Austria vs United Kingdom

Austria vs United Kingdom: Government debt

Government debt: 80% of GDP in Austria in 2024 and 102.1% of GDP in United Kingdom in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 19.4 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Austria.

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% of GDP · IMF

Austria vs United Kingdom: Government debtGovernment debt: 80% of GDP in Austria in 2024 and 102.1% of GDP in United Kingdom in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 19.4 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Austria.
AustriaUnited KingdomIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • United Kingdom has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Austria.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Austria at 84.3% of GDP and United Kingdom at 100.2% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearAustriaUnited Kingdom
202581.4102.1
20248099.4
202377.898.3
202278.197.1
202182.4103
202083.2104.4
20197184.5
201874.685.3
201779.185.9
201683.487.2
201585.687.3
201485.286.4
201382.484.8
201282.984
201183.481
201083.775.5
200980.864.6
200869.550.7
200765.843.1
200668.242.1
200569.441
200465.939.8
200366.436.8
200267.435.5
200167.235
200066.137.7
199961.340.5
199869.242
199763.444.1
199668.243.7
199568.243.7
199464.140.8
19936138
199256.333.3
199156.428.5
199056.228.5
198956.632.6
198857.737.1
1987–39.3
1986–41.4
1985–41.4
1984–42.3
1983–41.9
1982–43.1
1981–44.9
1980–42.7
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustriaUnited Kingdom
202682.4102
202782.3102.5
202882.4102.3
202982.9101.6
203083.5100.9
203184.3100.2

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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