Austria vs South Africa: Government debt

Government debt in 2024: 80% of GDP in Austria and 76% of GDP in South Africa, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Austria, by 4 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in South Africa.

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% of GDP · IMF

AustriaSouth AfricaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Austria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Austria at 84.3% of GDP and South Africa at 79.8% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Austria	South Africa
2024	80	76
2023	77.8	73.2
2022	78.1	70.7
2021	82.4	68.8
2020	83.2	68.9
2019	71	56.1
2018	74.6	51.5
2017	79.1	48.6
2016	83.4	47.1
2015	85.6	45.2
2014	85.2	43.3
2013	82.4	40.4
2012	82.9	37.4
2011	83.4	34.7
2010	83.7	31.2
2009	80.8	27
2008	69.5	24.1
2007	65.8	24.3
2006	68.2	28
2005	69.4	29.6
2004	65.9	30.7
2003	66.4	31.5
2002	67.4	31.8
2001	67.2	38.1
2000	66.1	37.9
1999	61.3	–
1998	69.2	–
1997	63.4	–
1996	68.2	–
1995	68.2	–
1994	64.1	–
1993	61	–
1992	56.3	–
1991	56.4	–
1990	56.2	–
1989	56.6	–
1988	57.7	–

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031

Year	Austria	South Africa
2025	81.4	78.4
2026	82.4	78
2027	82.3	78.1
2028	82.4	78.8
2029	82.9	79.5
2030	83.5	79.7
2031	84.3	79.8

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.

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