Austria vs Saudi Arabia

Austria vs Saudi Arabia: Government debt

Government debt: 80% of GDP in Austria in 2024 and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Austria, by 54.1 percentage points, or 3.09 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Austria vs Saudi Arabia: Government debtGovernment debt: 80% of GDP in Austria in 2024 and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Austria, by 54.1 percentage points, or 3.09 times that in Saudi Arabia.
AustriaSaudi ArabiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Austria has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Austria at 84.3% of GDP and Saudi Arabia at 48.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearAustriaSaudi Arabia
202581.431.8
20248025.9
202377.823
202278.121.3
202182.425.5
202083.229.7
20197120.3
201874.616.8
201779.116
201683.412.3
201585.65.5
201485.21.5
201382.42.1
201282.93
201183.45.3
201083.78.4
200980.814
200869.512.1
200765.817.1
200668.225.8
200569.437.3
200465.962.9
200366.481.6
200267.496.4
200167.293.2
200066.186.7
199961.3103
199869.2101.5
199763.476.7
199668.275.2
199568.274.3
199464.167.9
19936158.6
199256.347.8
199156.439.4
199056.2–
198956.6–
198857.7–
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustriaSaudi Arabia
202682.435.4
202782.337.3
202882.440.2
202982.943.1
203083.545.9
203184.348.7

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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