Australia vs France

Australia vs France: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 51.9% of GDP in Australia and 115.5% of GDP in France, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 63.6 percentage points, or 2.23 times that in Australia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Australia vs France: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 51.9% of GDP in Australia and 115.5% of GDP in France, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 63.6 percentage points, or 2.23 times that in Australia.
AustraliaFranceIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1989.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 79 and France ranked 7 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Australia at 54.3% of GDP and France at 123.6% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearAustraliaFrance
202551.9115.5
202450.9112.6
202349.4109.5
202250111.4
202155.4112.8
202056.9114.9
201946.598.2
201841.698.5
20174198.8
201640.598.2
201537.697
201433.996.2
201330.394.6
201227.491.7
20112488.8
201020.386.3
200916.684.1
200811.769.8
20079.665.5
20069.965.4
200510.868.2
200411.966.9
200313.265.4
20021561.3
200117.159.3
200019.559.7
199922.561.4
199823.762.1
199725.962
199629.360.6
199531.157.8
199431.751.6
199330.648.2
199227.641.7
199121.637.8
199016.436.8
19891735.5
1988–34.7
1987–34.8
1986–32.4
1985–31.9
1984–30.2
1983–27.7
1982–26.2
1981–22.7
1980–21.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustraliaFrance
202652.6118.5
202753.2120.4
202853.7121.7
202954.1122.6
203054.3123.2
203154.3123.6

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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