the visit of Arsenal.
From Longman Business Dictionary
debt-riddenˈdebt-ˌriddenadjectiveadj journalism
owing a lot of money and having difficulty in paying it