Austria vs United States

Austria vs United States: Government debt

Government debt: 80% of GDP in Austria in 2024 and 124.4% of GDP in United States in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 42.3 percentage points, or 1.53 times that in Austria.

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% of GDP · IMF

Austria vs United States: Government debtGovernment debt: 80% of GDP in Austria in 2024 and 124.4% of GDP in United States in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 42.3 percentage points, or 1.53 times that in Austria.
AustriaUnited StatesIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Austria.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Austria at 84.3% of GDP and United States at 145% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearAustriaUnited States
202581.4124.4
202480122.3
202377.8120
202278.1119.2
202182.4125
202083.2132.6
201971108.8
201874.6107.7
201779.1106.5
201683.4107.5
201585.6105.5
201485.2105
201382.4105
201282.9103.7
201183.4100
201083.795.7
200980.887.1
200869.573.9
200765.865
200668.264.6
200569.465.8
200465.966.4
200366.459
200267.455.9
200167.253.5
200066.1–
199961.3–
199869.2–
199763.4–
199668.2–
199568.2–
199464.1–
199361–
199256.3–
199156.4–
199056.2–
198956.6–
198857.7–
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustriaUnited States
202682.4126.8
202782.3128.7
202882.4132.3
202982.9136.4
203083.5140.7
203184.3145

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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