Argentina vs United Arab Emirates: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 80.1% of GDP in Argentina and 33.9% of GDP in United Arab Emirates, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 46.2 percentage points, or 2.36 times that in United Arab Emirates.

Watch it change on the map

% of GDP · IMF

ArgentinaUnited Arab EmiratesIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Argentina has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1999.
In 2025, Argentina ranked 32 and United Arab Emirates ranked 120 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Argentina at 53.9% of GDP and United Arab Emirates at 26.1% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Argentina	United Arab Emirates
2025	80.1	33.9
2024	84.6	33.2
2023	153.4	31.9
2022	84.3	31.5
2021	81	35.7
2020	103.8	30.1
2019	89.8	25.8
2018	85.3	20.7
2017	57	21.2
2016	53.1	18.6
2015	52.6	15.6
2014	44.7	13.5
2013	43.5	15.3
2012	40.4	20.2
2011	38.9	20.4
2010	43.5	18.3
2009	55.4	21.1
2008	53.8	8.9
2007	62.1	8.9
2006	70.8	5.1
2005	80.3	4.5
2004	117.9	4.1
2003	125.2	3.3
2002	147.2	3.4
2001	48	2.7
2000	40.8	3.1
1999	38.9	4.7
1998	34.2	–
1997	31.7	–
1996	32.6	–
1995	30.8	–
1994	28.4	–
1993	26.9	–
1992	25	–

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Argentina	United Arab Emirates
2026	69.4	32.8
2027	70.4	30.8
2028	65.6	29
2029	60.3	27.4
2030	56.7	27
2031	53.9	26.1

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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