Argentina vs Saudi Arabia

Argentina vs Saudi Arabia: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 80.1% of GDP in Argentina and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 48.3 percentage points, or 2.52 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Argentina vs Saudi Arabia: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 80.1% of GDP in Argentina and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 48.3 percentage points, or 2.52 times that in Saudi Arabia.
ArgentinaSaudi ArabiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Argentina has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • In 2025, Argentina ranked 32 and Saudi Arabia ranked 122 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Argentina at 53.9% of GDP and Saudi Arabia at 48.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearArgentinaSaudi Arabia
202580.131.8
202484.625.9
2023153.423
202284.321.3
20218125.5
2020103.829.7
201989.820.3
201885.316.8
20175716
201653.112.3
201552.65.5
201444.71.5
201343.52.1
201240.43
201138.95.3
201043.58.4
200955.414
200853.812.1
200762.117.1
200670.825.8
200580.337.3
2004117.962.9
2003125.281.6
2002147.296.4
20014893.2
200040.886.7
199938.9103
199834.2101.5
199731.776.7
199632.675.2
199530.874.3
199428.467.9
199326.958.6
19922547.8
1991–39.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearArgentinaSaudi Arabia
202669.435.4
202770.437.3
202865.640.2
202960.343.1
203056.745.9
203153.948.7

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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